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- Caribou, Colo. early mine machinery 1941
- A wooden drum from a "slack-belt" hoist (widely used in Caribou mines during the early mining days) and a boiler that supplied steam to activate the hoist and pumps, stand in the foreground on a hill near Caribou in Boulder County, Colorado. Pine...
- Mining equipment--1940-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Caribou (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boilers--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Hoist and operator, Nederland
- A man holds a lever and sits at a mine hoist in a wooden building at the Wolf Tongue tungsten mine in Nederland (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows machinery and cable wrapped on a spool. A calendar on the wall reads "December 1941" and a poster...
- Nederland (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Wolf Tongue Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Nederland--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Nederland--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Nederland--1940-1950.; Tungsten mines &...
- 1941
- Engine hoist
- Two men pose in the interior of the engine hoist room at a mining camp in Colorado. Shows hoist machinery; clothing hung on paneled walls; shelf with lanterns.
- Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining equipment--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Horse hoist
- Prospectors pose beneath a wood frame hoist structure at a Colorado mining camp, probably in Teller County. One man holds a lever. Shows horse tied to winch, box attached to hoist cable, platform with tunnel underneath, small wood building.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mineral Hill. New Discovery Mine.
- Men pose near the New Discovery Mine works on Mineral Hill, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado. One man stands on the hoist frame while others stand near the wood mine building. An anchored smokestack stands near the building...
- New Discovery Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Mine works
- Men pose near the hoist and building of a mine, possibly in Teller County, Colorado. A pile of mine tailings stands near the hoist. An anchored smokestack stands near the building.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- Interior Delmonio mine, near Central City
- Interior view of a miner's shack shows five miners posing, Delmonio mine, Gilpin County, Colorado. The men are in a barrel, on a hoist, and at the hoist controls. A miner's lamp and hatchet hang on the wall.
- Delmonio Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.;...
- 1902
- 1890 Corbett & Ballenger's 18th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1889 Corbett & Ballenger's 17th Annual Denver City Directory.
- Hoist house at Leadville mine
- A miner stands with his hand on a large lever in the hoist house at a mine near Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows large gears and heavy machinery. Workers stand near the wall.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1887?]
- Mines - Della S - Aspen air hoist
- Interior view of the Dellas Mine in Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado; shows a miner, an air powered cable hoist, and tools.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dellas Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.
- 1893, February 26
- Wintergreen hoist @ Kokomo, Colo.
- Interior of the Wintergreen Mine in Kokomo (Summit County), Colorado shows a hoist with a belt and cable.
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Wintergreen Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Kokomo--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Kokomo--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Kokomo--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Hoist room equipment
- Interior of an unidentified mine shows a hoist with a cable and belt, pipes, rope, anvil, tools, a box reads: "Original Stearic Wax Candles, E. Schneider & Co."
- Hoisting machinery--1890-1910.; Interiors--1890-1910.; Mining--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Shaft hoist - stage
- Miners stand behind a shaft hoist in a mine tunnel of the Consolidated Stanley Mining Company in Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Consolidated Stanley Mining Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Clear...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Harry Vernon Bobay working in hoist room
- Harry Vernon Bobay poses with other miners and women by the hoist in the shafthouse of the Cresson Mine near Elkton (Teller County), Colorado.
- Cresson Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Elton (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Elkton--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Elkton--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Elkton--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Steam mine hoist, Nevadaville, Colo.
- View of an unidentified abandoned mine with a cable hoist in the ghost town of Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Mine hoist, Nevadaville
- View of a cable hoist at an unidentified abandoned mine in the ghost town of Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- October 6, 1940
- Hoist, drum & gear, near Ward, Colo.
- View of an abandoned cable hoist with cog wheels at an unidentified mine in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gearing--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Good Hoist Mine- Cripple Creek
- View of the Good Hoist Mine works near Cripple Creek in Teller County, Colorado. Three men stand between a wooden building and headframe that is anchored to another building. One man leans on a mine car near a metal trough that leads down a slope...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Headframes (Mining)--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Electric hoist
- Electric hoist made by the "The Stearns Roger Mfg. Co." with hand lever, inside a mine, possibly in Black Hawk, Colorado.
- Stearns-Roger Incorporated.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.; Industry--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.
- [1930?]
- Underground air hoist
- Miners and a hoistman, or hoisting engineer, pose in a mine near an underground air hoist or tugger, possibly near Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- 50 Gold mines camp incline shaft compresser [i. e. compressor] & hoist Central City, Colorado.
- A miner poses near the hoist in the shafthouse of a mine owned by the Fifty Gold Mines Company near Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Other machinery includes a compressor and gauges. A United States flag hangs on the wall. Signs read: "Please...
- Fifty Gold Mines Corporation.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Central City--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Central City--1880-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1880-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Central...
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Miners pose near a hoist
- Miners pose near a headframe and hoist that holds a cage loaded with a mine car. One man holds a pail.
- Hoisting machinery--1880-1910.; Miners--1880-1910.; Mining--1880-1910.
- [between 1970 and 1980]
- Hoist in Portland Mine
- A hoistman, or hoisting engineer, poses in the shaft house of the Portland Mine near Victor, Teller County, Colorado. Machinery includes: the hoist, flywheel, and a hoisting engine.
- Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Engine rooms--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.;...
- 1895
- Large hoist in the Black Hawk Mine
- A miner poses in the shaft house of the Black Hawk Mine in Gilpin County, Colorado. The machinery includes the hoist that has "Vulcan Iron Works Wilkes-Barre PA U. S. A." embossed on the platform, and center crank engines.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1910.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1910.; Machinery--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Starting of the tramway between Ellison Hoist and mills
- View of the partially completed tramway near the Ellison Hoist and mill, probably in Colorado.
- Bridges--Colorado--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--1880-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mine railroads--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1920]
- Huge spools of cable are slowly unwound to lower two cages down the 3,100 foot shaft in Henderson's hoist house
- A miner watches over the hoist house controls near four windlasses at the Henderson Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- AMAX, Inc.--Branches, chapters, etc.--1970-1980.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Henderson Mine (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.;...
- [between 1976 and 1980]
- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- Construction of the King Academic Performing Arts Center 855 Lawrence Way.
- View of the Auraria Higher Education Center from the Parking and Transportation Center (PTC) at 7th and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado. Construction begins on the Kenneth King Academic and Performing Arts Center (AR7 Hoover Desmond...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Kenneth King Academic and Performing Arts Center (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Building construction.; Construction equipment.;...
- 1999
- The Plant of the Monarch Shale Oil Company using the "Ginet eduction process" De Beque, Colorado
- View of the Monarch Shale Oil Company mine on a mesa in De Beque (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows the mine entrance and crusher site near layered shale at the top of the formation, a shale conveyor, a crushed shale bin, a retort, a stairway, storage...
- Monarch Shale Oil Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Refineries--Colorado--De...
- [1920 August]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, hoisting window frames into place
- Construction workers hoist window frames up to the second story of a building at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The men wear work pants, t-shirts, and hard...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, water tank framework, hoisting steel, long shot
- Construction workers hoist steel beams onto the framework of a water tank at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. One workman holds a rope and guides the beam....
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Construction scene laying pipe
- Workmen use a hand-powered pulley hoist to lower a section of pipe into a trench near the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. A frame house is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pipes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Public works - laying pipe
- View of men working in a ditch with water pipes and a frame hoist in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Penstocks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Construction laying pipe
- Workmen dig a trench for pipe at a construction site near South Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado. They work near a mobile hoist that is braced against the opposite side of the ditch.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Digging--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pipes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Bowman Dairy
- Workmen stand in the milking room of the Bowman Dairy in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. One man cleans a trough with a shovel near a large bucket on a hoist.
- Bowman Dairy (Trinidad, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dairy farming--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920?]
- Exterior of Bowman Dairy, Trinidad, Colorado
- A group of men pose outside the Bowman Dairy Barn in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Four of the men wear work clothes, one wears a white dairy uniform, and one wears a military uniform. A large bucket on a hoist and conveyor is loaded with...
- Bowman Dairy (Trinidad, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Barns--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Dairy farming--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Milking room at Bowman Dairy, Trinidad, Colorado
- A Workman cleans a trough in the milking room of the Bowman Dairy in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A large bucket on a hoist and conveyor is loaded with hay. A man in a military uniform and a man in a dairy uniform are nearby.
- Bowman Dairy (Trinidad, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dairying--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Laying pipe with pulley hoists
- A workman lowers a pipe with a pulley hoist at a pipeline construction site, probably near South Lipan Street, Denver, Colorado. Other workmen stand nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pipes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Construction of decoration for the Knights Templar Golden Jubilee
- A large white plaster horse is being constructed on Champa Street for the Knights Templar Conclave, Denver, Colorado. A hoist and pulley system is rigged to lift the head of the horse and the knight in place. Pedestrians, workmen, a bicyclist, Post...
- Knights Templar (Masonic order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 August 13 and 14
- Cripple Creek
- View of standard or narrow gauge railroad tracks circling past mining smelter on edge of town, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes one-story log building and adjacent shed with vertical planks and gable roo; frame structure or smelter with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Cripple Creek
- View of Myers Street (possibly) from elevated railroad track, Cripple Creek, Colorado; possibly High Line Electric Interurban line of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway; scene includes hoist or headframe with tailings and rows of one...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1907]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado in its heyday
- Bird's eye view northwest towards Cripple Creek, Colorado from Anchoria-Leland Mine on Gold Hill with Mount Pisgah in the background; Moon Anchor Mine surface building, smelter and hoist are in foreground; scene includes railroad tracks past the...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1897 and 1900]
- Tollerburg Mine
- View of the Tollerburg Mine and town, owned by Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation, Las Animas County, Colorado, includes the coal mine shaft hoist, mechanical and electrical shop, and powerhouse.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1930-1940.; Tollerburg (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tollerburg--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Tollerburg
- View of Tollerburg mine from rock dump, once a Colorado Fuel and Iron Company town, Las Animas County, Colorado, includes mine shaft hoist and boiler room and company houses in background.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1930-1940.; Tollerburg (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tollerburg--1930-1940.
- 1932
- Cripple Creek, Colo. from Anchoria-Leland Mine on Gold Hill looking north-west
- Bird's eye view northwest towards Cripple Creek, Colorado from Anchoria-Leland Mine on Gold Hill; scene includes Moon Anchor Mine surface building, smelter and hoist, Golden and McKinley public school buildings, National Hotel, Saint Nicholas...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1897 September 15
- Caribou Hill
- Two men tend a hoist bucket as a third looks on, Caribou Hill, Boulder County, Colorado. Other mines and piles of tailings are on the hill behind them.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1890.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Caribou Hill (Boulder County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Boulder...
- 1883
- Portland mine, building of tunnel
- Miners with horses and a hoist build a railroad tunnel at the Portland Mine, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Portland Gold Mining Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Railroad...
- [1900?]
- Portland mine, building of tunnel
- Miners with a horse, a mule, and a hoist build a railroad tunnel at the Portland Mine, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado.
- Portland Gold Mining Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Animal teams--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.;...
- [1900?]
- Tunnel 6 and Plaines [sic], Moffat Road
- View towards Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake) Tunnel Six along the Moffat Road, Colorado; distant view of the Plains; man, stack of posts and small machine (wire spool or hoist mechanism) alongside standard...
- Plains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1915]