Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Mine near Redcliff, Colo.
- Miners pose near wooden mining buildings, Redcliff (Eagle County), Colorado.
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.
- 1887?
- Mine office near Fall River - across Clear Creek west of Idaho Springs, 1942
- View of the former residence for the superintendent of the Stanley Consoldiated Mining Company near Fall River, across Clear Creek, west of Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows a two-story frame building with three dormers and a porch...
- Dumont, John M.--Homes & haunts.; Houses--Colorado--Fall River--1950-1960.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fall River (Colo. : Town)--1950-1960.; Stanley Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mine...
- 1942
- Mine office, Leadville
- View of a concrete brick, one-story mine building in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The mine office has a gabled roof, wrought iron railings and brackets, and a pediment above the doorway.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Mine processing
- A view of mine processing equipment, probably Colorado. Shows tracks, wood mining buildings, and empty barrels.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1890-1910.; Machinery--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mine processing sheds
- View of an ore processing facility in Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows milling sheds, mine tailings, men and a boy.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Children--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Mine settlement
- View of mines in Colorado; shows a frame house, sheds and tailings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Mine Smelter & Supply Co.
- American and German flags and bunting decorate the Mine & Smelter Supply building, 17th (Seventeenth) and Blake Streets, for the 31st Bundesturnfest in Denver, Colorado.
- Bundesturnfest (31st : 1913 : Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mineral industries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive...
- [June 1913]
- Mine unidentified
- A view of the Barnagatt Mill in La Plata County, Colorado. Shows wood mill buildings, mining equipment, a residence, wood piles and tree covered mountains.
- Mills--Colorado--La Plata County--1890-1910.; La Plata County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--La Plata County--1890-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--La Plata County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mine unidentified
- A view of wood buildings at an unidentified mine, probably in Colorado. Shows a dirt road, railroad tracks, log piles, wood shack and wood fences.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mine workings, Idaho Springs, Colorado
- View of ground sluices used for hydraulic gold placer mining in Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, Colorado. A footbridge spans Clear Creek; houses and barns are across the water.
- Sluices--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1870.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1870.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1870.;...
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Mine, Central City District
- View of a wood frame cabin, two log buildings and a privy at an unidentified mine in the Central City Mining District in Gilpin County, Colorado. Dead pine trees cover the nearby hillsides.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cabins.; Log Buildings.; Mining.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mine, Gold Creek
- View of a mine near the ghost town of Ohio (Gold Creek, Ohio City) in Gunnison County, Colorado. Shows a shaft house and an adjacent building with corrugated tin roofs, a tipple, tailings and a log retaining wall.
- Ohio (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ohio--1960-1970.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ohio--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Mine, Idaho Springs District
- A woman and two girls sit on tailings in front of the shaft house of an unidentified mine in the Idaho Springs mining district in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The woman wears a dark skirt and blouse and holds an umbrella. The girls wear dresses...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls.; Mine buildings.; Mining.; Women.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Minehart-Traylor Company
- Men stand near the Minehart-Traylor Company building at the intersection of 25th (Twenty-fifth) Street, Broadway, and Walnut Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three-story brick building has decorative brickwork and...
- Minehart-Traylor Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Paint industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1923]
- Minehart-Traylor Company
- Men stand near the Minehart-Traylor Company building at the intersection of 25th (Twenty-fifth) Street, Broadway, and Walnut Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three-story brick building has decorative brickwork and...
- Minehart-Traylor Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Paint industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1923 October 6
- Miner and dog
- A miner, possibly Andy Kincaid, sits and pets a large dog near a pile of timbers in front of a log building, Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The miner wears a worn-out hat, a vest, a pinstripe shirt, long pants, and lace-up boots, and...
- Kincaid, Andy.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Dogs--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Miner's cabin
- View of abandoned miner's cabins in Colorado.
- Abandoned buildings--Colorado--1930-1940.; Cabins--Colorado--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Miner's National bank of Georgetown, Colorado. J. L. Brownell, pres. Thos. W. Phelps, cashier.
- View of a frame businesses in Georgetown (Clear Creek County) Colorado; shows men posing by a mitred entry with sign: "Miner's National Bank." Barber poles flank an adjacent storefront.
- Miners' National Bank of Georgtown, Colorado--Buildings--1860-1880.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Banks--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- 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]
- Mineral Baths, Idaho Springs
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows people and buildings in Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Lettered porch reads: "Idaho Springs Mineral Baths."
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Mineral County, Colorado
- Miners pose by an ore storage building and the tramway of a mine in Mineral County, Colorado. A horse drawn ore sled is near the building.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1900.; Mineral County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1900.; Sleds &...
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Mineral Farm Mill Ouray Colo
- Miners pose by a hose-drawn buggy at the Mineral Farm Mill near Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. The mine tramway is nearby.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Mineral Farm Mine & Mill
- View of the Mineral Farm Mine and Mill and the surrounding area near Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.; Mineral Farm Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Mineral Hill Mill, near Iris
- View of the Mineral Hill Mill, in Gunnison County, Colorado; shows gold mining ore processing sheds and tailing piles.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1900.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Mineral Hill, Nevada
- View of frame houses, mine and commercial buildings in Mineral Hill (Eureka County), Nevada. Commercial buildings on a dirt road have false fronts, gabled roofs and wooden shingles. A sign reads "bakery." Roads, ore piles, mine buildings and sparse...
- Mineral Hill (Nev.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Nevada--Mineral Hill--1860-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Nevada--Mineral Hill--1860-1880.; Houses--Nevada--Mineral Hill--1860-1880.; Mining--Nevada--Mineral Hill--1860-1880.; United States...
- [between 1867 and 1871?]
- Mineral Palace, Pueblo
- View of gardens, roads, and paths on the grounds of the Colorado Mineral Palace in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Men and women pose in horse-drawn carriages and in a car near a lake, manicured grass, and trees. Lawn sprinklers water gardens...
- Mineral Palace (Pueblo, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mineral industries--Exhibitions--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Mineral Palace Park (Pueblo, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Exhibition buildings--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Mineral Palace, Pueblo
- View of the stone Mineral Palace and a manicured park in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The Egyptian-style stone structure has pediments, a portico, a gabled roof, and square corner columns topped with world globe spheres.
- Mineral Palace (Pueblo, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1920.; Mineral industries--Exhibitions--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1920.; Mineral Palace Park (Pueblo, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Exhibition buildings--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1920.;...
- [between 1891 and 1915?]
- Mineral Point
- View of the steep-sided road that leads to the ghost town of Mineral Point, San Juan County, Colorado, includes mine dumps and buildings in the distance.
- Mineral Point (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Mineral Point--1930-1970.; Roads--Colorado--Mineral Point--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- 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
- Mineral springs and Sentinel Tower at Canon City
- Boys play by the arched entry of Soda Springs at Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. A sentinel tower, with facets, battlements, and a balcony, is on the hogback; sign reads: "Royal Gorge 1/2 mi., Hot Springs."
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Miners
- Miners pose near a mine building in Colorado. One man sits in a mine car.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Miners
- Miners pose near a partially constructed mine or mill and railroad tracks, probably in Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Miners
- Miners eat in a mine building in Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1910.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear...
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Miners
- Miners pose in a mine building in Ouray County, Colorado. Pieces of ore litter the floor.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900.]
- Miners
- Miners pose with dogs near the entrance to a mine tunnel in Summit County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Miners
- Miners pose on and near a building at the entrance to a mine in Ouray County, Colorado. Snow covers the ground. A pair of snowshoes is stuck in the snow.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Miners
- A miner poses with his cat near a mine operation in Ouray County, Colorado. Another miner poses near the shafthouse.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1900.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray...
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Miners and mine buildings
- Men pose by ore car tracks and a frame building with monitor roof and steam whistle.
- Mine buildings--1910-1930.; Miners--1910-1930.; Mining--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1930?]
- Miners and town building
- Men and a boy pose by a frame building with a covered porch; houses are to the sides.
- Buildings--1910-1930.; Cities & towns--1910-1930.; Miners--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1930?]
- Miners and train
- A miner sits on the engine of a train pulling coal carts in a coal mining camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. Another man dressed in work clothes stands on the railroad bed nearby. A label on the front of the train reads: "Vulcan Iron...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Miners at a Doric Gold Mine
- Miners who include W. J. Lewis, Jr. pose near the buildings of a Doric Gold Mines Limited mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Doric Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Lewis, W. J.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Miners at Saints John
- In Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, men pose on steps and in front of frame buildings with sash windows and gable roofs. They wear slouch, bowler and top hats, jackets, sweaters, and suspenders. Planks and kindling are piled nearby; a woman...
- Saints John (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Fuelwood--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Women--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Miners at the Smuggler boarding house
- Miners pose outdoors near the boarding house at the Smuggler Mine near Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- Telluride (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Miners Avenue, Idaho Springs
- View of Miner's Avenue looking east in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows one and two story commercial buildings, traffic and pedestrians. Signs read: " "Beau Jo's," "Mainstreet, a Restaurant," "Farris's Clothing & Department...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; City & town life.; Commercial streets.; Commercial facilities.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Idaho Springs--Pictorial works.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Idaho Springs--Pictorial works.; Idaho Springs...
- 1990
- Miners home, Silver Plume, Colo.
- View of a dilapidated, two story, wooden house in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado, with two porches, railings, shutters, and bird houses.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- June 2, 1940
- Miners in a shaft house
- Miners pose in a shaft house near side and center crank engines. Other machinery includes flywheels, gauges, and valves.
- Mine buildings--1880-1910.; Hoisting machinery--1880-1910.; Interiors--1880-1910.; Miners--1880-1910.; Mining--1880-1910.
- [between 1970 and 1980]
- Miners near a shaft house
- Miners pose near the shaft house and tramway of a mine in Colorado. Piles of timber are nearby.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Miners on a coal train
- Miners ride on the engine of a mine coal train at an unidentified mine owned by the Wooten Land and Fuel Company probably in Colorado. Shows coal cars and industrial buildings.
- Wooten Land and Fuel Company (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Miners Silver Plum [sic], Colo.
- A group of miners stand, sit, or recline beside log and metal sided buildings in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The men wear knit shirts with vests or stained jackets, caps, felt or canvas hats, and boots. Some men have moustaches and...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.
- 1898 July 30?
- Miners Union Hospital
- Exterior view of B.P.O.E. Elks Lodge at the corner of Columbia and Pine Street, Telluride, Colorado (used for two years by the Western Federation of Miner's under the direction of Local President Vincent St. John and later occupied by the Miner's...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Miners' Union Hospital (Telluride, Colo.)
- [between 1903 and 1908]