At the base of Colorado's Mosquito Pass is the North London Mill site, which has both a deep history and, unlike so many historic mining structures, a bright future.
That's thanks to the nonprofit North London Mill Preservation, Inc., which manages, preserves and makes plans involving the historic buildings around the timber-frame mill, which was built in the early 1890s and is the centerpiece of the site along County Road 12 near Alma.
“This is a beloved place for people who grew up in Park County, especially in Alma, Fairplay, Breckenridge," McCoy added."People our age have been coming here since they were kids.” “Preserving history is important but history tends to memorialize the winners and the people who finance things," he continued."But really, it’s being accomplished by people working.”
After years of recovering gold, it was converted into a cyanide plant around the turn of the century, and then into a flotation plant in 1927. Regardless, at some point in the timeframe, the final residents and workers filed out and the buildings were abandoned.“When I first came here, I was just struck by what a magnificent sight it was," he said."To me, it embodies Colorado’s history, its origins, its past and then its present, and finding sustainable recreation as the demand for that grows," Crane said.
The nonprofit was awarded a $15,000 grant from History Colorado in November 2017 to fund a historical structure assessment for the mill — that was completed in 2018. This analysis provided guidance on how to proceed with the mill's preservation and repurposing, especially for recreational and educational use.
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