Chandler, Colorado

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Chandler
Mining ghost town
Chandler is located in Colorado
Chandler
Chandler
Location within the state of Colorado
Coordinates: 38°22′23″N 105°12′02″W / 38.37306°N 105.20056°W / 38.37306; -105.20056Coordinates: 38°22′23″N 105°12′02″W / 38.37306°N 105.20056°W / 38.37306; -105.20056
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyFremont
Elevation
5,738 ft (1,749 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes
81212 [1]
GNIS feature ID204919[2]

Chandler is a ghost town in Fremont County, located south of the Lincoln Park area near Cañon City, Colorado.[3] Chandler was a company coal mining town owned and operated by the Victor-American Fuel Company.[4] It is located south of State Highway 115 along a county road named Chandler Road, west of Williamsburg, Colorado and north of Rockvale, Colorado. It was originally homesteaded in the 1880s, and the last ore was hauled out in 1942.[5] The town is now completely depopulated.[6] Chandler was home to a significant Asian-American mining population.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Chandler - Cultural Feature (Locale) in Fremont County". CO HomeTownLocator. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Primero, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 13 October 1978. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chandler, Colorado
  4. ^ Dalrymple, James; King, Henry P. (1916). "Fourth Annual Report of the State Inspector of Coal Mines". Colorado Coal Mining Department. p. 26. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Chandler". Coloradopast.com. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  6. ^ Coriz, Dena Stevens (11 March 2007). "Chandler Still Haunts Colorado". Blogs. Active Rain.
  7. ^ Eaton, M. Kathleen (10 April 2010). "Now & Then: Asian Americans in Fremont County – Laundries, Chandler Coal Mine Strike, and State Prison, 1880-1933". Now and Then. Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History Center. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
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