Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- [Study of gold miner] [art original].
- Miners in art.; Charcoal drawing, American.; Sketches.
- 1900
- A Brief History of Auraria
- A giant in action, Fairplay, Colo
- View of a gold miner running a "giant monitor" nozzle at a hydraulic placer mine in Fairplay, Park County, Colorado.
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Fairplay--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- A home in the mountain
- A miner and a boy pose between a sluice with a grinding wheel and a cabin on Saint Peter's Grade near Home, Larimer County, Colorado. The man wears an ammunition belt and holds a gold pan.
- Home (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cabins--Colorado--Home--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Home--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Home--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Home--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- A miner
- A miner wears an apron and poses near a building in Colorado.
- Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- A miner
- Portrait (standing) of a miner who smokes a pipe and wears a sheepskin jacket, hard hat, and miner's lamp.
- Miners--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining equipment--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- A miner
- A miner poses near the shaft house of the Bobtail Mine near Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Bobtail Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1860-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Miners--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1880.
- [between 18600 and 1880]
- A miner
- A miner poses at a table with a candle and an antler possibly in Colorado. He holds a walking stick.
- Houses--1880-1900.; Interiors--1880-1900.; Miners--1880-1900.; Mining--1880-1900.; Tables--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- A miner and his family
- A miner and his family pose on the porch of their house in Ouray County, Colorado. A pair of sawhorses are nearby.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- A miner's cabin in winter
- A roof and chimney pipes are the only visible parts of a miner's log cabin that is buried in deep snow, possibly near Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado.
- Log cabins--Colorado--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- A miner's cabin in winter, Crested Butte, Colo.
- View of a log miner's cabin with metal chimneys near Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. Snow drifts are on the sides of the structure and on a portion on the roof. Shows a tunnel in the snow, probably to a cabin entrance. Snow is in a...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Blizzards--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- A miner's home in Colorado
- A miner and his family pose on the porch of their cabin in Colorado. The man holds a lunchbox and sits on a wheelbarrow.
- Cabins--Colorado--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- A Miner's home
- Shows a miner sitting in doorway of his log cabin (lean-to) built into mountainside with glass window frame; includes two dogs, various tools around entrance, wood chopping area, and other mine buildings and structures in background.
- Mining camps--Colorado--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [ca.1900]
- A Tribute to Youth Program
- Program for 1994 African-American Awareness Month event at the Ford-Warren Branch at the Denver Public Library.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.
- 1994 February 19
- A typical Colorado prospector and his "Rocky Mountain Canary"
- An elderly miner poses with pickaxe in hand and sits near a fully loaded pack mule somewhere in Colorado.
- Miners--Colorado--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1870-1900.; Mules--Colorado--1870-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- A. B. Cooper, White Pine
- Women, men, and A. B. Cooper (miner), pose in front of a hotel in Whitepine, a silver camp in Gunnison County, Colorado. The hewn log building has a covered porch and sign: "Hotel."
- Whitepine (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Whitepine--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Whitepine--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Whitepine--1880-1890.; Silver mining--Colorado--Whitepine--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Whitepine--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1881 and 1890]
- Aboursville, Colorado
- View of the 1880s company town of Arbourville (Arboursville, Arborville, Arbour-Villa, and later Conrow), Chaffee County, Colorado; includes log cabins and wood frame residences along a two track road in a valley surrounded by mountain slopes;...
- Arbourville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Roads--Colorado--Arbourville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886]
- Acme
- A miner walks between the power house, water tank, and buildings of the Acme Mine near Louisville (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1920.; Acme Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Louisville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1920.; Water...
- 1911
- Aerial mining tramway
- View of an aerial mining tramway in (probably) Colorado; shows a miner riding an ore bucket, dirt road, timber, mountain peaks and a box canyon.
- Aerial tramways--Colorado--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Alabama Fatal Mining Accidents : 1905, 1912-1921
- List of fatal mining accident victims in 1905 (Virginia City Mine only) and 1912-1921, taken from the 1912-1921 Annual report of coal mines, State of Alabama, and from the website http://www.gendisasters.com/al/ "Alabama mine explosions". Gives...
- Mine accidents--Alabama--Indexes.
- 2007
- Alma, Colorado
- A miner poses on a horse drawn wagon near an ore loader at a mine near Alma (Park County), Colorado. The shafthouse and tramway are nearby.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Alma--1880-1900.; Alma (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Alma--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Alma--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Along the Gold Belt Trail
- A miner and two burrows loaded with supplies stand along a path identified as the Gold Belt Trail, probably in Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Along the Gold Belt Trail
- View of rock cliffside along the Gold Belt Trail with a miner and two burros loaded with supplies, probably Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- American Gulch
- A miner aims a nozzle or monitor as part of a placer mining operation in American Gulch, Summit County, Colorado. A Wapiti Mining Company building is nearby.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- American Mining Company office
- Myrtle Stedman skis down a hill near the American Mining Company office near American City (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- American Mining Company (Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.; American City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.; Skiing--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Amethyst Tramway Creede, Colo.
- A miner rides in a bucket of an aerial tramway over West Willow Creek by the Amethyst Mine near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado.
- Amethyst Mine (Creede, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Among the mines on Carbonate Hill, Leadville, Col.
- A miner stands on ore cart tracks next to the headframe of a mine on Carbonate Hill, Leadville (Lake County) shows: buildings and tailings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Leadville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.
- 1900
- Amos in Colorado, or was it Korea?
- A miner, identified as Amos, poses for the camera. He wears boots, long pants, suspenders, long underwear, and a hat.
- Miners--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--1900-1910.
- August 10, 1900
- Amos in the Colorado mines
- Two miners, one identified as Amos, pose with a dog near the Ridge mine, Colorado.
- Dogs--Colorado--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1910.; Amos, miner.
- June, 1901
- An old prospector
- A miner poses near horses with saddle bags and packs near Cimarron, Montrose County, Colorado.
- Miners--Colorado--Cimarron--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cimarron--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Anaconda
- View northeast across Ananconda residences in Teller County, Colorado, includes frame gabled houses, tents, log cabins, log houses, false fronts, lean-tos, outhouses, and a smelter, with wood shingle, sod, and plank board roofs. Patches of light...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Anaconda Mine Turret Colo.
- A miner poses on the head frame of the Anaconda Mine near Turret (Chaffee County), Colorado. The mine shaft house and another building are nearby.
- Anaconda Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Turret (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Turret--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Turret--1890-1910.
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- Another pack-train on the King Lease Trail
- A miner leads a mule train down the King Lease Trail toward the U. S. Mill on United States Mountain in Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; United States Mountain (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Apex, Colorado recreation hall, interior
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows theater stage with painted backdrop of an idealized 1900s Apex main street that includes businesses, glass storefronts, and awnings; business...
- Apex (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1950-1960.
- [1957]
- Apex, Colorado, recreation hall for miners, exterior
- Apex Miner's Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, features a log frame structure with a hipped roof, heavy chinking, wood entry door, and a flagpole on roof. Building served as a recreation hall and theater. A dirt...
- Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Recreation & sports facilities--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.
- [1940]
- Apex, opera house
- Interior view of probably the Apex Miner's Hall in Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows a room with log walls, lathe and plaster; one wall is partially collapsed. A bench is in the room.
- Apex (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Apex--1960-1970.; Theaters--Colorado--Apex--1960-1970.
- 1962
- Argo- Idaho Springs
- A miner sits in a mine tramway engine as it pushes ore cars near the entrance to the Argo Tunnel Mine near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A horizontal tubular boiler is near the tracks. A sign above the tunnel entrance reads: "Argo...
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1940.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1940.; Silver...
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Argo Smelting Works (Boston and Colorado Smelting Co.)
- Silver ingots are stacked at Boston and Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works, in Denver, Colorado. Miner's and smelter's tools are on interior walls in the background; a bowler hat and molds are on a table.
- Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Silver--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1892
- Arizona Fatal Mining Accidents ; 1912-1929
- Index of Fatalities of Arizona miners between the years 1912 and 1929. Information is recorded alphabetically and included are: the name of the victim, date of the accident, county in which the mine is located or the mine company, whether fatal...
- Mine accidents--Arizona--Indexes.
- 2007
- Assay outfit, Miner's Basin
- Men use assaying instruments to test Carnotite ore in an outdoor lab in Miners Basin in the La Sal Mountains (Grand County), Utah. One of the men, probably Charles Poulot, is beside a tent in a wooded area.
- Grand County (Utah)--1890-1900.; La Sal Mountains (Utah)--1890-1900.; Miners Basin (Grand County, Utah : Valley)--1890-1900.; Assayers--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Assaying--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Mining--Utah--Grand...
- 1897 August 10
- Assessment hole on Sunrise placer claim, Grand Mesa National Forest
- View looking down on a miner posing in an assessment hole at the Sunrise placer claim, Mesa County, Colorado.
- Grand Mesa National Forest (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Mesa County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1870-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Mesa County--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- At Ludlow tent colony
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, stand near the miner's tent colony near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- [1914]
- At Red Spruce shaft house
- Doyle, timber man, Forrester, miner, Christopher, mechanic and hoist engineer, Baldwin, banker, Irvine, engineer and lawyer, C. H. Bruner, owner and banker, and Ironsmith, miner with mining candle, pose near the shaft house of the Red Spruce Mine...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Red Spruce Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1910.; Bruner, C. H.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Backdrop from theatre at Apex, Colo.
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; includes theater stage with painted backdrop of a idealized 1900s Apex main street and a stool on wheels; businesses transformed from low wood and...
- Apex (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1900-1910.; Theaters--Colorado--Apex--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Ballarat Mine Whiskerino
- A miner pushes an ore car from the entrance to the Ballarat mine near Kokomo (Summit County), Colorado.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Kokomo--1920-1930.; Ballarat Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Kokomo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Kokomo--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Kokomo--1920-1930.
- 1922
- Bank Block, Idaho Springs
- View of the Bank Block at 1535 Miner Street in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The two story brick structure has brackets and cornices. An inset plaque reads: "Bank Block 1901." The lower level has two businesses, "The Big Scoop," an...
- Bank Block (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Big Scoop (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Home Centre (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cafes.; Hardware stores.; Commercial facilities.; Bank Block (Idaho...
- 1994
- Barney Ford
- Barney Ford 1822-1902 Businessman Came to Denver in 1860; gold miner in Breckenridge, Colorado; owner of the former Inter-Ocean Hotel at 16th and Black Streets; a civil rights leader of the 19th century; established Denver's first Adult Education...
- undated
- Barton House, built before Hotel-de-Paris
- Men and women pose in front or on the second-story balcony of the Barton House hotel in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Men and women sit on burros, donkeys or horses. The clapboard sided hotel has a hip roof with dormer windows,...
- Barton House (Georgetown, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; People--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1879?]
- Be it ever so humble there's no place like home
- View of a miner's cabin on Saint Peter's Grade near Home, Larimer County, Colorado.
- Home (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cabins--Colorado--Home--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Home--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Bear Rock, from S., near Custer City
- View from the south of a deserted miner's log cabin in front of Bear Rock, near Custer City in the Black Hills, Dakota Territory.
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Abandoned buildings--Dakota...
- 1876