Locals occasionally inquire as to whether all of the bodies were completely exhumed from this burial ground. According to Victor historian Ed Hunter, the Cripple Creek & Victor Mine examined the cemetery site in approximately 1991 as part of its permitting process. At that time, a certified graveyard specialist was on hand and each grave was reexhumed to check for bodies. No bodies were found and the conclusion was that the cemetery in its entirety had been removed.

Goldfield
Locals have long maintained there is a cemetery at Goldfield. In recent years [2010], residents have also claimed to have found the cemetery, but this has not been verified. According to Sharman and Dave Straub, Richard N. Thurlow and a baby girl died in 1896 and are buried at the cemetery. The Straubs visited Goldfield in August 2008 and found two granite stones from the 1990s above Goldfield. A resident of Victor also described to the Straubs a clearing where the old cemetery was identified by wooden markers and crosses. The Straubs, however, were unable to locate the burial ground. (Thurlow family file, Cripple Creek District Museum).

Indian Burial Ground
An Indian burial ground was located about three-fourths of a mile northwest of the town of Florissant in Section 2, Township 13 South, Range 71 West. Nothing remains.

Grave of Mr. Johnson
Single grave, date unknown, reported to be in the northwest quarter of Section 14, Township 13 South, Range 71 West, currently in the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. In June 2001, Florissant Fossil Beds personnel, including the head ranger, had never heard of this burial. Research by Walt Stark in 2002, including a survey on foot, had, to date, failed to turn up any clues to the identity of this person or the location of the grave.

Love Cemetery, aka Beaver Creek Cemetery
The community of Love was platted in 1892, but the area rapidly declined after 1901. Once on public land, the location of this cemetery is unknown, although it was probably near Love, which was in the southeast quarter of section 23 of Township 15 South, Range 69 West, just northwest of the reservoir currently there. This cemetery is not to be confused with the three Beaver Creek cemeteries close by in Fremont County. For additional information on cemeteries along Beaver Creek, see Sherry Johns’s book The Forgotten Cemeteries of Beaver Creek, (Penrose, Colo.: RRR Publications, 2009).

In 2002, Mrs. Thelma Rathke Sheridan remembered that two babies of her father-in-law, Henry C. Rathke, were buried there--one by his wife Margaret and one by his wife Berniece. Also, "one or two Waters babies" were buried in Love Cemetery. Current Beaver Valley Ranch caretaker Carleton Brown hasn't seen a cemetery on the property near the remains of Love.

Love was the last community to officially debut in the Cripple Creek District, acquiring a post office in 1894. The tiny village was named for a nearby rancher's spread, located at the extreme east end of the Cripple Creek District. Although small, the community supported a school and a store. Most members of the community were ranchers, with the occasional miner taking up residence as well. Dairies and sawmills in the area also provided employment. The post office was discontinued July 5, 1902 (historical research by Jan Collins).

Midland Cemetery
From Highway 24, turn south at Divide on Highway 67 and drive 5.2 miles. The buildings on the left are what remain of the gold-rush town of Midland. According to GPS-derived geolocation (accurate to within 10 meters), Midland's general coordinates were 38°52'14.3"N and 105°09'34.3"W. In 2001 residents had never heard of a cemetery in the area. There were reportedly about six graves dating from 1892-95, but the location is unknown and records are unavailable. According to the City of Cripple Creek, Deadhorse Charlie is buried here.

Rural Cemetery No. 1, possibly aka Colbert Cemetery When long-time Teller County resident Betty Burns moved to her home northwest of Florissant in 1961, she recalls being shown stone markers with a fence on a bluff near her home. She was told by Myrton Wright (1896-1985) and another person that they were the markers of a family who had died when their house was set afire during the night. Reportedly, the man of the household had found gold and hidden it behind a brick in the chimney. Either he revealed his secret while drunk, or the children of the family let it slip, and rogues came during the night and torched the house to get at the gold. Burns remembers markers for the parents of the Colbert family, as well as markers of two or three children. She also remembers the chimney of the house still standing in the early 1960s.

Point of bluff, reported location of Colbert Cemetery, northwest of Florissant

However, by the 1990s, the markers, fence, and chimney were completely gone. In 2002, she pointed out the bluff where the markers were. According to GPS-derived geolocation (accurate to within 10 meters), the coordinates are 38°57'08.4"N and 105°17'23.7"W. From Highway 24 at Florissant, turn north onto County Road 1, then left onto County Road 31. Turn right onto Wildhorn Road and drive about one-third of a mile. Turn left onto a private road and the bluff is on private property to your right.

Colorado Cemetery Directory says this was an early cemetery and the last burials were made in the 1920s, but that no trace remains. If the Rural Cemetery No. 1 and the Colbert Cemetery are indeed the same cemeteries is unknown, but they are said to be in the same area. Dates of the Colbert family's residence and deaths are unknown.

Grave of Unknown Child
The single grave of a child, name and date unknown, is reported to be near the town of Florissant in Sections 1 or 2, Township 13 South, Range 71 West. No further information is available.

Grave of Unknown Man
The single grave of a lumberman, name and date unknown, is reported to be near the townsite of Midland, about seven miles south of Divide. No further information is available.