Rising Sun Mine
Rising Sun Mine is a quarry in Silver Bow County, Montana and has an elevation of 6,214 feet. Rising Sun Mine is situated nearby to the locality Elk Park Pass.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Silver Bow County, Montana, United States of America
- Address: MT
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Silver Bow County Poor Farm Hospital.
Silver Bow County Poor Farm Hospital
Building
Photo: Montanabw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Silver Bow County Poor Farm Hospital at 3040 Continental Dr. in Butte, Montana was built in 1902. It includes design by architect Charles S. Haire. Silver Bow County Poor Farm Hospital is situated 1½ miles southwest of Rising Sun Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elk Park Pass and Butte.
Elk Park Pass
Locality
Elk Park Pass, elevation 6,352 ft, is a mountain pass on the Continental Divide in southwestern Montana, about 4 miles northeast of Butte. It is traversed by Interstate 15 and is one of three crossings of the Divide by the Interstate, the others being Monida Pass and Deer Lodge Pass southwest of Butte. Elk Park Pass is situated 3 miles north of Rising Sun Mine.
Butte
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Butte is one of the major towns in Montana, with a population of 35,000. In its heyday between the late 19th century and about 1920, it was one of the largest and most notorious copper boomtowns in the American West, home to hundreds of saloons and a famous red-light district.
Walkerville
Village
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Walkerville is a town in Silver Bow County, Montana, United States, that is an enclave of the consolidated city-county of Butte. The population was 639 at the 2020 census. Walkerville is situated 4½ miles northwest of Rising Sun Mine.
Rising Sun Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Silver Bow County, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.99632° or 45° 59′ 47″ northLongitude
-112.45835° or 112° 27′ 30″ westElevation
6,214 feet (1,894 metres)Open location code
85Q9XGWR+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 369146937OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Rising Sun Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rising Sun Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Montana)”
- Cebuano: “Rising Sun Mine”
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