Re: Dry-stack walls on the DSP&P

Posted by ke0azq on
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Poor states that the Denver and South Park Construction and Land Company constructed and equipped the road starting at Platte Canyon as successors to the San Juan Co, taking over the contract from the DSP&P, so we know who the contractor is. Were subcontracts even a thing in 1879? I guess that in that period more people knew more about rocks (prospectors, geologists, speculators, ...) in the Rockies than people need to know today. My speculation is that the hiring boss had word from the grading boss that he could use a couple of crews of wallers in a couple of weeks and what the hiring boss couldn't hire he made up with fast apprentices. These were still fairly cash strapped years in the mountains, weren't they?

JW Stephens