Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Pike's Peak from Altman, Colo.
- 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...
- Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1896 and 1898]
- View down the street from our house, Bull Hill, Altman, Colorado
- View down a main street in Altman, Colorado, located three miles north of Victor, on a saddle between Bull Hill and Bull Cliff, Teller County, shows the wide muddy street with a horse-drawn "Gillett Dairy" wagon, and townspeople in front of wood...
- Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1896]
- Homestake mills and mines, Lead City, So. Dak.
- View of the Homestake mining complex, Lead, South Dakota, shows mills, waste dumps, and other wooden mine buildings.
- Homestake Mine (S.D.)--1890-1910.; Lead (S.D.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--South Dakota--Lead--1890-1910.; Mills--South Dakota--Lead--1890-1910.; Mining--South Dakota--Lead--1890-1910.; Refuse--South Dakota--Lead--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Ophir Quartz Mill Grass Valley, Nevada Co.
- A miner dumps the tailings of one mine ore car into another on the tramway at the Ophir Quartz Mill near Grass Valley, California.
- Dump cars--California--Grass Valley--1860-1870.; Mine buildings--California--Grass Valley--1860-1870.; Grass Valley (Calif.)--1860-1870.; Miners--California--Grass Valley--1860-1870.; Mining--California--Grass Valley--1860-1870.
- [between 1864 and 1867]
- Across Green Lake Road
- Panoramic view, facing north, of Green Lake Road near Argentine Creek in the Argentine Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Tailings dumps and a shack show in the surrounding hills.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1920-1930.; Roads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Clear Creek Consolidated
- View of the buildings and tramway of the Clear Creek Consolidated Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A sluice is between Clear Creek and the tracks of the Colorado and Southern (C&S) Railway, shows tailings dumps.
- Colorado and Southern Railway.--1910-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1910-1920.; Clear Creek Consolidated Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Crushed rock is dumped and leveled over Urad Mine tailings to provide a firm base for reclamation
- A bulldozer stands by as a dump truck dumps crushed rock used for leveling the reclamation area of the Urad mine site, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bulldozers--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Dump trucks--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1970 and 1980]
- Anaconda
- View northeast across Ananconda residences in Teller County, Colorado, includes frame gabled houses, tents, log cabins, log houses, false fronts, lean-tos, outhouses, and a smelter, with wood shingle, sod, and plank board roofs. Patches of light...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Anaconda, Col.
- View along a curve in the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks northeast across Ananconda to the treeless rounded Gold Hill, Teller County, Colorado. shows town composed of several camps including Squaw Gulch, Mound City, and Barry nestled in...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- [1895]
- Anaconda, Colo. looking N. E.
- View northeast across Ananconda, Teller County, Colorado, of several camps including Squaw Gulch, Mound City, and Barry nestled in valley below Gold Hill; features wood frame gabled houses, log cabins, false fronts, and a smelter lining the dirt...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- [1899]
- Anaconda, Colo.
- View northeast across Ananconda, Teller County, Colorado, shows a town of several camps including Squaw Gulch, Mound City, and Barry nestled in valley below Gold Hill. Wood frame gabled houses, log cabins, false fronts, and a smelte fill the...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- 1975
- Animas Forks, Colorado
- View of the bustling camp of Animas Forks in the Animas River valley, (11,300 feet) San Juan County, Colorado; includes walled tents, wood frame gable structures, log cabins and a few false fronts; large tailing dumps from hydraulic mining along...
- Animas Forks (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Animas Forks--1870-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1885]
- Looking S. at town of Argentine
- View of Argentine (formerly Decatur, Rathborne), Summit County, Colorado; shows remains of several log and wood frame structures including a mining operation with tailing dumps on a slope.
- Argentine (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Argentine--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Site of Arapahoe Bar
- View of Arapahoe City, (Arapahoe, Arapahoe Bar) pioneer placer mining camp, the earliest town in Jefferson County, Colorado, organized in 1858; named for the Arapaho Indians; extensive gold dredging operations in 1904 left tailing dumps covering...
- Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Arapahoe City--1920-1930.; Arapahoe City (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- July 1928
- Site of Arapahoe Bar, July 1928
- View of Arapahoe City, (Arapahoe, Arapahoe Bar) pioneer placer mining camp, the earliest town in Jefferson County, Colorado, organized in 1858; named for the Arapaho Indians; extensive gold dredging 1904 operations with tailing dumps on site along...
- Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Arapahoe City--1920-1930.; Arapahoe City (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- July 1928
- Site of Arapahoe Bar
- View of Arapahoe City, (Arapahoe, Arapahoe Bar) pioneer placer mining camp, earliest town in Jefferson County, Colorado, organized in 1858, named for the Arapaho Indians; gold dredging operations in 1904 left tailing dumps on a site along Clear...
- Gold dredging--Colorado--Arapahoe City--1920-1930.; Arapahoe City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Arapahoe City--1920-1930.
- July 1928
- Groundbreaking, Denver City and County Building
- Mayor Benjamin Stapleton, surrounded by a large group of onlookers, dumps a shovelful of dirt during the ground breaking ceremony for the Denver City and County Building, Denver, Colorado.
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--Rites & ceremonies--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town Halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Ground breaking...
- 1929 March 26
- Anaconda, Col.
- View of a Florence & Cripple Creek Railway locomotive and Denver & Rio Grande Railway cars at Anaconda (Teller County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings, mine dumps and the tracks of the Midland Terminal Railway on Gold Hill. Residences and...
- Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Midland Terminal Railway--1890-1900.; Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.;...
- 1897
- 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.; Midland Terminal Railway--1890-1900.; Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- 1897
- Eldora looking south west 1900s
- The schoolhouse is the most prominent building in this view of Eldora, Colorado. The commercial business district, mine dumps, and residences are included.
- Eldora (Colo.)--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Eldora, Colorado
- The schoolhouse is the most prominent building in this view of Eldora, Colorado. The commercial business district, mine dumps, and residences are included.
- Eldora (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1912?]
- Pulping machine for making ketchup Delta Canning Factory
- A pulping machine in a canning plant in the town of Delta, Colorado, in Delta County drips juice into a large wooden vat. A worker wearing an apron and a hat dumps tomatoes into the machine's chute. Other workers are in the background.
- Delta (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Factories--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Food industry--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Ketchup.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Larimer Street, 1970
- A policeman squats by the side of Larimer Street in the central business district of Denver, Colorado and dumps a bottle of liquor onto the pavement. The police officer wears a short sleeved summer uniform, sun glasses, and leather gloves. A...
- Skid row--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Alcoholic beverages--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Confiscations--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1970
- View of Bobtail Hill, Gilpin Co., Colo.
- View of Bobtail Hill in Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. Wood frame residences are in the gulch below mines. Shows mining shafthouses and tailing dumps. Signs read: "The Americus Gold M & M Co." and "Fisk."
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1901?]
- Colorado, Leadville and Mt. Massive
- This view west across Leadville, Colorado, with Mount Massive of the continental divide in the background shows a town filled with wood frame residences, barns, sheds, and mining crushers, smelters, smokestacks, and tailing dumps. Landmarks include...
- Vendome Hotel--1900-1910.; Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Finntown, Leadville, 1941
- View of Finntown mining operations with shafthouses, headframes, and tailing dumps in Stray Horse Gluch, east of Leadville, Colorado.
- Finntown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Finntown--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- View of Goldfield, Cripple Creek District
- View of Goldfield, Teller County, Colorado, shows log structures, wood frame houses, some with laundry hung on lines, others under construction. The Midland Terminal Railway, Florence and Cripple Creek District and the Golden Circle railroads show...
- Goldfield (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Leadville 1942
- View west across Leadville, Colorado with Mount Massive of the Continental Divide in the background. The town is filled with wood frame residences, barns, sheds, mining operations with crushers, Stringtown smelters, smokestacks, and tailing dumps....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- [1942]
- Leadville and Mount Massive, Colo.
- This view west across Leadville, Colorado, with Mount Massive of the continental divide in the background, shows a town filled with wood frame residences, barns, sheds and mining crushers, smelters, smokestacks, and tailing dumps. Landmarks include...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Leadville & Mt. Massive
- View west across Leadville, Colorado with Mount Massive of the Continental Divide in the background. The slope in the foreground is covered with evergreens. The town is made up of wood frame residences, barns, sheds, mining operations with...
- Church of the Annunciation (Leadville, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Tabor Opera House--1900-1910.; Vendome Hotel--1900-1910.; Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Georgetown Loop from Argentine Central switchback
- View of Georgetown Loop, Clear Creek Canyon and distant Georgetown, Colorado, taken from Argentine Central Railway switchback on Pendleton Mountain; shows Colorado and Southern Railway train on high bridge, narrow gauge track, mine dumps, and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pendleton Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Sangre de Chisto [sic] Range from Cripple Creek District
- View of mines, mills and mine dumps in Cripple Creek District, Teller county, Colorado; shows Sangre de Cristos in background and Gold Sovereign Mining and Tunnel Company shaft number one in center foreground.
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- High Bridge, Georgetow [sic] Loop
- Looking up Clear Creek Canyon back to High Bridge on the Georgetown Loop; Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track; mine dumps or tailing at center.
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1940.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1940.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1899 and 1935]
- High Bridge, Georgetown Loop
- Wide angle view of the High Bridge (300 feet long, 96 feet above Clear Creek, and set on a two percent grade) on Georgetown Loop in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado; Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track; mine dumps or tailings at center.
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1940.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1940.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1899 and 1935]
- Portland and Indepence [sic] Mines, Victor, Colo.
- View of Portland and Independence Mines on Battle Mountain (Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County), Victor, Colorado; Portland Mine, upper right, largest and most productive in Colorado until surpassed by Homestake Mine's production in...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- View from Bull Hill, richest gulch in the world
- Bird's eye view northwest from Bull Hill, Colorado, with mines, head frames, mine dumps or tailings, processing mills and smelters on Bull Hill (Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County); includes distant view of Goldfield, Independence Mine...
- Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.; Golden Circle Railroad Company.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Argentine Pass, Vidler and Waldorf Mines, Argentine Central Ry.
- View of Waldorf Mine and outbuildings, Clear Creek County, Colorado towards Vidler Mine and Argentine Pass in distance; Waldorf reached via Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge track with 1/2 mile spur to Vidler; road to Argentine Pass parallels...
- Tailings (Metallurgy)--1900-1920.; Argentine Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Vidler Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Waldorf Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage...
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- The Vidler and Waldorf Mines, Argentine Central Ry.
- Vidler and Waldorf Mines, Clear Creek County, Colorado reached via Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge track; Vidler mine reached via 1/2 mile spur from Waldorf; view from Vidler Mine back towards town of Waldorf; boarding house at Waldorf,...
- Tailings (Metallurgy)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Vidler Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Waldorf Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Leadville on the Colo. Midland Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Leadville, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; mines, mills, buildings, residences, mine dumps, smokestacks, and Rocky Mountains; copy glass plate.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Breckenridge, Colo. and the Ten Mile Range, C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Breckenridge, Colorado, and Ten Mile Range reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows numerous wooden frame buildings and residences in town, churches, school, railroad depot, Denver Hotel, mine dumps and mines, and narrow...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Breckenridge, Colo. and the Ten Mile Range, C. & S. Ry
- Bird's eye view of Breckenridge, Colorado, and Ten Mile Range reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows narrow gauge track along lower base of hillside with wooden trestle, railroad depot, wooden frame buildings and residences, churches,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Breckenridge, Colo. on the C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Breckenridge, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows narrow gauge track in town and along hillside, wooden frame buildings and residences, churches, school, depot with freight cars, Ten Mile Range, and mine...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Carbonate Hill, Leadville, Colo., Colo. Midland Ry.
- View towards Carbonate Hill, Leadville, Colorado (Lake County), reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows Little Johnny Mine (far left), mines, headframes, smelters, tailings and dumps, ore cart tracks, wooden frame residences and buildings.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Leadville and Mt Massive, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Leadville, Colorado, toward Mount Massive (elevation 14,418 feet) reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows mine dumps or tailings, headframes, ore cart tracks, smelters, mills, Lake County Courthouse tower, churches, wooden...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Massive, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Leadville, Colo. and Mt. Massive, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Leadville, Colorado, taken from Colorado Midland Railway towards Mount Massive (hazy background, elevation 14,418 feet); shows narrow gauge track, wooden frame residences, buildings, mines, smelters, mills, headframes, ore cart...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Massive, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Scene of the great fire, Victor
- View of group of men, women & children posed in front of ashes & debris of R. H. Atchison's residence, Victor, Colorado, one day after devastating fire of August 21, 1899. The fire is reported to have destroyed 14 blocks in four hours; a single...
- Atchison, R. H.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Railroad yards, Midland Terminial, Victor
- View of two Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe box cars in Midland Terminal railroad yards, Victor, Colorado; shows background view of wooden frame residences & mine buildings on hillside, Bob Tail Mine (lettering on shingle roof), electrical poles, mine...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- [between 1895 and 1902]
- Victor, Colo.
- View of Bob & Evelyn Brown with dog standing on ridge cut above Victor, Colorado, on outskirts of town; same location where townspeople fled for safety from August 21, 1899 fire using Florence & Cripple Creek railroad cars to move belongings;...
- Victor (Colo.)--1970-1980.
- 1971
- Victor, railroad yards
- View of mule-drawn flat-bed wagon loaded with lumber (cut planks or boards), Victor, Colorado (probably Midland Terminal at Victor or possibly Independence railroad yards); shows two teams of mules pulling flatbed wagon loaded with cut lumber or...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Mules--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1902]
- Remains of Victor, Colo. next day after the fire
- Bird's eye view of Victor, Colorado, one day after devastating fire of August 21, 1899. Shows wooden frame residences which escaped destruction in foreground left; ashes, debris, & remains from fire of former business district area, center & center...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899