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    • Illinois gulch (?)

    • Illinois gulch (?)

    • A group of miners with shovels and pitch forks work on a system of sluices possibly in Illinois Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows cabins, tents, sign on a business reads: "Star & Johnson, Sterling Industry Wholesale Dealers."

    • Sluices--Colorado--Gilpin County--1860-1870.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1860-1870.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1860-1870.

    • 1860
    • Westward, the monarch capital makes its way

    • Westward, the monarch capital makes its way

    • Union Pacific Railroad vice president, Thomas C. Durant, in a suit and a narrow brimmed hat, stands on railroad ties during railroad construction near Cozad in Lincoln County, Nebraska. Shows shovels near railroad ties set in place, and a wooden...

    • Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Lincoln County (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Business people--Nebraska--Lincoln County--1860-1870.; Railroad construction--Nebraska--Lincoln County--1860-1870.; Railroad tracks--Nebraska--Lincoln...

    • 1866 October
    • State Penitentiary convicts excavating for the Water Works

    • State Penitentiary convicts excavating for the Water Works

    • Convicts of the State Penitentiary in Canon City Colorado, wear striped prison uniforms and pose with shovels. They stand behind a rock wall among wheelbarrows and boards. Men in suits oversee; a shed, trees, and hills are in the background.

    • Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Prison laborers--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Colorado State Penitentiary.

    • 1880
    • Woodstock snow slide ruins

    • Woodstock snow slide ruins

    • View of a collapsed frame, probably one-story house, in Woodstock near Pitkin (Gunnison County), Colorado west of Alpine Pass. A wooden plank supports an unstable wall. A brick chimney, wooden shingles, and rafters are in the debris pile of the...

    • Woodstock (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Avalanches--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.; Ruins--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.; Snow--Colorado--Woodstock--1880-1890.

    • 1884?
    • Surfacing gang, Helena & Northern R.R.

    • Surfacing gang, Helena & Northern R.R.

    • Construction workers hold shovels and spades and stand beside railroad ties near a trestle on Northern Pacific Railroad (Helena and Northern Railroad Company) tracks in Montana. A railroad train is in the distance. Shows talus and tree stumps.

    • Helena and Northern Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Montana--1880-1890.; Railroad construction workers--Montana--1880-1890.; Railroads--Montana--1880-1890.

    • 1887 Fall
    • Bridge on Helena & Northern approaching Marysville

    • Bridge on Helena & Northern approaching Marysville

    • Construction workers in sack suits and overcoats, hold shovels and pose on a Helena and Northern Railroad (a Northern Pacific short line) trestle under construction in Marysville (Lewis and Clark County), Montana. The high, wooden trestle is over a...

    • Helena and Northern Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Marysville (Mont.)--1880-1890.; Bridge construction--Montana--Marysville--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Montana--Marysville--1880-1890.; Railroad...

    • 1887 October
    • Saratoga mines - Central City

    • Saratoga mines - Central City

    • A miner shovels ore from a raised ore chute down into a cart on tracks, Saratoga mines, Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. The man stands atop the cart rim and brace himself against the wall in order to complete the process.

    • Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saratoga Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.;...

    • 1889
    • View on U.P. [sic] Railway, rotary starting up after prospecting for ice

    • View on U.P. [sic] Railway, rotary starting up after prospecting for ice

    • View of Denver, South Park and Pacific locomotives as they push a rotary snow plow locomotive, Chaffee County, Colorado. Men stand on the plow and in the snow with snow shovels.

    • Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.; Snow removal--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Chaffee...

    • 1890 April 16th
    • Main Street after the flood of 1893

    • Main Street after the flood of 1893

    • Workmen with shovels and picks on Main Street around 3:45 p.m. as pedestrians watch them clear the street after the flood. The men are wearing hats and workclothes; the onlookers are wearing suits and dresses, two are carrying umbrellas. Main...

    • Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.

    • 1893
    • Black Hawk, Colo. Flood

    • Black Hawk, Colo. Flood

    • View west on Gregory Street in Black Hawk, Colorado, after the flood of 1895; shows flood debris such as planks, posts, rocks, dirt and silt. Three men are holding shovels and working on clearing the street as water continues to pour past them in a...

    • Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1900.

    • 1895
    • Spanish Gulch Costilla County

    • Spanish Gulch Costilla County

    • Spanish Gulch gold placer mine, in the Grayback District, Costilla County, Colorado, consists of a stream contained by a wood flume; miners work the area with shovels. A man in the foreground runs a hydraulic "monitor" nozzle with a rock...

    • Costilla County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Spanish Gulch (Costilla County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Flumes--Colorado--Costilla County--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Costilla County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Costilla County--1890-1900.;...

    • 1896
    • Cleaning up ripple [sic] box, Cottonwood Placer Co.

    • Cleaning up ripple [sic] box, Cottonwood Placer Co.

    • Miners for the Cottonwood Placer Company pose in and near a riffle box (sluice) in Montrose County, Colorado. Two men have shovels.

    • Cottonwood Placer Company--People--1890-1900.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.;...

    • 1897 July 18
    • Group of miners working No. 6 below Hunker

    • Group of miners working No. 6 below Hunker

    • A group of miners pose standing near a wheelbarrow, Yukon Territory. One man holds a pan full of placer ore, the others hold shovels; mining construction is behind them.

    • Yukon Territory--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Yukon Territory--1890-1900.; Miners--Yukon Territory--1890-1900.; Mining--Yukon Territory--1890-1900.

    • 1899
    • Off for the mines

    • Off for the mines

    • Two miners pose with five loaded burros, Huerfano County, Colorado. Burros carry planks, barrels, stovepipes, wheelbarrow, shovels, pickaxes, and boxes of goods.

    • Huerfano County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1900.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1900.; Pack...

    • 1899
    • Ore bins of mill

    • Ore bins of mill

    • A miner, possibly named Trombles, shovels ore off of a wagon and into bins at the Clear Creek Mine and mill, Clear Creek County, Colorado.

    • Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...

    • 1899
    • E. P. Sutton, by mother, I was born here, Jan 21-1896

    • E. P. Sutton, by mother, I was born here, Jan 21-1896

    • Men, women and children stand on the dock of the railroad depot in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado. The depot is a two-story frame building with signs: "Brush," and "Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office." Men and shovels are on a railroad...

    • Brush (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Brush--1890- 1900.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Brush--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Brush--1890-1900.

    • 1899
    • Snow scene, "Dogtown", 1899

    • Snow scene, "Dogtown", 1899

    • A view of snow removal on the Gilpin Tramway near "Dogtown" in Gilpin County, Colorado. Workers with shovels pose on snowbanks near the railroad tracks. Mine buildings are in the distance.

    • Gilpin Tramway Company--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Blizzards--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Snow removal--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.

    • 1899
    • Snow removal, Gilpin County Tramway

    • Snow removal, Gilpin County Tramway

    • Men with shovels pose in deep snow beside a Gilpin Tramway locomotive near Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado.

    • Gilpin Tramway Company--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Blizzards--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Snow...

    • 1899
    • Snow removal, Gilpin county tramway

    • Snow removal, Gilpin county tramway

    • View of a Gilpin County Tramway work crew near "Dogtown" in Gilpin County, Colorado. The men pose with shovels near a snow plow during the snow removal operation. An mine building and a wood-frame house are in the distance.

    • Gilpin Tramway Company--1890-1900.; Blizzards--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Gilpin...

    • 1899
    • Colo. Springs, looking N. on Tejon

    • 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
    • Pikes Peak cog road engine

    • Pikes Peak cog road engine

    • Men pose with snow shovels near a Pikes Peak and Manitou Railway Company engine after a snow storm on the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado.

    • Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; Snow--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.

    • 1902
    • Tivoli Brewery crew

    • Tivoli Brewery crew

    • Men and boys pose with cigars, pipes, shovels, a broom, and beer bottles. Crates and labels read: "Tivoli Union Brewing Co. 1342 10th St Denver, Colo."

    • Tivoli-Union Brewing Company--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Beer--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.

    • 1902
    • Inside view wreck car 700 [sic]

    • Inside view wreck car 700 [sic]

    • Interior view of Denver City Tramway Company wreck car number 720 in Denver, Colorado. A work bench, lumber, shovels, and a chain are in the car.

    • Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.

    • 1904 March 18
    • Railroad workers

    • Railroad workers

    • View of a railroad work crew in New Mexico. A group of men and teenage boys stand with tools that include crowbars. The men are dressed for cold weather and wear hats, caps, suits, overcoats and jackets. Farmers from southern Colorado would travel...

    • Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Railroad construction workers.; Teenagers.; Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Pictorial works.; Railroad construction workers--New Mexico--Pictorial works.; Teenagers--New Mexico--Pictorial works.

    • 1905

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