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- Mining, Gilpin County
- The Wood Mine stands on a ridge at the top of a large pile of tailings, possibly in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional mine shafthouses and piles of tailings stand in the right midground near the Wood Mine. Several more shafthouses stand at the...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Mining
- A man stands near the entrance to a mine in Colorado. The shafthouses of other mines are in the distance.
- Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Tramways
- View of aerial mine tramways and shafthouses on a mountain near Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1910.
- [1893, February 20]
- Sangre De Christo [sic] Range from Bull Hill
- Left side of panorama view from Bull Hill, Teller County, shows slope covered with mines, tailing dumps, wood frame structures, headframes, shafthouses, ore cart tracks and criss-crossing dirt roads with snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in...
- Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Blue Bird, Trilby, and Dante mines, Teller County
- Panoramic view shows the Blue Bird, Trilby, and Dante mines occupying a single hill, Teller County, Colorado. Tailings piles, mills, and shafthouses cover most of the terrain.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1910.; Blue Bird Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Dante Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Trilby Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Wild Horse Gold Mine- Altman
- View of the Wild Horse Mine works near Altman (Teller County), Colorado. Shows cabins, shafthouses, and tailings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Wild Horse Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- East slope of [Be]acon Hill
- View of the shafthouses and tailings of the Gold Dollar Mine near Beacon Hill (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Beacon Hill--1900-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Beacon Hill--1900-1910.; Beacon Hill (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gold Dollar Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Beacon Hill--1900-1910.
- February 10, 1901
- Independence & Portland Mines on Battle Mountain Victor, Colo.
- View of the shafthouses and power houses of the Independence and Portland Mines near Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Stratton Independence Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Portland Mines nos 1 and 2 probably the remains of Independence Mine Mill in foreground
- View of the shafthouses of the number one and two mine of the Portland Mine near Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The abandoned head frame and mill of the Independence Mine is nearby.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Victor--1920-1930.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Stratton Independence Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Victor (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Victor--1920-1930.; Gold...
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Ward, Colo. from high road
- View of Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. A church steeple, mine shafthouses, and tailings are in the town. Light snow covers the ground.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Ward--1930-1940.; Ward (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ward--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Ward--1930-1940.
- 1938
- At Nevadaville
- View of the Pozo mine and Gold Coin mill, with tailings and shafthouses, in Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pozo Mine (Nevadaville, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.;...
- [1940?]
- Treasury [Tunnel] Mine, Ironton
- Mill buildings and shafthouses of the Treasury Tunnel Mine line the shores of a pond on Red Mountain Pass (Ouray County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1940-1950.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Ouray County--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Ouray County--1940-1950.;...
- 1941
- Mines above Nevadaville, Colo.
- View of the flume and shafthouses of mines near Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado. Miners' cabins and a dirt road are nearby.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cabins--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Black Hawk
- View of Gregory Street in Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. A team of oxen pull a wagon in the street near the storefront buildings. A Presbyterian Church and mine shafthouses are on nearby hills.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1870]
- Ward District
- View of shafthouses and mine buildings in the Ward District (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1880.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Black Hawk
- View of Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. Gregory Street is lined with store-front buildings. A Presbyterian Church and mine shafthouses are on nearby hills. Signs read: "Printing Office", "Ed. C. McHu[?] Meat Ma[rket]", "Hardware & Stoves",...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1880.; Churches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Near N. Empire- Silver Mtn. Mine
- View of the shafthouses and area near the Silver Mountain Mine near North Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- North Empire (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Silver Mountain Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--North Empire--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--North Empire--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Saratoga Mine shaft houses
- View of three shafthouses and tailing piles of the Saratoga Mine near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Saratoga Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Last Chance and Amethyst Mines, Creede, Colo.
- View of the shafthouses and tramway of the Last Chance, Amethyst, and Del Monte Mines near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Last Chance Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892 June
- Commodore Mines Creede, Colo.
- A miner on horseback poses on the road to the shafthouses of the Commodore Mines near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Buckets on the aerial tramway are nearby.
- Commodore Mine (Creede County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Amethyst & Chance Mines Creede, Colorado
- View of the shafthouses and tailings of the Amethyst and Last Chance Mines near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1900-1900.; Last Chance Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Last Chance Mine Amethyst Mine
- View of the shafthouses and aerial tramway of the Last Chance and Amethyst Mines near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1900-1900.; Last Chance Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.;...
- 1892
- North end of Carbonate Hill Leadville
- View of shafthouses, houses, and mine buildings on Carbonate Hill near Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. A horse-drawn wagon is near a building.
- Carbonate Hill (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- The Col. Sellers Mines, California Gulch
- View of the shafthouses of the Helen, Sellers, Moyer, and Minnie Mines near Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Tailings and mine railroad tracks are near the mines.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1900?]
- View of Bobtail Hill, Gilpin Co., Colo.
- View of Bobtail Hill in Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. Wood frame residences are in the gulch below mines. Shows mining shafthouses and tailing dumps. Signs read: "The Americus Gold M & M Co." and "Fisk."
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1901?]
- Finntown, Leadville, 1941
- View of Finntown mining operations with shafthouses, headframes, and tailing dumps in Stray Horse Gluch, east of Leadville, Colorado.
- Finntown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Finntown--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- Black Hawk, Colo.
- A flagpole bearing the American flag stands on the street. Several mines and shafthouses dot the hillsides surrounding the town.; Horse-drawn wagons travel up and down Gregory Street in Blackhawk, Colorado, in Gilpin County. Signs are on the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Central City, Colo.
- The Central City public high school stands in front of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in the right background of this view of Central City, Colorado, looking east toward Mountain City in the distance. Snow lightly covers the rooftops of buildings as...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Central City, Colo.
- The St. Aloysius Academy, a Catholic boarding school, stands on Gunnell Hill in Central City, Colorado. Dirt roads lead back to a mine shafthouse on the hill in the right midground. Additional mine shafthouses dot the hills surrounding the city....
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Central City, Colo., streets, Eureka
- A person rides a horse in the snow on the upper portion of Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. Another person walks in a path worn into the snow at the side of the road. Houses line the dirt street at the bottom of Gunnell Hill. Several mine...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Central City,--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Mountain City, Colorado
- Houses and buildings stand along dirt roads in Mountain City on the outskirts of Central City, Colorado, in the 1860s. Several mine shafthouses stand on the hills in the background. Gold was first discovered in the area in 1859 by John H. Gregory.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Central...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Caribou, Colo. early mine machinery 1941
- View of abandoned sheds, tailings piles, and mine shafthouses near Caribou, Boulder County, Colorado. Fragmented cumulus clouds fill the sky.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Caribou--1940-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Caribou (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Caribou--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Caribou, Colo. Mines
- 1870s when rich ore was plentiful in the surrounding hills.; Three women stand on a hillside below the Caribou Mine near Caribou, a mining district in Boulder County, Colorado. A fourth person sits on a tree stump in the right midground. Additional...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Caribou--1880-1890.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Caribou--1880-1890.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--1880-1890.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Caribou (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Caribou--1880-1890.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Central City, Colorado 1900
- piles of tailings dot the hills in the distance. Several cars are parked on Eureka Street.; Tall buildings line Main Street in Central City, Colorado, in the midground. The C. W. Knox Machinery Co. is in the right foreground. A portion of St....
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [1939?]
- Chase Gulch and Quartz Valley
- Mine shafthouses dot the side of Quartz Hill in Chase Gulch near Central City, Colorado. Small trees and large rocks stand in the foreground.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hills--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Road to Rollinsville
- Two mine shafthouses stand in the midground with piles of tailings next to them near Rollinsville, a mining district in Gilpin County, Colorado. A portion of another building stands in the left midground.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.; Mining districts--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Robert Emmet Mine from tramway
- A smokestack protrudes from the roof of a mine shafthouse into the foreground of this view looking toward the Robert Emmet Mine in possibly Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional mine shafthouses dot the hillside. Piles of tailings stand next to the...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Snow scene in "Dogtown", 1899
- A group of men work to clear the deep snow from the tracks of the narrow-gauge Gilpin Tramway in "Dogtown," an area near Central City, Colorado. A train engine pushes from the background to move snow from the tracks, puffing a trail of smoke. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Railroad employees--1890-1900.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Snow...
- [1899]
- Snow scene, "Dogtown", 1899
- A group of men works to clear the deep snow from the tracks of the Gilpin County Tramway (GCT) in "Dogtown," an area near Central City, Colorado. A train engine pushes snow from the tracks, leaving a trail of smoke in the air. The snow is piled...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Blizzards--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Snow removal--Colorado--Central...
- [1899]
- South from Winnebago Hill (L#80)
- Two mine shafthouses stand in the midground of this view looking south from Winnebago Hill in Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hills--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Vicinity of Central City
- Mine shafthouses dot the hillside, probably near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. A tree bends into the right midground.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hills--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- View south from Nigger Hill, Central City, 1900 (Lake #9)
- Several mines dot the hillside in the distance in this view taken from Barney Ford Hill (formerly called "Nigger Hill") in Central City, Colorado. Piles of tailings stand next to several of the shafthouses in Gilpin County.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hills--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Central...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- View south from Nigger Hill, June, 1899
- Several mines dot the hillside in the distance in this view taken from Barney Ford Hill (formerly called "Nigger Hill") in Central City, Colorado. Piles of tailings stand next to several of the shafthouses in Gilpin County. A small group of houses...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hills--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Caribou Mine (L#173)
- Caribou Mine stands in the background in this view near Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado. The silver mine was reportedly discovered in 1864. Silver ingots produced from the mine and valued at about $13,000 were used to pave the street in front...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Nederland--1900-1920.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Nederland--1900-1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Nederland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Silver mining--Colorado--Nederland--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Illinois Gulch (L#18)
- Several mine shafthouses dot the hillside near Illinois Gulch, a mining district near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Small shrubs stand in the foreground.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Mining districts--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Hills--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.
- [between 1899 and 1920?]
- Mining, Gilpin County
- Several mine shafthouses stand on the hillside in the right midground, probably near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Large piles of tailings stand near the buildings. Three thin trees with bare branches stand in the left foreground. A...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1920.;...
- [between 1899 and 1920?]
- Mining, Gilpin County
- The Avon Gold Mining Company stands on the side of a lightly snow-covered hill in Gilpin County, Colorado. A tall smokestack protrudes from the roof of the shafthouse. A railroad track winds through the foreground. Additional mine shafthouses dot...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Upper Russell Gulch
- Mine shafthouses and piles of tailings dot the hillside in upper Russell Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado. The gulch is named for William Green Russell, one of the first discoverers of gold in the area.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Gilman, Colorado
- Mine tailings line the steep, rocky hill below the town of Gilman in Eagle County, Colorado. A train is stopped on the tracks in front of the complex of shafthouses at the bottom of the hill in the left foreground. The town is spread out at the...
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Gilman (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Gilman--1910-1930.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Gilman--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Gilman, Colorado
- Mine tailings line the steep, rocky hill below the town of Gilman in Eagle County, Colorado. Mine shafthouses stand at the top and bottom of the hill. The town is spread out at the top of the hill. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Gilman (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Gilman--1910-1930.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]