This week I visited Silver Plume - former silver mining camp. It is located just off of the busy I-70 and has a current population of 177 residents. I wanted to visit Silver Plume, as it’s slightly smaller than Jamestown but has more amenities in town such as a coffee shop, a bar, a B&B, and a museum. As it’s close to a major highway that connects Denver to the popular ski mountains nearby I wanted to see what the community was like…
What draws people to be here?
(Co)Owner Of Plume Coffee
I was able to spend some time both in the coffee shop and the Bead Bar. Plume Coffee was the perfect spot to chat with the locals and people that worked there. I was able to get a sense of what brought people to the town to bring up their families, start a business and be apart of a smaller community where they feel they can make a way of life invested in a slightly more conscious way of living.
The bar was a slightly different scene. There were more people just stopping by to miss the weekend ski traffic, but it still had a very welcoming and unique feel to it.
Overall I am quite pleased with the photos I got from this visit and would like to go back with a more concrete plan and hopefully reconnect with some of the people that live there to build a more cohesive view of Silver Plume.