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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 uphill from the bridge. |
Please read directly below...
Mary Murphy Mine & much of the surrounding area is on Private Property.
Venturing off of public roads and lands onto private land is trespassing. The surrounding mountains have miles of underground tunnels and shafts.
The area is dangerous and a once safe and stable area can suddenly collapse.
The buildings also are in various state of decay and are also unsafe. Obey any
posted signs, travel & recreate responsibly, and always tread lightly.
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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.
Use extreme caution. Most of these old and abandoned buildings are not structurally
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One of the mines. |
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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 peaked in one building and noticed a 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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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
Tincup Pass, Tincup, Colorado
Autumn Foliage (2008)
Autumn Foliage (2009)
Agnes Vaille Falls
Mt. Princeton Hike
Mt. Princeton Photos
Alpine Tunnel (West of Divide)
Poplar Gulch Trail |
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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. It was a great day to be in the outdoors. :) |
