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Animas Forks is located near Silverton and sits at an altitude of about 11,300 feet. The main page of Haunted at Timberline (and the photograph below) shows the famous Walsh house, believed to be built by the man who was made hugely rich by the sale of his Camp Bird Mine near Ouray. The opening photo shows the Frisco Tunnel Mill, one of the largest Colorado ghost town mills still standing. Activity at the site began around 1875 and continued at a frenzied pace until its busy Gold Prince Mill was moved to Eureka in 1903. Animas Forks saw its heydey in the 1870's and 1880's, but the town was finally deserted by 1923. High but protected in a deep canyon, many of the buildings still remain. It is certainly the best stop along the Alpine Loop, which many people take every summer in their four-wheel drives from Lake City to Ouray and Silverton, crossing Engineer Pass.