Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Camp Bird
- View of the house built to accommodate the manager of the Camp Bird mine in Camp Bird (Ouray County), Colorado. The two story house has an octagonal turret with a conical roof and a steep, hipped roof. A sign near the house reads: "Superintendent's...
- Camp Bird (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Camp Bird--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Camp Bird--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Virginius mine
- View of rugged cliffs and mountains in Ouray County, Colorado. Mount Sneffels and the remains of the Virginius Mine are in the distance.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Sneffels, Mount (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Virginius Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ouray--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Camp Bird
- View of a metal headframe building, covered ore conveyor, and silo at Camp Bird (Ouray County), Colorado. A metal building, houses, a stream and an old wooden tipple are nearby.
- Camp Bird (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Gold mining--Colorado--Camp Bird--1960-1970.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Camp Bird--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Sneffels
- View of an unidentified mine in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows a two story building, abandoned out buildings and a tailings pile. A dirt road, rock formations and aspen and pine trees are near the mine.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1960-1970.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Sneffels--1960-1970.
- 1963
- House at Sneffels
- View of an abandoned wooden house in the mining town of Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. The building has a bay window and a covered, gabled porch with a pediment.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Sneffels--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Inside house at Sneffels
- Interior view of bay and rectangular windows in an abandoned house in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. The windows have no glass. Shows a wall of quarter-sawn wood and ceiling joists. Tailing piles, a trail and trees show through the windows.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Sneffels--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Sneffels--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1960-1970.; Tailings...
- 1967
- Dam at Henson
- View of a concrete dam on Henson Creek near the former town of Henson (Hinsdale County), Colorado. The abandoned hydroelectric dam has a large metal overflow pipe.
- Henson (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Henson Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dams--Colorado--Henson--1960-1970.; Streams--Colorado--Henson--1960-1970.
- 1962
- Animas Forks
- View of the abandoned mining camp of Animas Forks (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows abandoned houses, cabins and a false front building.
- Animas Forks (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Animas Forks--1960-1970.; Mining camps--Colorado--Animas Forks--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Jail at Animas Forks
- View of the abandoned jail at Animas Forks (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a small wood beam building with a window and a door.
- Animas Forks (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Animas Forks--1960-1970.; Jails--Colorado--Animas Forks--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Old Carson, St. Jacobs Mine
- View of the St. (Saint) Jacobs mine in Carson (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows a collapsed wooden building, piles of wood debris, and possibly a boiler. A Jeep Grand Cherokee (automobile) is in the distance.
- Carson (Colo.)--1970-1980.; St. Jacobs Mine (Hinsdale County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Carson--1970-1980.; Ruins--Colorado--Carson--1970-1980.
- 1973
- Carson, inside hospital
- View of the interior of the abandoned and decaying hospital building in Carson (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows wooden buildings with no windows or doors. Leaves are on the floor and graffiti is on the walls.
- Carson (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Carson--1970-1980.; Hospitals--Colorado--Carson--1970-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Carson--1970-1980.
- 1973
- Carson
- View of abandoned mine buildings and cabins in the abandoned mining camp of Carson (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows mines, tailings piles and wooden buildings; many have collapsed.
- Carson (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Carson--1960-1970.; Mining camps--Colorado--Carson--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Old Carson site, mines, stage road
- View of the ghost town of Carson (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows wooden buildings, abandoned mines and tailings piles, and the remnants of the old stage road. A dirt road is in the distance.
- Carson (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Carson--1970-1980.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Carson--1970-1980.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Carson--1970-1980.
- 1973
- Carson
- View of an abandoned log cabin and wood buildings in the ghost town of Carson (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows a deteriorated false front building, and a parked jeep. A mine site and tailings are in the distance.
- Carson (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Carson--1970-1980.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Carson--1970-1980.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Carson--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Carson, St. Jacob[s] Mine
- View of abandoned mine buildings at the St. (Saint) Jacobs (Jacob's) mine in Carson (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows a tailings pile and wooden buildings with pitched roofs and dormers.
- Carson (Colo.)--1960-1970.; St. Jacobs Mine (Hinsdale County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Carson--1960-1970.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Carson--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Carson City
- View of the abandoned mining town of Carson (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows wooden cabins and buildings and a wood waterwheel.
- Carson (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Carson--1950-1960.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Carson--1950-1960.; Mining camps--Colorado--Carson--1950-1960.; Waterwheels--Colorado--Carson--1950-1960.
- ca. 1955
- Carson, store
- View of an abandoned store in Carson (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows a wooden building with the remnant of a false front.
- Carson (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Carson--1960-1970.; False fronts--Colorado--Carson--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Carson
- View of abandoned and collapsed wood and log buildings in the mining camp of Carson (Hinsdale County), Colorado.
- Carson (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Carson--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Carson
- View of the abandoned mining camp of Carson (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows wood buildings and cabins. Mountains are in the distance.
- Carson (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cabins--Colorado--Carson--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Carson--1960-1970.; Mining camps--Colorado--Carson--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Engineer Pass from Mineral Point
- View of the mining camp of Mineral Point (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows the abandoned headframe of a mine and wooden buildings and cabins. Engineer Pass and a dirt road are in the distance.
- Engineer Pass (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mineral Point (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Mineral Point--1960-1970.; Mining camps--Colorado--Mineral Point--1960-1970.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Mineral Pt. to Ouray Rd.
- View of rock formations and a road cut on a dirt road between Mineral point (San Juan County) and Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Aspen trees with fall foliage are in the distance.
- Autumn--Colorado--1960-1970.; Dirt roads--Colorado--1960-1970.; Road cuts--Colorado--1960-1970.; Rock formations--Colorado--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Mineral Point to Ouray, Mickey Breen Mine
- View of the mine buildings, tailings piles and the remains of a mill at the abandoned Mickey Breen Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. Shows a cliff, mountains and fall foliage. The dirt road from Mineral Point to Ouray is in the distance.
- Mickey Breen (Mine : Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.; Autumn--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Mine holes on quartz vein, Mineral Point
- View of mines on the quartz vein near Mineral Point (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows tunnel openings, tailings piles, and old lumber.
- Veins (Geology)--Colorado--Mineral Point--1960-1970.; Mineral Point (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Mineral Point--1960-1970.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Mineral Point--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Boilers, San Juan Chief
- View of rusted boilers in probably the stamp mill of the San Juan Chief Mine in Mineral Point (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows the remains of a frame buildings and rubble.
- Mineral Point (Colo.)--1960-1970.; San Juan Chief Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Boilers--1960-1970.; Mills--Colorado--Mineral Point--1960-1970.; Ore industry--Colorado--Mineral Point--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Mineral...
- 1967
- Boarding house at Black Bear mill
- View of an abandoned and dilapidated boarding house for the Black Bear mill on a cliff on the side of Ingram Peak near Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows a two story frame building and lumber and rubble. Black Bear Road is near the...
- Ingram Peak (Colo.)--1960-1970.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--San Miguel County--1960-1970.; Cliffs--Colorado--San Miguel County--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--San Miguel County--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Capitol City house
- View of an abandoned and dilapidated brick house, the George T. Lee house, in Capitol City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. The building has part of a roof and a chimney.
- Lee, George T.--Homes & haunts.; Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1970-1980.; Mining camps--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1970-1980.; Ruins--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1970-1980.
- [1972?]
- Ouray
- Aerial view of Ouray and the Uncompahgre River Valley (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the rooftops of commercial and residential buildings and streets.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Ouray
- Aerial view of Ouray and the Uncompahgre River Valley (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the rooftops of commercial and residential buildings and streets.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1960-1970.
- 1959
- Sneffels
- View of abandoned mine buildings and a tailings embankment in the mining town of Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the ruins of some buildings and logs and debris on the embankment.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Sneffels--1960-1970.; Mining camps--Colorado--Sneffels--1960-1970.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Sneffels--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Atlas Mine and Yankee Boy Basin, Sneffels
- View of the ruins of the Atlas Mill in Yankee Boy Basin in Ouray County, Colorado. Shows the remains of the mill and a small frame building.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.; Mills--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.; Ore industry--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.;...
- 1963
- Yankee Boy Mine
- View of the ruins of the Yankee Boy Mine, at Yankee Boy Basin, in Ouray County, Colorado. Shows wooden debris and a tailings pile. The bare rocky slopes of a peak are in the distance.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Yankee Boy Basin (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Yankee Boy Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Governor Basin and Virginius Mine
- View of Governor Basin and the abandoned buildings and tailings pile of the Virginius Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. The rugged cliffs of Saint Sophia Ridge are in the distance.
- Basins (Geology)--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.; Governor Basin (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Virginius Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.;...
- 1967
- Red Mountain
- View of the Idarado Mine near Red Mountain Town in the Red Mountain Mining District (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows metal buildings and tailings embankments. Red Mountain number 1 is in the distance.
- Idarado Mine (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Red Mountain Mining District (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Red Mountain Number 1 (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Ouray...
- [between 1964 and 1967?]
- Red Mountain Town, jail
- View of the ruins of the jail in Red Mountain (Red Mountain Town, Ouray County), Colorado. Two men are near a Jeep station wagon beside the tailing embankments from the National Belle Mine, a collapsed tipple and wooden structures, and a partially...
- National Belle Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Red Mountain (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Red Mountain--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Red Mountain--1960-1970.; Jails--Colorado--Red Mountain--1960-1970.;...
- 1967
- Mtn. King on Red Mtn. at Chattanooga
- View of the Mountain King mine on Red Mountain in Ouray County, Colorado. Shows an abandoned shaft house and mine buildings.
- Mountain King (Ouray County : Mine)--1960-1970.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Capitol City sign
- View of an abandoned log building in Capitol City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. A modern sign near the building reads: "Site of Capitol City Incorporated 1879."
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1970-1980.; Log buildings--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1970-1980.; Mining camps--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1970-1980.; Signs (Notices)--Colorado--Hinsdale...
- 1972
- Red Mtns., smelter stack
- View of a brick smelter smokestack, probably near Red Mountain in the Red Mountain Mining District, in Ouray County, Colorado. Two of the Red Mountain peaks are in the distance.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Jail at Red Mtn. Town
- Close-up view of the ruins of the Jail at Red Mountain Town (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows a building constructed of rough hewn logs. The building has no door and the remnants of a roof.
- Red Mountain Town (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Jails--Colorado--Red Mountain Town--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Log cabin, Yankee Boy Basin
- View of the ruins of a log cabin in Yankee Boy Basin in Ouray County, Colorado. A dirt road and Stony Mountain are in the distance.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Stony Mountain (Ouray County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Yankee Boy Basin (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Log cabins--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Ouray...
- 1964
- Old house at Gold Prince Mine
- View of a deteriorating frame house near a dirt road at the Gold Prince Mine in San Juan County, Colorado. The ruins of more buildings are nearby.
- Gold Prince Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--San Juan County--1960-1970.; Dirt roads--Colorado--San Juan County--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--San Juan County--1960-1970.;...
- 1969
- Looking south from Treasury Mtn. - road
- View south from Treasury Mountain in Gunnison County, Colorado. A dirt road and stream are in the distance.
- Gunnison County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Treasury Mountain (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Gunnison County--1960-1970.
- 1969
- Gold Prince Mines, Mastodon Gulch
- View of the remains of buildings and structures at the Gold Prince Mine in the Mastodon Gulch Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado. Shows a dirt road, a stream, tailings, piles of rubble and a partially intact wood frame building.
- Gold Prince Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--San Juan County--1960-1970.; Dirt roads--Colorado--San Juan County--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1960-1970.;...
- 1969
- Gov. Basin, Virginius Mine, Mtn. Top Mine
- View of Governor Basin in Ouray County, Colorado. The Virginius Mine and the Mountain Top Mine are in the distance. Saint Sophia Ridge is in the distance.
- Basins (Geology)--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.; Governor Basin (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mountain Top Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Virginius Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned...
- 1967
- Tram from Gold Prince to Animas Forks
- View of the abandoned wooden towers of the aerial tramway that carried ore from the Gold Prince Mine to the mill town of Animas Forks (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Gold Prince Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1960-1970.
- 1969
- Shaker table in mill N. of Animas Forks
- View of a shaker table in an unidentified abandoned mill in San Juan County, Colorado. Shows a rectangular deck with longitudinal riffles used to separate gold from gold ore.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Gold mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--San Juan County--1960-1970.; Machinery--1960-1970.; Ore industry--Colorado--San Juan County--1960-1970.
- 1969
- Lake City looking north
- Aerial view of Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows St. Rose of Lima Mission (Catholic), houses and commercial buildings.
- St. Rose of Lima (Church : Lake City, Colo.); Lake City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Lake City--1970-1980.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Lake City--1970-1980.
- 1973
- Lake City looking north
- Aerial view of Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows, houses, commercial buildings, and churches.
- Lake City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Lake City--1970-1980.
- 1973
- Gold Prince mines from Treasury Mtn.
- Aerial view of the abandoned Gold Prince Mine in San Juan County, Colorado. Deteriorating mine buildings, cabins, tailings embankments, and a dirt road are in the distance.
- Gold Prince Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--San Juan County--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1960-1970.
- 1969
- House in Lake City
- View of a house in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. The painted brick house has shutters, a hipped roof, a center gable with a gambrel roof, and a porch with columns. A sign above the porch reads "Sokan."
- Lake City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Lake City--1970-1980.
- 1972
- Golden Fleece mines, west side Lake San Cristobal
- View of the Golden Fleece Mining and Milling Company on the west side of Lake San Cristobal in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Shows tailings piles, cabins and mine structures.
- Golden Fleece Mine (Hinsdale County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; San Cristobal, Lake (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1960-1970.
- 1967