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    • 4 hoists on the hill, Primos, Lakewood

    • 4 hoists on the hill, Primos, Lakewood

    • View of tailings piles, water tanks, piping, hoists, and trams at the Primos tungsten mine, Lakewood (Boulder County), Colorado.

    • Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1930.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Primos Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1930.; Water tanks--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1930.

    • [between 1900 and 1930?]
    • Cripple Creek, Colo.

    • Cripple Creek, Colo.

    • Miners stand at a screen mechanism and process ore on a rocky slope near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. One man hoists a screen using a rope and pulley, others stand by a wheel barrow and a group of barrels.

    • Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.

    • [1899 or 1900?]
    • Continental Oil Shale and Refining Co.

    • Continental Oil Shale and Refining Co.

    • View of a plant of the Colorado Oil Shale Mining & Refining Company near a layered shale cliff near Rifle in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Shows the brick smokestack of probably a retort, timber scaffolding, ladders, pulleys, and hoists. A man...

    • Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1920-1930.; Oil-shales--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1920-1930.; Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1920-1930.; Refineries--Colorado--Rio Blanco...

    • [1920 August]
    • Plant of the Continental Oil Shale Mining & Refining Co., Rio Blanco Co. Colo.

    • Plant of the Continental Oil Shale Mining & Refining Co., Rio Blanco Co. Colo.

    • Men stand and pose beside a Continental Oil Shale Mining and Refining Company retort in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Shows a brick smokestack, metal pipes, timber scaffolding, pulleys, and hoists. Snow is on shale cliffs nearby.

    • Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Oil-shales--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cliffs--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Refineries--Colorado--Rio Blanco...

    • [1919 December]
    • Mt. Logan plant

    • Mt. Logan plant

    • View of a shale oil extraction facility in Garfield County, Colorado; sheds, machinery, barrels, hoists, and cable guides are on a steep slope. Roan Cliff formations are in the background.

    • Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.

    • [between 1890 and 1910?]
    • Aerial construction, hoisting crossarms

    • Aerial construction, hoisting crossarms

    • A man on top of a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company utility pole guides a crossarm up to the top of the pole in Colorado. A worker on the ground hoists the crossarm with a rope. Other men stand nearby. Shows open fields and an...

    • Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Linemen--Colorado--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--1910-1920.

    • 1914
    • Steel bridge at [?]

    • Steel bridge at [?]

    • View of a partially completed railroad bridge that spans a river, probably in Colorado. Shows construction workers, steel trusses, wooden piers and trees. A Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company crane hoists a steel girder.

    • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Bridge construction--Colorado--1920-1930.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--1920-1930.; Rivers--Colorado--1920-1930.

    • [between 1920 and 1930?]
    • Industries construction rail-mounted crane at work near Alameda

    • Industries construction rail-mounted crane at work near Alameda

    • Workmen pose on and near a crane on railroad tracks as it hoists a beam from the ground near the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Industrial buildings are in the distance.

    • Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.

    • [1909]
    • Smokestack installation

    • Smokestack installation

    • View of a smokestack, hoists, and industrial buildings in Denver, Colorado; lettering reads: "Meadow Gold Butter."

    • Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.

    • [between 1910 and 1925?]
    • Railroads Colo & So. crane working on new bridge over Alameda

    • Railroads Colo & So. crane working on new bridge over Alameda

    • A Colorado and Southern (C&S) Railway railroad crane hoists a metal barrier for a bridge on the tracks over the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Spectators are nearby. The side of the crane reads: "Wrecking Crane C&S...

    • Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting...

    • [1909]
    • Industries construction scene on Lipan Street near So. Denver

    • Industries construction scene on Lipan Street near So. Denver

    • Workmen work at a construction site while a crane on temporary railroad tracks hoists a load of dirt out of a ditch on South Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado. Nearby signs read: "J. R. Hargrave[s] Groceries" and "Watch Out [for] The Cars".

    • Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.

    • [either 1909 or 1910]
    • Industries construction scene on Lipan St. near So. Denver

    • Industries construction scene on Lipan St. near So. Denver

    • Workmen in a trench work on wooden forms for a concrete pipe at a construction site near South Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado. A crane on temporary railroad tracks hoists a load of dirt nearby.

    • Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Penstocks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.

    • [either 1909 or 1910]
    • Decker Hotel, Siera [sic] Blanco, Colo. 1899

    • Decker Hotel, Siera [sic] Blanco, Colo. 1899

    • A woman, men, and children pose by the Decker Hotel, Sierra Blanco, possibly Huerfano County, Colorado; one hoists a whiskey jug, others carry lunch buckets and drinking cups; hats include a bowler and a sombrero.

    • Children--Colorado--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.
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    • Resting place of old mining machinery 11th & Wazee Sts. Denver, Colo.

    • Resting place of old mining machinery 11th & Wazee Sts. Denver, Colo.

    • Old mining cable hoists, boilers and scrap metal sit in a lot at 11th and Wazee streets in Denver, Colorado. In the background are downtown Denver businesses including the Mountain States Telephone Company building.

    • Mining machinery--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Junkyards--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.

    • 1938
    • Mines on Gold Hill above Cripple Creek

    • Mines on Gold Hill above Cripple Creek

    • View of mine buildings, Gold Hill, near Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado; a large smokestack stands near two buildings, one two story, with pitched roofs and wooden vertical slats; two men stand on one of three wooden rail bridges, one holds...

    • Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.

    • [between 1892 and 1901?]
    • 14th Street Viaduct construction

    • 14th Street Viaduct construction

    • A crane on a traveler hoists a steel beam above a partially constructed bridge, part of the construction of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct, in Denver, Colorado. The bridge passes over the Colorado Ore Sampling Company's buildings.

    • Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.

    • [1898]
    • Morse Brothers Machinery & Supply Company at 18th & Lawrence

    • Morse Brothers Machinery & Supply Company at 18th & Lawrence

    • View of a building (originally Denver City Cable Railway Company power house) at 18th (Eighteenth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: " Supply Co.", "The Morse Bros. Machinery & Su[pply]", "Mining, Milling & Smelting Machinery....

    • Denver City Cable Railway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; S. H. Supply Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.

    • [between 1900 and 1905]
    • DTC armature room

    • DTC armature room

    • Interior of the Denver Tramway Company machine shop in Denver, Colorado; shows workers, armatures or rotors, tools, trolley parts, hoists, tools, light bulbs, and a wall clock. Sign reads: "Smoking In The Company's Premises Absolutely Forbidden,...

    • Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Machine shops--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroad...

    • [between 1900 and 1905]
    • Western Machinery Company

    • Western Machinery Company

    • View of the Western Machinery Company building in downtown Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick building has decorative brickwork. Signs read: "1649," "Western Machinery Co." and "We Rent Compressors Air Drills Hoists Pumps."

    • Western Machinery Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Machinery industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.

    • [between 1930 and 1940?]
    • Littleton, Colo. Business

    • Littleton, Colo. Business

    • View of Leyner Engineering Works, Littleton (Arapahoe County) Colorado, a milling and manufacturing complex; shows brick buildings, lettering reads: "Leyner Engineering Works, Rock Drills, Air Compressors, Hoists, Complete Mining Mach'y Plants" and...

    • Leyner Engineering Works (Littleton, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Littleton (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Littleton--1900-1920.

    • [between 1902 and 1920?]
    • Ludlow striker and children

    • Ludlow striker and children

    • Lawson [?], a coal miner on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, hoists a barbed-wire wrapped fencepost with a pulley in the UMW tent colony, by boys. A water tower and shed are in the background.

    • Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Barbed wire--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...

    • 1914?
    • Ludlow striker

    • Ludlow striker

    • Lawson [?], a coal miner on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, hoists a barbed-wire wrapped fencepost with a pulley in the UMW tent colony.

    • Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Barbed wire--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...

    • 1914 November 1st
    • Wm. Beynon, died 1926, Argo Smelter, refinery

    • Wm. Beynon, died 1926, Argo Smelter, refinery

    • William Beynon stands next to a cart in the Boston & Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works refinery, Denver, Colorado shows: furnace, crucibles, and chain hoists.

    • Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.); Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Beynon,...

    • 1892
    • Colorado Springs

    • Colorado Springs

    • Men work in a ditch in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; hoists, pipe sections, and houses are to the sides.

    • Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Construction workers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1930.; Construction--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1930.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1930.

    • [between 1910 and 1930?]
    • Tracklayer on the Moffat RR extension from Steamboat Springs to Craig, Colo

    • Tracklayer on the Moffat RR extension from Steamboat Springs to Craig, Colo

    • View of Denver and Salt Lake Railroad construction near Hayden (Routt County), Colorado. Men work with track, ties, and hoists on a work car.

    • Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Routt County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction...

    • 1913 Summer
    • R.R. track layer working west of Hayden, Colo

    • R.R. track layer working west of Hayden, Colo

    • View of Denver and Salt Lake Railroad construction near Hayden (Routt County), Colorado. Men work with track, ties, and hoists on work cars.

    • Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Routt County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction...

    • 1913 Autumn
    • D. & R.G.W. train wreck

    • D. & R.G.W. train wreck

    • A Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction crane hoists a wrecked freight car after a wreck in probably Colorado. Shows bent rails and scattered railroad ties on the ground. Signs on the crane read: "Industrial" and "Safety First."

    • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--1920-1930.

    • [between 1920 and 1930?]
    • Railroad construction at Lowry

    • Railroad construction at Lowry

    • Work Projects Administration (WPA) railroad construction workers in overalls and fedoras stand on rails at a switch on railroad tracks near Lowry Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A construction crane hoists...

    • Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad...

    • [1941]
    • Central City. Saratoga Mine (C-46)

    • Central City. Saratoga Mine (C-46)

    • A group of miners stands in a cage inside a mine, possibly the Saratoga Mine in Russell Gulch near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado, probably in the 1880s or 1890s. Cages such as this replaced bucket hoists by the 1880s in many mines, and...

    • Mine hoisting--Colorado--Colorado--Central City--1880- 1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hoisting machinery--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.

    • [between 1935 and 1950?]
    • D&RGW dismantler's train, Castleton, Colo. 268 (2-8-0).

    • D&RGW dismantler's train, Castleton, Colo. 268 (2-8-0).

    • A Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive, with a work train and rail hoists, vents steam at a crossing in Castleton (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows a dump truck and snow capped mountains.

    • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Castleton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Castleton--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Castleton--1950-1960.

    • 1955 June 15
    • Laying pipe with pulley hoists

    • 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]
    • Mining hoists

    • Mining hoists

    • A miner and a hoistman, or hoisting engineer, pose in a mine shaft house. Nearby machinery includes a center crank engine and friction drum.

    • Mine buildings--1870-1880.; Hoisting machinery--1870-1880.; Interiors--1870-1880.; Miners--1870-1880.; Mining--1870-1880.

    • [between 1870 and 1890]
    • Mining hoists

    • Mining hoists

    • A miner leans against a windlass pulling something up from below ground, probably in Gilpin County, Colorado. Wood boards lie on the ground near where the man stands. He wears a hat and work clothes.

    • Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Hoisting machinery--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1920.

    • [between 1899 and 1920?]

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