Ouray Iron Spring (Manitou Springs, Colorado)

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The Ouray Iron Spring, a (probably natural) iron-rich mineral spring.

It was previously covered by an open-air pavilion that was also used for dancing, built in the late 1890s by J. G. Hiestand.

The pavilion was removed in the early 1900s to make way for the tracks of the Dinky Trolley (which were being re-routed from the north side to the south side of Ruxton Creek). To maintain access to the spring's water, Hiestand installed a pipe to carry it to a font located under the Ute Iron Spring pavilion (as he had previously done for the Little Chief Spring). It remained accessible there until at least the 1930s.

Now it reportedly discharges into Ruxton Creek through the gravel of the stream bed, and is inaccessible.