Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Pikes Peak Ave., Colo. Springs
- View of Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the wide dirt street, brick commercial buildings, horses, buggies, bicycles, pedestrians, a streetcar, and the Antlers Hotel and Pikes Peak on the west end.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Press crew
- Press members in military foul-weather gear, crouch in snow among rocks during the annual New Year's Eve Pikes Peak climb by the AdAmAn Club. Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One holds food; another talks on a portable radio phone, a...
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Journalists--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.;...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Ruston Avenue passing track
- Men pose on an open streetcar in Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. A sign in the background reads: "The Old Curiosity Shop."
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- S.W. corner Pikes Peak
- View along a tree-lined Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, includes a corner two-story brick building with arcades, awnings, stone trim, a cornice, and arched windows; horses, wagons, buggies, power poles, a...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Gold Hill mine
- Miners pose near a makeshift shelter and display a sample of their ore, Gold Hill mine, Colorado.
- Ore deposits--Colorado--1890-1900.; Huts--Colorado--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Boulder County mining
- View of a mining structure, an ore cart track, and a tunnel at the bottom of a low hill bordering a dirt road, Boulder County, Colorado. The shed-like building has a corrugated metal roof, stovepipe, and tar wall covering. A grindstone and a boiler...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Patiently waiting
- Fishing scene somewhere in Colorado possibly in South Platte Canyon; man standing on boulder along shore fishing in river, wicker creel.
- Fishing--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Tungsten, Colorado
- View of tailings piles, mining buildings, tents, and an outhouse on a hill at the Vasco Number Six mine, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Vasco Number Six Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder...
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Vasco No. 7, hoist tunnel
- View of tailings piles, mining buildings, and water tanks on a hill at the Vasco Number Seven mine, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Vasco Number Seven Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1920.; Water tanks--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- View of wreck from Henry Becker's front door
- View of the remnants of an unidentified mining complex after an explosion on a Sunday morning, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Scouts check in for summer camp at Elk's Lodge, Camp Alexander Colo. Springs
- Young Boy Scouts stand in lines wearing dungarees, tee shirts, and garrison or soft hats in front of the Elk's Lodge, a log building with balcony and stairs, Camp Alexander, near Lake George, Park County, Colorado, is about 40 miles from Colorado...
- Boy Scouts of America. Pikes Peak Council--1940-1950.; Camp Alexander (Lake George, Colo.)--Buildings--1940-1950.; Boy Scouts--Colorado--Lake George--1940-1950.; Lake George (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Camps--Colorado--Lake George--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Boulder Co. tunnel, Cardinal
- View shows the connected, shed roofed mining buildings of the Boulder County mill in Cardinal, Boulder County, Colorado. It produced both gold and silver and was completely covered to weatherize against the storms that blew off the high range....
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1940.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- 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?]
- Mogul tunnel on Spencer Mtn at Eldora, owned and operated by the Mogul Drainage and Transportation Tunnel and Mining and Milling Co.
- View looking down on Eldora, Boulder County, Colorado, shows a portion of the town and the Mogul tunnel shaft house atop a tailings pile at the base of Spencer Mountain. The tunnel's path has been superimposed on the image.
- Cartography--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mogul Tunnel (Boulder County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Spencer Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities &...
- 1904?
- Silver Mountain mine
- View looking down on the Silver Mountain mine, Boulder County, Colorado, shows wooden buildings, tailings piles, and a road.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1940.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1940.
- 1934?
- Burlington mine
- View of the Burlington flourspar mine complex, Boulder County, Colorado, shows tailings, the mine entrance (adit), residences, and a hoisting tower.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1960.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1960.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Burlington Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1940-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- St. Joe Mining and Milling Co., Boulder
- View of the St. Joe Mining and Milling complex along Four Mile Creek (?), Boulder County, Colorado. The covered, wooden processing buildings stand atop a large pile of tailings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1930.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Saint Joe Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Pike's Peak Ave., Colo. Springs
- View of Pike's Peak Avenue towards Antlers Hotel with Pike's Peak in background, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Colorado Springs & Interurban Railway tracks and trolleys, horse-drawn wagons and carriages; Elk Hotel, an unidentified restaurant.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1908 and 1910]
- Mining, Boulder County
- View of deteriorating wooden mining equipment at an unidentified mine, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Mining machinery--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1930.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Potosi Caribou mine, Caribou, Colo.
- View of the deteriorating mill of the Potosi Caribou mine near Caribou, Boulder County, Colorado. It features two towers connected by a wooden chute and other, shed roofed buildings. It stands atop a large tailings pile and borders a road.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Potosi Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Caribou, Colorado
- Mines and tree stumps top a denuded hill at Caribou, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Caribou--1890-1910.; Caribou (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Caribou--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Caribou, Colorado
- View of a wooden mine building with two active smokestacks, Caribou, Boulder County, Colorado. In front of the structure is a man driving a horse-drawn wagon full of wood.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Caribou--1890-1910.; Caribou (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Caribou--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Caribou--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Caribou mine
- View shows a wooden building which was part of the Caribou mine, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Caribou Shaft (Boulder County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Bird's Nest shaft house, Bird's Nest mine, owned by the Chicago Bird's Nest Mining Co.
- View of the shaft house and other wooden buildings of the Bird's Nest mine and two men tending an ore cart, Boulder County, Colorado. The mine was operated by the Chicago Bird's Nest Mining Company.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.; Bird Nest and Village Belle Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder...
- 1904?
- Caribou mill
- View shows the deteriorating buildings of the Caribou mine, Boulder County, Colorado. Boilers, flywheels, and other debris are scattered between buildings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1940.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Caribou Shaft (Boulder County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Caribou Hill
- Two men tend a hoist bucket as a third looks on, Caribou Hill, Boulder County, Colorado. Other mines and piles of tailings are on the hill behind them.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1890.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Caribou Hill (Boulder County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Boulder...
- 1883
- Caribou mine, Caribou, Colorado
- Two men pose among wooden buildings at the Caribou mine, Caribou, Boulder County, Colorado. Rocks and machine debris are scattered on the ground around them.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Caribou Shaft (Boulder County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Shaft house and loading chute of Caribou mine
- The shaft house and loading chute at the Caribou mine stand on a large pile of mine tailings, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Mine shafts--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Caribou Shaft (Boulder County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Entrance to U.S. Mint, Denver
- Close-up view of entrance to United States Mint, Cherokee & Colfax, Denver, Colorado; wrought iron bars over windows, ornate wrought iron light fixtures attached to building; friezes over arches of doorway and two windows.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1906 and 1910]
- The Gold Fleece mine
- View of the front of the shaft house of the Golden Fleece mine, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Golden Fleece Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Fourth of July camp, from the south Fourth of July mine owned by the Consolidated Copper Mining Milling and Smelting Co.
- Reproduction of a half tone shows a wooden building at the camp serving the Fourth of July mine, Boulder County, Colorado. The mine is owned and operated by the Consolidated Copper Mining, Milling, and Smelting Company. The building is a single...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fourth of July Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.
- 1904?
- Fourth of July mine
- A long line of tourists snakes across the mountain valley containing the remains of the Fourth of July mine, Boulder County, Colorado. Collapsed wooden buildings and tailings piles comprise the remnants.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fourth of July Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Tourists--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Fourth of July mine
- Tourists walk single file on a trail leading away from the collapsed buildings and tailings piles of the Fourth of July mine site, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fourth of July Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Tourists--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Compressor & boiler house, part of dump, and peak south west of Fourth of July mine
- View of the compressor and boiler house, a portion of the tailings pile, and Mount Neva at the Fourth of July mine, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fourth of July Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder...
- 1917 August 20
- Caribou mill
- View shows the deteriorating mill building of the Caribou mine, Boulder County, Colorado. Boilers, flywheels, and other debris are scattered on the ground.
- Mills--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1940.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Caribou Shaft (Boulder County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Street in Colorado Springs
- Pavement and curbs enclose landscaped median strip with a variety of flowers in bloom, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gardens--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.; Residential streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Street railway construction
- Streetcar tracks are under construction in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. A man walks among ties and rails; businesses, pedestrians, trucks, cars, a tractor and a streetcar are in the background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Wanless Block and next El Paso Club
- View west of Pikes Peak Avenue, a dirt street in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows frame and brick businesses, horses, wagons, buggies, young trees, with Pikes Peak and foothills in the background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.
- 1876?
- Grand View Rock
- View of hikers at the gazebo on Grand View Rock, near Manitou Springs, Colorado. A rustic gazebo is perched on a rugged boulder, and men in topcoats, Homburg hats, vests and gold chains, and women and children are posed in it. Women in the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- AdAmAn Club hike
- The AdAmAn Club pose on their annual hike up Pike's Peak, above Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They wear laced boots, striped, knit hats, and tall socks; one holds skis and a dog; another has a bedroll on his back.
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- 1926 or 1927
- Antler's Hotel at end of street
- View of Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; includes a traffic signal between streetcar tracks, commercial buildings with signs: "Elk Hotel," and "Rialto." The Antlers Hotel built in 1901 has an arcaded entry and square...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Street railroads--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1928?
- Car 66 and trailer
- Electric streetcars park in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; lettering and signs read: "Free Orchestra Concerts Stratton Park Every Sunday Afternoon," "Keep off this Bumper," "66," "Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway Co."
- Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Colo. Springs, looking N. on Tejon
- View north on Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows workmen of the Colorado Springs Interurban Railway with picks and shovels rebuilding tracks at the Huerfano Street crossing, and the business district busy with...
- Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway--People--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Street...
- 1901
- Colorado Springs & Interurban Car 66 at Tejon Street Barn
- Car 66 of the Colorado Springs & Interurban Railway Company parks in front of the brick Tejon Street barn, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Destination sign reads: "Colo. City;" the Colorado City - Manitou Springs run was the domain of...
- Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway--Buildings--1910- 1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [1910.]
- CS&I paint shop
- Interior of the Colorado Springs & Interurban Railway Company paint shop with a high girder ceiling, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a man painting streetcar number 50, others work on Hunter- roller destination sign curtains and...
- Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway--Facilities--1910- 1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Painting--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1911
- Street in Colorado Springs
- Pavement and curbs enclose a lawn median strip in a wide avenue in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Residences, bare trees, and parked cars are to the sides.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Residential streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Line Car 10
- Men pose on Line Car number 10, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; converted from a Colorado Springs & Manitou Street Railway horsecar, labeled: North & South Tejon Sts. The scaffolding on the roof was used for overhead trolley wire...
- Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Nevada Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- View of Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a paved thoroughfare divided by a lawn median strip, with curbs, cast iron streetlamps, flanked by two-story houses.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- 1925?
- Open Trail Car; Colorado Railway, Light & Power Company, the J. G. Brill Company, builder
- This half-tone reproduction shows a Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, open streetcar. Lettering reads: "41 C.R.L. & P. Co. 41,"
- Colorado Railway, Light and Power Company--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Downtown Colorado Springs
- Streetcar number 40 approaches on Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Brick commercial buildings with awnings and storefronts flank the dirt street. The Antlers Hotel on the west end has half-timbered dormers and a round...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1892 and 1898?]