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- Gladstone - 1941 pneumatic punching bag
- Pneumatic punching bag stands on a covered walkway in Gladstone, Colorado. The large round bag projects out from its containing framework and is attached to a scale which would measure the force of punches thrown. The framework is ornately cast...
- Punching Bags--Colorado--Gladstone--1940-1950.; Gladstone (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Toll pneumatic tube table - 1421 Champa
- Interior view at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange in Denver, Colorado; a woman works at a pneumatic tube communication terminal. Air pressure gauge reads: "Vacuum Gauge - Western Electric Company."
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pneumatic tubes--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Gang w/ air hammers tamping east of Cameo, Colo
- Men use pneumatic hammers to tamp Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad track base, in Garfield County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Pneumatic tools--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Daniels & Fisher
- Interior view of a Daniels and Fisher store in Denver, Colorado; shows women seated at a pneumatic messaging device; one looks at receipts atop a "Staats Money Changer" machine.
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pneumatic tubes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- Daniels & Fisher
- Interior view of a Daniels and Fisher store in Denver, Colorado; shows women seated at a pneumatic messaging device; one holds a rubber stamp by a "Staats Money Changer" machine.
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pneumatic tubes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- Clear Creek - drilling in 1200 ft. pioneer bore - removing jock bits in foreground
- Men work with pipes, pneumatic tubing, and helmets with lanterns in a highway tunnel on Highway 6 in Jefferson County or Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Construction workers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--1940-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Slide Mine - jumbo side, one man
- A man works in a mine tunnel with a pneumatic drill at probably the Slide Mine in Boulder County, Colorado. He wears a helmet with a lantern.
- 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.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- WPCD drilling
- Men work with pneumatic drilling equipment at the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado.
- Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- London (?) M & M Co. Loudon (?) JB5
- Interior view of (probably) the North London Mine near Park City (Park County), Colorado; a man in a hard hat with lantern uses a pneumatic hammer.
- North London Mine (Park County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Park City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Park City--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Park City--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Park City--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Crusher and power drill [sic]
- A man uses a pneumatic socket wrench on a rolling ball mill.
- Mining machinery--1940-1950.; Equipment--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Power drill [sic]
- A man uses a pneumatic socket wrench on a rolling ball mill.
- Mining machinery--1940-1950.; Equipment--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Mine drilling
- Interior view of a mine in (probably) Colorado; a man operates a pneumatic hammer.
- Boring--Colorado--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Rico Argentine
- A miner wears a hat with a lamp and uses an pneumatic drill at the Argentine Mine in Rico (Dolores County), Colorado.
- Argentine Mine (Dolores County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Rico (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Rico--1940-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Rico--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Rico--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Rico--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Rico Argentine
- A miner wears a hat with a lamp and uses a pneumatic drill at the Argentine Mine in Rico (Dolores County), Colorado.
- Argentine Mine (Dolores County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Rico (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Rico--1940-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Rico--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Rico--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Rico--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Drilling
- A man with hat and overalls drills into rocks with a pneumatic drill in probably Colorado. He has a cigarette in his mouth.
- Boring--Colorado--1940-1960.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1955?]
- 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?]
- Mining Newhouse Mine tunnel
- Miners work pneumatic drills in a tunnel of the Newhouse Mine near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Coal mine underground
- In Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado, men wield a pick and a pneumatic tool. They wear hats with lamps; sparkling coal comprises the interior of the mine. An ore car is in the background.
- Lafayette (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Machine shop
- Men and women work at benches in a machine shop, possibly in Colorado. Lamps hang from the girder ceiling. A man in the foreground works with a pneumatic tool and wears a visor.
- Machine shops--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Mayflower Mine Shenandoah Dives - looking down toward mill
- Interior view of Mayflower Mine (San Juan County) Colorado; shows a miner operating pneumatic machinery.
- Mayflower Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Boring--Colorado--San Juan County--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--San Juan County--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Coal mine underground Lafayette, Colo.
- Miners work with a pneumatic drill and a pick near a mine ore car in a mine tunnel near Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Lafayette (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.;...
- 1921
- Coal mines underground Lafayette, Colo.
- Miners work with a pneumatic drill and a pick by a mine ore car in a mine tunnel near Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Lafayette (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.;...
- 1921
- Lafayette coal mine
- A miner works with a pneumatic drill in a tunnel of a mine near Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado. He wears a hat and a miner's light.
- Lafayette (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Loading rock in one of stopes
- Miners pose inside of a mine as they load rock into ore cars. One of the men holds a pneumatic drill.
- Mine railroads--Cars--1890-1910.; Miners--1890-1910.; Mining--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mr. Beechers- trotting horse
- Mr. Beecher sits in a buckboard with pneumatic tires hitched to a dark colored horse. He holds the reins and sits near a whip. He wears a suit and a bowler hat. Two men walk in the distance. Another buggy drives by.
- Carriages & coaches--1890-1910.; Beecher, Mr.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mr. Beecher
- Mr. Beecher sits in a buckboard with pneumatic tires hitched to a dark colored horse. He holds the reins and sits near a whip. He wears a suit, gloves, and a hat.
- Carriages & coaches--1890-1910.; Beecher, Mr.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Man Poses in a buckboard
- A man sits in a buckboard with pneumatic tires hitched to a dark colored horse. He holds the reins and sits near a whip. He wears a suit, gloves, and a hat. Another man stands in the distance near another buggy that drives by.
- Carts & wagons--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mr. E. A. Bucker
- Mr. E. A. Bucker sits in a buggy with pneumatic tires and spoke wheels, drawn by a white horse. He holds the reins to a horse and sits near a whip. He wears gloves and a hat.
- Carriages & coaches--1890-1910.; Bucker, E. A.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mine interior
- Men stand on wooden planks in a mine and use pneumatic drills to bore into the mine wall. Small arc lights are attached to the wall. A group of metal poles lean against the mine wall. The men wear hats and tall boots.
- Drilling--1900-1920.; Miners--1900-1920.; Mining--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1915?]
- Gang tamping
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction consists of men working with pneumatic tampers or jackhammers; an air compressor is in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Drilling--1920-1940.; Railroad construction & maintenance--1920-1940.; Railroad construction workers--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Section gang & air compressor
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction consists of men working with pneumatic tampers or jackhammers, track and grade, and an air compressor on rail trucks. Lettering reads: "Ingersoll-Rand."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Railroad construction & maintenance--1920-1940.; Railroad construction workers--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Track crew on line change
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction in (probably) Colorado or Utah consists of men working with pneumatic tampers or jackhammers, and an air compressor. Cattle, hayfields, and hills are in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Machinery--1920-1940.; Railroad construction & maintenance--1920-1940.; Railroad construction workers--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Shovel & air dumps
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction in (probably) Colorado of Utah consists of a crane-shovel loading air-dump cars numbered: "D&RGW 010964;" a switch is by the tracks. An anvil, canteen, and pneumatic tools are in the foreground.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Equipment--1920-1940.; Railroad cars--1920-1940.; Railroad construction & maintenance--1920-1940.; Steam shovels--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Drilling machines, gold, Homestake Mine, Lead, South Dakota
- View of two miners using pneumatic drills on the floor of the Homestake gold mine, Lead, South Dakota. They wear rubber suits, helmets, and lamps.
- Homestake Mine (S.D.)--1920-1950.; Lead (S.D.)--1920-1950.; Drilling--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1950.; Gold mining--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1950.; Miners--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1950.; Mining--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950?]
- Mine interior, Evergreen Mine
- Interior view of (possibly) Evergreen Mine (Gilpin County) near Central City, Colorado; shows a miner in hip boots and hardhat with pneumatic machinery, stacks of pipes and sheet metal.
- Miners--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Mining contest, drilling
- Miners drill into rock with a pneumatic drill, at a demonstration in (probably) Colorado.
- Colorado--1940-1950.; Contests--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Pandora Mine
- Interior view of Pandora Mine (San Miguel County) Colorado; shows a miner with a pneumatic drill and a sledge hammer.
- Pandora Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Public Service Co. of Colo. tamping backfill on 16th St. Denver
- View of Public Service Company workers using pneumatic tampers on 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in Denver, Colorado. People watch; a trash truck is in the background.
- Public Service Company of Colorado--People--1930-1940.; Construction equipment--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Street...
- 1935 November 25
- Drilling in a mine tunnel Idaho Springs
- A miner uses a pneumatic drill in a mine shaft near Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Other miners look on.
- Mine shafts--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1940.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Boring--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Bloc holing
- A miner stands next to a large rock which he is bloc holing with a pneumatic drill in an unidentified mine somewhere in Colorado. The miner wears boots, denim overalls, gloves, and a head lamp.
- Drilling & boring machinery--1900-1930.; Interiors--1900-1930.; Miners--1900-1930.; Mining--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Starting a hole
- A miner, wearing denim overalls and a helmet with headlamp, prepares to start a hole in the wall of a tunnel in an unidentified mine. He is using a pneumatic drill which is supported by a double screw column.
- Drilling & boring machinery--1910-1920.; Interiors--1910-1920.; Miners--1910-1920.; Mining--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Hines and Co., London Mountain Gold Mining Company's property near Fairplay, Colo.
- View of a miner working a pneumatic drill with a double screw column support in a tunnel operated by the London Mountain Gold Mining Company near Fairplay, Colorado.
- Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1940.
- December 19, 1931
- Power drill, Aspen, Colo.
- A miner stands in an unidentified mine tunnel and operates a pneumatic drill supported by a double screw column, Pitkin County, Colorado.
- Pitkin County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Pitkin County--1920-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Pitkin County--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Pitkin County--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Capt No. 5, No. 2 shaft, 400 level, Potland mine
- View of miners working the four-hundred level, number two shaft, Potland (possibly Portland) mine, Colorado. The men use a pneumatic drill, shovels, a sledgehammer, and axe, and work by candlelight.
- Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Mine interiors, Ouray County
- View of two miners tending a pneumatic drill in the narrow tunnel of an unidentified mine, Ouray County, Colorado. Both men wear coats and overalls, hold wrenches in their hands, and work by candlelight.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Miner at work in Colorado gold mine
- View of a miner tending a water cooled pneumatic drill in the narrow tunnel of an unidentified gold mine, Colorado. A pickaxe, shovel, and wrench are nearby.
- Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining equipment--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Interior of Doris (?) tunnel, machine drill working
- View of three miners working a pneumatic machine drill with a column support inside of the Doris (possibly Doric) tunnel, Clear Creek County, Colorado. They work by candlelight in tight quarters.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Miner prepares to drill
- A miner prepares to use a pneumatic drill on the roof a mine tunnel in Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.
- 1900 or 1901
- Quarry
- A miner poses on a pile of rocks near pneumatic tripod drills at a quarry possibly in Colorado. A piece of rock is ready to be hoisted by a crane with a lock snatch block nearby.
- Hoisting machinery--1890-1910.; Miners--1890-1910.; Mining--1890-1910.; Quarrying--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Quarry
- Miners work with pneumatic drills in a rock quarry, possibly in Colorado. A crane with a lock snatch block is prepared to hoist a piece of rock.
- Drilling & boring machinery--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--1890-1910.; Miners--1890-1910.; Mining--1890-1910.; Quarrying--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]