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- Revenue dump
- Miners pose near burro drawn mine ore cars and piled logs at the tailings dump of the Revenue Mine near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Mount Sneffels and Stony Mountain are in the distance.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stony Mountain (Ouray...
- August, 1896
- Sneffels and Revenue Camp
- View of the Revenue Mill and mine complex in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the Revenue Mine entrance, Sneffels Creek, a bridge, a boarding house, tailings, cribbing, freight wagons, burros, horses, a livery stable owned by John...
- Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1896 Aug
- Jno Ashenfelters Transportation Co Mt Sneffles, Colo
- Men drive teams of harnessed mules pulling wagons in Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado. Signs top livery barn doors and read: "John Ashenfelter's Transportation Co." The Post Office and Porter Store are to the south; hills of the San Juan...
- John Ashenfelter's Transportation Co. (Sneffels, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Animal teams--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mules--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.;...
- 1890
- Revenue Tunnel Sneffles Colo
- A miner poses with his dog by the Revenue Mine on the edge of Sneffels Creek near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Stony Mountain is in the distance.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- August, 1896
- Revenue looking east
- View, facing east, of the Revenue Mine and surrounding area near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Snow covers the ground.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Revenue & slide
- Miners pose by the tramway after a snowslide at the Revenue Mine near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Mine buildings are nearby.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Avalanches--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- February 17, 1897
- Revenue Tunnel
- View of the Revenue Tunnel Mine, Mill, and boarding houses near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Light snow covers the ground.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- January, 1897
- Revenue Tunnel Mines looking east
- View, facing east, of the Revenue Tunnel Mines near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Revenue Mill, Sneffles [sic]
- View of the Revenue Mine and Mill complex near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. The wood frame shaft house has dormers and the boarding house has sash windows. A gable shed is in front of the shaft house. Trees and stumps dot the San Juan...
- Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1897 Jan
- Revenue Tunnel looking east
- View of the Revenue Tunnel Mine and Mill complex near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows wood frame boarding houses, a shaft house, tailings, trees and the post office and Porter general store complex.
- Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [1897?]
- Revenue Tunnel
- View of the Revenue Tunnel Mine near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado.
- Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Revenue Tunnel Mine and Mill
- View of the Revenue Tunnel Mine and Mill near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado.
- Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Tunnel boarding houses
- View of the boardinghouses and mill at the Revenue Tunnel Mine near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Snow covers the ground.
- Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- March, 1897
- Revenue Tunnel portal
- Miners pose near a covered conveyor at the entrance to the Revenue Tunnel Mine near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Snow covers the ground.
- Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Virginius Mine, Mt Sneffles [i. e. Sneffels] Ouray, Colo
- A miner poses by the shafthouse and buildings of the Virginius Mine on Mount Sneffels near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Virginius Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Ouray County Old Virginius (above Revenue mine highest of the right
- Miners walk on a trail between mines toward the Virginius Mine near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Another miner poses by a mine ore car on a tailings pile. Snow covers the ground.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Virginius Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- The old Virginius at Ouray
- Miners pose near the shafthouse of the Virginius Mine on Mount Sneffels near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Piles of stacked timber are on the tailings piles.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Virginius Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Virginius Miners Ouray Co. Colo
- Miners pose near the shafthouse of the Virginius Mine on Mount Sneffels near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Virginius Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [1891?]
- Ware house [sic] & Post Office, Mt. Sneffles [sic], Colo.
- Mule teams are hitched to wagons on a dirt road in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. The Porter store, barns or warehouses, and the Sneffels Post office are among frame and false-front buildings. A bridge is over Sneffels Creek, and the craggy...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stony Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Animal teams--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Warehouse & post office, Sneffles [sic], Colo.
- View of the town of Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the two-story George R. Porter post office and general store with a false-front facade, John Ashenfelter's livery stable, a framed residence with porch, the shallow Sneffels Creek, log...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Stables--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Sneffels
- View of the snow covered San Juan Mountain Range near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows a partially covered wood frame building, fir trees and Mount Sneffels.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Wood buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Virginius post office
- View of the post office by the Virginius Mine on Mount Sneffels near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Virginius Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Geo. Porter & Co.
- Interior view of George Porter's general store, which also served as the post office in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows display cases, boxes of merchandise, canned goods, stove, lanterns, wall posters, advertisements, calendar elk antlers,...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; General stores--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1896 Aug
- Sneffels P.O.
- View of the post office and Porter general store building complex in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. The two-story portion of the complex is the post office and general store. To the left of the post office is a pool hall and saloon. Shows sash...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Billiard parlors--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; General stores--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1896 July
- Sneffels, Colo.
- Men pose outside of the two-story George R. Porter general store and post office in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the adjacent single-story, framed residence (the original post office), snow covered ground, icicles and the Revenue Mill....
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1897 Feb. 10
- Sleighing at Sneffles [sic], Colo. Xmas (i.e. Christmas)
- Men, women and children pose by a horse-drawn sleigh near a wood frame house in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado; a dog sits in the sleigh next to a couple with a baby. Men pose under canvas awnings that hang from the facade of the post office and...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Infants--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Cimmarone [i.e. Cimarron] pack train, Sneffels
- View of a pack train of burros, with materials and supplies on their backs, in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings; Stony Mountain is in the distance.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1896 July
- Mt. Sneffels (i.e. Sneffels)
- View of a snow covered Stony Mountain and Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows wood framed residences, John Ashenfelter's livery stable, burros and the George R. Porter general store and post office. The false-fronted general store has canvas...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stony Mountain (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Ore train at Mt. Sneffes [sic] in winter
- Men pose with a pack train outside of the George R. Porter general store and post office in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. The burros and mules haul ore bags and pull freight wagons. The snow covered San Juan Mountain Range is in the distance.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- U. S. Mtn from switch backe [i. e. back]
- View of a dam on probably Sneffels Creek by the Camp Bird Mill near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. United States Mountain is in the distance.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; United States Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dams--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Revenue Buildings
- View of the Revenue Mine and Mill complex in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the snow covered ground, wood frame buildings, cribbing, mules and snow dusted fir trees. The buildings are bunkhouses, a saw mill, compressor buildings, a...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1897 Jan
- Revenue Mill
- View of the Revenue Mill and mine complex in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the multi-level shaft house with dormers, wood frame buildings with gable roofs, Sneffels Creek, a mule team, freight wagon, felled tree trunks, piles of lumber...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Snowsheds--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1896 Aug. 26
- Revenue Tunnel
- View of the Revenue Mine complex in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings, cribbing, wooden snowshed, the mine entrance, Sneffels Creek and John Ashenfelter's livery stable.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Snowsheds--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mount Sneffles Post Office
- Men pose in Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, on boardwalk fronting the Post Office. The two-story frame building has a false front with a bracketed cornice, and paned windows. Adjacent buildings are shingled; full burlap bags are mounded in...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Our dining room Sneffels
- In Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, a dining room table is set with silver and china dinnerware, flower arrangements, liquor bottles, a jar of jelly, and sliced cake. Spindle and rocking chairs are to the side; a tabby cat poses on a bed....
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- December 1896
- Part of north end of store
- The interior of the Porter Store in Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, is full of cans and crates reading: "F. W. Crocker & Co. Crackers Denver Co." Spindle chairs are at the desk, which has pigeon hole files and sheaves of paper. A mantle...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Residence and store post office Mt. Sneffles Ouray Co Colo
- Men pose in Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, on boardwalk of false-fronted businesses and dwellings. Bars are on the windows, which are topped by retracted canvas awnings. A dial thermometer is on the doorframe, and potted plants are on...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- July 1890
- Rapid Transit, Sneffles
- In Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, men and a team of pack mules are in dirt street flanked by frame buildings. The Post Office and Porter Store have false fronts and canvas awnings; snow covers everything. Snow covered Stony Mountain is in...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stony Mountain (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; General stores--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- February, 1897
- Sneffles Store & P O
- View of Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the George R. Porter general store and post office.. Awnings top storefront windows; a man stands on boardwalk. A frame barn is full of holes. Snow covers the ground and buildings, Snowy Mountain is...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stony Mountain (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Barns--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; General stores--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1897 January
- Sneffels Colo #5
- Men, women, children and a dog pose in Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, on boardwalk fronting frame businesses and dwellings. The Porter store has a false front with retracted canvas awnings; a dial thermometer hangs on the doorframe. A...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1897