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- Men and a coal tram
- Men wear hats and work clothes and sit on a coal tram in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows cable above tram cars filled with coal.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Tram terminal of Pennsylvania Tunnel
- View of the interior of the tram terminal at the Pennsylvania Tunnel in Park County, Colorado. Machinery includes an engine, flywheel, gears, and a tram bucket.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Park County--1890-1910.; Park County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pennsylvania Tunnel (Park County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Park County--1890-1910.; Machinery--Colorado--Park County--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mining tram tower
- View of a wooden mine tram tower for the Buffalo Boy Mine in Cunningham Gulch (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Buffalo Boy Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Cunningham Gulch (San Juan County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Tram, Belden-Gilman, Colo.
- View shows the tram of the Belden-Gilman mine as it descends a precipitous gulley in the Eagle River Canyon, Eagle County, Colorado. Mine buildings and tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad are at the bottom of the tram.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1900.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Tram, Cunningham Gulch
- View of aerial tram cables and the tram house for the Buffalo Boy Mine in Cunningham Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado. Shows a dirt road, the dry Cunningham Creek and talus.
- Buffalo Boy Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cunningham Gulch (San Juan County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1970-1980.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan...
- 1972
- Coal mine
- View of freight train coal cars and a tram at a coal camp in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. A man stands beside the tram. Shows a tipple, houses and snow in a valley.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Eagle Bird Assay Office, Battle Mountain, Eagle River Canon
- View of men, one sits and one stands on a wooden bridge across the Eagle River at Battle Mountain, Eagle County, Colorado. Shows the Assay Office of the Eagle Bird Mine, tram tracks, cable for the aerial tram, and a mine dump.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Assaying--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle...
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- North London Mine in Mosquito Gulch Park County
- View of the North London Mine and boardinghouse near Park City (Park County), Colorado. Snow covers the ground.
- North London Mine (Park County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Park City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Park City--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Park City--1880-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Sunnyside Mine Camp and Lake Emma
- View of Sunnyside Mine and Lake Emma, San Juan County, Colorado; shows mining ore processing buildings, (bunkhouse, tram terminal, and crushing plant) miners' houses, and frame towers.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.; Emma, Lake (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.;...
- 1929
- Marble, Colorado at the junction of Yule Creek and the Crystal River
- View of the Crystal River Valley at the confluence of Yule Creek and Carbonate Creek, near Marble, Pitkin County, Colorado, shows electric tram line to Yule Marble Quarry and tracks of the Treasury Mountain Railway.
- Treasury Mountain Railroad--1910-1920.; Carbonate Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Yule Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Streams--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.;...
- 1910
- Portal Argo Tunnel Idaho Springs, Colo.
- Miners pose on electric velocipede cars and a tram engine near the entrance to the Argo Tunnel near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The tram engine pulls loaded mine ore cars.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1920.; Argo Tunnel Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Eagle Bird Mines, Eagle River Canon
- Two men are on a wooden bridge that spans the Eagle River, Eagle County, Colorado. Shows the Eagle Bird Mine and tram tracks, cable for the aerial tram from the Belden mine, residences, mine dump and a mine building.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Colo. Yule Marble Co. quarries, Marble, Colo.
- Exterior view of mine buildings, adits, and quarries of Colorado Yule Marble Company, Marble, Colorado; large crane anchored by cables to quarry wall, mine tram tracks, wooden barrels atop roof, tram pulley system, wooden steps or ladder alongside...
- Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- [1913?]
- Sawmill - lumber transportation 1899
- A group of people sits on a stack of logs on a tram car pulled by a horse at a sawmill in Woodland Flats west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Among those in the group are Mrs. J. H. Kemp (seated on the logs with a younger son) and...
- Lumber--Transportation--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Sawmills--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Logs--1890-1900.; Kemp, Donald Campbell,...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Belcher Mine near Silverton
- A group of miners stands in front of the Belcher Mine near Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado. Three more men stand at the top of the mine. A group of pack burros stands on the ridge in the right midground.
- Belcher Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1870-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1900.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Dubois St., Chase Gulch
- View above the entrance to Chase Gulch, near Black Hawk, Colorado, with Highway 119 and North Clear Creek on the right. A large two- story house is on the right with bay windows on first floor, double hung on second, single chimney, front porch...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1970-1980.
- 1971
- Colorado, Black Hawk, looking south, Gilpin County, 1911
- View south of Chase Gulch, Gregory Gulch, and Black Hawk, Colorado; shows North Clear Creek among the many stamp mills, processing mills and sampling mills that used the water to power their operations. The Gilpin Tram (used to haul ore down to the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver tramway corporation (1925-1971)_,
- The charter and ordinances of the city of Black Hawk, Colorado. : Including the names of the members of city council and city officers from organization to 1887, also various acts amending charter / Rev., comp., and codified by Edwin W. Hurlbut,...
- Municipal charter for the City of Blackhawk, Colorado.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)
- 1881
- Coal tram
- Men are beside coal cars on a tram in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows cable lines and telltales above the tracks.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal tram
- Men sit and pose on a coal tram near a coal processing plant in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks, tailings piles, a power house with smokestacks and a washer building.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Gold Prince tram
- Shows an aerial tram tower possibly near the Gold Prince Mill and a dog near Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. The area is snow covered.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Angle station, Gold Prince tram
- View of a gable-roofed aerial tramway station near the Gold Prince Mine near Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows tram cables, building frame and the snow covered San Juan Range in the distance.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Gilpin Tram at California Mine
- Miners stand in front of the California Mine (depth of 2,250 ft.) in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado beside the Gilpin Tram's Quartz Hill locomotive. Dressed in a suit is Fred Kruse, the line's general manager.
- Gilpin Tramway Company--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; California Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.;...
- [1896]
- Ariel tram in Cokedale
- View of an aerial tram loaded with coal in Cokedale (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows slag piles and mining buildings.
- Cokedale (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Cokedale--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Cokedale--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cokedale--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Gold Prince mine - boarding house, tram, and small mill
- View looking down on the Gold Prince mine, San Juan County, Colorado, shows the boarding house, tram, and mill, all situated above timberline.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Gold Prince Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mills--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Tram tower and Pennsylvania tunnel of Smuggler mine
- View of Smugglers-Union mine, Pennsylvania Tunnel, mill, boarding house, and tram towers, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Smuggler Union Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Miguel County--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1910-1920.
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- Tram anchor, Waldorf mine
- View of an old tram wheel and cable at the abandoned Waldorf Mine in the ghost town of Waldorf (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Waldorf--1940-1950.; Waldorf (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Waldorf Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Waldorf--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Waldorf--1940-1950.
- 1941
- D&RGW line change construction tram cars on flat cars for moving earth
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction tram cars wait on flat cars (probably) in Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Ruby Canyon - steam shovel loading tram train
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction in Ruby Canyon, Utah or Colorado, consists of a steam shovel loading a tram train, and new tracks at the base of a sandstone cliff.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Ruby Canyon (Colo. and Utah)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance--1920-1930.; Steam shovels--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- On tram in the Pennsylvania tunnel of Smuggler Mine
- A miner rides on an electric engine in the Pennsylvania Tunnel tramway in the Smuggler Mine, possibly near Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado. The tram pulls a group of loaded mine cars.
- Pennsylvania Tunnel (Park County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Liberty Bell Tram
- View of the aerial Liberty Bell tram in San Miguel County, Colorado.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Tram of electric cars coming out of Yak Tunnel
- Men ride in an electric tram on mine cars as it makes its way out of the Yak Tunnel near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
- Mine railroads--Cars--1910-1930.; Leadville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Yak Tunnel--1910-1930.; Miners--1910-1930.; Mining--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Tram Line, C. B. Mine, Ouray, Colo.
- A miner rides an aerial tram ore car at Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Camp Bird (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Camp Bird Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Camp Bird--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Camp Bird--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Camp Bird--1890-1920.
- [between 1898 and 1920?]
- Tram line, Camp Bird Mine, Ouray, Colo.
- Miners ride aerial tram ore cars at Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Camp Bird (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Camp Bird Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Camp Bird--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Camp Bird--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Camp Bird--1890-1920.
- [between 1898 and 1920?]
- Portland, Colo., Portland Cement Co.'s tram viaduct on right
- View of the flooded Arkansas River under a Portland Cement Company tram viaduct in Portland (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows flood water beside railroad tracks.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Portland Cement Company--Facilities--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Portland (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Portland--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Portland--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Portland Cement Co.'s tram viaduct, Portland
- View of the flooded Arkansas River under a Portland Cement Company tram viaduct in Portland (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows debris caught on steel viaduct supports.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Portland Cement Company--Facilities--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Portland (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Portland--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Portland--1920-1930.
- 1921 June
- This is the beginning of the grading for the tram track
- Bradford Locke's work crew, Gilpin Tramway railroad construction workers, pose with their tools on a hillside by boulders and rock formations in Chase Gulch, in Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Gilpin Tramway Company--1880-1890.; Chase Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Gilpin...
- 1887
- Tram tower, Sunnyside Mine
- View of a wooden aerial tramway tower for the tram that transported ore from the Sunnyside Mine to the mill near Eureka in San Juan County, Colorado. Shows the tramway terminal in the distance.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.
- 1969
- Old tram house, Howardsville
- View of the terminus for the tram of the Little Nation Mine in Howardsville (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a wood building with a tower for the tramway cable. A wooden cabin is nearby. Shows talus and steep slopes in the canyon.
- Howardsville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Little Nation Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Howardsville--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Howardsville--1960-1970.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Howardsville--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver tramway corporation
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver tramway corporation
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver tramway corporation
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver -tramway corporation (1925-1971)
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver tramway corporation ( 1925-1971)
- Western History Subject Index
- Railroads. Aerial. Sandia Peak tram company
- Western History Subject Index
- Gilpin County Tram Railroad
- Western History Subject Index
- Railroads. Gilpia County Tram Railway Company 1872
- View of curve station from Weaver, Colo.
- View of the curve station along the Amethyst mine tramway in Weaver, near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The curve station is an arched wood plank structure on stilts. Men sit on the tramway wires.
- Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Weaver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.
- 1894
- The Plant of the Monarch Shale Oil Company using the "Ginet eduction process" De Beque, Colorado
- View of the Monarch Shale Oil Company mine on a mesa in De Beque (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows the mine entrance and crusher site near layered shale at the top of the formation, a shale conveyor, a crushed shale bin, a retort, a stairway, storage...
- Monarch Shale Oil Company--1920-1930.; 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.; Refineries--Colorado--De...
- [1920 August]