A man wears a miner cap with an attached lamp and uses a compressed air, percussion-type rock drill called a stoper in the Argentine Mine in Rico (Dolores County), Colorado.
A miner uses a compressed air, percussion-type rock drill called a stoper in the Argentine Mine in Rico (Dolores County), Colorado. The miner wears a hat with an attached lamp.
A miner works with a compressed air, percussion-type rock drill called a stoper or "wiggle tail" at the Cresson Mine near Cripple Creek in Teller County, Colorado. The man wears a work jump suit and hard hat.
Cresson Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teller County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.;...
A miner works with a compressed air, percussion-type rock drill called a stoper or "wiggle tail" at the Cresson Mine near Cripple Creek in Teller County, Colorado. The worker wears overalls and a hard hat. Boulders are scattered on the ground...
Cresson Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teller County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.;...
A miner positions a compressed air, percussion-type rock drill called a stoper on the ceiling of a mine shaft at the Wolf Tongue tungsten mine near Nederland (Boulder County), Colorado. He wears overalls, a jacket, and hard hat.
Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Wolf Tongue Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1950.;...
Two men work with compressed air, percussion-type rock drills called a stopers in the Slide Mine in Boulder County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes, hard hats, and electric mine lamps. Rocks and boulders litter the floor of the shaft.
Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Slide Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.;...
A worker operates a compressed air, percussion-type rock drill near the East Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel), of the Colorado-Big Thompson Water Diversion Project, in Grand County, Colorado. The man wears a safety...
Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.;...