'Ghost town' Creede resumes activity for war effort

Thing of the past ...

Creede

Here's a land where all are equal—
Of high or lowly birth—
A land where men make millions,
Dug from the dreary earth.
Here the meek and mild-eyed burro
On mineral mountains feed—
It's day all day, in the day-time,
And there is no night in Creede.

The cliffs are solid silver,
With wond'rous wealth untold;
And the beds of running rivers
Are lined with glittering gold.
While the world is filled with sorrow,
And hearts must break and bleed—
It's day all day in the day-time,
And there is no night in Creede.

___ by Cy Warman

Production Lead. 

Types of miners who work the lead mines near Creede, Colorado. Creede, for many years a "ghost town," has resumed the activities that made it an important lead-producing center years ago, and is now producing much metal vitally needed for the war effort. 

Loading lead ore at a mine near Creede, Colorado.

Reopened mine workings near Creede, Colorado. Creede, for many years a "ghost town," has resumed the activities that made it an important lead-producing center years ago, and is now producing much metal vitally needed for the war effort.

All photos: Andreas Feininger, photographer. United States Office of War Information.

 Created/Published, December, 1942.