Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver business, mining machinery supplies
- View of The Mine and Smelter Supply Company building, Denver, Colorado. It is a three story brick building with a decorative cornice and advertisements in many of the windows. They read in part: "Pipe fitting, Brass goods, Machinery supplies,...
- Mine & Smelter Supply Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 13
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 March 26
- East High spotlight: vol 29 no 24
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 November
- Miners
- Shows miners, probably in Colorado, they hold a drop-forged wrench and electric drills. Shows sledge hammers, a pickax, and buckets .
- Drills (Equipment)--1880-1910.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1910.; Wrenches--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Industries construction men with wood augers on deck of bridge at Alameda subway
- Workmen pose with hand drills on a bridge over the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. A few men wear overalls.
- Augers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Drills...
- [1909]
- Doric Mine hand drills W. J. Lewis Sr. W. J. Lewis Jr., little Bert Snodgrass Cosmos Tunnel
- Miners, they include W. J. Lewis Sr., W. J. Lewis, Jr., and little Bert Snodgrass, work with drills and chisels in the Cosmos Tunnel of the Doric Mine near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Doric Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Lewis, W. J.; Lewis, W. J., Jr.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- East Denver High School Annual: Class of 1918
- 1918 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1918
- 1865-1959, Zion Baptist Church, precentennial booklet.
- Pre-Centennial booklet produced by Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a history of the church, photographs of different members of the congregations from various years, different clubs, committees, and organizations...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver.
- 1959
- East High spotlight: 21st year no 9
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 March 4
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 1
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 September 30
- Denver Public Schools Senior High School Guidance Handbook for Parents and Pupils
- Handbook created by Denver Public Schools for all High Schools within Denver.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1960
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 22, 1910 May 28
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 16, 1911 April 15
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 24, 1911 June 10
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 26, 1912 June 29
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 20, 1912 May 18
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 7, 1918 September
- Rico Argentine
- A miner uses a compressed air, percussion-type rock drill called a stoper in the Argentine Mine in Rico (Dolores County), Colorado. The miner wears a hat with an attached lamp.
- Argentine Mine (Dolores County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Rico (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Rico--1940-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Rico--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Rico--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Rico--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Green Mtn. Dam, drilling rock
- A construction worker drills into a boulder at the Green Mountain Dam site in Summit County, Colorado.
- Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- Green Mtn. Dam, drilling rock
- A construction worker drills into a boulder at the Green Mountain Dam site in Summit County, Colorado.
- Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- Drilling
- A man with hat and overalls drills into rocks with a pneumatic drill in probably Colorado. He has a cigarette in his mouth.
- Boring--Colorado--1940-1960.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1955?]
- Slide Mine, jumbo, close-up, 3/4 rear
- Two men work with compressed air, percussion-type rock drills called a stopers in the Slide Mine in Boulder County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes, hard hats, and electric mine lamps. Rocks and boulders litter the floor of the shaft.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Slide Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 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?]
- Mining Newhouse Mine tunnel
- Miners work pneumatic drills in a tunnel of the Newhouse Mine near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Crew laying decking on the Alameda Avenue bridge
- View of Alameda Avenue - South Platte River bridge construction in Denver, Colorado; shows men working with lumber and hand crank drills.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- 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?]
- Colorado Springs Fire Department
- View of the Fire Department conducting rescue drills, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a fireman rappelling from the hose drying tower with another man draped over his back and men holding the rope from below. The extension ladder...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.) Fire Department.--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910- 1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Towers--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Colorado Springs Fire Department
- View of the Fire Department rescue drills, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a fireman on the ladder of the fire truck carrying down another man on his back. The brick hose drying tower and apartments are in the background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.) Fire Department.--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Towers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Old Abe gold mine, Judge John Hewitt with beard, White Oaks, N. M.
- Miners, including Judge John Hewitt, pose with hydraulic drills in a tunnel of the Old Abe gold mine, White Oaks, New Mexico. It is said to be the deepest dry mine in the world.
- Old Abe Mine (Lincoln County, N.M.)--1890-1900.; White Oaks (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Drilling & boring machinery--New Mexico--White Oaks--1890-1900.; Gold mining--New Mexico--White Oaks--1890-1900.; Miners--New Mexico--White Oaks--1890-1900.;...
- 1893
- Drilling machines, gold, Homestake mine, Lead, S. Dak.
- Two miners operate hydraulic drills in the Homestake gold mine, Lead South Dakota. They wear rubber boots and suits, and hats.
- Homestake Mine (S.D.)--1920-1940.; Lead (S.D.)--1920-1940.; Drilling & boring machinery--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1940.; Gold mining--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1940.; Miners--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1940.; Mining--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Coal Mine Sparlin Colo., Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of two coal miners in a mine at Sparlin, Colorado (reached via the Moffat Road); one drills into the cavern wall, the other crouches with a pickax; both wear headlamps.
- Sparlin (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sparlin--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Sparlin--1910-1920.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Sparlin--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Underground coal mine, Colo.-Utah Coal Co.
- View of five miners in an underground coal mine owned by the Colorado-Utah Coal Company at Mt. Harris, Colorado; shows miners holding drills and pickaxes, a hatchet propped against a rock, and trolley tracks.
- 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?]
- Indians, Ute, education, Grand Junction
- Native American Ute men [probably students from the Grand Junction Indian School - Teller Institute] gather ice with a wagon, drills and tongs, from the Colorado River at present day D Road in Grand Junction (Mesa County) Colorado. Grand Mesa is in...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Ute Indians--Education--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Ice industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1911?]
- Mine interior
- Men stand on wooden planks in a mine and use pneumatic drills to bore into the mine wall. Small arc lights are attached to the wall. A group of metal poles lean against the mine wall. The men wear hats and tall boots.
- Drilling--1900-1920.; Miners--1900-1920.; Mining--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1915?]
- DTC machine shop
- Interior of the Denver Tramway Company machine shop shows workers, benches, table saws, drills, and lumber.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Machine shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad...
- [1910?]
- Building a trolley
- A group of men with tools (hand drills, hammer) and ladders construct the wooden frame for a Denver Tramway Company trolley in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Street railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Transportation...
- [1910?]
- Drilling machines, gold, Homestake Mine, Lead, South Dakota
- View of two miners using pneumatic drills on the floor of the Homestake gold mine, Lead, South Dakota. They wear rubber suits, helmets, and lamps.
- Homestake Mine (S.D.)--1920-1950.; Lead (S.D.)--1920-1950.; Drilling--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1950.; Gold mining--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1950.; Miners--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1950.; Mining--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950?]
- Western Machinery Company
- View of the Western Machinery Company building in downtown Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick building has decorative brickwork. Signs read: "1649," "Western Machinery Co." and "We Rent Compressors Air Drills Hoists Pumps."
- Western Machinery Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Machinery industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Machine shop
- Interior view of a machine shop in Denver, Colorado. Heavy machinery that includes drills, saws, engines, and in-ground ovens is in the warehouse building.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Machine shops--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Machinery--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Littleton, Colo. Business
- View of Leyner Engineering Works, Littleton (Arapahoe County) Colorado, a milling and manufacturing complex; shows brick buildings, lettering reads: "Leyner Engineering Works, Rock Drills, Air Compressors, Hoists, Complete Mining Mach'y Plants" and...
- Leyner Engineering Works (Littleton, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Littleton (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Littleton--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1920?]
- Underground in a mine
- A miner drills an upward hole with a compressed air, percussion-type rock drill called a stoper in an unidentified mine in Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Quarry
- A miner poses on a pile of rocks near pneumatic tripod drills at a quarry possibly in Colorado. A piece of rock is ready to be hoisted by a crane with a lock snatch block nearby.
- Hoisting machinery--1890-1910.; Miners--1890-1910.; Mining--1890-1910.; Quarrying--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Quarry
- Miners work with pneumatic drills in a rock quarry, possibly in Colorado. A crane with a lock snatch block is prepared to hoist a piece of rock.
- Drilling & boring machinery--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--1890-1910.; Miners--1890-1910.; Mining--1890-1910.; Quarrying--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- At work in the quarry
- Miners work with pneumatic drills on a rail track at a rock quarry near Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Marble (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Marble--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Marble--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Marble--1910-1930.; Quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Marble, Colorado
- Miners work with pneumatic drills on rail tracks at the Colorado Yule Marble quarry near Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado.
- Colorado Yule Marble Company--1890-1900.; Marble (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Marble--1890-1900.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Marble--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Empire, Colo Summer 1861
- Men sit on the stoop of a false front building watching a group of volunteer soldiers perform drills in Empire, Colorado. Commercial buildings, covered wagons, and tree covered mountains are in the background.
- Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Soldiers--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.
- [1862?]
- Underground drilling with machine drill
- A miner squats down to operate an air drill called a stoper or a "wiggle tail" in a gold mine in Gilpin County, probably in the 1880s or 1890s. The miner leans against a thick rock wall. Smaller rocks stand in a pile in the dark background. The...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Drilling & boring machinery--1880-1900.; Gold miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Zuni Indians, bead driller
- A Native American man sits on a wood stool and drills a hole into a bead using another stool as his work table. He uses a long spindle with a needle on the end to pierce the bead. Another stool stands in the foreground. A fireplace is in the...
- Beads--1920-1930.; Zuni Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1920-1930.; Jewelry making--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- McPhee Bldg., Denver
- Exterior view of McPhee Building, 17th (Seventeenth) and Glenarm, Denver, Colorado; constructed in 1890 and demolished in 1975 for highrise building; J. George Leyner Engineering Company (1707 Glenarm Place) manufacturers of air compressors and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; McPhee & McGinnity Co. (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.;
- [between 1906 and 1912]
- Montrose, Colo. drilling for artesian water
- A group of Montrose, Colorado, citizens pose in front of drilling equipment that drills an artesian well in Montrose County. The drill is composed of cables and steel bars. Electrical cables are attached to a steam-powered tractor; a puff of...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Artesian wells--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890]