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Four Peaks is the site of an amethyst mine that produces top-grade amethyst. The name Four Peaks is a reference to the four distinct peaks of a north–south ridge forming the massif's summit. The northernmost peak is named Brown's Peak and is the tallest of the four at 7,659 feet (2,334 m). [1] It is the highest point in Maricopa County.
There are several active private mining claims being exploited on Mount Antero and surrounding peaks. The peak is located due south of the more visually prominent Mount Princeton . Mount Antero is one of the most prominent peaks of the Sawatch Range, rising an impressive 7,200 feet above the town of Salida, Colorado to the southeast.
Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains and the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado.. The following sortable table comprises the 117 highest mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado with at least 3000 meters (9843 feet) of elevation and at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.
The Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway is a National Scenic Byway, a Back Country Byway, and a Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Fremont and Teller counties, Colorado, USA. The byway is named for the Gold Belt mining region. The Cripple Creek Historic District is a National Historic Landmark.
This is a list of mountain peaks in the U.S. State of Colorado that exceed 14,000 feet (4267.2 meters) of elevation. In the mountaineering parlance of the Western United States , a fourteener is a mountain peak with an elevation of at least 14,000 feet.
So about four to six people is about all you can get in it, depending on size. So it's pretty tight,” he said. “Really we don't know at the 500-foot level whether it dropped or didn't drop.
The San Juan Mountains is a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. The area is highly mineralized (the Colorado Mineral Belt) and figured in the gold and silver mining industry of early Colorado. Major towns, all old mining camps, include Creede, Lake City, Silverton, Ouray ...
A tour guide died at a Colorado gold mine after an elevator experienced a mechanical issue hundreds of feet below ground, trapping a dozen tourists for several hours, authorities said. The ...