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Silver Creek is a mining ghost town in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The town never had a post office of its own, but received its mail via the Lawson post office. [2] The town is only accessible via unimproved road. Most of the mines were located upstream from the town.
View from peak tower. The park takes its name from a hill found within its borders. Lapham Peak has an elevation of 1,233 feet (376 m) above sea level, and is the highest point in Waukesha County.
Silver Creek originates in the northwestern part of Silver Falls State Park at the confluence of its North and South Forks. From there the stream flows 9.5 miles (15.3 km) north-northwest through Silver Creek Canyon and into the Silverton Reservoir. It continues out of the canyon from that point for 2.5 miles (4.0 km) and through the city of ...
The creek meanders through a broad alluvial plain [7] and turns southeast near Chickahominy Reservoir, traveling through the unincorporated community of Riley, where it is crossed by Highway 20 and Highway 395, respectively. [6] Past Riley Silver Creek flows through a canyon with 200-to-300-foot (60 to 90 m) tall walls made of volcanic basalt. [7]
The city drains to the south to Sugar Creek, a tributary of the Kaskaskia River, and to the northwest to the East Fork of Silver Creek, another tributary of the Kaskaskia. Highland Silver Lake is a reservoir constructed on the East Fork; the Highland city limits extend north 5 miles (8 km) to the southern border of Grantfork to enclose the ...
Silver Creek heads on the north slope of Bald Eagle Mountain in the Deer Valley Ski Resort. From there it flows north through Deer Valley Meadow [6] then northwest through Park City, Utah. From Park City north through the Snyderville Basin [7] there is a low topographic divide with McLeod Creek to the west and Silver Creek to the east. [5]
Below the dam, South Fork Silver Creek winds its way west for 4.5 miles before turning northward for another 7.5 miles where it empties into Junction Reservoir. Big Silver Creek begins near Pearl Lake just to the southeast of Two Peaks East in the Desolation Wilderness and flows for six miles due west into Union Valley Reservoir.
Silver Plume is a Statutory Town located in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. Silver Plume is a former silver mining camp along Clear Creek in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains . The federally designated Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District comprises Silver Plume, the neighboring town of Georgetown , and the Georgetown Loop ...