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- Gauntlet Mine, Quartz Hill, Central City
- Miners and horses stand on Quartz Hill at the Gauntlet Mine in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows a tipple, tailings pile, and a building with letters on roof that read: "Gauntlet H & T."
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gauntlet Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; Tipples--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Nevadaville, Colorado 1900
- The remains of the Ophir Mine stand in the foreground on Quartz Hill in a view looking toward Nevadaville, a mining town in Gilpin County, Colorado. A large wood hoist is in the right foreground. Several buildings remain standing in the town,...
- Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1950.; Churches--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1950.; Hoisting...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Pitkin, the valley of Quartz Creek and Alpine Pass
- View of probably North Quartz Creek in a valley and buildings in Pitkin (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows wooded mountains in the Sawatch Range.
- North Quartz Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pitkin (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Pitkin--1880-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1892?]
- Nevadaville, Bald Mt. Colo.
- People pose in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, in a buggy, an ore wagon, with horses, near snowbanks and in a merchant's wagon with lettering: "Union Bakery." Log and frame houses and sheds cover Quartz Hill; a bridge spans Nevada Creek.
- Nevada Creek (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Castle Rock, Colo.
- The tailings from a mine spill down the hillside adjacent to Castle Rock near Blackhawk, Colorado. Railroad tracks wind around the bottom of the hillside in the foreground. A large ranch, possibly that of the Gundy family (a Gilpin County pioneer...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Quartz Valley (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Nevadaville, Colo., Quartz Hill
- Several mines and their tailings dot the west side of Quartz Hill above Nevadaville, Colorado. Hundreds of millions of dollars of gold were reportedly mined from three large lodes here between 1859 and World War I. The main veins were named the...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Gilpin narrow gauge tramway
- Tracks of the narrow gauge Gilpin Tramway run from the foreground under a trestle in the background on the north side of Quartz Hill in Gilpin County, Colorado. Three men are on the trestle, possibly from the Columbia Mine near Central City. Snow...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.
- [1913?]
- Gilpin tramway
- H.H. Lake sits in the snow on a small hill just above the tracks of the Gilpin Tramway on the north side of Quartz Hill in Gilpin County, Colorado. A ridge of mountains, including Squaw Mountain in Clear Creek County, is in the distance.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.
- [1913?]
- Gilpin tramway
- A young boy, possibly H.H. Lake's son W.R. Lake, sits on a large rock above tracks of the Gilpin Tramway on the north side of Quartz Hill in Gilpin County, Colorado. He holds his hands to his mouth. Snow covers the ground.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.
- [1913?]
- Gilpin Tramway
- 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.
- [1899?]
- Nevadaville, Colo. 1899
- A large mine shafthouse stands in the left foreground of this view of Nevadaville, Colorado, located in the valley between Quartz and Gunnell Hills in Gilpin County. Snow covers parts of the ground and the ridges of hills in the distance.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Nevadaville, Colo.
- The Kansas Mine and Mill stand in the foreground of this view of Nevadaville, Colorado, looking toward Bald Mountain. Dirt roads lead through the town, located between Quartz and Gunnell hills north of Central City in Gilpin County. The Episcopal...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Nevadaville, Colo.
- A large mine shafthouse stands in the foreground of this view of Nevadaville, Colorado, located north of Central City between Quartz and Gunnell hills in Gilpin County. The town's Episcopal and Methodist churches stand near each other at the far...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Railroads. Gilpin Tramway. Cars.
- Several cars of the Gilpin Tramway are on the narrow gauge railroad track in the foreground of this view near Quartz Hill above Central City, Colorado. The Gilpin Tramway was used to haul ores from the mines in the Central City area down the hill...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1870-1910.; Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Central City--1870-1910.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1910.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Nevadaville 1938
- The remains of the collapsed mine shafthouse of the Ophir Mine stand in the foreground on Quartz Hill looking toward Nevadaville, a small mining district in Gilpin County, Colorado. A wood hoist remains standing in the right midground with a rope...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hoisting machinery--1930-1940.; Ruins--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [1938?]
- View of Central City area, 1899
- Snow covers Gunnell Hill and the upper end of Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. Houses line the dirt road. Several mines stand on the hillside, including the Gunnell, the Grand Army and the Concrete mines. Large rocks are in the right...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Hills--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Central...
- [between 1899 and 1920?]
- Gregory Monument, Central City, Colorado
- A telegraph or telephone pole stands in front of a sign reading: "On this ground, later known as Gregory Diggings, John H. Gregory discovered the first gold quartz mine in Colorado. May 6, 1859. This lode has produced $20,000,000.00 in gold." The...
- Gregory, John H.--Monuments & memorials--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Telecommunication lines--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [1932]
- Central City, Colorado
- View of Eureka Street; foreground includes the crest of a hill of the left and the roofs of several houses on the right. The back side of the Teller House is in the center of the image, and the Opera House is to the left. The Post Office, the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- View of Pine and Spruce Streets, Central City streets
- View of Quartz Hill at the left, Gunnell Hill at the right, and Central City, Colorado. From top to bottom, the streets include Spruce Street, Pine Street, and Nevada Street. Mines dot Gunnell Hill. Below the mines are St. Aloysius Academy and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Quartz
- Mining Index to Hollister, Henderson and Canfield Histories
- Mining index to Henderson, Hollister, and Canfield mining histories. Names of mines, mining companies, mining districts, lodes, veins, claims, and tunnels are indexed with page number.
- Mines and mineral industries--Colorado--Directories.; Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Directories.;
- 1995
- Quartz Valley
- A large ranch with several barns stands on the ridge of Quartz Valley in Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Quartz Valley (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Castle Rock at lower end of Quartz Valley, looking east
- View of mine buildings at probably the Beldon Mine in Quartz Valley close to Castle Rock, a rock formation near Central City, in Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows a railroad bridge over a stream and the tracks of the Gilpin Tramway.
- Castle Rock (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Quartz Valley (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- 1899
- Nevadaville panorama
- Middle left image of a panoramic view of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame and log dwellings, mining facilities with tripods with pulleys and cable for moving ore, neatly stacked firewood, tailings and roads on Quartz Hill.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888?
- Nevadaville panorama
- Middle image of a panoramic view of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame and log dwellings, the Pozo Mill, tailings, a monitor roofed mining facility, tripods with pulleys and cables to move ore, neat stacks of firewood, and roads cut...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888?
- Nevadaville panorama
- Right image of a panoramic view of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame and log dwellings, a false front commercial building, a horse and buggy and a dog. Quartz Hill is covered with mine tailings.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888?
- Nevadaville panorama
- Middle right image of a panoramic view of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame and log dwellings, Pozo Mill, tailings, a monitor roofed mining facility, square smokestacks and neat stacks of firewood. Men pose by a buckboard in the...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888?
- Nevadaville panorama
- Left image of a panoramic view of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame and log dwellings, mining facilities and tailings. Roads cut through Quartz Hill in the background.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888?
- Nevadaville
- View down over wood frame residences and roofs of Main Street businesses, Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, to Quartz Hill dotted with mine tailings, mining structures and snow. Signs read: "Silver Dollar Saloon," and "City Hall."
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Nevadaville Gold Coin Office Quartz Hill Waterman house built in early '60s
- The Waterman house in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, has a covered porch, vertical board siding, and a brick chimney. Window panes are broken; the door is gone. Lumber and pipe are piled in front; a mining facility and dwellings are in the...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [between 1937 and 1939?]
- The Pioneer Quartz Mill, first to the Hills, a pulverizer
- Men pose near an ore pulverizer at the Pioneer Quartz mill, South Dakota. A denuded hill is in the background; cut lumber is near the machine.
- Lawrence County (S.D.)--1870-1880.; Milling machines--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1870-1880.; Mills--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1870-1880.; Mining--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1870-1880.
- September, 1876
- Quartz veins on Tower Mtn. Baker's Park
- View of quartz veins on Tower Mountain near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Veins (Geology)--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Tower Mountain (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mountains--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Notice of location of a quartz claim
- Reproduction shows a hand-written mining claim for the Bunker Hill Lode, on Milo Creek, in the Yreka Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, signed by Philip O'Rourke and Whitney [?] N. S. Kellogg.
- Mining claims--Idaho Territory--Shoshone County--1880-1890.; Idaho Territory--1880-1890.; Shoshone County (Idaho Territory)--1880-1890.; Mining--Idaho Territory--Shoshone County--1880-1890.
- September, 1885
- 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]
- Central City, Colo.
- View of the Gardner Mine (California Mine) on the east end of Quartz Hill in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado with tailings and houses.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; California Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Chase Gulch and Quartz Valley
- Mine shafthouses dot the side of Quartz Hill in Chase Gulch near Central City, Colorado. Small trees and large rocks stand in the foreground.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hills--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Quartz Hill and Central City, Colorado
- View of Quartz Hill and Central City, Colorado. The town sits below the barren hill. Spruce Street is to the far right, and Pine Street is to its left. St. Mary's Church is in the left foreground. On the far left side of the photograph are...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Nevadaville about 1888
- View of Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado; shows log dwellings, Quartz Hill, Pozo Mill, a monitor roofed mining facility, firewood, a buckboard, smokestacks, and tailings piles.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.; Ore...
- 1888?
- Mine holes on quartz vein, Mineral Point
- View of mines on the quartz vein near Mineral Point (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows tunnel openings, tailings piles, and old lumber.
- Veins (Geology)--Colorado--Mineral Point--1960-1970.; Mineral Point (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Mineral Point--1960-1970.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Mineral Point--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Quartz vein, Mineral Point
- View of a prominent quartz vein and probably the Oyama Mine near Mineral Point (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a mountain valley and a pond.
- Veins (Geology)--Colorado--Mineral Point--1960-1970.; Mineral Point (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Oyama Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Mineral Point--1960-1970.
- 1973
- Western History Subject Index
- Quartz Mill
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 8, 1919 August
- Placing marker at site of Gregory Lode
- A crowd of men, women, and children gather around a temporary historical marker posted on a dirt road in Blackhawk (Black Hawk) (Gilpin County), Colorado. The sign reads: "The State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado. On this...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dedications--Colorado--Blackhawk--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1920-1930.; Historical markers--Colorado--Blackhawk--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Blackhawk--1920-1930.; Gregory, John H.--Homes &...
- 1924 August 8
- Gregory Gulch
- View of dilapidated head frames, frame buildings and snow on tailings piles in Gregory Gulch in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. A historical marker sign reads: "On this ground, later known as Gregory Diggings, John H. Gregory discovered the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Canyons--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1932
- War club
- Shows a war head (Native American Sioux ) made by White Whirl Wind of Badlands, South Dakota (Pine Ridge Indian Agency). The war club features a stone head, quartz, chert, a wood handle with yellow and black beadwork, horsehair dyed purple and...
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Clubs (Weapons)--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Gilpin Tram at California Mine
- Miners stand in front of the California Mine (depth of 2,250 ft.) in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado beside the Gilpin Tram's Quartz Hill locomotive. Dressed in a suit is Fred Kruse, the line's general manager.
- Gilpin Tramway Company--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; California Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.;...
- [1896]
- Central City
- View of Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows Eureka Street and Main Street, the Teller House, St. James Methodist Church, Casto Hill and Quartz Hill. Signs along Main Street read: "Temple of Fashion, Dry Goods [?]," "W. Aitcheson,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- The Gilpin Tramway Co.
- Three Gilpin Tramway Company locomotives and gondola cars loaded with frozen ore park on railroad tracks outside the steam shed used to thaw the ore before sent to processing mill in winter. Two men stand on side of locomotive Quartz Hill 3 and a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Gilpin Tramway Company.
- [1900 or 1901]
- Nevadaville, Colo - early days alt. 9,000 - Gilpin Co.
- A man in a horse-drawn wagon climbs Quartz Hill above Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado. The town shows beyond in a shallow valley with dwellings, commercial buildings, The Christ Church, school belfry, Odd Fellow's Building and mining...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Nevadaville, Colo
- View of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, in a shallow valley with snow patches, at foot of Bald Mountain, includes log, frame, and stone dwellings and businesses, mining facilities, tailings, trees and rail fences. Horse drawn wagons are on...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1864?