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How to get there: From St. Elmo, take the spur that leads to the
ghost town of Hancock. Approximately three miles down the road,
there is a detour that goes around a rickety bridge.
At this point, a 4-wheel drive high clearance vehicle is needed to proceed further! The
turnoff for the road leading to the Mary Murphy Mine and Pomeroy Lake is just uphill from the bridge. |
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The Mary Murphy Mine is approximately one mile from the sign above.
You can walk up the road (as I did) or you can take a 4-wheel drive high clearance vehicle. I
would rate the road very similar in roughness to the road leading to Tincup Pass.
There are no formal signs identifying the Mary Murphy Mine. However,
you really can't miss it. The large mine is on the left and there is a fairly large
building directly across to the right. This large building looked like it may have been
a boarding house for workers of the mine, or perhaps served as an adminstrative type of area for the mine.
Noted in the two bottom photos, you can walk throughout the building,
but extreme caution is advised. This is old and abandoned building that is hardly structurally
sound. It would not be uncommon for your foot could break through the floor or for something could
cave in on you. Be careful! |
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And there it is ... The Mary Murphy Mine! :) |
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I walked around the mine to snap some photos of it from different angles.
Again, extreme caution is suggested for wandering
around old mining areas. Mining structures themselves can be very unstable and the ground
can be unstable from old tunnels and mining pits below.
I took pictures of the Mary Murphy Mine from various angles, and the bottom right photo shows
one of the working areas near the bottom of the building. Note the hole in the floor that
appeared to have a few feet of space below - a good example of the potential danger of these old structures. |
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This was on the grounds of the mine. |
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Here are more of my pages from this area:
Hancock Ghost Town
St. Elmo, Colorado (Summer 2006)
St. Elmo, Colorado (Winter 2006)
Tincup Pass, Tincup, Colorado
Autumn Foliage: Nathrop To St. Elmo
Agnes Vaille Falls
Mt. Princeton (Hike - August 2004)
Mt. Princeton Photos |
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An old cabin that still stands on one side. |
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A view of the mountains looking back downhill. |
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One photo of myself. |
