Sheridan Crosscut Mine
Sheridan Crosscut Mine is a quarry in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,171 feet. Sheridan Crosscut Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Pandora, 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.
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. Bridal Veil Falls is situated 2 miles south of Sheridan Crosscut Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pandora and Tomboy.
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.
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 1½ miles southeast of Sheridan Crosscut 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.
Sheridan Crosscut Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.94833° or 37° 56′ 54″ northLongitude
-107.78284° or 107° 46′ 58″ westElevation
11,171 feet (3,405 metres)Open location code
859JW6X8+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 369177820OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Sheridan Crosscut Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sheridan Crosscut Mine”
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