Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 5, 1912 December 7
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. City dumps
- Silver Dale, Green Lake Road, Colo Centr dumps [sic]
- View of Silver Dale, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows Green Lake Road, Colorado Central mine, and buildings.
- Silver Dale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Dale--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Silver Dale--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Terrain between Fairplay & Alma placer dumps
- View of placer tailings dumps between Fairplay and Alma (Park County), Colorado.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Park County--1940-1950.; Park County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Park County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Park County--1940-1950.
- [1940]
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. City dumps
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 5, 1911 January 28
- Raven Hill from Anaconda, Cripple Crk. Mg. District
- View of the town of Anaconda and surrounding mines in Teller county, Colorado. View includes Low Line, Mary McKinney (McKinney Mining Company), and Morning Glory mines. Industrial features on the landscape include mine tailings, smelters and ore...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Veta Mines - dumping ore tray
- Interior view at the Smuggler Union Pandora (Veta Mines) in San Miguel County, Colorado; a man dumps ore through a hole in the floor.
- Pandora (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pandora Mill (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Pandora--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Pandora--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Pandora--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Pandora--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Alma - Lincoln - dumping ore cars
- A man dumps ore cars on a tipple into a processing shed at the Alma Lincoln Mine in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Alma Lincoln Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Anaconda, Col.
- View of Anaconda (Teller County), Colorado. Shows residences and commercial buildings in Squaw Gulch. Mine buildings, mine dumps, and the tracks of the Midland Terminal Railway appear on Gold Hill. A man leans on a fence by the Florence & Cripple...
- Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- 1897
- 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?]
- Eagle River Canyon Denver & Rio Grande R. R., Gilman, Colorado
- The dark Denver and Rio Grande railroad West Belden Tunnel frames a view over the lower portal, Eagle River Canyon, Eagle County, Colorado. Gilman with tailing dumps shows on top of sunny Soldier Mountain.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1910-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1918 and 1925]
- View of Pinnacle Park in Cripple Creek district
- View of Pinnacle Park, Cameron, Colorado, near Cripple Creek; shows amusement park, pavilions, and buildings in trees including an outhouse, houses, smokestacks of Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway Company's Power House, mining...
- Pinnacle Park (Cameron, Colo.); Cameron (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cameron--1910-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Residences, Cripple Creek
- Row of five one-story wood frame houses, Cripple Creek, Colorado; snow covers the ground; mine dumps, headframe and surface buildings are on distant hillside.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896?]
- National Sugar Mfg. Co., Sugar City, Co.
- View of the multi-story buildings of the National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company factory, Sugar City, Crowely County, Colorado, includes large dumps of sugar beets.
- National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company (Sugar City, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sugar City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Beets--Colorado--Sugar City--1910-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Sugar City--1910-1920.
- 1915
- National Sugar Mfg. Company grounds
- View of the multi-story buildings of the National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company factory Sugar City, Crowely County, Colorado, includes large dumps of sugar beets and the grounds with two story residences, grass and planted trees.
- National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company (Sugar City, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sugar City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Beets--Colorado--Sugar City--1910-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Sugar City--1910-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Sugar City--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Summitville, Colo.
- View of the Iowa Mine mill, tramhouse, and dumps covered with snow, produced copper, Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado, with base of South Mountain.
- Summitville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Copper mining--Colorado--Summitville--1930-1940.
- December 31, 1935
- Summitville, Colo., Iowa Mine
- View down on the Iowa Mine mill, tramhouse and dumps covered with snow, produced copper, Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado, base of South Mountain.
- Summitville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Copper mining--Colorado--Summitville--1930-1940.
- December 31, 1935
- Taken 4:00 A. M. Easter morning
- View at the Denver and Salt Lake railroad station yards with coal dumps and water tanks, Tabernash, Grand County, Colorado.
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Tabernash (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal--Colorado--Tabernash--1910-1920.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Tabernash--1910-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Tabernash--1910-1920.
- 1920, April 4
- Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Bird's eye view of Cripple Creek, Colorado; flat-roof one and two-story brick commercial business buildings are in the distance; residences are scattered across hillside; mine tailings or dumps are in foreground.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Round Mountain, Silver Cliff scene of much prospecting and several small mines were located here.
- View of Round Mountain, outside of Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows tailing dumps.
- Round Mountain (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Looking eastward into Poverty Gulch from tracks 100 yds. south of depot
- View of Poverty Gulch south from Midland Terminal Railway tracks Cripple Creek, Colorado; mine tailings, mine dumps, and surface mine buildings are on snow-covered hillside.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 20
- Waldorf mine and road to Argentine pass and Vidler Tunnel, Summit County
- View of Waldorf / Vidler mines and the Continental Divide, Clear Creek County, Colorado, (11,666 feet); shows frame buildings, water tank, ore carts, mine dumps and tailings. Road parallels Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge tracks and spur to...
- Argentine Central Railway Company--1900-1910.; Waldorf (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- June 21, 1908
- Waldorf
- View of Waldorf and Vidler mines, Clear Creek County, Colorado, (11,666 feet); shows outbuildings, water tank, ore carts, mine dumps and tailings. Road parallels Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge tracks and spur to Vidler, then ascends to...
- Argentine Central Railway Company--1900-1920.; Argentine Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Vidler Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Waldorf (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Waldorf Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1905 and 1913]
- 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]
- Sangre De Christo [sic] Range from Bull Hill
- The center of panorama view from Bull Hill, Teller County, Colorado, includes slope covered with mines, tailing dumps, dirt roads, Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks; snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1890-1920.; Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings...
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Sangre De Christo [sic] Range from Bull Hill
- Left side of panorama view from Bull Hill, Teller County, shows slope covered with mines, tailing dumps, wood frame structures, headframes, shafthouses, ore cart tracks and criss-crossing dirt roads with snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in...
- Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Sangre De Christo [sic] Range from Bull Hill
- The left side of panorama view from Bull Hill, Teller County, Colorado, includes slope covered with mines, tailing dumps, wood frame structures, dirt roads, Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks; snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1890-1920.; Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings...
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Sangre De Christo [sic] Range from Bull Hill
- Right side of panorama view from Bull Hill, Teller County, Colorado, shows slope covered with mines, tailing dumps, and criss-crossing dirt roads; snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in distance.
- Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Carson
- View of mine dumps above timberline near Carson, Hinsdale County, Colorado.
- Carson (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Carson--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Alice, view looking southwest
- Southwest across Alice, in Clear Creek County, Colorado is one of the largest mining camps in the Fall River valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier, settled in the early 1880s. Widely scattered ruins of the small boom town include mines and...
- Alice (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Alice--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Portland- Black Diamond- Victor, Colo.
- View of the Portland, Bobtail, and Black Diamond mines in the Cripple Creek Mining District, Victor, Teller County, Colorado. A large mound of mine dumps and tailing stands next to the slant roofed metal building of the Black Diamond mine. Three...
- Spoil banks--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1910?]
- A Cripple Creek mine (the Logan)
- Groups of men work around a building at the Logan Mine, Cripple Creek, Colorado. One man dumps an ore car; another man chops wood. A team of horses stands by.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1930.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1925?]
- A Cripple Creek Mine- "The Logan"
- View of the Logan Mine works near Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. Men stand and sit near a two story wooden slat building with two smoke stacks. Smoke rises from an anchored smokestack. One man chops wood with an ax. A hitched wagon stands...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mining district
- Prospector dumps ore from a elevated ore car onto a pile of tailings; another man, in a suit, tie, coat and hat, stands by the barrel hoist. Colorado mining camp, possibly Teller County.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View northeast over Georgetown, Colorado. The Julius Pohle house is along the road to Silver Plume. Chimney Rock is void of its smokestack. Griffith, Woodchuck and Saxon Mountains are in background. Landmarks include: original Catholic church, Our...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1917]
- Looking north east over Geo. Town
- View from Leavenworth Mountain northeast toward Georgetown, Colorado. A man wearing a cap, jacket, and white scarf stands on the slope looking over the town. Landmarks include: original Catholic church, Our Lady of Laurdes with the Catholic school,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1917]
- Sugar Beet Industry
- Sugar beet dumps at Brighton, Northern Colorado; shows Union Pacific Railway freight cars, large piles of beets, a depot, the Kuner Empson cannery, and the eastern plains with farms in background.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1900-1930.; Brighton (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Beets--Colorado--Brighton--1900-1930.; Canneries--Colorado--Brighton--1900-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Brighton--1900-1930.; Railroad...
- [between 1901 and 1927]
- Leadville, Colorado 1900
- View west of Leadville, Colorado; shows mining district with smoking smelter stacks, crushers, ore cart tracks and mine tailing dumps, frame houses and brick commercial buildings. Landmarks include: Annunciation Church, Lake County Courthouse, High...
- Church of the Annunciation (Leadville, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Vendome Hotel (Leadville, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [1900]
- Alma, Park Co.
- View west of Alma, (10,353 feet) Park County, Colorado, includes large tailing dumps from placer and hydraulic dredge mining above the Middle Fork of the South Platte River; shows frame residences, commercial buildings on main street, and ruins of...
- Alma (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1920-1930.
- [1929]
- Altman street scene
- View down a busy main street in Altman, Colorado, located three miles north of Victor, on a saddle between Bull Hill and Bull Cliff, Teller County, includes men, boys, a few girls in dresses and horse-drawn wagons. Wood frame false fronts, front...
- Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Altman
- View northeast over remains of Altman, Colorado, located three miles north of Victor, on a saddle between Bull Hill and Bull Cliff, Teller County, shows a few wood frame structures. Mine shaft headframes and tailing dumps show on the slope. Pikes...
- Altman (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Altman--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Altman, 10,650 ft. alt. highest inc. city in the world Pike's Peak
- View of the northwest side of Altman, Colorado, located three miles north of Victor in Teller County, includes small wood frame residences, sheds, outhouses, false front businesses, smelters, mines, and tailing dumps. Business signs include: "Geo...
- Murphy, James G.--Homes & haunts.; Taylor, Nellie--Homes & haunts.; Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.
- [between 1894 and 1898]
- Altman, Colo., highest incorporated town in the world, elevation 11,200 ft., Pikes Peak in distance, 14,147 ft.
- View of Altman, Colorado, located three miles north of Victor, on a saddle between Bull Hill and Bull Cliff, Teller County, includes wood frame residences, sheds, false front businesses, smelters, and mines, and tailing dumps. Business signs...
- Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1898]
- Altman, Colo., highest incorporated town in the world, elevation 11,146 feet. Pike's Peak in background.
- View of Altman, Colorado, located three miles north of Victor, on a saddle between Bull Hill and Bull Cliff, Teller County, includes wood frame residences, log cabins, sheds, false front businesses, smelters, and mines, and tailing dumps. Business...
- Altman (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Altman, Colorado
- The painting is a view of Altman, Colorado, located three miles north of Victor, on a saddle between Bull Hill and Bull Cliff, Teller County. The town is filled with wood frame residences, log cabins, sheds, false front businesses, smelters, and...
- Altman (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountains--Colorado--1960-1970.
- [between 1963 and 1970]
- Altman, Colorado
- View down main street in Altman, Teller County, Colorado, includes wood frame false fronts, front gable structures, telegraph and telephone poles. Pedestrians are on boardwalks, and a man with four small children is on a corner. Business signs...
- Altman (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Altman--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Altman--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Altman--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1902]
- Goldfield, Independence & Altman
- View northwest towards Goldfield, Independence and Altman, in Teller County, Colorado, shows Goldfield at the bottom with Bull Hill far left and Bull Cliff on right. Independence is on the slope between the two hills and Altman is high on the...
- Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Goldfield (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1898]
- Sump Chilean pump
- View of a sump as it dumps an ore and cyanide mixture into a Chilean pump in the Golden Cycle Mill in El Paso County, Colorado.
- Golden Cycle Corporation--1930-1940.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Milling machines--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Pipes--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Smelters--Colorado--El Paso...
- August, 1932
- Scene at Altman, the Cripple Creek District
- View of the lower edge of Altman with the Isabella Mine below, Teller County, Colorado, includes a slope covered with small log cabins, wood frame residences, outhouses, sheds, smelters, mines, and tailing dumps. The narrow gauge Golden Circle...
- Altman (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Altman--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Altman--1900-1910.
- 1900