Vulcan: history of a gold camp

One of the best and least known gold camps in the Gunnison Country was located 12 miles southwest of Gunnison and was originally known as Camp Creek after the stream which ran through the mining town. The name was soon changed to Vulcan after the Vulcan Crest, a volcanic formation in the region. The Vulcan and Mammoth Chimney gold mines were discovered in 1895, bringing in hundreds of miners. In…