When Cory and Esther Kirsch bought the Earth Angel health mine in Basin 15 months ago, they envisioned the cabins generating a steady income. Little did they know they were sitting on a gold mine.
“We didn’t even consider the health mine part of it,” said Cory, who rents out a handful of Boulder homes. “We were just looking at the duplexes for long-term and short-term rentals.”
Their minds began to change soon after they moved in. Aware that the previous owners had offered radon therapy, callers urged the Kirsches to open the mine, Esther recalled. She remembered one who advised them to place an ad in the Busy Beaver, the Amish community’s national weekly newspaper. “We just advertised once, a business card-sized ad,” she said. “We got calls and calls, with people excited that it was open again.”
