Smuggler Mine
Smuggler Mine is a quarry in San Miguel, Colorado and has an elevation of 12,441 feet. Smuggler Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Pandora, as well as near the locality Tomboy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gilpin Peak.
Gilpin Peak
Peak
Photo: Greg Willis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilpin Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,700-foot thirteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 3.5 miles north-northeast of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Ouray County and San Miguel County. Gilpin Peak is situated 2 miles northwest of Smuggler 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. Pandora is situated 1½ miles south of Smuggler Mine.
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 Smuggler 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.
Smuggler Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: San Miguel, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.95666° or 37° 57′ 24″ northLongitude
-107.77728° or 107° 46′ 38″ westElevation
12,441 feet (3,792 metres)Open location code
859JX64F+M3OpenStreetMap ID
node 369164034OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Smuggler Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Smuggler Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, San Miguel County)”
- Cebuano: “Smuggler Mine”
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