Animas Forks is an extinct mining town located 12 miles northeast of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. The area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Animas Forks is situated 2 miles southwest of Dewey Mine.

Eureka

Hamlet

Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Eureka is an extinct mining town in northeastern San Juan County, Colorado, United States, along the Animas River, between Silverton and Animas Forks. The town derives its name from the Greek interjection Eureka! Eureka is situated 5 miles south of Dewey Mine.

Capitol City

Locality

Photo: robert thigpen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Capitol City is an extinct silver mining town located in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States. Founded as Galena City in 1877, the townsite is located on the Alpine Loop National Scenic Back Country Byway. Capitol City is situated 6 miles northeast of Dewey Mine.

Dewey Mine

Categories: mine and industry
Location: San Juan, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.95361° or 37° 57′ 13″ north

Longitude

-107.542° or 107° 32′ 31″ west

Elevation

13,235 feet (4,034 metres)

Open location code

859JXF35+C5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369177653

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5419535

Wikidata ID

Q49408104

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In Other Languages

“Dewey Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Dewey Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, San Juan County)”
Cebuano: “Dewey Mine”

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