Pitkin County will contribute up to $200,000 to begin a process to figure out how to mitigate the massive amount of methane gas seeping out of former coalmines in Coal Basin above Redstone.
Remembering explosion in Redstone s Coal Basin Mine 40 years later aspentimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aspentimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Share to Facebook Post to Twitter Email Roof jacks standing at the entrance of Redstone memorialize the area s mining history. Photo by Debbie Strom.
By Bill Jochems
Special to The Sopris Sun
It was forty years ago, but feels like yesterday. Thwap, thwap, thwap and echoes of helicopters woke Redstone at dawn. Then Tom Brokaw’s voice came through: “and this morning, in Redstone, Colorado…” National news, but a locally intense and tragic story. There was a massive explosion deep in Mid-Continent’s Dutch Creek Number One mine in Coal Basin, six miles west of Redstone. Twenty-one miners were still down there.
For Winter in Aspen & Snowmass
Since nobody can predict what dining out in Aspen will look like this winter, restaurants and chefs are stepping up their takeout game. This choose-your-own adventure plan plan is craving-specific how I might respond to a friend or reader, based on personal experience and insider intel. Most restaurants will pack up favorite menu items to enjoy at home, just call ahead to find out.
AM I IN THE MOOD FOR PIZZA?
Most likely! Pizza is my top choice for takeout it’s the rare food that typically tastes better on our own terms (i.e. not sitting at a stuffy table). New options have emerged in the past year or so to round out offerings from Aspen’s old guard (New York Pizza, Mezzaluna Aspen, Limelight Lounge, Acquolina and Brunelleschi’s).