# Paint Mines

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/paint-mines/

- Kind: Native American sites and finds (generalized)
- Status: Living today
- County: El Paso County, Colorado
- Point: 39.0188, -104.2662 (mapped feature (OpenStreetMap))

- Updated: 2026-10-06

## What we know

Clay beds that, per the library's record, Plains Indians used for paint and pottery and Van Briggle Pottery later dug (PPLD record of survey A34). An El Paso County park.

## Where it was

Paint Mines Interpretive Park, OpenStreetMap (2026-10-05); 'on Paint Mine Road south of Calhan' (PPLD record of survey photo A34).

A feature drawn in OpenStreetMap, such as a park or a lake.

## Nearby

- [Calhan](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/calhan/): 2.0 mi northwest
- [Big Sandy](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/big-sandy/): 4.8 mi north
- [St. Mary's Orthodox Church (1932)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/st-marys-orthodox-church-1932/): 6.7 mi north
- [Gammon house](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/gammon-house/): 8.8 mi northeast
- [Ramah](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/ramah/): 8.9 mi northeast
- [Ramah Catholic Church](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/ramah-catholic-church/): 9.0 mi northeast

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.