Wheel of Fortune Mine
Wheel of Fortune Mine is a quarry in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 10,696 feet. Wheel of Fortune Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Camp Bird, as well as near the peak Teakettle Mountain.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America; geonames ID = 5443956
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Teakettle Mountain.
Teakettle Mountain
Peak
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Camp Bird and Tomboy.
Camp Bird
Hamlet
Camp Bird is a tiny unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lies between the present towns of Ouray and Telluride. Camp Bird is west of Thistledown and reached by CO Road 361.
Tomboy
Locality
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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 2½ miles south of Wheel of Fortune Mine.
Thistledown
Hamlet
Thistledown is an unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. The community is located southwest of Ouray on Camp Bird Road between Ouray and Camp Bird. Thistledown is situated 3 miles northeast of Wheel of Fortune Mine.
Wheel of Fortune Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.97333° or 37° 58′ 24″ northLongitude
-107.74589° or 107° 44′ 45″ westElevation
10,696 feet (3,260 metres)Open location code
859JX7F3+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 369177894OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Wheel of Fortune Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wheel of Fortune Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Ouray County)”
- Cebuano: “Wheel of Fortune Mine”
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