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Further south beyond Oro Grande about ten or twelve miles was the "Hump Country", a district named after Buffalo Hump, a high and rugged mountain area partly above timber line. In this barren region marked by beautiful lakes, sliderock slopes, late snows and deep canyons, prospectors had found showings which seemed to warrant development. In fact there was enough of a "rush" to cause the creation of two small towns in the high elevations, one being Concord and the other, Callender. Evidently the prospecting and development here failed to uncover many ores of gold production quality, for these towns were abandoned, and became absolute ghost towns at a relatively early stage. How one could face the rigors of this frosty rugged terrain and live on nothing but hope. |
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