Voices of the Past: Saving a Castle in the Clouds (Part 2)
From Beyond the Headlines by The Local NEWS Network
May 1, 2026 · 3 min · Season 1 · Episode 6
About this episode
This episode discusses the efforts to preserve the Old Hundred Mine's boarding house in Colorado amidst challenges of neglect and natural elements.
High on the slopes of Galena Mountain at 12,500 feet, the Old Hundred Mine's 1908 boarding house stood as a testament to the audacity of Colorado's early miners — until decades of heavy snow and neglect brought two-thirds of its roof caving in. In 1996, Beverly Rich and a consortium of partners launched what they called "extreme preservation," airlifting supplies by helicopter up a precarious mule trail to save the historic structure before it plummeted 3,000 feet into Cunningham Gulch below....
Topics covered
- historic preservation
- Colorado mining history
- extreme preservation
- Old Hundred Mine
- Beverly Rich
- restoration efforts
Keywords
- Old Hundred Mine
- Beverly Rich
- historic preservation
- Colorado
- extreme preservation
- Cunningham Gulch
- mining history
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Galena Mountain, Old Hundred Mine, Cunningham Gulch
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