Iron City - Colorado Ghost Town

IRON CITY

NAME: Iron City
COUNTY: Chafee
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 5
CLIMATE: Cold winter with snow, cool summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer

COMMENTS: Near Saint Elmo.
REMAINS: Cemetery and some mining remnants.

Iron City was a smelter town that lived for only about 2 years. A campsite is located at the original townsite and a little further down the road is a cemetery. One of the most interesting epitaphs is for Sarah and Sadie Mullens - "Born a year apart, died a day apart, buried a hand apart"	Iron City Mining Remnants - July,1999 Todd Underwood Iron City Mining Remnants - July,1999 Todd Underwood Sadie Mullins Grave Courtesy Mary A. Kottwitz

Iron City was a smelter town that lived for only about 2 years. A campsite is located at the original townsite and a little further down the road is a cemetery. One of the most interesting epitaphs is for Sarah and Sadie Mullens - "Born a year apart, died a day apart, buried a hand apart"

Iron City Mining Remnants - July,1999
Todd Underwood

Sadie Mullins Grave
Courtesy Mary A. Kottwitz

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