Robert Stoufer, pictured here with Moqui, one of the dogs that goes on his mineral collecting trips. Courtesy photo
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Meet your neighbor: Robert Stoufer
Name: Robert Stoufer
Age: 73
Lives in: Ouray
When did you come to Ouray?
I studied to be a geologist, but I never did geology for a living. I went to college in Mississippi, and did grad school in Kansas, and then I moved to Ouray in 1977.
What do you do for work?
So I work about a 40-hour week, year round. In the winter time, I mainly work at the Ouray Bookshop, and the Ouray County History Museum, but in the summer, I work every Monday at the Columbine Mineral Shop, and then split my days, sometimes...