Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Early placer mining
- Placer miners work near a sluice in Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado. Their tools include wheelbarrows, shovels, picks, and pitchforks. Monitors spray water, mine buildings are on the surrounding hills. David Henderson is in the foreground,...
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Miners--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.;...
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Spring Gulch
- View of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Gulch (Spring Gulch) in Pitkin County, Colorado. Smoke rises from the engine of a Colorado Midland Railway Company train. Shows Spring Gulch Mine, a tipple, tailing piles, houses, and industrial...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1880-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1920.; Mining camps--Colorado--Gulch--1880-1920.; Gulch (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Spring Gulch Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1880-1920.; Coal...
- [between 1888 and 1916?]
- Spring Gulch
- View of the powerhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company Spring Gulch Mine in Gulch (Spring Gulch), Pitkin County, Colorado. Smoke rises from smokestacks. Shows industrial buildings and a water tank.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1880-1920.; Gulch (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Spring Gulch Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1880-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gulch--1880-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gulch--1880-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Gulch--1880-1920.;...
- [between 1888 and 1916?]
- Russell Gulch, Colorado
- A railroad track, possibly for the Gilpin Tramway, runs from the left foreground into Russell Gulch, about two miles south of Central City, Colorado. The gulch was named for William Green Russell, one of the first to discover gold in the area in...
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1890-1910.; Men--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Russell...
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Odd Fellows Hall, Russell Gulch, Colo.
- View of the Russell Gulch Odd Fellow Hall no. 2, located 3.5 miles southwest of Central City in Russell Gulch, Colorado. The two-story field stone structure has a red brick facade with a commercial space on the ground floor. Large store windows...
- Rocky Mountain Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Russell Gulch Lodge No. 2 (Russell Gulch, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Russell Gulch--2000-2010.; Russell Gulch (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Rocky Mountain Independent Order of Odd...
- 2002
- Gregory Gulch, Colorado
- Fred Kruse's Grocery & Provisions Store faces a dirt road in the left foreground of this view of Gregory Gulch between Central City and Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. The gulch is the site where John H. Gregory made his historic discovery of...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Gregory Gulch--1890-1900.
- [1898?]
- Gregory Gulch
- View of dilapidated head frames, frame buildings and snow on tailings piles in Gregory Gulch in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. A historical marker sign reads: "On this ground, later known as Gregory Diggings, John H. Gregory discovered the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Canyons--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1932
- Russell Gulch placer mining
- Placer miners work near a sluice in Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado. Their tools include wheelbarrows, shovels, picks, and pitchforks. Monitors spray water, mine buildings are on the surrounding hills. David Henderson is in the foreground,...
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Miners--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.;...
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Farncomb Hill from the north
- View of mine buildings and tailing sites on Farncomb Hill near Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Mines and workings are identified as Dogtown on Dry Gulch, the Wapiti group, the Boss and Key West workings, the Ontario. Shows Georgia Gulch,...
- Farncomb Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.; French Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Georgia Gulch (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Guyot, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Wideawake, Colo.
- A woman drives a horse and buggy along a dirt road into Wideawake, Colorado. A mine shafthouse is in the left midground, and several log structures stand in the background. A second mine shafthouse stands on the hill in the distance. A man stands...
- Wideawake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Wideawake--1899-1900.
- [1899?]
- Black Hawk, Colo., Horn Gulch
- View of Horn Gulch. Residences line the gulch and its outlet area. Mills are in the near foreground; residences are opposite; a woman is on the hill overlooking the gulch.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Horn Gulch (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 andd 1910]
- Chase Gulch
- View is northwest in Chase Gulch, near Black Hawk, Colorado. Image of residences in Chase Gulch. Large rock outcropping in background.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Chase Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Water waggon [sic] near Russell Gulch, Colo
- View of a burro drawn water wagon in Russell Gulch (Gilpin County), Colorado. A boy holds the reins.
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Boys--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1910-1940.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1910-1940.; Mules--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1910-1940.; Transportation--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1910-1940.; Water...
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Clear Creek Series - Russell Gulch
- Gold miners aim water jets at embankments in this Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado placer mine; men watch the hydraulic mining operation.
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1970]
- 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?]
- Marent's Trestle, 226 ft. high, near Missoula M.T.
- View of Northern Pacific Railroad tracks on the Marent Trestle built over Marent Gulch in Missoula County, Montana. A log building, a haystack and a wooden fence are in the gulch below the steel trestle.
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Marent Gulch (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Marent Trestle (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Missoula County (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Montana--Missoula County--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Montana--Missoula...
- [between 1886 and 1900?]
- Chihuahua Gulch, Colo. 1947
- The roof of a log cabin is collapsing in the right foreground in Chihuahua Gulch near Montezuma in Summit County, Colorado. Rocks and tree branches are in the foreground in front of the cabin. Tall pine trees stand in the midground. A ridge of...
- Montezuma (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Canyons--Colorado--Montezuma--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Montezuma--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Montezuma--1940-1950.
- [1947?]
- Chihuahua Gulch, Colo. 1947
- An unidentified woman stands at the side of a large, two-story log cabin in Chihuahua Gulch near Montezuma in Summit County, Colorado. A dirt road runs from the foreground past the cabin. Pine trees stand at the base of a mountain ridge in the...
- Montezuma (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Canyons--Colorado--Montezuma--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Montezuma--1940-1950.
- [1947?]
- Gregory Gulch 1947
- Mines and piles of mine tailings dot the hillsides surrounding Gregory Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado. The gulch is named after John H. Gregory, who first discovered gold in Colorado in 1859. A dirt road intersects two wider dirt roads that run...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Canyons--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin...
- [1947?]
- Gregory Gulch 1947
- Mines and piles of mine tailings dot the hillsides surrounding Gregory Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado. The gulch is named after John H. Gregory, who first discovered gold in Colorado in 1859. A dirt road intersects two wider dirt roads that run...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Canyons--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Stone...
- [1947?]
- Entrance to Missouri Gulch
- A dirt road winds through a rocky hillside at the entrance to Missouri Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado. Pine trees stand on both sides of the gulch. Shrubs are in the foreground.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Missouri Gulch (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pines--Colorado--Missouri Gulch--1900-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Missouri Gulch--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Near the head of Po Keepsie Gulch San Juan Mts.
- View of snow-covered Poughkeepsie Gulch above timberline, with men on horses in center of gulch, San Juan Mountains, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Poughkeepsie Gulch--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Packers Camp. Po Keepsie Gulch
- View of a mining camp with tent, clothesline, and man and woman, Poughkeepsie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado. A man stands with a pack train of burros, they carry chairs and household goods.
- Mining camps--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Poughkeepsie Gulch (Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Hydraulic gold mining, Alder gulch, near Virginia City
- Miners sit and stand near hydraulic mining equipment at a placer mining operation in Alder gulch, Madison County, Montana. Water runs from the top of the gulch. Shows sluice boxes; water sprays from a monitor nozzle.
- Alder Gulch (Madison County, Mont.)--1870-1880.; Madison County (Mont.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Montana--Madison County--1870-1880.; Hydraulic Mining--Montana--Madison County--1870-1880.; Mining--Montana--Madison County--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Hydraulic, gold mining, Alder Gulch near Virginia City
- Miners monitor the flow of water through hoses and sluice boxes in Alder Gulch, Madison County, Montana. Water from the top of the gulch and from a monitor nozzle erodes the soil of the hill.
- Alder Gulch (Mont.)--1870-1880.; Madison County (Mont.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Montana--Madison County--1870-1880.; Hydraulic Mining--Montana--Madison County--1870-1880.; Miners (Mont.)--Montana--Madison County--1870-1880.;...
- [1871]
- Russell Gulch, Colo.
- Russell Gulch, about four miles southwest of Central City, Colorado, was discovered by William Green Russell in 1859 and reportedly yielded about $35,000 in gold each week. A dirt road forms the main street through the small town. A pile of...
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Colorado, mountain scenery
- View to the northwest of the east side of Bates Hill as it descends to North Clear Creek in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows the processing mills that cover the creek to process ore from mines further up the gulch. Nathaniel Hill's Boston and Colorado...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Colorado, Black Hawk, looking south, Gilpin County, 1911
- View south of Chase Gulch, Gregory Gulch, and Black Hawk, Colorado; shows North Clear Creek among the many stamp mills, processing mills and sampling mills that used the water to power their operations. The Gilpin Tram (used to haul ore down to the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Gulch, Colorado
- View overlooking the mills of the mining community of Gulch (also known as Spring Gulch), Colorado, in Pitkin County. Puffs of smoke come out of the smokestacks. The tracks of the Colorado and Midland Railroad are in the foreground.
- Gulch (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Gulch--1900-1910.
- [1901?]
- Gregory Lode looking south Gregory store & F. Smith Bank.
- Miners pose outside the Gregory Store and the F. Smith Bank at Gregory Gulch near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Frame mine buildings, probably the Gregory Mine, are on the treeless hillside. Shows tailings piles, stone retaining walls,...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Banks--Colorado--Gregory Gulch--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gregory Gulch--1860-1870.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gregory Gulch--1860-1870.; Miners--Colorado--Gregory...
- 1861
- East end of mill, Smith & Parmelee Gold Co. on Gregory Extension & Briggs Lodes.
- Miners pose at the Smith & Parmelee Gold Company mill at Gregory Gulch near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. The gold mine is beside the Briggs Gold Mining Company lode and on what was known as the Gregory Extension crevice. Shows mule and...
- Smith & Parmelee Gold Mining Co.--Buildings--1860-1870.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gregory Gulch--1860-1870.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gregory Gulch--1860-1870.;...
- [1861]
- California Gulch Mill
- View of of frame mine buildings with tar paper siding at the California Gulch Mill in probably San Juan County, Colorado. A truck is parked beside an ore processing elevator.
- California Gulch (San Juan County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--San Juan County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- California Gulch Mill
- View of frame mine buildings with tar paper siding at the California Gulch Mill in San Juan County, Colorado. Trucks and a car are parked beside tailings piles and an ore processing elevator.
- California Gulch (San Juan County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--San Juan County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Deadwood Gulch, "Elk Horn" narrow guage [sic] ry., S.D.
- View of a Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley (the "Elkhorn") narrow-gauge railroad passenger train stopped on a railroad crossing, near a dirt road and trestle, in Deadwood Gulch (Lawrence County), in the Black Hills near Deadwood, South Dakota....
- Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley Railroad--1900-1910.; Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Deadwood Gulch (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Canyons.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad bridges.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroad passenger cars.; Rock...
- c1900
- Near the head of Po Keepsie Gulch, San Juan Mts.
- View of snow-covered Poughkeepsie Gulch above timberline, with men on horses in the center of the gulch, San Juan Mountains, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Poughkeepsie Gulch (Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Nevada Gulch, "Elk Horn" Narrow Guage [sic] Ry., S.D.
- Men pose beside the passenger car of a Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad train and narrow gauge tracks at Nevada Gulch in Lawrence County, South Dakota. A man poses at the window of locomotive number 209. F.E. & M.V.R.R. or Deadwood...
- Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley Railroad--1900-1910.; Lawrence County (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Nevada Gulch (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Narrow gauge railroads--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1900-1910.; Passengers--South Dakota--Lawrence...
- [1900?]
- School days at Russell Gulch, Gilpin, Colorado
- Students and their teacher crowd on the steps of a stone school building for a portrait, Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1890-1900.; Teachers--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1890-1900.
- 1897 or 1898
- Cunningham Gulch
- View of Cunningham Gulch in San Juan County, Colorado, shows a pile of mining debris and a small nearly frozen pond. This gulch served as the main route into the the San Juan by way of Stony Pass in the 1870s; its terminus is at Howardsville.
- Cunningham Gulch (San Juan County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1950-1960.
- 1958
- Chase Gulch mill
- View of mine and mill facilities, the Bonanza Mill and unidentified mines, in upper Chase Gulch near Black Hawk (Blackhawk) in Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows a multi-level building, tailings, smokestack, dirt road and gabled buildings. People pose...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Chase Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mills--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Maruet [sic] Gulch trestle, 226 feet high
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company track on the wooden Marent Trestle in Missoula County, Montana. Frame and log buildings are in Marent Gulch.
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Marent Gulch (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Marent Trestle (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Missoula County (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Montana--Missoula County--1880-1890.; Trestles--Montana--Missoula...
- [between 1883 and 1885]
- Bonanza Mill in Chase Gulch
- The Bonanza Mill in upper Chase Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado, has two, tall smokestacks protruding from its roof. Tailings from the mine are in the foreground in front of the mill, located near Blackhawk. Additional mines dot the hills...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Chase Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Russell Gulch, Colo.
- A large stone building stands in the midground of this view of the lower end of Russell Gulch, located about four miles southwest of Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Two wagons stand near another stone building in the right foreground. A...
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Gilpin tramway in Prosser Gulch
- Logs are stacked together to support a portion of the Gilpin Tramway tracks in Prosser Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado. Rocks are in between the log layers. A large square opening is built into the support and has a small stream of water flowing...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Prosser Gulch (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.
- [1913?]
- Chase Gulch
- Image of residences in Chase Gulch near Black Hawk, Colorado. Large rock formation rises in the background.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Chase Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1870-1885.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1890.
- [between 1878 and 1885]
- Central City and California Gulch
- View of California Gulch outside of Leadville (or Central City), Colorado; shows a stream, felled timber, and miner's cabins.
- California Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Gulch, Colorado
- View overlooking the mining community of Gulch (also known as Spring Gulch), Colorado, in Pitkin County.
- Gulch (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1903 April 9
- Gulch, Colorado
- View of the mining town of Gulch (also known as Spring Gulch), Colorado in Pitkin County.
- Gulch (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Old Mill Rd., Cunningham Gulch
- View of mining ore processing buildings in Cunningham Gulch in probably San Juan County, Colorado. Shows sheds, a tunnel opening, cribbing, and tailings piles.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--San Juan County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- First house in Cripple Creek, Poverty Gulch
- First house in Poverty Gulch, Cripple Creek, Colorado; house is possibly Robert Womack's cabin in Fremont (prior to Cripple Creek incorporation) or Andy Frazier's cabin in Squaw Gulch; the one-story rounded log cabin built into the hillside has a...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895]
- Totem Rock
- Five men pose on rocks around Totem Rock, near Green's Gulch, north of Turret, Chaffee County, Colorado. A pinon tree grows on top of the rock formation.
- Green's Gulch (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Turret (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Turret--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]