| 词条 | Baldy Mountain (Colfax County, New Mexico) |
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| name = Baldy Mountain | photo = Philmont Scout Ranch Baldy Mountain from Copper Park.jpg | photo_caption = Baldy Mountain from Copper Park camp | elevation_ft = 12441 | elevation_ref = {{navd88}}[1] | prominence_ft = 2681 | prominence_ref = [2] | range = Cimarron Range, Sangre de Cristo Mountains | parent_peak = | listing = | location = Colfax County, New Mexico, U.S. | map = USA New Mexico | coordinates = {{coord|36.629881983|N|105.213404958|W|type:mountain_region:US-NM_scale:100000_source:NGS|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = [1] | topo = USGS Baldy Mountain | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}Baldy Mountain (official name), Baldy Peak, Mount Baldy, or Old Baldy is the highest peak in the Cimarron Range, a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico. It is located in Colfax County, about {{convert|6|mi|-1}} northeast of Eagle Nest. It rises abruptly, with {{convert|3,640|ft}} of vertical relief (in 3 miles/4.8 km), from the Moreno Valley to the west and has a total elevation of {{convert|12441|ft|0}}.[1] Philmont Scout RanchBaldy Mountain lies on the northwestern border of the Boy Scouts of America's Philmont Scout Ranch. The valleys on the eastern side of the peak are home to some of the many small camps that are scattered throughout the Ranch. Four wheel drive roads and a radio tower exist high on the western slopes. In 1963 Norton Clapp bought {{convert|10,098|acre|0}} around the mountain and donated it to the Boy Scouts of America. MiningCopper and gold were mined in the area starting in 1866, and the top of Baldy Mountain was developed as the Mystic Lode copper mine.[3] Other mines near Baldy Mountain were the Aztec, French Henry, Bull-of-the-Woods, Homestake, Black Horse, and Montezuma mines.[4] Mine workings and prospects are still evident on the slopes of the mountain as well. There are about {{convert|70|mi|km}} of mines in the whole mountain. A total of $4 million was made from the gold in the mountain.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}} GallerySee also
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References1. ^1 2 {{cite ngs |pid=GM0775 |name=Baldy Mtn |accessdate=2014-02-10}} {{Mountains of New Mexico}}{{Philmont Scout Ranch}}2. ^{{cite peakbagger |pid=16493 |name=Baldy Mountain, New Mexico |accessdate=2014-02-10}} 3. ^{{cite book |author1=Butterfield, Mike |author2=Greene, Peter |title=Mike Butterfield's Guide to the Mountains of New Mexico |publisher=New Mexico Magazine Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0937206881}} 4. ^{{cite book|author=New Mexico. Bureau of Immigration|title=The Mines of New Mexico: Inexhaustible Deposits of Gold and Silver, Copper, Lead, Iron and Coal. A Mineral Area Unequaled in Any State Or Territory for the Extent and Value of Its Mines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mTZOAAAAYAAJ|year=1896|publisher=New Mexican printing Company}} 5 : Mountains of New Mexico|Sangre de Cristo Mountains|Landforms of Colfax County, New Mexico|Philmont Scout Ranch|Mountains of Colfax County, New Mexico |
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