Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 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?]
- So. Platte Drg. Co.
- Mechanized buckets scoop up soil on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows rock filled alluvial soil, cables, iron beams, and buckets.
- South Platte Dredging Co.--Equipment & supplies--1930-1950.; Fairplay (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dredges--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Dredging--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Miner's still
- A miner smokes a pipe as he sits next to rigged liquor still, possibly in Colorado. Hoses come from a wooden barrel set on stack of beams and wooden crates. The hoses lead to buckets in a freshly dug trench, the shovel is beside the man. Bottles,...
- Miners--Colorado--1910-1920.; Stills (Distilleries)--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920]
- Fireman's Hall on Main Street
- Fireman's Hall on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story frame building featuring a gable roof with flat side extensions, a belfry, and a plate glass ground floor front with transoms. Lettering on the three front windows reads...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fireman's Hall (Breckenridge, Colo)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Amethyst Tramway Creede, Colo.
- A miner rides in a bucket of an aerial tramway over West Willow Creek by the Amethyst Mine near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado.
- Amethyst Mine (Creede, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Cresson Mine, buckets to mine
- Buckets hang on an aerial tramway at the Cresson Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings, embankments, and tailing piles.
- Cresson Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teller County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Tailings...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Ore buckets at mine near Ward, Colo.
- View of mine ore buckets and ore car by an abandoned loader at a mine near Ward (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.; Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.; Ore handling--Equipment and supplies--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.; Ward (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.
- [1940]
- Ore buckets on cable
- View of a mining operation in (possibly) Colorado; shows an aerial tramway, ore buckets, tailing piles, tree stumps, and frame sheds.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--1930-1940.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Elderly man eating lunch
- An elderly Hispanic American man, probably Mr. Atencio, eats his lunch in his home in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. he sits at table in front of a plate of beans and holds a spoon. He wears a denim shirt. His hat, an enamel cup, and a tortilla...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Chama (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Eating & drinking.; Interiors.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Dinners and...
- [1950]
- Stagecoach Saloon, Franktown
- View of the Stagecoach Saloon located at 2077 North Highway 83, Franktown (Douglas County), Colorado. The one story building is shingled, has an irregular roof and recessed doors and windows. The bar is covered in signs that include: "Stagecoach,"...
- Stagecoach Saloon (Franktown, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Franktown (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Stagecoach Saloon (Franktown, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking establishments)--Colorado--Franktown--Pictorial works.;...
- 2011
- Primrose coal miners
- A large group of miners pose near the mouth of the Primrose Mine in Primrose (Huerfano County), Colorado. The miners wear work clothes including: overalls, pants, suspenders, and coats. Most of the men wear hats with Johnny Lamps and hold picks in...
- Primrose (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Primrose Mine (Huerfano County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Primrose--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Primrose--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Amethyst, tramway through West Willow Creek gorge
- View of the aerial tramway at the Amethyst Mine in Weaver, near Creed, in Mineral County, Colorado. Shows a wood frame tower and buckets that hang on a wire through the canyon of West Willow Creek.
- Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Weaver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Miners
- A group of miners pose near a mine entrance at either the Berwind Mine in Las Animas County or the Rugby Mine in Huerfano County, Colorado. The men wear overalls and work boots. Some of the men have electric mine lamps attached to their caps, and...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Breckenridge, Colo. Hook & Ladder Co. Fire Dept.
- Men pose on ladders or on the street in front of the two story frame Fireman's Hall building with a central cupola and a flagpole in Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Men wear fire hats and uniforms, pose and hold buckets or axes. A man holds...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Fire stations--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1888]
- Leadville - water supply
- Men in suits supervise workmen as they install a water pipeline for Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The pipeline is made of wooden staves and reinforced with metal bands (probably steel). One workman balances a wooden plank on his shoulder while...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Penstocks--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Water supply--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Terminal house of tramway when fire started at mouth
- View shows aerial tramway station with gable-roof, men, wooden chute, logs and ore buckets, possibly at the Gold King Mine or the Gold Prince Mine near Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. A ladder and wooden crates lie on the snow covered...
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Miners
- Shows miners, probably in Colorado, they hold a drop-forged wrench and electric drills. Shows sledge hammers, a pickax, and buckets .
- Drills (Equipment)--1880-1910.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1910.; Wrenches--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Cresson Mine, surface bldgs.
- View of the mill building, shaft house, surface structures, head frame, and tailings at the Cresson Mine in Teller County, Colorado. A sign painted on one of the buildings reads: "Safety First." Buckets dangle from an aerial tramway. Cars and...
- Cresson Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teller County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- So. Platte Drg. Co.
- View of bucket mechanisms on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows iron beams, cables, and buckets.
- South Platte Dredging Co.--Equipment & supplies--1930-1950.; Fairplay (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dredges--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Dredging--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- So. Platte Drg. Co.
- View of an iron framework on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows mechanized buckets transporting dirt, cables, iron beams, and the Platte River.
- South Platte Dredging Co.--Equipment & supplies--1930-1950.; Fairplay (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Dredges--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- So. Platte Drg. Co.
- Buckets scoop soil from the Middle Fork South Platte River bed to be processed on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows iron beam framework, pulleys, and cables.
- South Platte Dredging Co.--Equipment & supplies--1930-1950.; Fairplay (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dredges--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Dredging--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- So. Platte Drg. Co.
- Mechanized buckets lift dirt onto the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge probably near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows steel beam framework and cables.
- South Platte Dredging Co.--Equipment & supplies--1930-1950.; Fairplay (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Fairplay--1940-1950.; Dredges--Colorado--Fairplay--1940-1950.; Dredging--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- So. Platte Drg. Co.
- View of an iron framework of machinery on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows cables, pulleys, and buckets.
- South Platte Dredging Co.--Equipment & supplies--1930-1950.; Fairplay (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dredges--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Arvada, Colo., exchange equipment, old exchange switchboard
- Operators work at a switchboard at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Arvada (Jefferson County), Colorado. The operators wear headsets and sit in tall chairs. Cords are stretched across the work station. A fire...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Arvada (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Arvada--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Arvada--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1915
- Geo. Porter & Co.
- Interior view of George Porter's general store, which also served as the post office in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows display cases, boxes of merchandise, canned goods, stove, lanterns, wall posters, advertisements, calendar elk antlers,...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; General stores--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1896 Aug
- Processing business
- A man poses near a chute in a business in Denver, Colorado. Buckets of "Elastic Cement" are stacked in the room. A woman writes at a desk in a nearby room.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Agriculture - livestock - goats
- A mother goat and kids eat from buckets in (probably) Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Animal feeding--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Goats--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Hubert Mine, Nevadaville, Colo - miners in bucket @ 850 feet
- Interior view of the Hubert Mine in Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado; shows miners with ore buckets and hats with lamps.
- Hubert Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.; Mining...
- 1895, February
- Hubert Mine, Nevadaville, Colo - miners in bucket @ 850 feet
- Interior view of the Hubert Mine in Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado; shows miners with ore buckets.
- Hubert Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.; Mining...
- 1895, February
- Children sitting on the porch of a log cabin
- African American (Black) children and a man sit in front of a log cabin in an unknown location. The man wears a jacket, short pants, and sits on the porch near wood buckets and chairs. One boy sits on a pile of rocks that serve as steps. He wears a...
- Afro-Americans--Children--1870-1900.; Children--1870-1900.; Log cabins--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Eagle River Canon, Ben Butler Mine, Glenwood Extension D & RGRR
- Two men stand on narrow gauge tracks near a signal on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad near the Ben Butler Mine in Eagle River Canyon (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows a train on the tracks, tailings, a tram house, cables for buckets, telegraph...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Ben Butler Mine (Eagle County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Eagle...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Fire Department, Longmont, Colo.
- "A January 2, 1919, view inside the City of Longmont warehouse on Kimbark Street south of the old City Hall. Shown is the W. A. Buckingham Hook & Ladder Truck, the town's first fire protection. It was equipped with ladders and brigade buckets;...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1920.; Fire stations--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1920.; Interiors.
- 1919 January 2
- Tunnel entrance to Pandora Mine
- View of the tunnel entrance to Pandora Mine, a gold mine located in San Miguel County, Colorado; tunnel entrance is made of roughly split logs; at center, rail cart is loaded with ore; split wood, buckets and rocks in right foreground.
- Gold mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Early day grocery store at Lyons, Colo
- Interior view of a grocery store, Lyons, Colorado, operated by Major Small, far left, next to him is a small boy, Harry St. Clair, and other men unidentified. They pose a dog on a chair with a hat on its head and a pipe in its mouth. Merchandise...
- Lyons (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dogs--Colorado--Lyons--1870-1880.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Lyons--1870-1880.; Interiors.; Small, Major.; St. Clair, Harry.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Picnic near Silverton
- A large group picnics in the woods near Silverton, Colorado. The women are dressed in a variety of hats, puff-shouldered blouses and piped collars; men wear bowler hats; children wear dresses, sailor suits and straw, felt, and cloth hats. Rustic...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Picnics--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1898?]
- Writing home to... and he got her, too, Oz wagon, two day camp
- Wagon boss, Stan (Stanford) Sherman, sits with his back resting on camp supplies and writes a letter; another man reaches for food [?] inside a wooden box, at their two day camp, Colorado. Their wagon is equipped with rope; a large sheet of canvas...
- Carts & wagons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Sherman, Stan.
- June 1903
- In the workshop, Colorado-Yule Marble Company, Marble, Colorado
- Men work in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, in the Colorado- Yule Marble Company's mill "B". Carts of stone are on central tracks, flanked by worktables. The workers have buckets of water and handtools; lightbulbs hang from interior overhead...
- Quarries and quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Nevadaville
- View of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, includes frame houses, Main Street, Methodist Episcopal Church, and Christ Church, laundry lines, wood piles, retaining walls, and picket fences. Scaffolds support cables with buckets for moving ore;...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Water system of town of Nevadaville barrel holds 13 gallons sold 2 barrels for 25 cts.
- A young man holds the reins of the burro pulling his water delivery cart in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado. He sits on a wooden barrel, and buckets hang from the back of the conveyance. Snow is on the ground and in the spokes of the...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Nevadaville--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Nevadaville--1910-1920.; Donkeys--Colorado--Nevadaville--1910-1920.; Water carriers--Colorado--Nevadaville--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Midland Terminal Railway station, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Crowd gathers near Midland Terminal Railway Station constructed in 1896, Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes miners with lunch buckets, horse-drawn carriage and riders, and group of men near the depot; street consists of...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Midland Terminal Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- No. 62 Ophir, Colo, West End
- Ophir, Ouray County, Colorado, consists of frame houses, outhouses, and mining facilities. Frame towers support cables on pulleys; ore buckets hang at intervals. Laundry is in fenced yards; a schoolhouse tops a rise; mules stand by piled firewood....
- Ophir (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ophir--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Site of Ouray Herald
- The Deutsch brothers and a young boy stand in the entry of their specialty grocery store, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Goods displayed include: brooms, wash tubs, buckets, pyramids of canned goods, box of cabbage, wooden crates of produce, sacks...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Families--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Decker Hotel, Siera [sic] Blanco, Colo. 1899
- A woman, men, and children pose by the Decker Hotel, Sierra Blanco, possibly Huerfano County, Colorado; one hoists a whiskey jug, others carry lunch buckets and drinking cups; hats include a bowler and a sombrero.
- Children--Colorado--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.
- Sunrise Peak Aerial Tramway
- The Sunrise Peak Aerial Tramway transports passengers in open ore buckets from its base near Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado, to the top of Sunrise Peak on Pendleton Mountain. Argentine Central railroad tracks in foreground and "Sunrise...
- Argentine Central Railway Company--1900-1920.; Sunrise Peak Aerial Tramway (Silver Plume, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1914]
- W. O. Mosman's hardware store and meat market in Walden
- Interior view, Mosman store, Walden, Jackson County, Colorado; shows W. O. Mosman (by glass display cases), John Weder (by meat), and merchandise: tack, bird cages, chain, rope, buckets, and wash tubs. An oil lamp has crepe paper decorations.
- Walden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Merchants--Colorado--Walden--1900-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Walden--1900-1910.; Mosman, W. O.; Weder, John.
- 1908
- A summer camp in Colorado
- Camp scene somewhere in Colorado amidst pine & aspen grove; large canvas tent supported by wooden posts open to front with awning extended to include "front porch", lean-to attached to side, stacked rocks framing front wall; three women inside...
- Camping--Colorado--1890-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Tramway of Sunnyside Mine, southwestern Colorado
- View of an aerial mining ore tramway and towers in (San Juan County) Colorado; also shows mountains and snow.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1910-1930.
- [between 1917 and 1930?]
- Aerial tramway from Ferris Haggarty mine
- View shows the aerial tramway used at the Ferris Haggarty mine, Wyoming. Cables and buckets are attached to the central support tower.
- Ferris-Haggarty Mine (Carbon County, Wyo.)--1930-1950.; Aerial tramways--Wyoming--1930-1950.; Mining--Wyoming--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Wild West Show cooks
- Cooks for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show pour water into iron kettles over cooking fires using buckets at the ends of poles. Also shows a canvas tent and piled logs. The Wild West Show reportedly employed seven cooks, two pastry chefs and two...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Chefs--1900-1910.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Harvesting potatoes
- Harvesting potatoes, probably in Colorado; workers fill buckets, bags, and horse-drawn wagons.
- Harvesting--Colorado--1910-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920?]