"Old Man Topping" with a miner's pick over his shoulder and his dog pose in front of first log cabin in Cripple Creek, Colorado; the cabin is small, flat-roof and rounded with a gold pan on exterior cabin wall and a shovel propped against cabin...
Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Prospecting--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
A miner poses in a shaft of the Johnny Bull Mine near Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. He holds a small piece of ore and a prospector's pick and wears a hard hat with a miner's light.
Johnny Bull Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1960-1970.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Silver Plume--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1960-1970.
George H. Wyman samples ore with a prospector's pick in a mine near the Silver Queen Mine, Mojave, California. L. N. Hill holds a pneumatic jack hammer and looks on.
Mojave (Calif.)--1930-1940.; Gold mining--California--Mojave--1930-1940.; Miners--California--Mojave--1930-1940.; Mining--California--Mojave--1930-1940.; Hill, L. N.; Wyman, George H.
A miner poses with a prospector's pick at the entrance of the Ten Broecke Mine near Twin Lakes (Lake County), Colorado.
Ten Broecke Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1890-1910.
A stamp mill stands next to evergreen and deciduous trees in Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado; a sign nearby reads: "Prospector's Stamp Mill. Silver Mountain Mine, North Empire, About 1900. Capable of crushing 8 to 10 tons of oxide ore every 24...
is in background.; View of five wood frame false front storefronts along west side of Silver Street and First National Block at the corner of Third and Silver Streets, Lake City, Colorado. Buildings left to right: Pioneer Jubilee Womens Club,...
Lake City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.; Business districts--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.
A saddled horse stands in front of a dilapidated plank cabin, Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado. A leaning log supports the cabin, which has tar paper covering the walls, a gable roof, and a shed attachment.
Prospectors sit and stand near two tents in Cunningham Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado. Shows sacks of provisions, a cooking pan, a pot, a shovel and a pick.
San Juan County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Camping--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.
Sam Stevens, a prospector, crouches over a stream and washes his long underwear on a rock near the mining community of Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. His other laundry hangs on the branches of a nearby shrub.
Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Laundry--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.; Men.; Stevens, Sam T.