Partial view of Penstock Mutual Ditch elevated wooden flume in Plateau Valley, Mesa County, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; irrigation flume ends at wooden frame box; view extends across Plateau Valley with mesas in distant horizon.
Mesa County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Plateau Valley (Colo.); Flumes--Colorado--Mesa County--1910-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--Mesa County--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
Aerial view of an unidentified mining town possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a large town with substantial brick and frame buildings including a church. Smoke rises from the smoke stacks of mine processing buildings. Frame houses sit...
A view of the Kern River Power Plant, probably near Bakersfield (Kern County), California, shows wood frame buildings in a boulder field with a penstock near the buildings and an aqueduct along a steep embankment. The power plant is on the shore of...
Aqueducts--California--1890-1910.; Penstocks--California--1890-1910.; Power plants--California--1890-1910.
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.
Three braced pipes descend an eroded cliff at this placer gold mine operation in California or Colorado. Wood trestles provide support; the penstock tops the bluff.
View of a stream, in (probably) Colorado; shows a diversion dam for hydraulic gold placer mines, a flume, and the penstock. Rail fences are across the water, and a bridge is to the side.
began operating in the summer of 1899 but was forced to close down a few months later when Bailey's main financial backer in New York City was killed in a fire. In desperation, Bailey turned to his family for financial backing. The treatment...
Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Eldora (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.
Court, four of the nine men were released for lack of evidence. The remaining men were found not guilty. The Bailey Mill was never operated for any extended periods of time after Bailey's death. Several different owners tried varying ore treatment...
Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dams--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Kemp, John H.
View of Shoshone Hydroelectric Plant power house construction, in Glenwood Canyon (Garfield County) Colorado; shows a steel frame structure with a concrete foundation, penstocks, and sheds.
Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shoshone powerplant (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Garfield County--1900- 1910.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.;...
Two men pose inside the opening at the end of a pipe, part of a pipeline under construction by the Stanley Mine, near Idaho Springs in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows a wooden structure around the pipe.
Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stanley Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Pipelines--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1900.; Pipes...
View of a wooden pipeline and flume under construction by the Stanley Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows wooden pipe partially banded with iron. Mine buildings are in the distance. Rubble and boards are near the pipeline.
Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stanley Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Flumes--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Pipelines--Colorado--Clear Creek...
1894 Oct
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