Chandler is a ghost town in Fremont County, located south of the

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area near

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. Chandler was a

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coal

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owned and operated by the

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. It is located south of State Highway 115 along a county road named Chandler Road, west of

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and north of

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. It was originally homesteaded in the 1880s, and the last ore was hauled out in 1942. The town is now completely depopulated. Chandler was home to a significant

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mining population.

References

{{Reflist Ghost towns in Colorado Former populated places in Fremont County, Colorado