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    • Placer mining American Gulch

    • Placer mining American Gulch

    • View of American Gulch in Summit County, Colorado. The gulch eroded from hydraulic gold mine work; a flume and mill house owned by the Wapiti Mining Company are on the steep valley walls. A miner aims a jet of water, which runs through sluices and...

    • Tailings embankments--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.; Flumes--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.;...

    • [between 1890 and 1900?]
    • Tungsten mill of the Wolf Tongue Mining Co. at Nederland

    • Tungsten mill of the Wolf Tongue Mining Co. at Nederland

    • View of tungsten mine facilities of Wolf Tongue Mining Company, at Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado; shows ore processing sheds, houses, and Boulder Creek.

    • Mine buildings--Colorado--Nederland--1920-1930.; Tungsten mines and mining--Colorado--Nederland--1920-1930.; Nederland (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Nederland--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Nederland--1920-1930.

    • 1929
    • Mascott [i. e. Mascot] Quarters Turret, Colo.

    • Mascott [i. e. Mascot] Quarters Turret, Colo.

    • A group of Eastern investors stand near horse-drawn buggies in the mining camp at the Mascot Mine near Turret (Chaffee County), Colorado.

    • Mining camps--Colorado--Turret--1890-1910.; Mascot Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Turret (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Capitalists & financiers--Colorado--Turret--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Turret--1890-1910.;...

    • [between 1950 and 1970]
    • Hydraulic mining, Virginia City M.T.

    • Hydraulic mining, Virginia City M.T.

    • View of a hydraulic mining operation in a stream bed in Virginia City, Montana. Shows a hose with a monitor nozzle, sluices, and a flume; water falls from ground level.

    • Virginia City (Mont.)--1870-1880.; Hydraulic mining--Montana--Virginia City--1870-1880.; Miners--Montana--Virginia City--1870-1880.; Mining--Montana--Virginia City--1870-1880.

    • [between 1872 and 1878]
    • Hutch Stevens, Lovelock, Nevada

    • Hutch Stevens, Lovelock, Nevada

    • Prospector Hutch Stevens of Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado, stands near rock formations near a Nevada Mining Camp. Stevens holds a pick axe in his left hand and has a canteen hanging around his neck. He wears a...

    • Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gold miners--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.; Stevens, Hutch, 1854-1907.

    • March, 1907
    • Buell Consolidated Gold Mining and Milling Company

    • Buell Consolidated Gold Mining and Milling Company

    • Large wood buckets stand in the foreground in this interior view of the Buell Consolidated Gold Mining & Milling Company in Mountain City on the outskirts of Central City, a large mining community in Gilpin County, Colorado.

    • Buell Consolidated Gold Mining & Milling Company--1870-1880.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Interiors.; Mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1870-1880.

    • [between 1870 and 1877?]
    • Mining machinery

    • Mining machinery

    • A group of workers pose near a large piece of mining machinery probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men wear overalls and hats. Large piles of rocks are nearby. The mining machine is powered by electricity and has large belts, wheels, and...

    • Las Animas County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Machinery--Colorado--Las Animas County--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1870-1900.

    • [between 1870 and 1900?]
    • Placer mining near Rich.

    • Placer mining near Rich.

    • View of a placer mining site near possibly Richfield (Conejos County), Colorado; men look at a boom with pulleys and a excavated pit. A cat is by a frame shack.

    • Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1880-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--1880-1910.

    • [between 1880 and 1910?]
    • Platoro Mining District

    • Platoro Mining District

    • View of mine buildings and tailings piles in the Platoro - Gilmore Mining District (Conejos County), Colorado; pine forest covers hills in the background.

    • Conejos County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Conejos County--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Conejos County--1910-1930.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Conejos County--1910-1930.

    • [between 1910 and 1930?]
    • Platoro mining district

    • Platoro mining district

    • View of Lookout Mountain from Gilmore Meadow near Stunner in the Platero Mining District (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows felled timber, pine forest, hills, and a road.

    • Lookout Mountain (Conejos County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Stunner (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Stunner--1900-1920.

    • [between 1900 and 1920?]
    • Colorado Mining Association

    • Colorado Mining Association

    • View of the Colorado Mining Association parade as it passes spectators near Tremont and 16th (Sixteenth) Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows people, a flatbed truck, a float and storefronts. Signs read: "Mineral County," "We Mine The Lead...

    • Colorado Mining Association--Public relations--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.

    • 1942
    • CMA, 1942 parade

    • CMA, 1942 parade

    • View of the Colorado Mining Association convention parade as it passes spectators near Glenarm and 16th (Sixteenth) Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. A flatbed truck carries a miniature model of a mining mill. Shows people, storefronts, the...

    • Colorado Mining Association--Public relations--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.

    • 1942
    • CMA-1942

    • CMA-1942

    • A man participates in a contest probably at a Colorado Mining Association conference in Denver, Colorado. Shows men in the back of a truck with a hammer, a spike, and a block of possibly stone. The truck has a sign that reads: "[?]er Co. Metal...

    • Colorado Mining Association--Meetings--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Contests--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.

    • 1942
    • Mining buildings

    • Mining buildings

    • View of a mining compound, smokestacks, gabled, wood frame processing buildings and tailings in Colorado.

    • Mills--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--1890-1900.

    • [between 1890 and 1910?]
    • Placer Gold Fields, Russell, Colo.

    • Placer Gold Fields, Russell, Colo.

    • View of Russell (Costilla County), Colorado, includes dwellings, church, outbuildings, mining sheds, Sangre de Cristo Creek and a Denver and Rio Grande railroad engine, freight cars and passenger coach.

    • Russell (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sangre de Cristo Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Russell--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Russell--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Russell--1890-1900.

    • [between 1890 and 1900?]
    • Interior of power plant Consolidated Stanley Mining Co.

    • Interior of power plant Consolidated Stanley Mining Co.

    • The interior of the power plant of the Consolidated Stanley Mining Company in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The room is filled with machinery, storage tanks and piping. A man stands next to what may possibly a power generator; another man is in the...

    • Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Stanley Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Clear Creek...

    • [between 1890 and 1910]
    • Interior of smelter Consolidated Stanley Mining Co.

    • Interior of smelter Consolidated Stanley Mining Co.

    • The interior of the smelter of the Consolidated Stanley Mining Company in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The long room is divided by a row of rooms (?); men stand in some of the doorways. The high ceiling has exposed wood rafters. This is possibly...

    • Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Stanley Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.

    • [between 1890 and 1910]
    • Interior of power plant Consolidated Stanley Mining Co.

    • Interior of power plant Consolidated Stanley Mining Co.

    • The interior of the power plant of the Consolidated Stanley Mining Company in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The room is filled with various power generating machinery, wood supports and platforms and tools. Two male workers stand on a platform;...

    • Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Stanley Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Clear Creek...

    • [between 1890 and 1910]
    • Consolidated Stanley Mine

    • Consolidated Stanley Mine

    • Interior of the smelter of the Consolidated Stanley Mining Company in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The long room is divided by a row of rooms. Male workers stand in some of the doorways to each of the rooms. The high ceiling has exposed wood...

    • Consolidated Stanley Mining Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Clear Creek...

    • [between 1890 and 1910]
    • Shaft hoist - stage

    • Shaft hoist - stage

    • Miners stand behind a shaft hoist in a mine tunnel of the Consolidated Stanley Mining Company in Clear Creek County, Colorado.

    • Consolidated Stanley Mining Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Clear...

    • [between 1890 and 1910]
    • Placer operations

    • Placer operations

    • A view of placer mining operations probably in Colorado.

    • Hydraulic mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.

    • [between 1890 and 1910]
    • Masonic monument, Black Hawk

    • Masonic monument, Black Hawk

    • A masonry shell at the bottom of a valley is all that remains of the Buell Mining Company's power plant in Mountain City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Mining facilities and dwellings dot the area; an obelisk (in square enclosure) commemorates the first...

    • Buell Mining Company (Mountain City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1940-1950.; Power plants--Colorado--Mountain City--1940-1950.; Free Masons--Monuments.

    • 1940
    • Saints John, Colorado

    • Saints John, Colorado

    • Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, consists of frame sheds, mining facilities, and a flume. Originally called Coleyville, this settlement became a company town of the Boston Mining Company. It was unusual for having a library but no saloons.

    • Boston Mining Company--1880-1890.; Saints John (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Flumes--Colorado--Saints John--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Saints John--1880-1890.

    • [between 1880 and 1890?]
    • Mining Exchange and Independence Bldgs (Strattons) at left old City hall now demolished

    • Mining Exchange and Independence Bldgs (Strattons) at left old City hall now demolished

    • View of the Mining Exchange building, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the five-story stone structure with a dentiled cornice, garland friezes, ground floor storefronts, and arched entries. Signs read: "The Colorado Title & Trust...

    • Board of Trade and Mining Exchange (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900- 1910.; Commodity exchanges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.;...

    • [between 1900 and 1910?]
    • Dante Gold Mining Company, Shaft No. 2, Teller County

    • Dante Gold Mining Company, Shaft No. 2, Teller County

    • Men pose on a walkway above Colorado Midland Railroad tracks at the Dante Gold Mining Company's number two shaft, Teller County, Colorado. The walkway connects mining buildings on either side of the tracks.

    • Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Dante Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Pedestrian...

    • [between 1890 and 1910?]
    • Electrolytic Zinc plant of Sullivan Mining Co. at Kellogg, Idaho

    • Electrolytic Zinc plant of Sullivan Mining Co. at Kellogg, Idaho

    • Panorama shows the Sullivan Mining Company's Electrolytic Zinc plant, Kellogg, Idaho.

    • Mine buildings--Idaho--Kellogg--1920-1940.; Zinc industry and trade--Idaho--Kellogg--1920-1940.; Kellogg (Idaho)--1920-1940.; Mining--Idaho--Kellogg--1920-1940.

    • [between 1920 and 1940?]
    • Central City Mining Museum, 1953

    • Central City Mining Museum, 1953

    • The Central City Mining Museum is housed in a old mine. It is a one and one-half story structure with the enclosure for the elevator machinery above the gable of the roof. An addition to the building, which has a flat roof and a large window,...

    • Central City Mining Museum (Central City, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.

    • 1953
    • Gold Patch mine, Nevadaville

    • Gold Patch mine, Nevadaville

    • View of the abandoned Gold Patch Mining Company buildings with tailings in Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado.

    • Mine buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.

    • May 30, 1940
    • Mining camp

    • Mining camp

    • Team of horses pull a tank on a wagon at a Colorado mining camp. Mining structures in background.

    • Carts & wagons--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.

    • [between 1895 and 1900?]
    • Seeking Gold with Water Pressure.

    • Seeking Gold with Water Pressure.

    • A man stands near a high power water hose as part of a hydraulic mining operation in California. The man stands in a deep pit surrounded by a rocky landscape.

    • Gold miners--California--1890-1920.; Gold mining--California--1890-1920.; Hydraulic mining--California--1890-1920.

    • [between 1890 and 1915]
    • Hydraulic Mining

    • Hydraulic Mining

    • View of mined slopes in Colorado; man in wide brim hat uses a nozzle for hydraulic placer gold mining, shows frame buildings.

    • Gold mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.

    • [between 1890 and 1910?]
    • Clear Creek Series - Russell Gulch

    • Clear Creek Series - Russell Gulch

    • Gold miners aim water jets at embankments in this Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado placer mine; men watch the hydraulic mining operation.

    • Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.

    • [between 1860 and 1970]
    • P.W.A. mining class, Denver

    • P.W.A. mining class, Denver

    • Women operate a hydraulic gold placer mining rocker box, in a Public Works Administration class, in Denver, Colorado. One wears a big hat and pours from a bucket; gold pans are on the ground, and cars are nearby.

    • United States. Public Works Administration.--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...

    • [between 1933 and 1939?]
    • Hydraulic placer mining class

    • Hydraulic placer mining class

    • View of a Public Works Administration hydraulic gold mining class, in Denver, Colorado; shows men with a rocker sluice and gold pans. One wears high boots, another smokes a cigarette.

    • United States. Public Works Administration.--1930-1940.; Sluices--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...

    • [between 1930 and 1940?]
    • Hydraulic placer mining class

    • Hydraulic placer mining class

    • View of a Public Works Administration hydraulic gold mining class, in Denver, Colorado; shows men with a rocker sluice and gold pans. One wears high boots and uses a shovel.

    • United States. Public Works Administration.--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining...

    • [between 1930 and 1940?]
    • Idaho waterwheel

    • Idaho waterwheel

    • View of gold mine ore processing facility ruins in Idaho; men examine the collapsing frame structure and waterwheel.

    • Abandoned buildings--Idaho--1940-1960.; Hydraulic mining--Idaho--1940-1960.; Mining--Idaho--1940-1960.; Waterwheels--Idaho--1940-1960.

    • [between 1940 and 1960?]
    • Nancy Gold Mining and Tunnel Company Mill

    • Nancy Gold Mining and Tunnel Company Mill

    • View of Nancy Gold Mining and Tunnel Company gold extraction mill ruins in Boulder County, Colorado; mine facility has stone walls and arched furnace openings.

    • Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Nancy Mine (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Wallstreet (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.

    • 1940
    • Nancy Gold Mining and Tunnel Company Mill

    • Nancy Gold Mining and Tunnel Company Mill

    • View of Nancy Gold Mining and Tunnel Company gold extraction mill ruins in Boulder County, Colorado; mine facility has stone walls on hillsides.

    • Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Nancy Mine (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Wallstreet (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.

    • 1940
    • Telluride Mining and Milling Co revolving car dumps.

    • Telluride Mining and Milling Co revolving car dumps.

    • A man stands near a rotating mining car dump in a shafthouse owned by the Telluride Mining and Milling Company, near Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado.

    • Mine buildings--1930-1940.; Mine railroads--Cars--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.; Mining--1930-1940.; United States. Works Progress Administration.

    • [between 1930 and 1940?]
    • Mill of the West Gold Mining co. at Idaho Springs, Colo.

    • Mill of the West Gold Mining co. at Idaho Springs, Colo.

    • West Gold Mining Company Mine and mill in Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, Colorado shows: mill buildings with shaft house, water tower and tunnel.

    • Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1930.

    • 1929
    • Revolving car dump Telluride Mining & Milling Co Telluride, Colo

    • Revolving car dump Telluride Mining & Milling Co Telluride, Colo

    • Interior view of a mining processing mill at the Telluride Mining & Milling Company in Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado; shows a miner watching a gear-driven ore car dumper.

    • Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1930.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1930.

    • [between 1900 and 1930?]
    • Ludlow strike

    • Ludlow strike

    • Mining camp in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado shows: rows of miner's cabins, and ore pit carts on tracks.

    • Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cabins--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.

    • [1914]
    • Early placer mining

    • Early placer mining

    • Placer miners work near a sluice in Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado. Their tools include wheelbarrows, shovels, picks, and pitchforks. Monitors spray water, mine buildings are on the surrounding hills. David Henderson is in the foreground,...

    • Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Miners--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.;...

    • [between 1860 and 1870]
    • American Gulch

    • American Gulch

    • A miner aims a nozzle or monitor as part of a placer mining operation in American Gulch, Summit County, Colorado. A Wapiti Mining Company building is nearby.

    • Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.

    • [between 1880 and 1900]
    • Mills, Emma Gold Mining Co., Dunton, Colo., the Emma mill and boarding house

    • Mills, Emma Gold Mining Co., Dunton, Colo., the Emma mill and boarding house

    • View looking down on a mining complex owned by the Emma Gold Mining Company shows both the "old" and the "new" mill, and the boarding house, Dunton, Dolores County, Colorado. The new mill is situated adjacent to the old mill, and the boarding...

    • Dunton (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cabins--Colorado--Dunton--1880-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Dunton--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Dunton--1880-1910.

    • [between 1880 and 1910?]
    • Hydraulic Mining, California Gulch

    • Hydraulic Mining, California Gulch

    • View of placer mine operations with miners and monitor nozzles, California Gulch, Lake County, Colorado, shows a mining settlement and a frame building under construction.

    • Mining camps--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1900.; California Gulch (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1900.;...

    • [between 1882 and 1900?]

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