Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Ore chute on abandoned Argentine Central Railway
- View of the exterior of the remains of an ore loading chute along the Argentine Central Railway near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The structure is built against a hill. The wood is warped and sections of the exterior are missing....
- Argentine Central Railway Company--Facilities--2010-2020.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Abandoned mines.; Mining equipment.; Argentine Central Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Ore handling--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Equipment and...
- 2010
- Sellar, Colo.
- View of snow-covered Sellar, Pitkin County, Colorado, (once a station stop on the Colorado Midland Railroad); shows the coal chute, section houses, water tank and grade loops in background. The cleared power line heads for Hell Gate.
- Sellar (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Sellar--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Sellar--1920-1930.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- January 1922
- Gilpin County mine
- A man and a woman stand next to an ore chute or a sluice at possibly the We-got-em mine (Gilpin County Gold Mining Company), Gilpin County, Colorado. At the end of the chute is a radiator from an old car, a box of "White King granulated soap," and...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; We-Got-Em Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- Ore chute on abandoned Argentine Central Railway
- View of the remains of a wooden ore chute on the abandoned Argentine Central Railway near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows a large metal pipe in the distance.
- Argentine Central Railway Company--Facilities--2010-2020.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Mining equipment.; Argentine Central Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Ore handling--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial...
- 2010
- John L. Martin dam - loading chute and concrete plant
- View of construction at the John Martin Reservoir Dam near Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado; shows a loading chute at the concrete plant, tracks, hopper cars, and a crane.
- Bent County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; John Martin Reservoir Dam (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Concrete products industry--Colorado--Bent County--1940-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Bent County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Basement interior chute from window
- Interior of a basement shows a coal chute that extends from the window to the floor, rolls of insulation, and scraps of paper.
- Coal chutes--1890-1910.; Basements--1890-1910.; Interiors--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Converse Mine Chute
- Converse Mine chute is full of ore ready to be dumped into wooden wagon below, Delta County, Colorado. Two men and a boy pose at the wagon. Horses are tied to machinery in foreground.
- Converse Mine (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Delta County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Delta County--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1918]
- Shaft house and loading chute of Caribou mine
- The shaft house and loading chute at the Caribou mine stand on a large pile of mine tailings, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Mine shafts--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Caribou Shaft (Boulder County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Ore chute near Hancock
- View of the ore loading station for the Alley Belle Mine near Hancock (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building has slipped and is tipped precariously over the dirt road. The station is a log building with truncated corrugated tin hip roofs. The...
- Alley Belle Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hancock (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Hancock--1970-1980.; Building collapse--Colorado--Hancock--1970-1980.; Log buildings--Colorado--Hancock--1970-1980.; Mine...
- 1971
- East Denver High School Annual: 1912
- 1912 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1912
- Alley Belle Mine, Romley
- View of the ore loading station for the Alley Belle Mine near Romley (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building has slipped and is tipped precariously over the dirt road. The station is a log building with truncated corrugated tin hip roofs. The...
- Alley Belle Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Romley (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings.; Mine buildings.; Building collapse.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Romley--Pictorial works.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Romley--Pictorial...
- 1988
- Magdalena Gallegos
- Magdalena Gallegos stands in a corral in front of an outhouse, at her great-aunt Romanita's ranch, in Keenesburg (Weld County), Colorado. She was 13 or 14 at the time. She wears a white dress with puffed sleeves and loafers and white socks. A...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Keenesburg (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gallegos, Magadelana--Pictorial works.; Outhouses--Colorado--Keenesburg--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Keenesburg--Pictorial...
- 1947?
- Payrock tramway, Georgetown, Colo.
- View of mine buildings and the aerial tramway at the Payrock Mine near Georgetown in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows a sluice box, chute, privy, and frames for the tramway.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Payrock Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mining Montrose area
- View of ore processing buildings near Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado; housing is by an elevator chute.
- Montrose County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Montrose County--1910-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Montrose County--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Montrose County--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Coal mine
- Men stand on a tipple and pose at a coal processing plant in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a frame house, a coal chute beside Denver & Rio Grande Railroad freight cars and probably a coal tram.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Mining pit and tailings
- View of mine operations or a gravel plant in (probably) Colorado; a processing building has a drive through loading chute. Ponds, railroad grade, a town, mountains and cirrus clouds are in the distance.
- Sand and gravel plants--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- 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?]
- Continental Mill
- View of a multi-level processing facility with a wooden chute, possibly the Continental Mill probably in Colorado.
- Mills--Colorado--1930-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Continental Mill
- View of Continental Mill probably in Colorado. Shows a multi-level processing building, a table, tar paper siding and a wooden chute.
- Mills--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Cresson ship dumping
- Mud and rocks pour out of a chute in the interior of a mine processing building at the Cresson Mine near Cripple Creek in Teller County, Colorado. A worker in overalls and a hard hat monitors the machinery.
- Cresson Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teller County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Ore...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Creede
- A view of Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows gabled houses and commercial buildings, a picket fence, tar paper siding on an ore processing facility, a shed, a wooden chute and a dirt road.
- Creede (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Tunnel boarding houses
- View of wood frame boarding house facilities, mill processing buildings and sheds at the Revenue Mine complex near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. The two-story boarding houses have gabled roofs and sash windows. The multi-level shaft house is...
- Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Silver Lake, Colo.
- View of men in a rowboat on Silver Lake, San Juan County, Colorado. A man in the boat points a rifle. A mine complex is in the distance. Shows a wooden ore chute, shaft house, smokestacks, tailings, boarding houses and cribbing. There were three...
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silver Lake (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.; Rowboats--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Industries construction equipment steam power steam tractor and workmen
- A workman poses on a M. Rumley & Company double cylinder steam tractor at a construction site in Denver, Colorado. A chute used for moving dirt and a man are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tractors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- 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]
- Smuggler works Aspen, Colo.
- Miners pose in horse-drawn sleds and by the Smuggler Mine near Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado. Railroad cars and a loading chute are nearby.
- Pitkin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1900.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1900.
- 1893, February 20
- Coal tipple
- View of a tipple at an unidentified coal camp possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows coal cars, elevated narrow-gauge tracks, coal chute, industrial building, houses, and probably a school. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company and...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1920-1930.; Tipples--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Montrose Flouring Mill
- In Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks are flanked by two and three-story frame buildings with windows and signs: "Montrose Flouring Mill." Wooden barrels and water running from a chute are in the...
- Montrose Flouring Mill (Montrose, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Flour & meal industry--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Romley
- View of the ore loading station for the Alley Belle Mine on Colorado Road 295, a dirt road near Romley (Chaffee County), Colorado. The station is a log building with truncated corrugated tin hip roofs and a wooden ore chute. Log buildings, one with...
- Allie Belle Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Romley (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Romley--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Romley--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Romley--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Potosi Caribou mine, Caribou, Colo.
- View of the deteriorating mill of the Potosi Caribou mine near Caribou, Boulder County, Colorado. It features two towers connected by a wooden chute and other, shed roofed buildings. It stands atop a large tailings pile and borders a road.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Potosi Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Hancock
- View of machine parts, abandoned mining buildings, and an ore chute in Hancock, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Hancock--1930-1970.; Hancock (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Hancock--1930-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Hancock--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1969]
- Bottom of air raise & ore chutes 4 level Tidal Wave Ophir, Colo.
- Miners pose in a mine tunnel by the ore chute with miner's candles at the Tidal Wave Mine near Ophir (San Miguel County), Colorado.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tidal Wave Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Colorado coal mining
- View of a dilapidated ore chute, broken surface equipment, and a tunnel entrance to an unidentified coal mine belonging to the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, Colorado.
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Facilities--1920-1940.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--1920-1940.; Coal mining--Colorado--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Red Ash
- View of an ore chute and tramway at the Red Ash Mine near Louisville (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Tipples--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1920.; Louisville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Red Ash Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Mile High
- View of the head frame and ore chute of the Mile Hi Mine, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mile Hi Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Colorado coal mining
- View of a dilapidated ore chute and other broken surface equipment at an unidentified coal mine belonging to the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, Colorado.
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Facilities--1920-1940.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--1920-1940.; Coal mining--Colorado--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Gorham
- Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S) ore cars are stopped at an ore chute at the Gorham Mine near Gorham (Boulder County), Colorado. A miner inspects part of the ore loader.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1910-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Gorham (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gorham Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- 1913
- Gorham
- Mine ore cars are on the tramway by the tipple at the Gorham Mine near Gorham (Boulder County), Colorado. A loaded ore chute is nearby.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Gorham (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gorham Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Gorham
- View of the ore chute and loader at the Gorham Mine near Gorham (Boulder County), Colorado. A miner walks near loaded Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S) ore cars.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1910-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Gorham (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gorham Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.;...
- 1913
- Between Eureka & Silverton
- View of an unidentified, abandoned mill structure with a smokestack. The building is built into the side of a hill in San Juan County, Colorado. On the hill are tailings and a covered chute.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--San Juan County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Spraying Cattle
- Cattle move through a wooden chute and down a ramp while being sprayed in a stockyard in Denver, Colorado; shows workers, a wooden holding pen and ramp.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Slaughtering--Colorado--Denver--1920- 1930.; Stockyards--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1920?]
- Jeff, the mascot of the 120th observation squadron of the Colorado Air National Guard, shown wearing his parachute
- Members of the Colorado Air National Guard, Jimmy Ziegler (center), Danny Kearns (right), and unidentified man, pose next to an airplane and Jeff the dog outfitted with a parachute in Denver, Colorado.
- Colorado. Air National Guard--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Airplanes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Kearns, Danny.; Ziegler, Jimmy.
- [between 1920 and 1924?]
- Tunnel const (trucks) on Cutoff
- Construction on a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Dotsero Cutoff tunnel in Eagle County, Colorado, consists of a chute, dump trucks, and men working in the wood-framed opening.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Dotsero Cutoff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dump trucks--Colorado--Eagle County--1930-1940.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Eagle...
- 1934
- Sugar beet industry
- Sugar beet industry, Brighton(?), Northern Colorado; several men stand around two trucks unloading beets onto a machine that sorts, bags, and piles beets at a processing factory; shows a large conical pile of beets and full bags of beets at the...
- Beets--Colorado--1900-1930.; Conveying systems--Colorado--1900-1930.; Machinery--Colorado--1900-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--1900-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--1900-1930.
- [between 1901 and 1927]
- Mining interior
- Interior view of (possibly) Evergreen Mine (Gilpin County) Colorado; shows mine timbering and a frame chute.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Walker Mill - behind Kossler's Lake
- View of Walker Mill, a mine processing building in Colorado, near Kossler Lake. Mining tailings and a chute are by a hogback formation.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1930-1960.; Kossler Lake (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Walker Mill
- View of Walker Mill, mine processing buildings in Colorado, near Kossler Lake. Mining tailings, a chute, and a trestle conveyor are by a hogback formation.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1930-1960.; Mills--Colorado--1930-1960.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Ore mill, Colorado
- Snow surrounds a mine processing shed in (probably) Colorado; the corrugated metal building has an elevator, debris chute, and woodpile.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Interior Eureka-Tungston [sic] mill, Boulder, Colo.
- Interior view of Eureka-Tungsten Mill, in Boulder County Colorado; man leans against wooden ore chute with one foot raised.
- Eureka-Tungsten Mill (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1920.; Ore industry--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]