Bachelor Loop is a 17-mile drive through Creede Colorado’s historic mining district. The town was established in 1892 after silver deposits were discovered at various locations throughout the canyon, though the earliest claims to sites were made as far back as 1883. The subsequent mining boom caused the population of Creede to swell to over 10,000 before a sharp drop in silver prices the following year triggered closures. A majority of the town’s population departed the region. Mining eventually ground to a halt in 1930, before reopening again in 1934….
