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- Miners
- Miners pose by a group of mule-drawn ore cars inside a mine tunnel in San Juan County, Colorado.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Miners
- Miners pose near a group of mule-drawn mine ore cars near the shafthouse of a mine in San Juan County, Colorado.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mine shafts--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Silver Lake Mine
- View of the Silver Lake Mine on the edge of Silver Lake near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silver Lake (San Juan county, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silver Lake Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--San Juan...
- [between 1886 and 1900]
- Silver Lake Mine
- View of the Silver Lake Mine on the edge of Silver Lake near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silver Lake (San Juan county, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silver Lake Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--San Juan...
- [between 1886 and 1900]
- San Juan County
- View of a hydraulic placer gold mine in San Juan County, Colorado; shows miners with 'monitor' nozzles aiming jets of water at eroded embankments. A flume leaks in the background.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Flumes--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Gold Prince mine - boarding house, tram, and small mill
- View looking down on the Gold Prince mine, San Juan County, Colorado, shows the boarding house, tram, and mill, all situated above timberline.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Gold Prince Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mills--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Old 100 Mill
- View of the Old One Hundred Mine and Mill on the edge of Cunningham Gulch near Howardsville (San Juan County), Colorado. An aerial tramway connects the two buildings.
- Old Hundred Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mills--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Colorado miners
- Miners and cooks pose near a wooden building with a corrugated metal roof, San Juan County, Colorado.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cooks--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Hydraulic mining, San Juan County, Colorado
- Placer mine operations in San Juan County, Colorado, consist of jets of water aimed at eroded embankments; miners watch from frame buildings and a bridge over a creek.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Animas Canon snowslide near Silverton, Colo. cut 60 feet deep.
- Railroad employees pose on and near a Denver Rio Grande railroad caboose in a cut through a snowslide in Animas Canon in San Juan County, Colorado.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Avalanches--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Railroad cuts--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Railroad employees--Colorado--San Juan...
- [between 1886 and 1900]
- Saguache snowslide, Animas Canon, on D.& R.G. near Silverton, Colo. 60 feet deep
- View of Denver and Rio Grande railroad cut through a snowslide in Animas Canyon, San Juan County, Colorado; a man stands on top of the snow embankment.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Avalanches--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Railroad cuts--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 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?]
- A 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?]
- Mt. Kendal [sic] from Mineral Creek
- View of Kendall Mountain from Mineral Creek in San Juan County, Colorado. Men stand on railroad tracks in the distance. A mill and wood frame buildings are in the distance.
- Kendall Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mineral Creek (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Elk Park
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company train near the Animas River in Elk Park (San Juan County), Colorado. A mountain identified as Snowden Peak is in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1900.; Elk Park (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Ouray Toll Road
- People on horseback cross a bridge on the Otto Mears Toll Road (later Highway 550, Million Dollar Highway) in San Juan County, Colorado.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Sunnyside Mill near Silverton
- Miners stand in the power plant of an aerial tramway at the Sunnyside Mill near Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado. The number 13 bucket makes its way toward the building.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Saguache snowslide, 60 ft.
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks in Animas Canyon, San Juan County, Colorado. Shows timber beams at the entrance to the snow shed and a man next to vertical snow walls.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Avalanches--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Snowsheds--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1900?]
- North from the "Old Lout," Po'Keepsie Gulch
- View of of the Old Lout Mine with three frame and log buildings, one with a tall stove pipe, and mine mainframe, Poughkeepsie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Old Lout Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Poughkeepsie Gulch (Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Needle Mountain from the canon
- View along the Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks along the Las Animas River, San Juan County, Colorado. The Needle Mountains of the San Juan Range are in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1900.; Needle Mountains (Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--San...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- North from the "Old Lout." Po Keepsie Gulch
- View of three frame and log buildings, one with a tall stove pipe, and mine mainframe, Poughkeepsie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Poughkeepsie Gulch (Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Old 100 Mill
- View of the Old One Hundred and Green Mountain Mills on the edge of Cunningham Gulch near Howardsville (San Juan County), Colorado.
- San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mills--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Offices and power plant Silver Lake Mine
- View of the office and power house of the Silver Lake Mine in San Juan County, Colorado.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silver Lake Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1900]
- Elk Park, Animas Canon
- View of Elk Park (San Juan County), Colorado, and the Animas River. Shows Denver and Rio Grande Railway tracks and Snowdon Peak.
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1900.; Elk Park (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Snowdon Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Dear Park Cascade, Animas Canon
- View of Deer Park Cascade, a waterfall with rock cliffs, probably on Deer Creek, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Deer Creek (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Deer Park Cascade. Animas Canon
- View of Deer Park Cascade, a waterfall probably on Deer Creek, with rock cliffs, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Deer Creek (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Near Ouray
- A man stands by burros in San Juan County, Colorado; a train is in the background.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Horse Shoe Curve from Chattanooga
- View of Horse Shoe Curve on the Silverton Northern Railroad near Chattanooga (San Juan County), Colorado. Otto Mears' Toll Road and a frame building are in the valley nearby.
- Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1890-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- Needle Mts. Canon of the Rio Las Animas
- View of the Las Animas River in San Juan County, Colorado. A man stands at the edge of the water. The Needle Mountains are in the distance.
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1900.; Needle Mountains (Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]