Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Mine timbering
- Underground in a mine, somewhere in Colorado; extensive timbering done to support shaft or tunnel and corner, three miners with felt hats, and rubber boots; ore cart on track, miners with felt hats, one man with candle and wiring attached to hat...
- Miners--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Exchequer, Colo.
- A false front building in Exchequer, a mining camp in Saguache County, Colorado, has a sign which reads, "Rathvon & Co., Hardware, Groceries & Miners' Supplies." Posed in in front of the store are miners with shovels, packed burrows, a child on a...
- Exchequer (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Miners--Colorado--Exchequer--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880?]
- Idaho mining fatalities: 1913-1940
- List of fatal mining accident victims in 1913-1919, 1921-1924, and 1927-1940, taken from the Annual report of the mining industry of Idaho, produced by the State Inspector of Mines or, after about 1916, the Inspector of Mines. Gives name and age of...
- Mine accidents--Idaho--Indexes.
- 2007
- Miners & Merchants Bank, Lake City, Colo.
- View of the Miners and Merchants Bank located at 231 Silver Street in Lake City, Colorado. The two-story, stone bank building has a wooden cornice supported by scalloped and scrolled brackets. Local stone was used to decorate and define various...
- Miners & Merchants Bank (Lake City, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Lake City (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Banks.; Miners & Merchants Bank (Lake City, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Banks and banking--Colorado--Lake City--Pictorial works.; Lake City (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1993
- Walsen Colored Club
- View of the Walsen Colored Club, a miners' club building for African-American miners at the mining camp of Walsen, in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows a wood frame building with clapboard siding and a false front. Clerestory windows sit on top of a...
- African Americans--Structures--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- Victor strike
- Western Federation of Miners workers stand in a group and hold rifles in an empty lot during a strike in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men and women watch on the sidewalk of 4th (Fourth) Street. Shows houses, mine buildings, and a freight train...
- Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1904 June 6?]
- Western Federation of Miners
- Unidentified members of the Western Federation of Miners pose for a group photo.
- Western Federation of Miners--People--1900-1910.; Miners--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Western Federation of Miners
- Unidentified members of the Western Federation of Miners pose for a group photo.
- Western Federation of Miners--People--1900-1910.; Miners--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Arastra in Buckskin Gulch above Alma
- View of an arrastre (or arrastra) by Buckskin Creek, Park County, Colorado; shows a man kneeling by a water-filled, circular hole, used by miners for grinding ore.
- Buckskin Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Park County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Grinding wheels--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Streams--Colorado--Park...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Placer mining near Hahns Peak, Colo.
- At a gold placer mine near Hahns Peak, Routt County, Colorado, miners use hydraulic nozzles (monitors) fitted with rock counterbalances and miners with shovels stand inside the wash. A man in a suit and hat watches on.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gold mining--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1940-1950.; Hydraulic Mining--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1940-1950.
- Spring 1948?
- Gold Run pit
- Gold Run Mine, a gold placer mine near Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado; miners operate hydraulic nozzles (monitors) fitted with rock counterbalances, miners with shovels stand inside the wash.
- Gold Run Mine (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Hydraulic Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- View of Gold Run pit
- Gold Run Mine, a gold placer mine in Summit County, Colorado; miners use hydraulic nozzles (monitors) fitted with rock counterbalances, miners with shovels stand inside the wash.
- Gold Run Mine (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Hydraulic Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- View of Gold Run pit
- Gold Run Mine, a gold placer mine in Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado; miners use hydraulic nozzles (monitors) fitted with rock counterbalances, miners with shovels stand inside the wash; shows pipes and sluice.
- Gold Run Mine (Breckenridge, Colo.); Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Hydraulic Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1880-1890?]
- The mineral resources of Summit County
- View of a 156 ounce specimen of crystallized gold, known as "Tom's Baby," taken from the Gold Flake Mine on Farncomb Hill, near Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado. The specimen was named after Tom Groves, one of the miners who discovered it.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Ludlow coal mining strike
- Portrait of UMWA coal miners (including Japanese) on strike against CF&I, in Tioga (Huerfano County), Colorado; they are 1- Mahoney, 2 - Bubba, 3 - Uyado, 4 - Matsumoto, 5 - East, and 6 - Jeff Graham. Sign on frame building reads: "Savoy."
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Tioga (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tioga--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1915 July 20
- Miners trying to get permission to go for bodies near Ludlow
- UMWA coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, walk and carry a flag with a cross; cars are by a building with sign: "Ludlow Home Saloon."
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Flags of truce--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
- April 1914
- Miners who marched into Trinidad from the black hills around Ludlow
- Coal miners, with Mike Lavoda third from left, marched into Trinidad from the Black Hills outside of Ludlow to confront the federal troops during the UMW labor strike against CF&I, Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows men with rifles, Mt. San Rafael...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 or 1914
- Miners at Trinidad awaiting federal troops
- Coal miners prepare to confront the federal troops during the UMW labor strike against CF&I, in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. They hold rifles, with pistols in their ammunition belts, and wear kerchiefs in support of the strike.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 or 1914
- Coal miners' families
- Portrait of men, women, and children at the UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; also shows a canvas tent with lettering; "Made for the Neeley-Caldwell Hardware Co., Walsenburg, Colo."
- 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.; Children--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Families--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- [1913 or 1914]
- M. E. parsonage, Altman, Colo.
- Five views of the Methodist parsonages in Altman, Colorado, include; upper left corner image: the first parsonage located between Altman and Independence. A small lean-to shack with an open entry door and a four pane window. Upper right image: a...
- Pingree, H. M.--Homes and haunts--1880-1890.; Altman (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Religious dwellings--Colorado--Altman--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1890?]
- Striking coal miners of Boulder County Colorado
- Richard Donald, Ben Hicks, Monroe Hicks, Jess Koenig, George Donald, John Donald, Frank Balek, E. L. Doyle, Cecil Resse, Duncan Stobs, Robt. McBirnie, Wm Woodhead, Wm. Snow, Joe Fisk, Fred Grayson, and Geo. Pansky, coal miners on strike, pose...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Ice sculpture at the Ice Palace in Leadville, Colorado
- Ice sculpture of miners inside Leadville, Colorado's Ice Palace is a part of the museum exhibits created for the Winter Crystal Carnival. Phillip Kelly froze water with snow to mold figures of miners, then rubbed water over the snow to give the...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Apex, Colorado recreation hall, interior
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows theater stage with painted backdrop of an idealized 1900s Apex main street that includes businesses, glass storefronts, and awnings; business...
- Apex (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1950-1960.
- [1957]
- Hepburn's cabin, Miners Basin, La Sal Mt's.
- Men pose by a miner's cabin identified as Hepburn's cabin in Miners Basin in the La Sal Mountains (Grand County), Utah. Shows mining tools, ropes and a rifle. The log cabin has a stone chimney and a sod roof.
- Grand County (Utah)--1890-1900.; La Sal Mountains (Utah)--1890-1900.; Miners Basin (Grand County, Utah : Valley)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Miners--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Mining--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.
- 1897 August 10
- Civil War in Colorado
- Views of bomb damage at a railroad depot in Independence (Pitkin County), Colorado; men with rifles walk by railroad tracks and tents. People look at the building damaged by dynamite as part of a labor dispute. Men gather around the bodies of men...
- Independence (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bombings--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Miner's strikes--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Vigilance...
- 1904 June 25
- Western History Subject Index
- Labor unions. Miners
- Western History Subject Index
- Labor unions. Miners
- Miners on headframe
- A group of miners pose on the wood headframe of a mine probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes, overalls, and caps. A sign on the headframe reads: "Danger."
- Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Las Animas County--1930-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Las Animas County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Miners
- A group of miners pose near a house made of stone, mud, and wood possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men and a boy wear work clothes including: overalls, pants, boots, bandanas, and hats. One man balances a bottle of liquor on his knee. A...
- Boys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Miners on donkeys
- A group of miners mounted on burros pose on a dirt road possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men may be Hispanic. A burros loaded with mining equipment stands nearby.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--1880-1900.; Riding--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Miners at Rugby
- A group of miners pose near a mining structure in the coal camp of Rugby in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes, overalls, and boots. Some workers sit on a coal cart.
- Rugby (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Coal mining--Colorado--Rugby--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Rugby--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Rugby--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Miners at Rugby
- A group of miners pose near a corrugated tin structure at the coal camp of Rugby in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men wear work overalls, and many have dirt smudged on their faces. Some men have johnny lamps attached to their caps.
- Rugby (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Miners
- A group of miners pose near a mine entrance at either the Berwind Mine in Las Animas County or the Rugby Mine in Huerfano County, Colorado. The men wear overalls and work boots. Some of the men have electric mine lamps attached to their caps, and...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Miners at Rugby
- A group of miners pose on the steps of a corrugated tin mining building at the coal camp of Rugby in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes, boots and caps. Some of the workers may be Hispanic.
- Rugby (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Coal miners
- Three miners pose outside a mine at either the Berwind Mine in Las Animas County or the Rugby Mine in Huerfano County, Colorado. The men wear overalls and work boots. Electric mine lamps are attached to their caps and battery packs are at their...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Co. H. 1st Colo. Inf't., Camp Elkton
- Men from Company H of the 1st (First) Colorado Infantry stand or kneel in rows and pose with rifles during the Western Federation of Miners strike in Elkton (Teller County), Colorado. Girls and boys stand near a staircase with a painted sign that...
- Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Elkton (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Elkton--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Elkton--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Victor riot scene
- A crowd of people in Victor watch uniformed National Guardsman and striking miners in the street in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men point rifles toward people on 4th (Fourth) Street and Victor Avenue. Shows brick commercial buildings, the...
- Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Militias--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- 1904 June 6
- Coal miners
- A group of miners pose in a coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes including overalls, work pants, jackets, boots, and flannel shirts. The men wear oil wick caps with lamps. One man smokes a pipe.
- Mining camps--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Miners
- Men wear jackets over trousers or overalls and hats and pose for a group photograph in front of a frame building. Miners hold candleholders and sit or stand in rows, probably in Colorado.
- Miners--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1902 September 13
- Miners
- Miners stand or rest on the ground above timberline in probably the San Juan Mountains in Colorado. One of the men has a sledge hammer. A stone building and a tailings pile are in the distance. Shows an open valley and mountains.
- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Mine in Boulder County, miners, equipment, mule, sun rays
- Miners and well dressed men pose in front of a log shaft house with a tin roof at an unidentified mine in Boulder County, Colorado. They stand near hose and a pneumatic drill, an ore car laden with ore, and a mule with a canvas blanket and leather...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Light.; Mine buildings.; Miners.; Mining equipment.; Mining.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Miner leading mule along car tracks in mine 3 other miners behind
- Miners pose with a mule in a mine tunnel in Colorado. One man holds a lunch box.
- Miners--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mules--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Miner leading mule along car tracks in mine 3 other miners behind
- Miners pose with a mule in a mine tunnel in Colorado. One man holds a lunch box.
- Miners--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mules--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Hubert Mine, Nevadaville, Colo - miners in bucket @ 850 feet
- Interior view of the Hubert Mine in Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado; shows miners with ore buckets and hats with lamps.
- Hubert Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.; Mining...
- 1895, February
- Hubert Mine, Nevadaville, Colo - miners in bucket @ 850 feet
- Interior view of the Hubert Mine in Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado; shows miners with ore buckets.
- Hubert Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.; Mining...
- 1895, February
- Mule & miners
- Interior of the Bushwhacker Mine near Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado shows miners with a mule, one man holds a lantern box with candles.
- Bushwhacker Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mule & miners
- Interior of the Bushwhacker Mine near Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado shows miners with a mule, one man holds a lantern box with candles.
- Bushwhacker Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Miners
- Miners pose on a portable rail hopper at a mine probably near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The men wear jackets and hats.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Miners
- Miners pose outdoors probably near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. They wear boots, jackets, and hats with miner's lights.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Italian miners play boccie
- A group of Italian miners pose with boccie (bocce) balls in a coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. Some of the men wear jackets, others wear shirts and vests. Adobe houses are in the distance.
- Italian Americans--Colorado--1890-1920.; Boccie (Game)--Colorado--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]