Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Uranium processing plant, Rifle, CO
- View of a uranium processing plant in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; shows processing or factory buildings, houses, and the Roan Cliffs.
- Uranium industry--Colorado--Rifle--1950-1970.; Rifle (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Rifle--1950-1970.
- [between 1957 and 1965?]
- U.S. Vanadium
- View of vanadium processing buildings and houses in the town of Uravan (Montrose County), Colorado. Smoke rises from U.S. Vanadium processing buildings and possibly Manhattan District Uranium Mill Site buildings. Houses and the San Miguel River are...
- U.S. Vanadium Corporation--Buildings--1930-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Uravan--1930-1950.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Uravan--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1930-1950.; Ore...
- [between 1936 and 1945?]
- Ores and metals mill, Leadville
- Men stand beside a frame processing mill in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows a wood frame building under construction nearby. Ore car tracks lead to an opening in the processing building and stacks of lumber are on the ground.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1940.; Ore industry--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Loveland, Colorado, Business, G. W. Sugar
- View of the Great Western Sugar Company in Loveland (Larimer County) Colorado; a truck bed is hoisted by sugar beet processing conveyor machines; a man looks on; water tower, smokestack, and processing plant in background.
- Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--1900-1930.; Loveland (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Beets--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1930.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Rocky Mountain News photographic processing
- Men work in the photographic processing department at the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado. Equipment includes lights and a copy board.
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mine processing
- A view of mine processing equipment, probably Colorado. Shows tracks, wood mining buildings, and empty barrels.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1890-1910.; Machinery--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Ghost towns - ore processing - Colorado
- Interior view of mining processing sheds in Colorado; shows Vanning or ore concentrating machines.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1900-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--1900-1940.; Mills--Colorado--1900-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1940?]
- Mine processing sheds
- View of an ore processing facility in Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows milling sheds, mine tailings, men and a boy.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Children--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Aspen
- Aerial view of probably an ore processing mill in Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado. Streets and houses are in the distance.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1960.; Mills--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1960.; Ore processing industry--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Abandoned Colorado & Southern Railroad shops Seventh Street Yards
- View of the old Colorado & Southern shops located in the 7th (Seventh) Street Yards in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows brick buildings with arched windows and arched bays with wooden doors. One building has a hip roof. A sign on...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Buildings--History--1970-1980.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.; Railroad shops & yards.; Colorado and Southern Railway--Buildings--History--Pictorial works.;...
- 1977
- Great Western Sugar Company Plant and office
- View of the Great Western Sugar Company plant and office in Brighton (Adams County), Colorado. Shows a large processing plant with a tall smokestack and round silos. The plant is constructed of brick and has large windows across the length of...
- Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--1980-1990.; Brighton (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sugar industry.; Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Beet sugar industry--Colorado--Brighton--Pictorial works.; Brighton (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1989
- Argo Mill & Mine
- View of the Argo Mill building at 2517 Riverside Drive in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The five-story building is red, and includes a headframe and ore processing facility. The building has large white letters on the top level that...
- Argo Tunnel Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; MIning.; Mills.; Ore industry.; Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Idaho Springs--Pictorial works.; Factories--Colorado--Idaho Springs--Pictorial...
- 2002
- Golden Gilpin Gold Mill, Black Hawk, Colo.
- View of the Golden Gilpin Gold Mill located 1 mile north of Black Hawk, Colorado on Colorado Highway 119. The structure is the remaining example of Black Hawk's milling industry from the 1870s when the area was the ore processing center for the...
- Golden Gilpin Gold Mill (Black Hawk, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Black Hawk (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Mills--Colorado--Black Hawk--2000-2010.; Golden Gilpin Gold Mill (Black Hawk, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Ore-dressing--Colorado--Black Hawk--Pictorial works.;...
- 2002
- Unidentified coal town
- Aerial view of an unidentified mining town possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a large town with substantial brick and frame buildings including a church. Smoke rises from the smoke stacks of mine processing buildings. Frame houses sit...
- Cities & towns--Colorado--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Raven Hill from Anaconda, Cripple Crk. Mg. District
- View of the town of Anaconda and surrounding mines in Teller county, Colorado. View includes Low Line, Mary McKinney (McKinney Mining Company), and Morning Glory mines. Industrial features on the landscape include mine tailings, smelters and ore...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Emmett Mine, Leadville
- A Colorado National Guardsman stands on a hill and looks over the Emmett Mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The soldier guards the mining property during a labor dispute between mine owners and miners who belonged to the Western Federation...
- Colorado. National Guard.--1890-1900.; Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1890-1900.; Emmett Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Guards--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.;...
- 1896
- Workers at the Rugby mining works
- Men stand outside a mine processing building at the coal camp of Rugby in Las Animas County, Colorado. Most of the men wear work clothes, overalls, and hats. One man wears a suit. The structure is a corrugated tin building with smokestacks...
- Rugby (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Segundo, Colorado
- View of a barn, coal mining buildings, and Colorado and Wyoming Railway tracks in Segundo (Las Animas County), Colorado. Horses are in a fenced yard beside a barn. Shows smoke above a coal processing plant, identical one-story frame houses in a...
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1910.; Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Barns--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- De Beque, Colorado
- View of a frame mine building used in oil shale processing in or near De Beque (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows a tailings pile, an oil-stained ravine, a smokestack, and flumes or chutes on a steep slope.
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.
- 1920 October
- Mt. Index region
- Men wear suits and stand near parked cars and on a steep hillside beside a tramway of possibly the Index Oil Shale Company near De Beque in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows probably oil shale processing buildings, holding tanks, dirt road grades,...
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.; Refineries--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.; Valleys--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Plant under construction, Continental Oil Shale Co.
- View of a metal smokestack, part of a Continental Oil Shale Company processing plant in possibly Rangely Oil Field in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. An American flag is on scaffolding around the smokestack. Metal machinery parts and a frame shack are...
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.; Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.; Refineries--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Rio...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Mill and tailings
- View of a mine ore processing site in (probably) Colorado; elevator sheds and a tipple with ore car tracks top piles of tailings.
- Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Mining
- View of a mine processing mill in (probably) Colorado; shows smokestacks, mill buildings, ore tramways, pine forest, hills, a water tank and bridges.
- Mills--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Mining
- View of a mine processing site in (probably) Colorado; shows a mill building and trestle ore car tracks.
- Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Empire Zinc Mill
- View of an Empire Zinc Company mill and processing sheds in (possibly) Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Smokestacks, a locomotive, ore and freight cars dot the area; desert hills are in the background.
- Empire Zinc Mining Company (Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1930.; Mills--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Reduction mills Standard Chemical Co, Montrose County
- View of a Standard Chemical Company ore processing facility in Montrose County, Colorado; shows sheds, tailings, a residence, and rocky scrub covered hills.
- Montrose County (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Montrose County--1920-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Montrose County--1920-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Montrose County--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950?]
- Standard Chemical, Montrose
- View of the Joe Junior Mill and ore processing buildings (Standard Chemical Company) in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado; mill buildings and canvas tents are by a pipe flume.
- Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.
- 1921, January
- At the entrance to the Great Revenue Tunnel, near Ouray, Colo.
- A pack train and a team of horses with a wagon of supplies ready to head to the mines from a supply store at the Revenue Mine, Ouray County, Colorado. The ore processing facilities show across a creek.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- New vanadium mill at Rifle
- View of the United States Vanadium Mining Company mill in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; shows metal ore processing sheds, elevator housings, and a smokestack.
- United States Vanadium Company--Buildings--1910-1930.; Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1930.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Mining Montrose area
- View of ore processing buildings near Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado; housing is by an elevator chute.
- Montrose County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Montrose County--1910-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Montrose County--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Montrose County--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Mining - Salida to Malta area
- View of ore processing buildings near Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado; tailings are by metal sheds and smokestacks. Snow capped mountains are in the background.
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Chaffee County--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1910-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--Chaffee County--1910-1930.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Chaffee County--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Mining - Salida to Malta area
- View of ore processing buildings near Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado; tailings are by metal sheds and smokestacks. Snow capped mountains are in the background; cars and trucks are in the lot.
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Mining scene in Hinsdale County, Colorado
- View of mine processing buildings, forest, and peaks in Hinsdale County, Colorado. A man stands on a dirt road. Storm clouds are over the San Juan mountains in the distance.
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Mines and smelters near Leadville
- View of mining operations in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; shows processing sheds, smoke, tailings, and the Collegiate Range mountains.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Sherman - Black Wonder Mill
- View of the processing sheds, log cabins, and the Black Wonder Mill in Sherman (Hinsdale County), Colorado.
- Sherman (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Sherman--1900-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Sherman--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Sherman--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Tunnel of the Hope M. M. & L. at Aspen, Colo.
- View of Hope Mine Company operations near Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado; shows the mine entrance, tailings, ore processing sheds, a smokestack, lumber, and railroad grade.
- Hope Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Pitkin County--1910-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Pitkin County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Raleigh Mill, Bonanza, Colo
- View of the Raleigh Mill at Bonanza (Saguache County), Colorado; ore processing sheds with gables and smokestack are among snow and pines.
- Mills--Colorado--Bonanza--1910-1930.; Mine buildings--Cars--Colorado--Bonanza--1910-1930.; Bonanza (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Bonanza--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Great Western Sugar Company
- View of a Great Western Sugar Company beet processing factory in (probably) Colorado; shows tanks, a smokestack, and catwalks.
- Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--1910-1930.; Sugar industry--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Corp plant, Delta, Colo
- View of a Holly Sugar Corporation beet processing factory in Delta (Delta County) Colorado; shows cars, cement buildings, a smokestack, and a mesa.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- 1924, January 21
- Iron Mask Mill, Red Cliff, Colo.
- View of the Iron Mask Mill in Eagle Canyon at Red Cliff (Eagle County), Colorado; shows ore processing sheds, smokestacks, cliffs, snow, and Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks.
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Red Cliff--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Red Cliff--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mt. Logan retort Simplex
- View of an oil shale processing facility (a retort) near De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; shows sheds, ore cables, chutes, and pipes on a hillside.
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.; De Beque (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Sugar factory - Monte Vista
- View of a sugar beet processing facility in Monte Vista (Rio Grande County) Colorado; features a smokestack, monitor roof, and a steel frame shed.
- Monte Vista (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Monte Vista--1900-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Monte Vista--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Index Co., De Beque, Brown retort
- View of an oil shale processing facility (a retort) near De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; shows sheds, tanks, men by a cabin, and the Roan Cliffs.
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.; De Beque (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Holly Sugar Co - dumping beets at factory Delta, Colo
- Men watch beets pour from a D.& R.G. railroad freight car at the Holly Sugar processing facility in Delta (Delta County) Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Holly Sugar Corporation--Facilities--1910-1920.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar...
- 1920 October 27
- Sugar beets at the factory, Delta, Colorado
- View of the Holly Sugar processing facility in Delta (Delta County) Colorado; shows sugar beets and railroad cars.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Holly Sugar Corporation--Facilities--1920-1930.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Beets--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- 1925 September
- Monte Vista sugar factory
- View of a sugar processing facility in Monte Vista (Rio Grande County) Colorado; shows steel frame sheds, train tracks, metal tanks, lumber, and a crane.
- Monte Vista (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.
- 1911 July
- American Shale Refining Company (Wingett Process), on Conn Creek
- View of an American Shale Refining Company oil shale processing facility near De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; shows dormitories and outhouses. Road grade and tailings are on slopes of the Roan Cliffs.
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1920-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Brown Retort, Index Shale Oil Co., on Mt. Blaine, near De Beque
- A man poses by oil shale processing machinery at the Index Oil Company near De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; shows a retort with a rotating tank with gear and belt drives.
- Index Shale Oil Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Machinery--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Co. factory, Delta, Colorado
- View of the Holly Sugar processing facility in Delta (Delta County) Colorado; shows a brick building, smokestack, elevators, bins, men in a horse drawn wagon, and a guard shack.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- 1920 October 27
- DeBeque
- View of oil shale processing facilities at the Index Shale Oil Company in De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; also shows a retort with machinery, pipes, and sheds.
- Index Oil Shale Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]