Orphan Boy Mine
Orphan Boy Mine is a mine in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 10,676 feet. Orphan Boy Mine is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Red Mountain Pass, as well as near the hamlet Ironton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Red Mountain Pass and Imogene Pass.
Red Mountain Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Rodyx, Public domain.
Red Mountain Pass elevation 11,018 ft is a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of western Colorado in the United States. The pass straddles a divide that separates Ouray and San Juan counties.
Imogene Pass
Mountain saddle
Imogene Pass is a 13,114 ft high mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains in the southwest part of the US state of Colorado. It crosses a ridge connecting Ouray, Colorado with Telluride, Colorado, and is the highest mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains, and the second highest vehicular mountain crossing in Colorado. Imogene Pass is situated 2½ miles northwest of Orphan Boy Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ironton and Tomboy.
Ironton
Hamlet
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
Ironton is an extinct town located in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lay south of the present town of Ouray, adjacent to the sites Guston and Red Mountain Town, fellow ghost towns.
Tomboy
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tomboy is a ghost town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Tomboy was a mining town located 2 mi east of Telluride. At an elevation of 11,509 ft, Tomboy is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States. Tomboy is situated 3½ miles northwest of Orphan Boy Mine.
Camp Bird
Hamlet
Camp Bird is a tiny unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lies between the present towns of Ouray and Telluride. Camp Bird is west of Thistledown and reached by CO Road 361. Camp Bird is situated 4½ miles northwest of Orphan Boy Mine.
Orphan Boy Mine
- Type: Mine
- Description: mine in Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America
- Category: industry
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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- Cebuano: “Orphan Boy Mine”
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