Bay State Tunnel Mine
Bay State Tunnel Mine is a quarry in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 12,021 feet. Bay State Tunnel Mine is situated nearby to the waterfall Bridal Veil Falls, as well as near the locality Tomboy.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bridal Veil Falls and Imogene Pass.
Bridal Veil Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Terry Foote, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bridal Veil Falls is a 365-foot waterfall at the end of the box canyon overlooking Telluride, Colorado. Hiking and off-road trails pass by the falls and it has a hydroelectric power plant at its top.
Imogene Pass
Mountain saddle
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tomboy and Pandora.
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.
Pandora
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Pandora is an unincorporated community located 1.5 miles east of Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado. Pandora was founded in the 1880s as a mill town, serving as the site for mills of the Smuggler-Union, Tomboy, and Sheridan mines. Pandora is situated 2 miles west of Bay State Tunnel Mine.
Telluride
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
Telluride is in the southern Rocky Mountains approximately 100 miles from Four Corners, the intersection of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. Telluride is home to the Telluride Ski Resort, and home of an independent film festival.
Bay State Tunnel Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.92333° or 37° 55′ 24″ northLongitude
-107.7534° or 107° 45′ 12″ westElevation
12,021 feet (3,664 metres)Open location code
859JW6FW+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 369176679OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Bay State Tunnel Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bay State Tunnel Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, San Miguel County)”
- Cebuano: “Bay State Tunnel Mine”
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