in the left background. Fourteen men reportedly drowned in the Sleepy Hollow Mine in 1895 when water from an older and deeper mine burst through the wall between the two.; The shafthouse of the Gregory Buell Consolidated Mine and Milling Company...
Mine buildings--Colorado--Mountain City--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Mountain City--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1890-1900.; Tourist camps &...
$1,000 and tons of ore had been blocked out as a reserve. That year, Breed sold the mine to a group of investors from Holland for about $3 million with a cash down payment of $1.5 million. The mine is probably most famous for producing the silver...
Capitalists and financiers--1870-1880.; Silver coffeepots--1870-1880.; Silver mining--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.; Breed, Abel D.
Panoramic view of frame mine buildings in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. A woman is in a horse-drawn buggy near a log and frame one-story house. Mine buildings on Battle Mountain are identified as the Strong Mine, the Independence Mine, the...
Anna Lee Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Strong Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mine...
View of mine buildings, tailings piles, houses, and probably Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad or Midland Terminal Railway tracks in Independence (Teller County), Colorado. Shows smokestacks and ore car tracks of the Hull City Mine, and...
Hull City Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Vindicator Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.;...
View of the Bingham Copper Mine, in Bingham Canyon, Utah. Shows an enormous open pit mine with tiers, mine railroad tracks, freight cars filled with ore, and electric towers for the railroad.
Men pose on tailings in the mine dump at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. The men wear suits, overcoats and hats. One man has a shovel, a second has a cane, and a third poses with an ore...
Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Men.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.; Tipples.
View of the Good Hoist Mine works near Cripple Creek in Teller County, Colorado. Three men stand between a wooden building and headframe that is anchored to another building. One man leans on a mine car near a metal trough that leads down a slope...
A man, in a long cloak and hat, and two young girls, in long coats and hats, pose on snow covered tailings at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. A log and wood tipple, mine buildings and a man...
Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls.; Mine buildings.; Miners.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.
Men and girls pose near a mine building at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. Shows a tipple, a shaft house, and tailings in a mine dump. Snow covers the ground.
Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls.; Mine buildings.; Miners.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.
View of the Katherine and Elkton mine works near the town of Elkton, Teller County, Colorado. The Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek (C. S. & C. C.) District train runs near the Elkton mine building, with mine tailings on either side of the tracks....
Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--1890-1900.; Elkton (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Elkton--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Elkton--1890-1900.
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...
Overlook view of the town of Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado and the Black Hawk Mill complex. On Bobtail Hill are the Colorado-Carr Mine, Chicago-Carr Mine, Cook Mine, Americus Mine, and Sleepy Hollow Mine.
From left, Abel D. Breed, William Bryant and Eben Smith sit at a small table examining a piece of ore, possibly from the Caribou Mine in Boulder County, Colorado, owned by Breed. Breed holds a magnifying glass in his right hand. Smith and Bryant...
Capitalists and financiers--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.; Supervisors, Industrial--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Caribou (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.
List of fatal mining accident victims in 1913-1919, 1921-1924, and 1927-1940, taken from the Annual report of the mining industry of Idaho, produced by the State Inspector of Mines or, after about 1916, the Inspector of Mines. Gives name and age of...
Two families, probably the Greulich and Lund families, are seated on a mine dump at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. The two men wear hats, suits and overcoats. The women wear dresses and...
Men, who include Mr. Greulich and Mr. Lund, sit and stand on tailings in the mine dump at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. The men wear suits and overcoats and hats. A tipple and mine...
Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Men.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.; Greulich family.; Lund family.
A group of miners stands in front of the Belcher Mine near Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado. Three more men stand at the top of the mine. A group of pack burros stands on the ridge in the right midground.
Belcher Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1870-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1900.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1900.
A man identified as Loftus and two families, probably the Greulich and Lund families, are seated on a mine dump at the Dew Drop Mine in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Mr. Greulich wears a hat and suit and holds a cigar. Mr. Lund wears a vest and...
View of an unidentified mine on the side of a steep hill in Boulder County, Colorado. Men stand on and near a headframe, tailings and a stone retaining wall. A horse used to power a large winch used for the mine stands on the headframe. Men pose...
Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cabins.; Headframes (Mining); Miners.; MIning.
View shows Summitville (Rio Grande County), Colorado, South Mountain, and mines. Hand written notes on front of image point to: "Iowa (mine), Winchester (mine), Annie open cut (mine), French (mine), Chandler (mine), Mill, Gauge boarding house,...
Mine buildings--Colorado--Summitville--1930-1940.; South Mountain (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Summitville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1930-1940.
View of the Slide Mine (later the News Boy Mine) with tramway, Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado
News Boy Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Slide Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.
View of miners, mine building and ore car at the Enterprise mine, Rico, Dolores County, Colorado. Shows mine railroad tracks and the entrance to the mine.
An early-day mine bucket made from an old whiskey barrel leans on one edge in front of a log cabin near Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. The bucket is from an old mine above Pile Hill near Apex. Photographer titled the image "Iron Bound."
Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pile Hill (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Pails--1940-1950.; Prospecting equipment & supplies--1940-1950.
A train of mine cars from the Bobtail Mine is hitched to an electric locomotive in front of the mine tunnel. Men stand in the first three cars and on the locomotive. Several young boys stand on either side of the locomotive. The stone blacksmith...
Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Railroad employees--1900-1910.
List of fatal mining accident victims in 1905 (Virginia City Mine only) and 1912-1921, taken from the 1912-1921 Annual report of coal mines, State of Alabama, and from the website http://www.gendisasters.com/al/ "Alabama mine explosions". Gives...
A group of miners pose near a mine entrance at either the Berwind Mine in Las Animas County or the Rugby Mine in Huerfano County, Colorado. The men wear overalls and work boots. Some of the men have electric mine lamps attached to their caps, and...
View of the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. Shows an ore car on tracks that lead into a wood and log shaft house, a small tipple, wooden mine building.
Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings.; Mining.; Tipples.
Men, women and children, who include the Lund and Greulich families, pose on tailings in the mine dump of the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. Two women wear long dresses and capes, one woman...
Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families.; Mine buildings.; Mining.; Tipples.; Greulich family.; Lund family.
Men, women and children, who include the Greulich family, pose on tailings and the tipple in the mine dump of the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. The women wear long capes. The men wear suits,...
Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families.; Mine buildings.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.; Tipples.; Greulich family.
Funeral procession for Superintendent Charles M. Baker, murdered during a WFM labor strike, at the Smuggler-Union mine in San Miguel County, Colorado. Miners carry a flower covered casket and stand on the porch of the boarding house.
Baker, Charles M., mine superintendent--Death & burial.; Smuggler Union Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Smuggler Union Mine (San Miguel...
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.
View of the Climax Mine in Lake County, Colorado. The crusher plant, tramway, and covered conveyor are part of the mine works. Bartlett Mountain is in the distance.
Mine buildings--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Molybdenum mines and mining--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Climax (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Climax Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.
The tracks of the Gilpin Tramway curve through the foreground of this view of several mines on Gunnell Hill in Central City, Colorado. A group of houses lines this portion of Eureka Street, one of the main roads through Central City. The Gunnell...
Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
Caribou Mine stands in the background in this view near Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado. The silver mine was reportedly discovered in 1864. Silver ingots produced from the mine and valued at about $13,000 were used to pave the street in front...
Mine buildings--Colorado--Nederland--1900-1920.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Nederland--1900-1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Nederland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Silver mining--Colorado--Nederland--1900-1920.
View of wooden frame residence & canvas tents with wooden frames on hillside below Portland & Bobtail Mine, Victor, Colorado; includes one- story medium gable wooden frame residence with lean-to, two canvas tents on wooden frames & base,...
View toward the north overlooking barren landscape and Central City, Colorado. Snow is visible on the hillside. St. Aloysius is to the far-right of the image, and St. Mary's Catholic Church is visible at the right-to-center part of the image. ...
Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
View of the Clear Creek and a Gilpin Tunnel Mine (Corporation of American Mines) and mine buildings in Dumont (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Men stand near the mine buildings and tunnel opening. A pipe runs from one of the buildings into the mine....
Corporation of American Mines--Buildings--1920-1930.; Clear Creek and Gilpin Tunnel Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dumont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Dumont--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Dumont--1920-1930.;...
People pose near a tailings pile beside frame mine buildings east of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado. The coal mine, identified as Curtis Mine, has canvas tents nearby, one of which covers possibly a mine shaft. The mines are on a...
Curtis Mine (El Paso County, Colo.)--1900-1915.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1915.; Coal mining--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1915.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1915.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1915.
List of accident victims, indexed from Annual report of the State Mine Inspectors of the State of Missouri, 1896; Annual report of the State Coal Mine Inspector of the State of Missouri, 1902; and Annual report of the Bureau of Mines, Mining and...
Men and horses stand among rock piles near the Pikes Peak Mine in Teller County, Colorado. A horse is hitched to a buggy, another is hitched to a wagon. A sign painted on a mine building in the distance reads: "Pikes Peak Mine."
Pikes Peak Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.
View of mine buildings, tailings piles, piles of logs, and ore cars on a narrow gauge tipple in Caribou (Boulder County), Colorado. Wooden, metal, and tar paper structures on a hillside are probably part of a silver mine. Cars are parked near a...
Men, women and children pose on tailings in a mine dump, and a man poses in an ore car on a log tipple, at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. The men wear hats and the women wear long dresses...
Men, women and children pose seated or standing on tailings in a mine dump, or sitting on horseback at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. The men wear hats and tailored or sack suits, or...
Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.; Tipples.; Women.
View of the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. A man identified as Costy stands on tailings between the old and new shaft houses. Shows a tipple, and a log and wood retaining wall. Lumber and...
Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings.; Mining.; Tipples.
View of the Granite Mine and tramway near Victor (Teller County), Colorado. A miner pushes a mine ore car on the tramway. The shafthouse of a Portland Mine is in the distance.
Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Granite Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold...
View of the Gold Coin Mill, Kansas Mine, and the California Mine dump near Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado.
California Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Kansas Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Nevadaville--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1920-1940.
Panoramic view, a man and boy pose by a mine ore car at the Denver Mine near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. An automobile and mine buildings are nearby. A sign over the entrance to the mine reads: "Denver Tunnel".