View of Ophir Loop Bridge 45-A and 45-B of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, Ophir, San Miguel County, Colorado; shows frame residences, the Silver Bell mill at the base of Yellow Mountain, the mine, and tailings.
Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1890-1910.; Ophir (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Ophir--1890-1910.
View of the Ophir Needles (Cathedral Spires), and trestles and tracks of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad on the Ophir Loop, Ophir, San MiguelCounty, Colorado.
Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1900-1910.; Ophir (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ophir Needles (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Ophir--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Ophir--1900-1910.;...
View of Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge tracks approaching rock formation (Ophir Needles) Cathedral Spires near Ophir Loop, Colorado; wooden trestle - section of Ophir Loop, above track, center right.
Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ophir Needles (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1900-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1900-1910.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
View of Rio Grande Southern Railroad three elevations of narrow gauge track & railroad grade at Ophir Loop, Colorado near rock formation Ophir Needles (Cathedral Spires); wooden trestle - section of Ophir Loop.
Ophir Needles (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1900-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1900-1910.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
Panoramic view of log and frame buildings in Ophir (San Miguel County), Colorado. Houses, commercial buildings, and Ophir school are in the Howard Fork Valley town. Mine buildings and steep road grades are on hillsides in the San Juan Mountains...
View of the town of Ophir Loop and the Rio Grande Southern Ophir Loop railroad bridge (butterfly trestle 44A) over Howard Fork (a stream) in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows the railroad trestle, the RGS railroad depot and the Silver Bell Mine,...
Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Howard Fork (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Silver Bell Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns.; Mills.; Mining.; Ore industry.; Railroad bridges.; Railroad stations.;...
View of Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge tracks on a trestle of the Ophir Loop near Ophir Loop, San Miguel County, Colorado; the Ophir Needles (Cathedral Spires) Rock formation is in the distance.
Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1880-1890.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ophir Needles (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1880-1890.; Trestles--Colorado--Ophir...
Emma Anderson Kullhem poses at the Ophir School, in Ophir, San Miguel County, Colorado. The schoolhouse has gable imbrication, a belltower, and sign: "Ophir School erected 1896."
Ophir (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Ophir--1910-1920.; Teachers--Colorado--Ophir--1910-1920.; Kullhem, Emma Anderson.
View of Ophir Loop and Ophir Needles. Shows frame buildings and houses, the Rio Grande Southern Railroad depot, a train, and railroad tracks. A sign on a building near a dirt road intersection reads, "General Merchandise & Mining Supplies."
Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1890-1910.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Ophir Needles (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Ophir...
View of miners cabins in Old Ophir (San Miguel County), Colorado. The cabins are one story, clapboard sided buildings. Some have front porches. The Ophir Needles are in the distance.
Aerial view of the Howard Fork Valley, houses and abandoned mines and the old Rio Grande Southern railroad trestle in Ophir (San Miguel County), Colorado. Shows a waterfall on the Howard Fork of the San Miguel River below the trestle.
View of the town of Ophir (San Miguel County), Colorado. Shows houses and cabins along a dirt road, the Ophir store, the Oilton Club and the trestle, tailings, and mill for the Silver Bell Mines. A sign on the store reads: "General Merchandise."
A view of the Ophir loop on the Rio Grande Southern Railroad near Ophir Loop (San Miguel County), Colorado. A group of men sit and stand on a mountainside overlooking a valley. A wooden railroad trestle with an engine and passenger car is in the...
Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1880-1900.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1880-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1880-1910.
A view of the Ophir loop near Ophir Loop (San Miguel County), Colorado shows a Rio Grande Southern Railroad engine with passenger cars. Railroad trestles and bridges are visible in the distance.
Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1880-1910.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1880-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1880-1910.
View of Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge tracks on the Ophir Loop trestle near Ophir Loop in San Miguel County, Colorado. The Ophir Needles (Cathedral Spires) are in the distance.
Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1880-1900.; Ophir Needles (Colo.)--1880-1890.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Rock...
View of the Ophir Loop near Ophir (San Miguel County), Colorado. Rio Grande Southern Railroad tracks and bridge 45-B are in the valley.
Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1880-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Trestles--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.;...
Matt Ruttilla holds a horse leading a burro pack train, at Third Street (3rd) and Granite Avenue, Ophir, San Miguel County, Colorado. Buildings include the Tidal Wave Mine office and George Pickett's house. Sign reads: "Silver Mountain Hotel;" the...
View of Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge tracks on the Ophir Loop trestle near Ophir Loop in San Miguel County, Colorado. The Ophir Needles (Cathedral Spires) are in the distance.
Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1880-1900.; Ophir Needles (Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.;...
View of the Ophir Needles (Cathedral Spires) pillar rock formations from near the high wooden trestle at Ophir (San Miguel County), Colorado. Shows the Ophir Loop of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, narrow gauge tracks telegraph lines, clear cut...
Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1880-1900.; Ophir Needles (Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.;...
A view of a train as it approaches the Ophir loop near Ophir Loop (San Miguel County), Colorado shows a Rio Grande Southern engine and passenger cars on the railroad grade.
Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1880-1910.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1880-1910.
View of Ophir Loop, west of Ophir, San Miguel County, Colorado; shows Belmont-Wagnor Mining Company's Alta tramhouse, Rio Grande Southern Railroad cars, the depot, Mrs. Skillen's store, the Oilton Club, bridge 45-B, and signs: "Texaco," and "Cafe &...
Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1940-1950.; Ophir (Colo.)--1940-1950.
View of Ophir Loop, west of Ophir, San Miguel County, Colorado; shows the Oilton Club, General Merchandise Company, bridge 45-B of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, cars, trucks, and houses.
Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1940-1950.; Ophir (Colo.)--1940-1950.
View of the Gold Run Placer dams on Waterfall Creek near Ophir (San Miguel County), Colorado.
Gold Run Placer (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ophir (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Waterfall Creek (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dams--Colorado--Ophir--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Ophir--1900-1910.; Hydraulic...
View of Ophir Loop (San Miguel County), Colorado, shows bridge 45-B of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, mill buildings, houses, and businesses. Sign reads: "Quality Store General Merchandise."
Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1940-1950.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1940-1950.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1940-1950.; Trestles--Colorado--Ophir...
A dirt road winds through Ophir (Ouray County), Colorado past houses and a Rio Grande railroad car. An automobile is parked in front of a store. Business signs read: "Quality Store, General Merchandise" and "Gates Tires."
The remains of the Ophir Mine stand in the foreground on Quartz Hill in a view looking toward Nevadaville, a mining town in Gilpin County, Colorado. A large wood hoist is in the right foreground. Several buildings remain standing in the town,...
Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end; 13- car stock train on trestle; Ophir Needle above; scenic. Photographed: Ophir, Colorado, September 26, 1951.
Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Ophir--1950-1960.; Ophir (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ophir--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
Left side view of engine, very distant view; approaching Ophir; with helper engine 452; snow; scenic. Photographed: Ophir, Colorado, November 18, 1951.
Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Ophir--1950-1960.; Ophir (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ophir--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.