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- Central City, Colorado 1900
- piles of tailings dot the hills in the distance. Several cars are parked on Eureka Street.; Tall buildings line Main Street in Central City, Colorado, in the midground. The C. W. Knox Machinery Co. is in the right foreground. A portion of St....
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [1939?]
- Eureka Street, Central City streets
- View east up Eureka Street at the intersection of Pine Street in Central City, Colorado. Most of the buildings are in the shadows, except for the Teller House and the Post Office on the left. The Pharmacy building and the Harley B. Morse block,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Central City, Colorado, 1900-
- advertisement for "Dry Climate Cigars" painted on its side.; Several buildings face Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, including the Knights of Pythias building, a hardware store, the First National Bank and the Teller House. St. James...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Central...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Eureka in 1877, San Juan Co., Colorado
- Reproduction of bird's eye view rendering; shows Eureka, San Juan County, Colorado, and landmarks: 1. Colorado Lode 2. Old Trapper 3. Suamanda 4. Oporto 5. Garibaldi 6. Niagara 7. Centennial 8. Jackson 9. Shakespeare 10. American 11. Mc Kennie 12....
- Eureka (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1877
- Sunnyside Mill - Eureka, Colorado
- View of the Sunnyside Mill, Eureka, San Juan County, Colorado; shows mining ore processing buildings, miners' houses, and the Animas River valley.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Eureka--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1900-1920.; Valleys--Colorado--Eureka--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Miners
- Prospectors Jake Lil and Mike Heiser pose outdoors with Baldy, a burro, near Eureka Gulch in San Juan County, Colorado. Baldy wears saddle bags.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--Eureka--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Eureka--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1900-1910.; Pack animals--Colorado--Eureka--1900-1910.; Heiser, Mike.; Lil, Jake.
- 1904
- Bd. house near Eureka
- View of the Martin Boardinghouse, built for the Martin Mining Complex in the Eureka Mining District, near Eureka, San Juan County, Colorado. Shows a large wooden building with dormers, a chimney and tin roof next to probably the Animas River.
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1960-1970.; Eureka (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.; Rivers--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Eureka, Colo. Main Street
- View of Main Street in Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado. A sign on one of the wooden frame buildings with false fronts reads: "Pool Hall Cigars Tobacco Candies Soft Drinks".
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- Eureka Street, Central City
- View east down Eureka Street toward snow-covered Central Hill, with a wagon drawn by six white, harnessed horses. The driver of the wagon wears a hat and a work suit. The Teller House is to the left of the image and has a sign that reads "Assay...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890-1900]
- Eureka 1942
- View of many dilapidated structures in Eureka, Colorado including Eureka Creek surrounded by a fence; features a large building with vertical plank siding, medium gable, and staircase leading up the outside of the gabeled facade; shed with a...
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Central City, streets, Eureka
- Snow covers Eureka and High streets and the surrounding hillside in Central City, Colorado. The massive, two-story Gilpin County Courthouse and St. James Methodist Church are in the right midground. People walk along the sidewalk of Eureka Street...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Eureka Street, Central City streets
- Winter scene on upper Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The hillside is covered with snow. Eureka Street is in the right foreground. In the background on the hill is a two-story structure with a hipped roof. Three other houses stand in...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Eureka Street, Central City streets
- Winter on upper Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. Eureka Street is in the foreground, and several structures are on the hill above, including a two-story structure with a hipped roof. Mine tailings, partially covered in snow, are at the top...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Eureka Street, Central City streets
- Wood-frame one and two story houses line Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. Pipe and equipment are in a field beneath a rocky, barren hill in the foreground. A horse-drawn buggy travels along Eureka Street. West High Street is in the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Bd. house above Eureka
- View of the Martin Boardinghouse, built for the Martin Mining Complex in the Eureka Mining District, near Eureka, San Juan County, Colorado. Shows a large, weathered wooden building with dormers, a chimney, a tin roof and stone foundation.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Eureka Masonic Lodge #66, Coal Creek, Colo.
- View of the Eureka Masonic Lodge #66 located at 216 Main Street, Coal Creek, Colorado. The simple, two-story sandstone structure was constructed in 1908 for the local lodge of the International Order of Odd Fellows. Since that time, the structure...
- Freemasons. Eureka Lodge No. 66 (Coal Creek, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Coal Creek (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Freemasons. Eureka Lodge No. 66 (Coal Creek, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Coal Creek Lodge (Coal Creek,...
- 2009
- Eureka
- View of a two story wood frame building with a false front in Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado. A sign over the door reads: "Pool Hall Cigars, Tobacco, Candies, And Soft Drinks".
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Billiard parlors--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- Pine Street
- View of the intersection of Pine and Eureka Streets in Central City, Colorado; shows the backside of the Teller House and two people, Walter Pesman and Ann Evans, walking down the steep steps next to the Teller House. Eureka Street is in the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Eureka 1942
- View of residences and sheds in Eureka, Colorado; shows a two story structure among many dilapidated buildings; Eureka Creek in the foreground; mine tailings and rock slide paths on a steep slope in the distance.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Eureka, Colorado 1942
- View of a wooden bridge with no side rails spanning Eureka Creek, Eureka, Colorado; shows discarded fifty-five gallon drum among other wood and metal scraps, shed with a lightly colored lean-to roof, and rocky banks of the creek; valley with...
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bridges--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Eureka (Sunnyside)
- The remains of the Sunnyside mill are etched into the side of Eureka Mountain. Remains of the town of Eureka, Colorado, occupy the flats at the foot of the mountain. Mine tailings and a road cut are on the side of the mountain.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1950
- Eureka (Sunnyside)
- The remains of the Sunnyside mill are etched into the side of Eureka Mountain. Remains of the town of Eureka, Colorado, occupy the flats at the foot of the mountain. Mine tailings and a road cut are on the side of the mountain.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1950
- Sunnyside mill
- The Sunnyside mill was built, step fashion, into the hillside in Eureka, Colorado. Other mining buildings and mining equipment are in the foreground.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Central City, Colo., residence - H.H. Lake
- The stone McFarlane & Company Foundry and Machine Shop stands in the foreground on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. Large houses line the far side of the street. The Gilpin County Courthouse, built between 1899 and 1900, is in the far right...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Central City, Colo., residences
- Eureka Street is in foreground of this view of Central City, Colorado, during winter. The snow-covered roof of the McFarlane & Company Foundry and Machine Shop stands in the right foreground. Large houses line Eureka Street. The Huddleston Mine is...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Gilpin Tramway
- The tracks of the Gilpin Tramway curve through the foreground of this view of several mines on Gunnell Hill in Central City, Colorado. A group of houses lines this portion of Eureka Street, one of the main roads through Central City. The Gunnell...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Leaving Eureka - pack train with supplies
- Burros loaded with wooden planks and crates climb a dirt road near Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado; a man on a horse follows.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Eureka--1900-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--Eureka--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1900-1910.; Packtrains--Colorado--Eureka--1900-1910.
- [1904]
- Central City, Colorado
- The Gilpin County Courthouse faces Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, across from the Eureka House. The side of the St. James Methodist Church juts into the right midground. Several mines dot the hillside behind the courthouse. A covered...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Central City, 1864
- City Bakery stands farther down the block next door to the Young American Clothing Hall. Another store has the word "Stoves" painted on its front facade. On the near side of Main Street in the center midground is the two-story, wood frame building...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- [1864?]
- Central City, Colorado
- Lawrence Street are the Raynolds beehive, the Granite House hotel and the Knights of Pythias building. The next section of the block includes a hardware store and the Central City Register-Call building. The American House and Turner Hall are in...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- [between 1878 and 1900?]
- Central City, Colorado
- stairs extends down the hill from the academy to the Catholic church (later the site of St. Mary's of the Assumption Church built in 1892). Numerous brick buildings stand along Main Street in the midground, including the Temple of Fashion, an...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Central City, Colorado, 1900's.
- permanent resident of Gregory Diggings in 1859 and he was the first official sheriff of Gilpin County. The Eureka House stands opposite the courthouse in the left midground.; The large Gilpin County Courthouse, built between 1899 and 1900, faces...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Central City before the fire
- The Teller House stands in the left center background on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The hotel was named for Henry M. Teller, one of Colorado's first senators. Across Eureka Street is St. James Methodist Church. Houses and businesses...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1876?]
- Eureka
- View of buildings with false fronts in Eureka, a mining community northeast of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1870-1890.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Eureka--1870-1890.
- [between 1873 and 1890?]
- Central City, Colorado
- View of Eureka Street; foreground includes the crest of a hill of the left and the roofs of several houses on the right. The back side of the Teller House is in the center of the image, and the Opera House is to the left. The Post Office, the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- View of foundations of Sunnyside Mills and townsite of Eureka only square water [?] for Silverton Northern Railroad
- View of ruins of Sunnyside Mills and Eureka (San Juan County) Colorado, after they burned; also shows a Silverton Northern Railroad shed.
- Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Eureka (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Eureka--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1910-1920.; Ruins--Colorado--Eureka--1910-1920.
- October 1975
- Eureka Colorado at its peak Sunnyside Mill against hill
- View of Eureka (San Juan County) Colorado; shows houses, civic buildings, tailings, and mining ore processing sheds of the Sunnyside Mill.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Eureka--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Eureka--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Eureka
- View of an abandoned log cabin near Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Cabins--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- Eureka
- View of an abandoned, wood paneled miner's residence with insulators mounted to the roof, a door, and attached outhouse in Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Cabins--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Eureka
- View of a dilapidated log cabin in Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Eureka--1930-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eureka--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Sunnyside mine, Eureka, Colo., miner's transportation into tunnel
- View of an automobile modified to be a rail car at the Sunnyside mine, Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Railroad motor-cars--Colorado--Eureka--1930-1950.; Eureka (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Eureka--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Eureka Creek, outside of Central City, Colorado
- View of a wooden sidewalk and railing that span Eureka Gulch and Creek outside of Central City, Colorado. The railing and sidewalk are alongside a dirt road. Two wood-frame houses sit on the hill on the other side of the gulch, where much of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Eureka Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Central City--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Eureka
- View of the foundation of the Sunnyside Mill and tailings from the Sunnyside Mine on the steep slopes surrounding Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1960.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1960.; Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1940-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Young Mike O'Toole at a Hanson claim
- Mike O'Toole poses near the entrance to a mine near Eureka, San Juan County, Colorado. Mine tramway tracks are near the entrance.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1900-1910.; O'Toole, Mike.
- 1904
- Concentrating mill of the Sunnyside Mining & Milling Co. a subsiduary [sic] of the U. S. Smelting Refining & Mining Co. at Eureka, Colo
- View of the Sunnyside Mining & Milling Company, subsidiary of the United States Refining & Mining Company, at Eureka, San Juan County, Colorado; shows mine processing sheds on a hillside, with water towers, smokestacks, and tailings. Houses are by...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Eureka--1920-1930.; Eureka (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Eureka--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Concentrating mill of the Sunnyside Mining & Milling Co. a subsiduary [sic] of the U. S. Smelting Refining & Mining Co. at Eureka, Colo
- View of the Sunnyside Mining & Milling Company, subsidiary of the United States Refining & Mining Company, at Eureka, San Juan County, Colorado; shows mine processing sheds on a hillside, with water towers, smokestacks, and tailings. Houses are by...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Eureka--1920-1930.; Eureka (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Eureka--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Eureka from on top of Sunnyside Mill
- Aerial view toward the ghost town of Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a wooden aerial tramway tower and part of the foundation for the Sunnyside Mine Mill. Abandoned equipment, dirt roads and a cabin are in the distance.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.; Mills--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.; Ore Industry--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.
- 1969
- Sunnyside Mill, Eureka
- View of the stair-stepped concrete foundations of the Sunnyside Mill in Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows debris and tailings embankments.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mills--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.; Ore industry--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Eureka St., Central
- View east down Eureka Street, Central City, Colorado, shows the Teller House on the right and the Register Block on the left. Several men stand on the boardwalk near a barbershop pole. Horse drawn wagons are on the muddy tracked street.
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1878]
- April 1919 fire destroyed all building [sic] except aerial tram terminal
- Smoke engulfs Sunnyside Mine mining ore processing buildings in Eureka, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Eureka--1910-1920.; Eureka (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Eureka--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1910-1920.
- 1919 April 1