Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Ore conveyor under roasters
- View of an ore conveyor that runs beneath the roasters at the Golden Cycle Mill in El Paso County, Colorado. A hoeing machine moves the ore onto the conveyor.
- Golden Cycle Corporation--1930-1940.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Conveying systems--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Mills--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--El...
- 1932, August 3
- Where the spent shale is discharged
- A man stands near the oil shale processing facility at the Index Shale Oil Company in De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado, Shows a Brown retort, a conveyor belt elevator for tailings, exhaust stacks, and sheds. The Roan Cliffs are in the distance.
- Index Oil Shale Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Conveying systems--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Petroleum...
- 1922
- Manion Placer
- View of a steam shovel and ore processing machinery with a conveyor elevator. Letters read "Manion Placer" and "Lorain."
- Mining machinery--1940-1950.; Conveying systems--1940-1950.; Hydraulic mining--1940-1950.; Steam shovels--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Library book transfer
- A man stands near a conveyor and dump truck at the Carnegie library in Denver, Colorado. A wooden crate on the conveyor holds books to be moved to the new library on Broadway. The City and County Building and a front-end loader are in the distance.
- Denver Public Library--1950-1960.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Book conveyors--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Dump trucks--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [1956]
- Control of the amount of rock fed into the mill circuit at Urad Mine was controlled by four slusher drifts such as the one shown here
- A man runs a slusher through mine drift in a tunnel of the Urad mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The huge scoop would drag the debris to a shaft in the floor, where it would fall onto a waiting conveyor belt and be transported out of the mine.
- Mining machinery--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1963 and 1974]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Numbers 6 and 7, 1920 June-July
- Conveyor, Gold Prince Mill
- Interior view of the Gold Prince Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a sorting conveyor and steel support beams.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Ore...
- [between 1907 and 1917]
- Hydraulic mining- conveyor belt discharging coarse tailings
- View of a crane conveyor belt piling mine tailings. Piles of mine tailings show in the distance.
- Tailings embankments--1890-1920.; Mining--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- Sludge conveyor
- Shows a metal conveyor system, near the sludge drying beds, at the Denver Sewage Disposal Works Plant. The sewage plant is located at 50th (Fiftieth) and Emerson Street in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Sewage Disposal Works--Buildings--1930-1940.; Sewage disposal plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sewage sludge--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Lindquist Cracker Co.
- Women sort crackers on a conveyor belt in the Lindquist Cracker and Candy Company bakery at 3512 Walnut Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. They wear smocks and bonnets. Barrels and boxes of crackers are nearby.
- Lindquist Cracker and Candy Company (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Conveyor belts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Cracker industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Packing crackers Merchants Biscuit Co.
- Women stand near a conveyor belt that holds crackers at the Merchants Biscuit Company bakery in Denver, Colorado. They wear smocks and bonnets. Boxes of crackers are nearby.
- Merchant's Biscuit Company (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Conveyor belts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Cracker industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Crackers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Ore on a conveyor
- View of the interior of a covered conveyor. Piles of ore are on the belt.
- Conveying systems--1900-1920.; Interiors--1900-1920.; Mining--1900-1920.; Ore industry--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Belt conveyor (to komminuter [i. e. comminuter] bldg)
- View of a staircase and conveyor belt that lead to the comminuter building of the Gold Cycle Mill in El Paso County, Colorado.
- Golden Cycle Corporation--1930-1940.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Conveying systems--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Mills--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--El...
- August, 1932
- The structural arches being assembled would eventually carry the ore conveyor system, moving crushed ore from the primary crusher to the stockpiles under the arches
- View of the construction of the overhead conveyor system at the Henderson Mill in Grand County, Colorado.
- AMAX, Inc.--Branches, chapters, etc.--1970-1980.; Henderson Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--Branches, chapters, etc.--1970-1980.; Grand County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Construction--Colorado--Grand County--1970-1980.; Conveying...
- [between 1974 and 1976]
- Coal conveyor over bunker, Lacombe Station, Denver, Colo.
- Interior view of the Lacombe Electric Company (Charles F. Lacombe, proprietor) electric generating facility in Denver, Colorado; shows a catwalk, a conveyor coal loader, and skylights.
- Lacombe Electric Company (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Power plants--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Public utility...
- 1919 April 11
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-0) #638, Leadville, Colo., shows coal loading conveyor
- Colorado & Southern steam locomotive # 638 with a tender is stopped near a coal loading conveyor in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. A wedge snowplow is mounted on the front of the locomotive. A wheelbarrow is near the engine.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Conveying systems.; Railroad locomotives.; Snowplows.
- Western History Subject Index
- Serpentix conveyor corporation
- Colo. Chain of Mines, Gilpin County, Colo.
- View of the over-the-road ore conveyor at the Colo. Chain of Mines facility located in Gilpin County on the Virginia Canyon Road between Central City and Russell Gulch, Colo.
- Colorado Chain of Mines (Gilpin County, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Gold mines and mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--2010-2020.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Colorado Chain of Mines (Gilpin County, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Gold mines and...
- 2002
- Workers at the coke ovens at Segundo
- A group of workers stand near the coke ovens at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Segundo in Las Animas County, Colorado. The miners stand near a conveyor that loads the processed coke into train cars. A miner holds a pile of coal on...
- Coke ovens--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1920.; Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1920.; Coke industry--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1920.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- The Plant of the Monarch Shale Oil Company using the "Ginet eduction process" De Beque, Colorado
- View of the Monarch Shale Oil Company mine on a mesa in De Beque (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows the mine entrance and crusher site near layered shale at the top of the formation, a shale conveyor, a crushed shale bin, a retort, a stairway, storage...
- Monarch Shale Oil Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Refineries--Colorado--De...
- [1920 August]
- Mining - mills - interiors
- Interior view of a mine in (probably) Colorado; a man is by a conveyor and coal. Letters on a steel beam read: "PRR63490."
- Coal mining--Colorado--1940-1950.; Coal mining--Colorado--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Manion Placer
- View of a steam shovel and ore processing machinery with a conveyor elevator.
- Conveying systems--1940-1950.; Hydraulic mining--1940-1950.; Mining machinery--1940-1950.; Steam shovels--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Gold King Mine
- Interior view of a probably the Gold King mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a wooden staircase, conveyor belt, steel support beams and processing machinery.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- London Mine & mill, 1941
- Workers sort rocks on a conveyor belt at a mill building for a London Mine near Alma (Parker County), Colorado. The workers wear heavy gloves and work clothes. One woman wears a scarf decorated with a flag motif. Bare light bulbs hang from the...
- Women employees--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Alma (Colo.)--1940-1950.; London Mine (Park County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.;...
- 1941
- London Mine, women workers
- Workers sort rocks on a conveyor belt at a mill building for a London Mine near Alma (Parker County), Colorado. They wear work clothes and heavy gloves. One woman wears a head scarf decorated with a flag motif. Bare light bulbs hang from the...
- Women employees--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Alma (Colo.)--1940-1950.; London Mine (Park County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.;...
- 1941
- London Mine, women workers
- A woman worker sorts through rocks on a conveyor belt at a mill building for a London Mine near Alma (Parker County), Colorado. She wears work overalls, heavy gloves, and a cap. Glasses rest on her nose.
- Women employees--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Alma (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.
- 1941
- London Mine, women working
- A woman worker leans over and works on a conveyor belt at a mill building for a London Mine near Alma (Parker County), Colorado. She wears blue jeans rolled up to her knees, a cap, and eye glasses.
- Women employees--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Alma (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.
- 1941
- London Mine, women workers
- A woman worker leans over a conveyor belt and sorts rocks at a mill building for a London Mine near Alma (Parker County), Colorado. She wears overalls, heavy gloves, and her hair tucked under a scarf.
- Women employees--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Alma (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.
- 1941
- So. Platte Dr. Co.
- View of an extended arm and conveyor belt on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Gravel tailing piles are on the ground at the end of the mechanical arm.
- 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?]
- Gold Coin Creamery, Denver
- A worker holds glass bottles of milk and poses beside a conveyor belt in an interior view of the Gold Coin Creamery in Denver, Colorado. A woman wears a pants suit and a head scarf, and stands beside factory equipment and wire trays full of milk...
- Gold Coin Creamery (Denver, Colo.)--Public relations--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dairy products industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Machinery--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Excavation dump trucks and equipment
- Men pose with a line of dump trucks, probably in Denver, Colorado. Shows an excavation site that includes machinery with pulleys, cranes, conveyor belts and drills. Smokestacks, piles of unearthed material, storage tanks, a railroad car labeled:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Dump trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Climax Mine
- View of the Climax Mine and of the company mining town of Climax, (11,320 feet) on Fremont Pass, (the Continental Divide), Lake County, Colorado. Shows the open pit molybdenum mine, mine buildings, a crusher plant, mill buildings, tramway, covered...
- Climax Mine (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fremont Pass (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mills.; Ore industry.; Settling basins.; Strip mining.
- 1952 October 21
- Durango smelter
- View of a smelter near Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The buildings have conveyor belts and three smokestacks.
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Transportation - carriages - with small mining operation in background
- Outdoor portrait of a man in a buggy, in (probably) Denver, Colorado; men work by a conveyor belt dredge and mine tailings.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Colo. & Wyoming caboose #201
- View of a Colorado & Wyoming Railway caboose near possibly a coal processing plant near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A one-story stone building and a conveyor belt are nearby.
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1890-1910.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mining
- Miners pose on and near a conveyor belt mounted on a railroad car probably near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Covered flatbed railcars are nearby. A building is in the distance.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Road construction above Starkville
- Workmen ride on horse-drawn construction wagons on a road near Starkville (Las Animas County), Colorado. One of the wagons has a conveyor belt attached to the side. Mountains are in the distance.
- Starkville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Starkville--1900-1920.; Road construction--Colorado--Starkville--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920?]
- Exterior of Bowman Dairy, Trinidad, Colorado
- A group of men pose outside the Bowman Dairy Barn in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Four of the men wear work clothes, one wears a white dairy uniform, and one wears a military uniform. A large bucket on a hoist and conveyor is loaded with...
- Bowman Dairy (Trinidad, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Barns--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Dairy farming--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Milking room at Bowman Dairy, Trinidad, Colorado
- A Workman cleans a trough in the milking room of the Bowman Dairy in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A large bucket on a hoist and conveyor is loaded with hay. A man in a military uniform and a man in a dairy uniform are nearby.
- Bowman Dairy (Trinidad, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dairying--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- 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?]
- Bowie Coal Mines end of shaker, lump and nut beams
- Chunks of coal move on conveyor belts inside a Alexander Bowie Coal Mine structure, (formerly Juanita Coal and Coke) Delta County, Colorado.
- Bowie Coal Mine (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Delta County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Delta County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Revenue Tunnel portal
- Miners pose near a covered conveyor at the entrance to the Revenue Tunnel Mine near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Snow covers the ground.
- Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Gold Pan Mining Co, pit
- Miners pose near the scaffolding of the Gold Pan Pit near Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Elevated conveyor belts are nearby.
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gold Pan Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Holes--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1913]
- Mill above Black Hawk, Colo.
- View of an unidentified mill and mine operation with a conveyor, tailings, and retaining wall in Gilpin County, Colorado. A small bridge extends over the creek.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Colorado Utah Coal Co., Mt. Harris, team of jacks
- Miners pose in semicircle, holding several teams of donkeys, at Mount Harris, Colorado, a coal mining town owned by the Colorado-Utah Coal Company; coal conveyor spans the Yampa River in background.
- 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.; Donkeys--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.
- [1917?]
- Mt. Harris Colo.
- Eastward view of Mount Harris, Colorado, a coal mining town owned by Colorado-Utah Coal Company; residences flank the railroad track of the Denver & Salt Lake Railway (aka Moffat Road) at center; coal conveyor and tipple shown in distance.
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Mount Harris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.
- [1917?]
- Mt. Harris Colo.
- Northward view of Mount Harris, Colorado, a coal mining town owned by the Colorado-Utah Coal Company; coal conveyor crosses the Yampa River at right; tipple and tracks of the Denver & Salt Lake Railway (aka Moffat Road) are visible; residences and...
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Mount Harris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Yampa River (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount...
- [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?]
- Gold dredge, Fairplay
- A conveyor belt moves buckets of rocks on a hydraulic placer gold mining dredge, Fairplay, Park County, Colorado.
- Dredges--Colorado--Fairplay--1940-1950.; Gold dredging--Colorado--Fairplay--1940-1950.; Fairplay (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Fairplay--1940-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1940-1950.;...
- 1942
- Gold dredging
- Hydraulic placer gold mining dredge, possibly in Summit County, Colorado. Shows conveyor buckets on front of dredge used to dig gravel.
- Dredges--Colorado--1900-1910.; Gold dredging--Colorado--1900-1910.; Conveying systems--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1900?]