From a times article on life in Creede, Colorado in the dark of winter:

"Creede is not quite the end of the world, but you can see it from here," said Richard Brown, 63, who was born and raised here and worked 26 years in the silver mine until it closed in the mid-1980s.

It gives me quiet satisfaction to see the deep vein of American ironic humor is still running true below the surface.


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