Porter Mine
Porter Mine is a quarry in Teller, Colorado and has an elevation of 10,056 feet. Porter Mine is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Tenderfoot Pass, as well as near the village Victor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Teller County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tenderfoot Pass and Cripple Creek-Victor Junior/Senior High School.
Tenderfoot Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.
Tenderfoot Pass is a mountain pass northeast of Cripple Creek that reaches a peak elevation of 10,200 feet. Tenderfoot Pass is situated 1½ miles north of Porter Mine.
Cripple Creek-Victor Junior/Senior High School
School
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.
Cripple Creek-Victor Junior/Senior High School is a high school in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States, also serving the city of Victor. It is the sole high school in the Cripple Creek-Victor School District RE-1. Cripple Creek-Victor Junior/Senior High School is situated 1½ miles northwest of Porter Mine.
Mount Pisgah Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Mutter Erde, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Pisgah Cemetery is situated 2 miles west of Porter Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cripple Creek and Victor.
Cripple Creek
Photo: mark byzewski, CC BY 2.0.
Cripple Creek is a small town in Colorado. It is a town steeped in gold mining history, still very much in evidence from the old mine ruins dotted about everywhere.
Victor
Village
Photo: Morganluver1, Public domain.
The City of Victor is a Statutory City in Teller County, Colorado, United States. Gold was discovered in Victor in the late 19th century, an omen of the future of the town. Victor is situated 2½ miles southeast of Porter Mine.
Goldfield
Hamlet
Photo: Craig Talbert, CC BY 2.0.
Goldfield is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Teller County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Goldfield is situated 2½ miles southeast of Porter Mine.
Porter Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Teller, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.73916° or 38° 44′ 21″ northLongitude
-105.16109° or 105° 9′ 40″ westElevation
10,056 feet (3,065 metres)Open location code
85CPPRQQ+MHOpenStreetMap ID
node 369176177OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Porter Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Porter Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Teller County)”
- Cebuano: “Porter Mine”
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