A man peers through a hole from within a large nozzle connected to a pipe in a stone and masonry foundation beside Clear Creek near Idaho Springs in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The site is part of a pipeline for the Stanley Mine. Shows timbers, a...
Nozzles--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stanley Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Clear Creek...
Firemen pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado, with a nozzle. Men's uniforms include kepi hats, white leather belts, and button bib shirts; embroidery depicts axes, hats, and letters: "Rifle."
Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
Firemen pose in snow in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado, with a nozzle and hose cart. Men's uniforms include kepi hats, white leather belts, and button front shirts; embroidery depicts axes, hats, and letters: "Rifle."
Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
Keystone, a gold placer mine in San Miguel County, Colorado. A group of well-dressed men and women with a horse drawn wagon, stand on a hillside overlooking a mining operation. Water gushes out of a hydraulic nozzle (monitor) into a pit surrounded...
San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Hydraulic Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.
A miner uses a hydraulic nozzle (monitor) fitted with a rock counterbalance in the pit of the Gold Run Mine, a gold placer mine near Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado.
Gold Run Mine, a gold placer mine near Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado; a miner uses a hydraulic nozzle (monitor) fitted with a rock counterbalance; water flows out of a sluice.
Two miners in a gold placer mine pit, Montana; one operates a nozzle (monitor) and one uses a shovel. Shows sluice boxes in pit, a woman with a horse stands on the rim.
Gold miners pose with a wheelbarrow at a hydraulic mine in Alma, Park County, Colorado; bluffs in the background have erosion and falling water. A jet of water issues from a "monitor" nozzle.
Alma (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Alma--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1880-1900.
View of placer gold mine in the Arkansas River flood plain, Granite, Chaffee County, Colorado; shows a miner running a hydraulic 'monitor' nozzle. Embankments and hills are in the background.
Spanish Gulch gold placer mine, in the Grayback District, Costilla County, Colorado, consists of a stream contained by a wood flume; miners work the area with shovels. A man in the foreground runs a hydraulic "monitor" nozzle with a rock...
Costilla County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Spanish Gulch (Costilla County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Flumes--Colorado--Costilla County--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Costilla County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Costilla County--1890-1900.;...
Gold miners pose at a hydraulic mine in Alma, Park County, Colorado; bluffs in the background have erosion and falling water. A jet of water issues from a "monitor" nozzle; a flume is in the foreground.
View of a gold placer mine in Park County, Colorado; shows a steam [?] powered crane with lettering: "Snowstorm Hydraulic Co.," and a boulder in its grasp. Across a stream, on tailings, a miner runs a "monitor" nozzle.
Park County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.;...
Group portrait of Swift and Company firemen in Denver, Colorado; shows men in fire fighting gear including hats and slickers. They carry a nozzle, an axe, belts and tanks.
Swift & Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
Miners stand near Steven's Hydraulic Mine near Oro City (Leadville), Lake County, Colorado. The men use a hydraulic nozzle or monitor to spray water into the mine pit.
Oro City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Oro City--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--Oro City--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Oro City--1870-1880.
Men and women pose near a placer mining operation in San Miguel County, Colorado. One man holds a gold pan. Miners aim a nozzle or monitor at the mine pit nearby.
San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.
A miner aims a nozzle or monitor as part of a placer mining operation in American Gulch, Summit County, Colorado. A Wapiti Mining Company building is nearby.
Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
View of a placer mining operation at Keystone Placer Mine, San Miguel County, Colorado; shows a monitor nozzle and a water pipe.
Keystone Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Penstocks--Colorado--San Miguel...
View of the frame buildings of the Grant Smelter in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado; shows tailings, a hydraulic mining claim with a tent, miners and a monitor nozzle.
View of a hydraulic mining operation in a stream bed in Virginia City, Montana. Shows a hose with a monitor nozzle, sluices, and a flume; water falls from ground level.
Virginia City (Mont.)--1870-1880.; Hydraulic mining--Montana--Virginia City--1870-1880.; Miners--Montana--Virginia City--1870-1880.; Mining--Montana--Virginia City--1870-1880.
Colorado City Hose Team pose in front of the diagonal batten door outside the brick fire station, South Twenty-sixth and Cucharas streets, El Paso County, Colorado. The men stand wearing dark underwear shirts and shorts with arms crossed and their...
Colorado City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Colorado City--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Colorado City--1900-1910.
During a fire in Brighton, Colorado, the backs of two firemen are in the foreground; letters on one's coat read "West Adams County Fire Dept," and on his hat "WAC;" the other's reads "BFD." Both face a crane that reaches to the top of a brick...
Brighton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Brighton--1960-1970.; Fires--Colorado--Brighton--1960-1970.
A miner uses a monitor nozzle at the Keystone Placer Mine near Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado. A large pipe is nearby.
Keystone Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Telluride (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1900.
View of mining operations at Keystone Mine, San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows a large water pipe on a log and hewn plank support as a hydraulic hose with a monitor nozzle sprays the hillside. A sluice box carries run-off down the slope. Shows a...
Keystone Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Penstocks--Colorado--San Miguel...
View of the Keystone Placer Mine near Telluride, (San Miguel County), Colorado; a miner wears a long coat and sprays an excavation site with a monitor nozzle fed by a segmented transport pipe.
Nozzles--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Keystone Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--San Miguel...
Miners from the Cottonwood Placer Company use a monitor nozzle to hydraulically mine ore in Montrose County, Colorado. The San Miguel River is in the distance.
Cottonwood Placer Company--People--1890-1900.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.;...
Miners sit and stand near hydraulic mining equipment at a placer mining operation in Alder gulch, Madison County, Montana. Water runs from the top of the gulch. Shows sluice boxes; water sprays from a monitor nozzle.
Alder Gulch (Madison County, Mont.)--1870-1880.; Madison County (Mont.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Montana--Madison County--1870-1880.; Hydraulic Mining--Montana--Madison County--1870-1880.; Mining--Montana--Madison County--1870-1880.;...
Miners monitor the flow of water through hoses and sluice boxes in Alder Gulch, Madison County, Montana. Water from the top of the gulch and from a monitor nozzle erodes the soil of the hill.
Alder Gulch (Mont.)--1870-1880.; Madison County (Mont.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Montana--Madison County--1870-1880.; Hydraulic Mining--Montana--Madison County--1870-1880.; Miners (Mont.)--Montana--Madison County--1870-1880.;...
View of a fire truck at Fire Station Number One at 1375 Tremont Place in downtown Denver, Colorado; the vehicle has lanterns, a chrome nozzle, and a bell.
Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.--Equipment & supplies--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Fire...
View of a fireman in a fire truck at Fire Station Number One at 1375 Tremont Place in downtown Denver, Colorado; the vehicle has pinstripes, lanterns, a chrome nozzle, and a bell.
Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.--Equipment & supplies--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Fire...
The view along Miner Street in Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows a large group of men watching firefighters extinguish a blaze. Smoke wafts across the street as the water plume from the hose nozzle shoots toward the second story of a building. A,...
Greeley firemen in Longmont, Colorado, pose in undershirts, leggings, shorts and cloth caps, holding the leads of their hose wagon. One holds a nozzle. Men in suits and tophats or bowlers are behind them; brick storefronts are in the background....
Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.