Windows in TimeHistoric Preservation at the Idarado Mine Part 7 in The Mine Next Door series By Samantha Tisdel Wright Master carpenter Loren Lew balanced on the steep, ramshackle roof of the old Lewis Mill, chainsaw in hand, on a summer morning in 2002. His mission: to stabilize this marmot high-rise at the head of Bridal Veil Basin, even as it was falling apart in slow motion all around him.
Miles of Tunnels by Samantha Tisdel Wright A Brief History of the Idarado Mine The history of the Idarado Mine is as long the tunnels and as rich as the ore veins that riddle its guts. Its stories are stoked by volcanic tantrums, and sculpted by the winds of history that blew Americans across the West.