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1963 Map of Uncompahgre Peak

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Uncompahgre Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Capitol City (Site) sits at the confluence of Henson Creek and the North Fork Henson Creek, serving as a silent witness to the mining intensity of the San Juan Mountains in the early 1960s. This survey detail highlights a landscape defined by verticality and extraction, where high-altitude claims like the Silver Jack Mine and Pride of America Mine are connected by a network of rugged paths including the Little Cimarron Trail.

The presence of the Yellow Medicine Mine and Czarina Mine near Yellowstone Gulch underscores the region's mineral wealth, while the high summits of Uncompahgre Peak and Matterhorn Peak tower over the Big Blue Wilderness. The terrain is characterized by steep drainage systems such as Nellie Creek and El Paso Creek, which cut through the Uncompahgre National Forest to feed into the larger creek basins below.