Emma Burr Mountain
Emma Burr Mountain is a mountain summit on the common border shared by Chaffee and Gunnison counties in Colorado, United States. Description Emma Burr Mountain is set on the Continental Divide in the Collegiate Peaks which are a subrange of the Sawatch Range. The mountain ranks as the 12th-highest peak in Gunnison County and the 226th-highest in Colorado. The peak is located southeast of the community of Tincup in the San Isabel National Forest and Gunnison National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's east slope drains into tributaries of Cottonwood Creek which in turn is a tributary of the Arkansas River, whereas the west slope drains to Willow Creek which is a tributary of the Taylor River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises nearly above Mirror Lake in less than . The peak is the highest point along the Continental Divide for a 160-mile stretch from Carson Peak to an unnamed peak with elevation 13,570-ft. History In 1878, lode deposits were discovered in the vicinity, and the town of Virginia City was laid out in March 1879. By 1881 there were numerous mines, the principal ones being Gold Cup, Emma Burr, Anna Dedrika, Tin Cup, Mayflower, Cumberland, Jimmy