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- Granit[e] Mine (lower left) Portland Gold Mining Co. Shaft No. 2 (center horizon)
- View of the Granite Mine and tramway near Victor (Teller County), Colorado. A miner pushes a mine ore car on the tramway. The shafthouse of a Portland Mine is in the distance.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Granite Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold...
- 1895
- Victor
- Men, a woman and a baby pose beside a frame, two-story building in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men wear suits and stand on a wooden sidewalk beside businesses with signs and awnings that read "Confectionery, Nuts," "Cigars & Tobacco," "Ice...
- W.E. Rohde Real Estate (Victor, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Couples--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Real estate business--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Tobacco shops--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Rohde, Mary E.; Rohde, W. E.
- [between 1890 and 1898?]
- Victor
- Panoramic view of houses and commercial buildings in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Shows frame houses, dirt roads, mine tailings, and the Providence Mine building or headframe. Building signs read: "Eclipse Livery & Feed Stables, Saddle Horses,...
- Squaw Mountain (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Teller County Mine
- View of the shafthouse and power house of probably the Portland Mine near Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Independence Mine
- View of the power house and tramway at the Independence Mine, Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Stratton Independence Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Portland Mine, Cripple Creek
- View of the power house at the Portland Mine near Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The side of the building reads: "The Portland G. M. Co."
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Ajax mine and mill, Victor
- View shows the loading area for the Ajax mine on the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad, Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Tipples--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Ajax Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.;...
- 1895?
- Strong mine on Battle mt.
- View of the Strong Mine with tailings, smokestacks, and D. & R.G. railroad cars no.s 4266 and 4347, Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Strong Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.;...
- 1895
- General landscape Battle mt. from Victor, Colo.
- View of Battle Mt. with the Granite, Anna Lee, Portland, and Black Diamond mines. Signs read: "Victor Fuel & Feed Co." and "Victor The City At The Mines. The Woods Investment Co., Denver, Colorado Spgs. Victor, Colorado. Mines, Mining Stock,...
- Anna Lee Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Black Diamond Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Granite Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1896 and 1898]
- Independence and Portland mines, Battle Mountain, Cripple Creek Mining District
- View of Battle Mountain with mines, tailings, and houses from Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stratton Independence Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.;...
- 1898
- East Victor showing Strong, Independence, Portland and Anna Lee mines
- Panoramic view of frame mine buildings in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. A woman is in a horse-drawn buggy near a log and frame one-story house. Mine buildings on Battle Mountain are identified as the Strong Mine, the Independence Mine, the...
- Anna Lee Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Strong Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mine...
- [between 1890 and 1898?]
- Victor
- Men wear hats, suits, vests or suspenders, and pose on wooden sidewalks in front of frame commercial buildings in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. A horseshoe is above the door at the Victor Daily News building near a sign that reads "Law Office."...
- Rohde & Goss Real Estate (Victor, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Real estate business--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Rohde, W. E.
- [between 1890 to 1898?]
- The Strong mine after the blow up
- The Strong Mine in Victor (Teller County), Colorado, destroyed by striking W.F.M. labor union members.
- Strong Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- May 25, 1894
- Victor hotel lobby, any night
- Large crowd of men and boys sit or stand in the lobby of the Victor Hotel, Victor, Colorado. Most wear suits and hats; some smoke pipes or cigars. One man holds the paw of a dog sitting up in a chair; one reads the "Victor Daily Record" newspaper....
- Victor Hotel (Victor, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Lobbies--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [between 1890-1900]
- Hoist in Portland Mine
- A hoistman, or hoisting engineer, poses in the shaft house of the Portland Mine near Victor, Teller County, Colorado. Machinery includes: the hoist, flywheel, and a hoisting engine.
- Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Engine rooms--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.;...
- 1895
- As the Independence Mine looked when sold by Mr. V.Z. Reed to the London Co. for Mr. Winfield Scott Stratton who located it on July 4th, hence the prophetic name, $10,000,000
- View of trees, mines, mills and houses on Battle Mountain in Victor (Cripple Creek Mining District,Teller County), Colorado. Shows the Stratton Independence Mine and Mill and tailings piles. Railroad freight cars are near the Portland Mine in the...
- Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stratton Independence Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Battle Mountain
- View of tailings piles, mine buildings and headframes on Battle Mountain in Victor (Cripple Creek Mining District,Teller County), Colorado. Mine names are painted on two mine building roofs: "Anna Lee" and "Bob-Tail." Shows a curved road and sparse...
- Anna Lee Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Headframes (Mining)--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Tailings...
- 1895
- Battle Mountain, Bob-Tail, Anna Lee, Portland
- View of tailings piles, frame mine buildings and headframes on Battle Mountain in Victor (Cripple Creek Mining District,Teller County), Colorado. One building has an unfinished roof. Shows portions of the Bob-Tail, Anna Lee, Portland and Black...
- Anna Lee Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Black Diamond Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mine...
- 1895
- A view of the Sangre de Christo from west Victor.
- Unidentified mines with tailings on a hill in Victor (Teller County), Colorado; Sangre de Cristo mountain range in background.
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Hills--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- September 2, 1897
- Victor Mine
- Miners pose in and near a multidecked cage or elevator in the shaft house of the Victor Mine near Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Pioneer Jubilee, Salt Lake City
- Women in white dresses hold parasols and ride on a decorated float at the Pioneer Jubilee Parade, Salt Lake City, Utah. Sign reads: "Independence $3650000" side banner reads: "Victor, Colorado" and "Studebaker Wagon Used." Men in costumes walk with...
- Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Co.--Public relations--1890-1900.; Utah Pioneer Jubilee (1897 : Salt Lake City, Utah); Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Anniversaries--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Floats...
- 1897
- Burning of M.T. Ry Depot, Victor's big fire
- The depot for the Midland Terminal Railway burns in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men stand on wet roofs of wooden structures near the depot. Smoke and fire obscure the view into the town.
- Midland Terminal Railway--Disasters--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighting--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899 Aug. 31
- Fire, Victor, Colorado
- Men and women stand and watch smoke and flames from a fire in downtown Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Shows crowds of people in the street or near railroad tracks. Furniture and belongings are beside probably Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad...
- Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.;...
- 1899 August 21
- Old exchange exteriors
- View of the intersection of 4th Street and Victor Street in the town of Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The two story brick Victor Banking Company building is on the corner. A sign for the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company is...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1897
- T. & B. sampler
- Colorado Midland railroad cars at the T. & B. Sampler, Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Scene of the great fire, Victor
- View of group of men, women & children posed in front of ashes & debris of R. H. Atchison's residence, Victor, Colorado, one day after devastating fire of August 21, 1899. The fire is reported to have destroyed 14 blocks in four hours; a single...
- Atchison, R. H.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899
- 12:30 at the Victor.
- A group of miners pose outside the office of the Victor Mine on Bull Hill in Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- February 16, 1893
- Victor mine, Bull mt. near R. R. Route
- A group of miners pose in front of the head frame and tailings of the Victor Mine on Bull Hill in Victor (Teller County) Colorado.
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller...
- August 2, 1892
- Victor mine, Bull Mountain, Cripple Creek District
- A group of miners pose with bags of ore in front of the Victor Mine on Bull Hill in Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Victor, Colo.
- View of frame commercial and mine buildings in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. A Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company freight train is on Colorado Midland Railroad tracks near tailings and the Independence Mine. Portland Mine buildings are...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Warehouses--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1898?]
- Moose Mine
- View of the Moose and other mines near Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Moose Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Stratton's famous Independence mine at Victor.
- The Independence Mine (gold) at Victor, Teller county, Colorado, owned by Winfield Scott Stratton. Shows single building with smoke stacks on a slope of tailings, men working, and a path leading to shaft house and hill.
- Stratton, Winfield Scott, 1848-1902--Homes & haunts.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Beginning of the great fire, Victor, Colo.
- Bird's eye view across rooftops of Victor, Colorado, shows smoke rising from business district as early stages of August 21, 1899 fire progresses beginning from Third & Portland Avenue area; Gold Coin Mine & Gold Coin Club, rear view of prominent...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Victor on fire, train-load of household goods saved by F. & C.C. Ry.
- View across Victor, Colorado, from ridge cut by Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad on outskirts of town. Shows gondola cars filled with people & their household goods moved by rail to this point saved from the devastating fire of August 21, 1899;...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [1899]
- Victor, Colo.
- Bird's eye view of distant Victor, Colorado; wooden frame residences & brick commercial buildings, school, church; cone-shaped shingle covered spire of Victor Hotel, Gold Coin Mine and tailings, and railroad tracks around perimter of town (Florence...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1899]
- Victor, Colo.
- Bird's eye view of distant Victor, Colorado; shows wooden frame residences & brick commercial buildings, school, church, cone-shaped shingle covered spire of Victor Hotel, Gold Coin Mine & tailings, and railroad tracks around perimeter of town.
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1899]
- Victor, Colo. looking n.
- View north towards Victor, Colorado, prior to August, 1899 fire; includes wooden frame residences & commercial buildings, Gold Coin Mine shaft house, mill, surface buildings & tailings, Independence Mine, cone-shaped shingled spire of Victor Hotel,...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1899]
- Victor Hotel
- Exterior view of original Victor Hotel, Victor Avenue & Fourth Street, Victor, Colorado, a two-story wooden frame commerical frame building. Shows additional ground level with storeroom window displays & awnings, corner main entrance & several side...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Victor Hotel (Victor, Colo.)
- [1895]
- Victor Hotel
- Exterior view of original Victor Hotel (destroyed by Aug., 1899 fire), Victor Avenue & Fourth (4th) Street, Victor, Colorado, a two-story wooden frame commerical building; shows additional ground level with storeroom window displays & awnings,...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Victor Hotel (Victor, Colo.)
- [1895]
- Bird's eye view of Victor Colo. from Cripple Creek trail, north
- Bird's eye view of Victor, Colorado, from Cripple Creek Trail to north; shows sparse settlement with two brick buildings, wooden frame buildings with false fronts, some log buildings, and canvas tents. Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad station...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [1894?]
- Victor Ave., Victor, Colo. during big fire
- View of Victor Avenue, Victor, Colorado, during its devastating fire of August 21, 1899; people are loading or carrying household goods & belongings on horse-drawn wagons & carriages; trunks, furniture & other personal items are stacked in the...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Victor, Colo. and the Gold Coin Mine
- View of Victor, Colorado, & Gold Coin Mine in Teller County from hillside near Midland Terminal Railroad station; shows Gold Coin Mine and smokestack, side and rear view of Gold Coin Club building, commercial brick business buildings, wooden frame...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1899]
- Remains of Victor, Colo. next day after the fire
- Bird's eye view of Victor, Colorado, one day after devastating fire of August 21, 1899. Shows wooden frame residences which escaped destruction in foreground left; ashes, debris, & remains from fire of former business district area, center & center...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899
- General view Battle mt. and it's mines from Independence
- View of Battle Mountain with mines and tailings, Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1898]
- Bank of Victor
- Exterior view of Bank of Victor, Victor, Colorado; bank rebuilt after 1899 fire, photo dated to September 11, 1899; one-story, front gable, wooden frame (vertical planks) building. Shows two men on front steps; R.H. Atchison, bank official, on...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Midland Terminal, Victor
- View of Midland Terminal engine with coal tender and passenger car at station, Victor, Colorado. Shows edge of wooden frame railroad depot with four men in heavy winter coats & hats on wooden boardwalk at edge of station; train engineer in engine &...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Midland Terminal Railway.
- [between 1895 and 1899]
- Smouldering ruins, Victor's big fire
- View of Victor, Colorado's smouldering remains of once thriving business & residential district after devastating fire of August 21, 1899. Shows men, women & children sifting through & inspecting remains; brick chimney stacks and smoke rising from...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899
- The homeless, Victor's big fire
- View of large groups of people left homeless after a fire in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men, women and children stand around household belongings and furniture in numerous piles along hillside. Shows handcarts, buggies and wagons used to...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Homeless persons--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899 Aug. 21
- Fire, Victor, Colorado
- View of smoke and flames from a fire in downtown Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Women and a man are at a street intersection near frame houses. Shows the "Coin M. & L. Co." Gold Coin Mill building, a hardware store on fire, and scorched debris...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899 August 21
- Fire, Victor, Colorado
- A man rides a horse and people sit near carriages and watch smoke and flames rise from a fire in downtown Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Probably the Gold Coin Mill is on fire on a hillside. Shows frame and log houses and buildings and smoke in...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899 August 21