Phillips Shaft Mine
Phillips Shaft Mine is a quarry in Clear Creek, Colorado and has an elevation of 9,383 feet. Phillips Shaft Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Russell Gulch, as well as near Nevadaville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Argo Tunnel.
Argo Tunnel
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The Argo Tunnel is a 4.16-mile mine drainage and access tunnel with its portal at Idaho Springs, Colorado, US. It was originally called the Newhouse Tunnel after its primary investor, Salt Lake City mining magnate Samuel Newhouse, and appears by that name in many industry publications from the time period when it was constructed. Argo Tunnel is situated 2½ miles southeast of Phillips Shaft Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Russell Gulch and Nevadaville.
Russell Gulch
Hamlet
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Russell Gulch, is a former mining town, now largely a ghost town, in Gilpin County, Colorado, United States. Although the population was once much larger than today, and most of the larger commercial buildings stand empty, the town is not completely deserted.
Nevadaville
Hamlet
Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nevadaville is an extinct gold-mining town in Gilpin County, Colorado, United States. The community is now largely a ghost town, although not completely deserted. Nevadaville is situated 2 miles north of Phillips Shaft Mine.
Idaho Springs
Photo: Pri Lalli, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Idaho Springs is a city of 1800 people in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. It is known also as the Gem of the Rockies.
Phillips Shaft Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Clear Creek, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.76777° or 39° 46′ 4″ northLongitude
-105.54194° or 105° 32′ 31″ westElevation
9,383 feet (2,860 metres)Open location code
85FPQF95+46OpenStreetMap ID
node 369173571OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Phillips Shaft Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Phillips Shaft Mine”
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