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Over the years, the remains of a cabin about two miles in, have captivated the imagination of many."We made our home there," said Marv Colsman , who was 5 years old when his father moved his family from Denver to the base of the old Boston Gold Mine during the Great Depression."They would get more returned when they did find gold.
Colsman said his dad and older brothers worked on the cabins that still stand on the trail now. They lovingly nicknamed their cabin,"The Monte Carlo." "You go into the living quarters, my mother had a cast iron stove that she cooked for us and there were bunk beds," said Colsman."We hiked a lot. We had kerosene lamps for reading and games and so on," Colsman remembered,"my dad would entertain us at night there. He had a couple of books of knowledge.
"I think it's wonderful that we could share it like that. I always thought if I was really rich, I'd go out there and buy the tax certificates on it instead of letting somebody else have them. But, I have the best of two worlds this way. I could make use of it and still go back and see that wonderful scenery," said Colsman.
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