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Caribou Ghost Town
Caribou ghost town near Nederland.

Caribou, CO Ghost Town – by Nederland

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Caribou is a former silver-mining town located about twenty miles west of Boulder, near Nederland. You can drive directly to the site. One collapsed wooden cabin and two stone ruins remain of Caribou.

Camping is permitted in parts of the Roosevelt National Forest near Caribou. Just look for preexisting campsites.

History

Caribou Colorado 1911
Caribou, Colorado, circa 1911.

The town was established in the early 1870s for workers of Caribou silver mine. The silver mine did well and by 1875 at its peak, about 3,000 people lived in town. There was a church, three saloons, a brewery, and a town newspaper, the Caribou Post.

The Caribou silver mine was sold for $3 million to Dutch Investors in 1871. It was resold in 1876 to local entrepreneurs, Jerome Chaffee and David Moffat, who incorporated the mine and sold shares in New York. A fire took over the town in 1879. By the 1920s, Caribou was home to fewer than 50 people.

In 1973, a recent geology graduate, Tom Hendricks, bought the nearby Cross mine and later the Caribou mine in 1980. He began shipping silver concentrate in 1977.

Getting There

Caribou is located near Nederland, west of Boulder. Take County Road 128 west out of Nederland. Follow for 4.7 miles until you reach town site. GPS – 39ยฐ58โ€ฒ50โ€ณN 105ยฐ34โ€ฒ40โ€ณW

Caribou Ghost Town
Old stone ruin in Caribou.

Details

Address: 4898 Caribou Rd, Nederland, CO

County: Boulder

Roads: 2WD

Season: Summer

Map: Boulder District – A large PDF showing motor vehicle use roads in the Roosevelt National Forest.

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