Platoro

Spanish for 'silver + gold'.Plata/silver-Oro/gold.
Name given to tiny mining town in the San Jaun Mountain Range in Southern Colorado.
Mined for silver and gold from the 1880s through prensent day.

At nearly 10,000ft. the Platoro Dam in Platoro, Colorado is the highest 'man-made' body of water in the United States.

by foolmoon70 May 16, 2008