Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Coal dumping device, McGregor Mine
- View of a coal dumping device at the McGregor Mine in Milner, Colorado; the device is housed in a warehouse-type two-story structure with exposed rafters and supports; an open cylindrical metal device with rails on top level dumps coal to lower...
- Milner (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Milner--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Milner--1910-1920.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Milner--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Colo. Utah Coal Co. Mine, Mt. Harris Colo.
- Interior view of a coal mine owned by the Colorado-Utah Coal Company at Mt. Harris, Colorado; at right, the rail line terminates and a miner stands near it, holding a pickax; at left, three miners sit; one holds a shovel, the others hold drills.
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Harris, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Industry--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Interiors.;...
- [1915?]
- Hayden Bros Coal Mine, Kramer Colo.
- View of the Hayden Brothers Coal Mine in Kramer (later Haybro), Colorado; railroad tracks in foreground of the Denver and Salt Lake Railway (Moffat Road); coal cars and boxcars are parked on the track, some under tipple; locomotive at left; another...
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Kramer (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Kramer--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Kramer--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1914?]
- Hayden Bros. Coal Mine, Kramer Colo.
- Five miners stand on Denver and Salt Lake Railway tracks on steep hillside at the Hayden Brothers Coal Mine in Kramer (later Haybro), Colorado; shows ore cars loaded with coal, mine-shaft entrances, utility poles, and mountains in background.
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Kramer (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Kramer--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Kramer--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Kramer--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1914?]
- Bowie Coal Mines from tracks out of the mine to the tipple showing the power house
- View from Alexander Bowie Coal Mine (formerly Juanita Coal and Coke) down steep incline of ore cart tracks, Delta County, Colorado, shows the tipple, railroad cars, stacks of timber, powerhouse, and snow covered slopes in distance.
- Bowie Coal Mine (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Delta County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Delta County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Bowie Coal Mines wide angle view from old tipple and mine on hill
- View from old tipple over Bowie Coal Mine structures, Delta County, Colorado. Steep incline with ore cart tracks leads to mine entrance. A Denver and Rio Grande gondola car shows under the new tipple. Formerly Juanita Coal and Coke before Alexander...
- Bowie Coal Mine (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Delta County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Delta County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- The Curtis coal mine
- View of the Curtis coal mine in northwestern Colorado; men work on a hillside; cart stands in front of mine shaft at left; men load horse- drawn wagons with coal; at center a man works with a screen; mule grazes at bottom of slag pile.
- Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mining equipment--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Colo. Utah Supply Co. Coal Camp, Harris, Colo., Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- Left side of panorama view of Camp Harris, Routt County, Colorado, a coal mining town founded by George and Byron Harris, includes: wood frame company houses with hipped roofs, gabled sheds, Denver and Salt Lake (Moffat Road) railroad tracks, coal...
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Mount Harris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Mine interior, Mt. Harris
- Three men stand in an underground room of a coal mine owned by the Colorado-Utah Coal Company in Mt. Harris, Colorado.
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Mount Harris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.
- [1917?]
- Mt. Harris, Colo.
- Northwestward view of Mt. Harris, Colorado, a coal mining town owned by the Colorado-Utah Coal Company; conveyor crosses Yampa River at left; boxcars and tracks of the Denver & Salt Lake Railway (aka Moffat Road) across the river; buildings of town...
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1930.; Mount Harris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Yampa River (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.
- [1917?]
- Coal banks, here coal was first found & worked.
- View of miners at an unidentified coal mining operation in Fremont County, Colorado.
- Fremont County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Coal mining--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1877]
- East Broad Top R.R. & Coal Co., 2-8-2 #17 arriving in a.m. narrow gauge at Mt. Union, Pa., yard with coal drag.
- An East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Co. narrow gauge train is parked in the rail yard in Mount Union ( Huntingdon County), Pennsylvania. The engineer hangs from the cab. The train has a tender and ore cars (coal). Shows sheds, a box car, and a...
- East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company--1940-1950.; Mount Union (Huntingdon County, Pa.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--Pennsylvania--Mount Union--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Pennsylvania--Mount Union--1940-1950.; Railroad shops &...
- 1945 August 1
- East Broad Top R.R. & Coal Co., narrow gauge 2-8-2 #14, Orbisonia, PA. coal tipple & water stand pipe.
- A narrow gauge, East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company locomotive, with a tender, takes on water from a water stand pipe near a coal tipple in Orbisonia (Huntingdon County), Pennsylvania. A man stands on the locomotive. The engineer climbs into...
- East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company--1940-1950.; Orbisonia (Pa.)--1940-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Pennsylvania--Orbisonia--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--Pennsylvania--Orbisonia--1940-1950.; Railroad...
- 1940 May 14
- Prewitt & Arnold
- Men and a horse stand in front of a row of commercial buildings probably on Main Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. One man holds a cane, and leans against a utility pole. The one story buildings have bracketed cornices, pilasters, and...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business & finance--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Insurance companies--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Liquor stores--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Real estate business--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Coal tipple
- View of Oakdale coal mine and tipple located at Oakview (also called Tropic), Huerfano county, Colorado; shows coal car tracks on platforms, smokestacks, a power house, sign "The Standard ... scale," log buildings on hillside, and Denver & Rio...
- Oakview (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Oakview--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Western History Subject Index
- coal. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Coal. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Colorado ,coal and oil- company
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 50, 1911 December 9
- Sopris coal tipple
- View of the tipple at the Sopris Mine in the Colorado Fuel and Iron coal camp of Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows narrow gauge tracks and coal cars.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sopris Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1900.; Tipples--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1900.
- 1893
- 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?]
- Walsen, Nigger Head
- View of a large chunk of bituminous coal at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Walsen (Huerfano County), Colorado. A company house is in the distance.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1900-1930.; Walsen (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Walsen--1900-1930.; Coal--Colorado--Walsen--1900-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Walsen--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Coal mine
- View of a mill building of an unidentified coal mine probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows coal cars on narrow gauge tracks, a frame mill, an elevator and powerhouse smokestacks in a valley. Mesas are near the mine.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of a frame tipple and mine buildings at an unidentified coal mine in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. People stand near coal cars on train tracks near the tipple. Shows tailings piles, a railroad bridge and frame buildings on a hillside.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of an unidentified coal processing mill in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a frame coal mill, timber scaffolding, a brick powerhouse with smokestacks, and piles of lumber on the ground near buildings. Smoke rises from coke ovens...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of a mill building at an unidentified coal mine, probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows coal cars on narrow gauge tracks, coke ovens, a frame mill, an elevator and powerhouse smokestacks in a valley. Mesas are nearby.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of buildings at a coal processing plant at an unidentified mine in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows coal cars on railroad tracks, an elevator and a tipple.
- 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?]
- Coal camp
- View of railroad tracks and frame buildings in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows probably a covered tipple and coal cars on railroad tracks, and a pile of I beams on the ground nearby.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal Mine, Tercio?
- View of a coal mine processing plant in probably Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Smoke rises from probably a power house. Shows coal trams and railroad tracks, a tipple, and frame or brick houses and mine buildings.
- Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1915?]
- Coal cars
- Men stand beside a coal tram and railroad tracks in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Miners wear headlamps and caps. Shows cable above coal cars and a tunnel entrance.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of a coal mine processing building in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows possibly a washer building with an elevator, railroad tracks and tailings piles. Company houses are nearby.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal tram
- Men sit and pose on a coal tram near a coal processing plant in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks, tailings piles, a power house with smokestacks and a washer building.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Coal mine
- View of freight train coal cars and a tram at a coal camp in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. A man stands beside the tram. Shows a tipple, houses and snow in a valley.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- People pose on a dirt road beside a coal processing plant probably near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A group of women and girls wear white dresses and veils or dark dresses and hats, probably dressed for a first communion. Men are on a...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Women--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine at Lafayette
- Aerial view of Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado; shows a coal mine, farms, houses, railroad tracks, and (probably) Coal Creek.
- Lafayette (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Coal mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Coal dealer's scale house
- Interior view of a weighing room for a coal dealer in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing, a hand-crank printer or calculator, a scale control panel, and a safe with letters: "[Econo]my Coal Co." A wagon is outside the window.
- Coal industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Scales--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Coal breaker and mine, Anthracite Mesa, Crested Butte, Colo.
- A Denver and Rio Grande locomotive sits outside a coal breaker building on Anthracite Mesa near Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. A man sits on top of the caboose that is labeled: "0559." A set of railroad tracks extends up a steep hill....
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Anthracite Mesa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Coal tipple
- A narrow gauge train engine followed by coal cars moves toward the tipple in an unidentified coal camp possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows industrial buildings, houses, and a large building, possibly a school or store, under...
- Mining camps--Colorado--1900-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--1900-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--1900-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1930.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Tipples--Colorado--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Tipple in a coal camp
- View of a tipple and coal processing buildings in an unidentified coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. A pipe leads into one of the large buildings. Men stand on the raised narrow gauge tracks.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1930.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1930?]
- Kramer & Buskirk Coal Co.
- View southeast over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado; shows the Kramer & Buskirk Coal Company, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks, the Seventh (7th) Avenue bridge over the Uncompahgre River, the Western Hotel, Beaumont Hotel and Elk Club on Main...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Kramer & Buskirk Coal Company (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Mt. Harris Colo.
- Left side of panorama view of Camp Mt. Harris, Routt County, Colorado, founded by George and Byron Harris, includes: Colorado Utah Supply Company residences, Denver and Salt Lake (Moffat Road) railroad tracks with boxcars and locomotive, coal...
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Mount Harris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Slim Buttes coal mine, Harding County, S. Dak.
- Two women pose near a wooden wagon full of coal at the Slim Buttes coal mine, Harding County, South Dakota. They appear to be loading the wagon from the mine behind them, as one of the women holds a wheelbarrow, the other a shovel.
- Harding County (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Carts & wagons--South Dakota--Harding County--1930-1940.; Coal mining--South Dakota--Harding County--1930-1940.; Mining--South Dakota--Harding County--1930-1940.; Women--South Dakota--Harding County--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Colorado coal mining
- Rail cars from the Colorado and Southern Railway and the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad stand on tracks near a wooden coal tipple, Colorado. The loading station receives coal from an unidentified mine of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company.
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Facilities--1920-1940.; Tipples--Colorado--1920-1940.; Coal mining--Colorado--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1940.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Colo-Utah Supply Co. Coal Mine, Harris Colo., Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of two coal miners in a coal mine owned by the Colorado- Utah Supply Company in Mt. Harris, Colorado (reached via the Moffat Road); the miners sit on rocks, holding pickaxes and wearing headlamps.
- Mount Harris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Coal mining, Primero Colo.
- View shows two young miners driving an ore train full of coal from one of the Primero coal mines, Primero (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Primero (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Primero--1900-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Primero--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Primero--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Primero--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- The coal mining camp Primero, Colo., looking south
- View looking south from a coal tipple shows residences in the town of Primero (Las Animas County), Colorado, and full coal cars on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1920.; Primero (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1920.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Arapahoes Black Coal, with head dress
- Studio portrait of Black Coal, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He wears a vest, fur pelts in his braids, and a feather headdress.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Headdresses--1880-1890.; Black Coal.
- [between 1884-1885]
- Arapahoes Black Coal, plain
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Black Coal, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He wears a vest, a scarf around his neck, and has cloth and fur wrapped braids.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Black Coal.
- [between 1884-1885]
- Showing white flag to try & get by Nat'l guard to go to town
- A UMWA coal miner on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, poses with a woman and white flag in a wagon; railroad coal car reads: "Frisco."
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Flags of truce--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts &...
- 1913 or 1914
- Coal tipple at Crested Butte
- View of a frame coal tipple with men and coal cars, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1900.; Tipples--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]