A bit of history

Pandora Mine,  waiting for a chance to get back into business.

TELLURIDE, CO - - Like a lot of out of the way towns, Telluride got its start as a mining area.  The name comes from minerals found in gold ore in other parts of Colorado.  Although gold was found id did not contain teluride which left silver / zinc / lead as the main minerals which were mined.   Labor unrest  eventually finished the mining in the area.
    Then somebody had the great idea of making the area a ski destination.
     Of note in the town's history is a bank robbery by Butch Cassidy before his days with the Sundance Kid.