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- Mrs. John Love during ceremonies marking battle centennial
- Mrs. John Love and a man pose near a stone battlefield marker commemorating the Battle of Summit Springs, Summit Springs, Colorado. The marker reads: "Site of Summit Springs Battle Ground Last Indian Engagement [...] with U. S. troops in [?] July...
- Cheyenne Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Summit Springs--1960-1970.; Governors' spouses--Colorado--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Summit Springs--1960-1970.; Summit Springs (Colo.), Battle of,...
- 1969 July 10
- Breckenridge, Colo Reliance Gold Dredge
- View of a Reliance Gold Dredging Company Bucyrus-built hydraulic placer gold bucket-line dredge in Swan River, French Gulch, Summit County, Colorado. Colorado School of Mines students and miners pose on the vessel.
- Reliance Gold Dredging Company--1900-1910.; Dredges--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mining machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; French Gulch (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Swan River...
- 1906?
- During ceremonies marking battle centennial
- A woman and girls stand near a wire fence and look on as men on horseback ride in an open field, part of the Centennial of the Battle of Summit Springs, Summit Springs, Colorado. Two men on horseback carry flags. The men wear military uniforms; the...
- Cheyenne Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Summit Springs--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Summit Springs--1960-1970.; Summit Springs (Colo.), Battle of, 1869--Battlefields--1960-1970.; Summit Springs...
- [1969]
- During ceremonies marking battle centennial
- Men on horseback stand near two girls and a woman as part of a ceremony to commemorate the Battle of Summit Springs in Washington County, Colorado. Two men carry flags, one a U. S. flag. The men are dressed in military uniforms. The girls and woman...
- Cheyenne Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Summit Springs--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Summit Springs--1960-1970.; Summit Springs (Colo.), Battle of, 1869--Battlefields--1960-1970.; Summit Springs...
- 1969 July 10
- Index to Colorado Mining Directory: First Edition 1883
- Index to mines within Colorado. Information is arranged alphabetically by Mine name, with the county it is located in.
- Mines and mineral industries--Colorado--Directories.; Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Directories.;
- 1883
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 11, 1919 November
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 11 and 12, 1922 November-December
- Mary Verna mine on left, tunnel #1
- A group of people walk on the narrow gauge railroad tracks between the Mary Verna mine and the power plant on Tenmile Creek in Summit County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mary Verna Tunnel Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Tenmile Creek (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Narrow...
- between 1906 and 1909
- Left Mary Verna plant, foreground curtain
- A group of people walk on the narrow gauge railroad tracks between the Mary Verna mine and the power plant on Tenmile Creek, Summit County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mary Verna Tunnel Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Tenmile Creek (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Narrow...
- [between 1906 and 1909?]
- North A. M. Gold Dredging Co
- View of North American Gold Dredging Company placer mining operations in Summit County, Colorado; shows a hydraulic elevator and pond. Men take samples with a churn drill; lettering reads: "Keystone Driller Co."
- Dredges--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Mining machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1898 and 1902?]
- Dredge
- View of the Reliance Gold Dredging Company's bucket-line hydraulic placer gold mining boat, in Summit County, Colorado. Miners pose on the gantry, decks, and elevator.
- Dredges--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1920.; Mining machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1920.; Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1920.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1909 and 1913?]
- Summit Co. mine interior
- View of ore cart tracks along the floor of a tunnel in the Summit County mine, Summit County, Colorado.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Echo Canyon, Utah
- View of a wagon train on the Mormon Trail in Echo Canyon in Summit County, Utah. Covered wagons pulled by oxen, and men, women and children on foot and on horseback travel beside Echo Creek. Shows red canyon walls above the trail.
- Echo Canyon (Summit County, Utah)--1850-1870.; Echo Creek (Utah)--1850-1870.; Mormon Pioneer Historic National Trail--1850-1870.; Summit County (Utah)--1850-1870.; Canyons--Utah--Summit County--1850-1870.; Cliffs--Utah--Summit County--1850-1870.;...
- 1933
- Echo Canyon, Utah
- Wagon trains are on the Mormon Trail, or circled in the valley in Echo Canyon, in Summit County, Utah. Shows Echo Creek and layered rock cliffs and bluffs.
- Echo Canyon (Summit County, Utah)--1850-1870.; Echo Creek (Utah)--1850-1870.; Mormon Pioneer Historic National Trail--1850-1870.; Summit County (Utah)--1850-1870.; Canyons--Utah--Summit County--1850-1870.; Cliffs--Utah--Summit County--1850-1870.;...
- 1934
- Placer mining, Farncomb Hill
- Water pours from hoses on a hillside at a placer mine on Farncomb Hill (Summit County), Colorado. Surface structures and a sluice are nearby.
- Farncomb Hill (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Cars at summit building of Pikes Peak
- People and cars are at the summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Signs on the summit building read: "Highest Building in America," "Pikes Peak Auto Highway Depot, Extreme Summit of Pikes Peak," "2 1/2 Miles Above Sea Level."
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Soldier Summit - terminal
- Soldier Summit, Utah, is a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad terminal/switch yard covered in snow. Locomotives, freight and passenger cars, and cabooses are on the tracks, and men work picking ice from the switches. Passengers emerge at the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Soldier Summit (Utah)--1920-1930.; Passengers--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad employees--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Utah--Soldier...
- [between 1922 and 1929?]
- Soldier Summit - terminal
- Soldier Summit, Utah, is a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad terminal/switch yard covered in snow. Locomotives, freight and passenger cars, and cabooses are on the tracks, and men work picking ice from the switches. Passengers emerge at the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Soldier Summit (Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Utah--Soldier...
- [between 1922 and 1929?]
- Soldier Summit, Utah from west side
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad freight and coal cars wait in snow at Soldier Summit, Utah, between the depot and the engine house. Employee houses are to the side.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Soldier Summit (Utah)--1920-1930.; Houses--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Utah--Soldier...
- 1926?
- Placer mining American Gulch
- View of American Gulch in Summit County, Colorado. The gulch eroded from hydraulic gold mine work; a flume and mill house owned by the Wapiti Mining Company are on the steep valley walls. A miner aims a jet of water, which runs through sluices and...
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.; Flumes--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Gold dredge in Summit County, Colorado
- View of a Blue River Placer Mining Company hydraulic placer bucket-line dredge, in the Blue River, Summit County, Colorado. The gold mining vessel and processing plant has a covered stacker extending over tailing piles; mountains are in the...
- Blue River Placer Mining Company--1920-1930.; Dredges--Colorado--Summit County--1920-1930.; Mining machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1920-1930.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Summit County--1920-1930.; Blue River (Colo. : River)--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- The mineral resources of Summit County
- View of a 156 ounce specimen of crystallized gold, known as "Tom's Baby," taken from the Gold Flake Mine on Farncomb Hill, near Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado. The specimen was named after Tom Groves, one of the miners who discovered it.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Hydraulic mining Hoosier Pass, Summit Co
- View of a placer gold mine near Hoosier Pass, Summit County, Colorado; shows an eroded chasm. A miner is by the sluice, holding a gold pan.
- Sluices--Colorado--Summit County--1860-1890.; Summit County (Colo.)--1860-1890.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1860-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1860-1890.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Summit County--1860-1890.;...
- [between 1860 and 1890?]
- Mecca Pit - elevator
- Miners pose on the Mecca Pit hydraulic placer gold mine flume, in Summit County, Colorado; snow-capped mountains are in the distance.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Flumes--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- During ceremonies marking battle centennial
- A man in military uniform stands near a saddled horse and a group of signs to commemorate the centennial of the Battle of Summit Springs in Washington County, Colorado. He holds the horse's reigns and his hat over his chest. A wire fence is between...
- Cheyenne Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Summit Springs--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Summit Springs--1960-1970.; Summit Springs (Colo.), Battle of, 1869--Battlefields--1960-1970.; Summit Springs...
- 1969 July 10
- During ceremonies marking centennial
- A girl sits near a marker that commemorates the Battle of Summit Springs in Washington County, Colorado. The metal plaque is mounted on a pad of concrete. The plaque reads: "Location of Tall Bull's lodge where Mrs. Weichel was found July 11, 1869....
- Cheyenne Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Summit Springs--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Summit Springs--1960-1970.; Summit Springs (Colo.), Battle of, 1869--Monuments--1960-1970.; Summit Springs...
- 1969 July 10
- Stamp mill interior
- Interior of a stamp mill in Summit County, Colorado. The machinery includes dies and stamps.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.; Milling machines--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890-1900]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 9 Numbers 3 and 4, 1926 March-April
- Montgomery, Colorado
- Montgomery, Park County, Colorado, consists of log dwellings; some are under construction. Water leaks from a flume at the center. Stumps are in the foreground, and the hillside in the background is covered with bare trees. Founded in 1859, this...
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1850-1870.
- [between 1859 and 1868?]
- Mountain Lion Mine Summit County
- A miner poses by a log cabin at the entrance to the Mountain Lion Mine in Summit County, Colorado.
- Mountain Lion Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Power house
- A family poses on the railroad tracks in front of the Mary Verna mine, Summit County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mary Verna Tunnel Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Railroad...
- between 1906 and 1909
- Mr. Homer McAlister in doorway
- Homer McAlister stands at the Mary Verna mine tunnel entrance with an ore car, Summit County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mary Verna Tunnel Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Summit...
- [between 1906 and 1909?]
- Colorado mining, Summit County
- Four miners pose with two dogs in the entryway of an unidentified mine tunnel, Summit County, Colorado.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Dogs--Colorado--Summit County--1870-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1870-1890.; Tunnels--Colorado--Summit County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Shelter house - Summit Lake
- A view of a rock shelter house near Summit Lake, Summit Lake Park, on Mount Evans in Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Summit Lake (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Summit Lake Park (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1930-1950.; Shelters--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Soldier Summit - depot in snow
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad coal cars wait in snow by the depot at Soldier Summit, Utah; one car has lettering: "Utah Idaho Central 1055."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Soldier Summit (Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroads--Utah--Soldier...
- [between 1922 and 1929?]
- E.B. passenger Soldier Summit 766 on point
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 766 pulls a passenger train past the depot through snow at Soldier Summit, Utah. Employee houses are in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Soldier Summit (Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroads--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1922 and 1929?]
- Testing gravel before building dredge
- View of a placer gold mine sampling operation, in Summit County, Colorado; miners work with a churn drill and derrick. Lettering reads: "Keystone Driller Co."
- Mining machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Dredges in Swan River Valley capacity of 8000 yds of gold bearing gravel daily
- Hydraulic placer gold dredge, in Summit County, Colorado; shows the gantry, tail sluices, processing sheds, and the stacker extending over mine tailing piles. Hills are in the background.
- Dredges--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Mining machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Gold Pan pit showing timbering
- Evans Gold Pan placer mine, in Summit County, Colorado, is an open pit with timbering, a hydraulic elevator platform, stacker, processing sheds, and tailing piles. Miners work with a crane and jets of water by cribs at the bottom.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1890.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1890.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Gray's Peak number four
- Men and women pose on a rock formation near the summit of Gray's Peak (Clear Creek County and Summit County), Colorado. Women wear fitted dresses with long skirts and hats with elaborate decoration and stand or sit near the top of a rocky spire....
- Grays Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; People--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1892]
- Decatur Mt. from Peru Fork
- View of a silhouette of a man in a hat, and trees beside a meadow in the Peru Creek valley in Summit County, Colorado. Shows snow on the summit of Decatur Mountain in the distance.
- Decatur Mountain (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Peru Creek (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Summit County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Meadows--Colorado--Summit County--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Summit County--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Green Mountain Dam - camp
- View of worker's housing at the Green Mountain Dam construction site in Summit County, Colorado; shows canvas tents, the Blue River, a bridge, snow, mountains, and clouds.
- Blue River (Colo. : river)--1930-1950.; Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Bridges--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Labor housing--Colorado--Summit...
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- Green Mtn. Dam, drilling rock
- A construction worker drills into a boulder at the Green Mountain Dam site in Summit County, Colorado.
- Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- Green Mtn. Dam, drilling rock
- A construction worker drills into a boulder at the Green Mountain Dam site in Summit County, Colorado.
- Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- Steamboat Rock, Echo Canon, U. P. R. Y.
- View of Echo Canyon probably in Summit County, Utah. Shows a rock formation identified as Steamboat Rock, scrub bushes and the Union Pacific Railway tracks.
- Echo Canyon (Summit County, Utah)--1880-1900.; Summit County (Utah)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Utah--Summit County--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Utah--Summit County--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Utah--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Summit Pools
- A view of the Summit Pools (Summit Basin Springs) at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows the mineral water and travertine surface of the rock formations and mountains.
- Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1890-1910.; Summit Basin Springs (Wyo.)--1890-1910.; Yellowstone National Park--1890-1910.; National Parks & reserves--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- The Col. Seller Mine, Leadville
- View of Colonel Sellers Mine in Summit County, Colorado. Shows mines with tailings, frame buildings, tipples, and apparatus.
- Colonel Sellers Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Panoram[a] from Gray's Peak southwest
- Panoramic view of possibly Silver Mountain and Santa Fe Peak in Summit County, Colorado from the summit of Grays Peak.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Wilhelmina Pass, Weber Canon, U.P. Ry.
- View of Wilhelmina Pass in Weber Canon, Summit County, Utah. Shows a truss bridge used by the Union Pacific Railway Company, railroad tracks, mountains, telegraph poles, and probably the Weber River.
- Union Pacific Railway Company--1880-1900.; Summit County (Utah)--1880-1900.; Weber Canyon (Utah)--1880-1900.; Weber River (Utah)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Utah--Summit County--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Utah--Summit County--1880-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- T. M. Bown Ida Tunnel Summit Dist Alt 11800 ft.
- Miners pose at the entrance to the Ida Tunnel Mine in Summit County, Colorado.
- Ida Tunnel Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1888]