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Preserving Paint Mines Interpretive Park

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The Paint Mines are named for the colorful clays that Native Americans collected to make paint. Brightly colored bands caused by oxidized iron compounds are found throughout the many different layers of clay. People can hike among the tall spires called hoodoos, which were created by the erosion of the ancestral rocky mountains.

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Preserving Paint Mines Interpretive Park

(CALHAN, Colo.) — With evidence of human life dating back as far as 9,000 years ago, the Paint Mines is a geological structure unlike any other in Colorado. Paint Mines Interpretive Park sees thousands of annual visitors and El Paso County Parks and Community Service staff are working to preserve it. Find the Paint Mines at 29950 Paint Mine Rd, Calhan, CO 80808 "Here we are out in the middle of this vast prairie, and as you turn a corner on …

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