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Idaho Springs is located in northeastern Clear Creek County along Clear Creek near the confluence of its tributary, Chicago Creek. [ 11 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km 2 ), of which 0.03 square miles (0.09 km 2 ), or 1.53%, is water.
Clear Creek, ca. 1870 Crystalline gold specimen from the Dixie mine, Lamartine District, SW of Idaho Springs, Colorado.Size: 1.8 x 0.9 x 0.2 cm. [3] Clear Creek County was one of the original 17 counties created by the Colorado legislature on November 1, 1861, and is one of only two counties (along with Gilpin) to have persisted with its original boundaries unchanged.
The Argo Tunnel is a 4.16-mile (6.69 km) mine drainage and access tunnel with its portal at Idaho Springs, Colorado, USA.It was originally called the Newhouse Tunnel after its primary investor, Salt Lake City mining magnate Samuel Newhouse, and appears by that name in many industry publications from the time period when it was constructed.
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Route map Interstate 70. I-70 highlighted in red ... East of Idaho Springs, I-70 was built along the corridor of U.S. Highway 40 (US 40), ...
US 40 and I-70 will run concurrently numerous times across the U.S. The route leaves I-70 at exit 244, to the east of Idaho Springs and rejoins it again at between exits 252 and 254 in El Rancho. It parallels I-70, mostly as a frontage road, until the intersection with former State Highway 26 (SH 26) to the south of Golden [2] [3]
Along State Highways 5 and 103 southwest of Idaho Springs: Idaho Springs: 6: Anne Evans Mountain Home: January 28, 1992 : Address Restricted: Evergreen: 7: Evans-Elbert Ranch: September 11, 1980 : Upper Bear Creek Rd.
The Argo Gold Mine and Mill is a former gold mining and milling property in Idaho Springs, Colorado, featuring an intact gold mill built at the entrance of the Argo Tunnel. The tunnel was built between 1893 and 1910 to drain the gold mines in Virginia Canyon, Gilpin Gulch, Russell Gulch , Quartz Hill, Nevadaville , and Central City and allow ...