View north to Silver Plume, Colorado, from Argentine Central Railway completed grading; shows Georgetown Loop with narrow gauge railroad tracks in valley below.
Railroads--Grades--Colorado--1900-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
View of Silver Plume, Colorado, and grading completed for switchbacks of Argentine Central Railway from Pendleton Mountain; shows mine dump tailings on side of mountain.
Pendleton Mountain (Colo.) dy 1900-1910.; Silver Plume (colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroads--Grades--Colorado--1900-1910.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
View of switchbacks or completed grading up Pendleton Mountain for Argentine Central Railway's narrow gauge track; shows Silver Plume, Colorado, and Georgetown Loop narrow gauge track.
The pavilion in Silver Plume, Colorado has a hipped roof, arched entry and windows, and one smoking chimney. One couple is holding hands and looking right as they approach another group of three people. Other people are in the background. A steep...
Photograph of a painting by Charles H. Harmon; Georgetown Loop, High Bridge and Argentine Central Railway; numerous painted trains on track, some retouched by McClure.
Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Harmon, Charles H.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
Argentine Cascade (possibly Leavenworth Creek or South Clear Creek), Colorado; shows cascading waterfalls through bushes and brush along Argentine Central Railway.
Waterfalls--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
Argentine Falls (possibly Leavenworth Creek or South Clear Creek), Colorado; view of waterfall cascading along Argentine Central Railway, water tower at Sidney mine, half way to Waldorf, and rock- supported embankment.
Waterfalls--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
View of Georgetown Loop, Clear Creek Canyon and distant Georgetown, Colorado, taken from Argentine Central Railway switchback on Pendleton Mountain; shows Colorado and Southern Railway train on high bridge, narrow gauge track, mine dumps, and...
Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pendleton Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
Argentine Central Railway engine with Colorado and Southern passenger cars on summit of Mount McClellan, Colorado; shows view north of Rocky Mountains, narrow gauge track winding up to summit, and sightseers in train.
McClellan Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
Mount McClellan's summit (14,007 feet) via Argentine Central Railway, Colorado; shows engine and passenger cars parked with large group of sightseers at summit and in cars, passenger cars retouched to reflect name of "Gray's Peak Route," narrow...
Argentine Central Railway engine with Colorado and Southern Railway passenger cars at summit of Mount McClellan, Colorado; shows sightseers debarking, climbing, and hiking to or returning from summit; some tourists are still in train.
McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
View of Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge track with push car near timberline, Argentine Pass, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Waldorf Mine distant center; Rocky Mountains with snowfields; man on push car with derby hat.
Argentine Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Waldorf Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900- 1920.; Railroad...
View of Waldorf Mine and outbuildings, Clear Creek County, Colorado towards Vidler Mine and Argentine Pass in distance; Waldorf reached via Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge track with 1/2 mile spur to Vidler; road to Argentine Pass parallels...
Tailings (Metallurgy)--1900-1920.; Argentine Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Vidler Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Waldorf Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage...
View of Ice Palace (abandoned mine shaft) on Mount McClellan, Colorado, reached via Argentine Central Railway. A man in derby hat holds a lit candle with leather gloves inside Ice Palace; his pants are tucked in his boots. Shows beautiful ice...
McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ice--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
View of Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge track rounding bend cut through mountainside in Clear Creek County, Colorado; Colorado Central Mine dump, tailings and buildings in mountain valley below; cirrus and stratus clouds top the peaks.
Tailings (Metallurgy)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Colorado Central Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-...
View of Rocky Mountains north from summit of Mount McClellan, Colorado, reached via Argentine Central Railway; shows switchback of narrow gauge tracks, and above timberline views.
McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
Argentine Central Railway engine number four with two passenger cars facing east at end of narrow gauge track; Colorado; group of sightseers about to enter Ice Palace in old mine; Mount Evans and Mount Rosalie, distant background; Rocky Mountains...
Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
Man standing on push car with derby hat believed to be Arthur Chapman (author of "Out Where the West Begins") posed with a burro foal; Argentine Central Railway, Colorado; three workmen gathered around push car; unidentified wooden frame building...
Donkeys--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Chapman, Arthur 1873-1935.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
McClellan Mountain, Colorado with Stephens Mine and Tunnel (distant foreground, Clear Creek County) viewed via Argentine Central Railway; mine buildings and adit; steep, snow covered ridge.
McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
Vidler and Waldorf Mines, Clear Creek County, Colorado reached via Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge track; Vidler mine reached via 1/2 mile spur from Waldorf; view from Vidler Mine back towards town of Waldorf; boarding house at Waldorf,...
Tailings (Metallurgy)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Vidler Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Waldorf Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek...
View of forested slope in Colorado and Argentine Central Railway's narrow gauge tracks with push car; two men in derby hats seated on push car or "gravity car".
Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
View of Argentine Central Railway showing narrow gauge track with push car. Man on push car is holding bouquet of flowers with valley and Rocky Mountains of Colorado in background.
Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Valleys--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
View of Waldorf Mine and mill and Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado (11,666 feet elevation). Waldorf mill was one of the major shippers on the narrow gauge line. Argentine Central Railway's narrow gauge tracks, sidings, switches, and water...
Tailings (Metallurgy)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Waldorf Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900- 1920.; Railroad...
The pavilion at Silver Plume, Colorado, was used by the Argentine Central Railroad as a waiting area for tourists taking the ride to the top of Mt. McClellan. The building has a hipped roof, rectangular shape, one story, and arched windows and...
Signs and signboards--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Advertisements--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.; Pavilions--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
[between 1938 and 1950]
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