A dry goods store, a grocery store and a drug store stand across from the Bassick Mine near Querida in Custer County, Colorado. Men are gathered in front of the stores; piles of tailings are near the mine.
Custer County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Querida (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Querida--1870-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Querida--1870-1900.
View of Querida, (Spanish for "dear one") Custer County, Colorado, shows a dirt street flanked by businesses and dwellings, including one in a large fenced yard. Originally named for the E. C. Bassick mine (discovered in 1877), which is against...