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  • Conoco refinery
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    View of the Conoco oil refinery at 5801 Brighton Boulevard in Commerce City (Adams County), Colorado. A large sign near the road reads: "CONOCO." Shows the tanks, towers, and pipes that make up the refinery. Overhead power lines run to the towers....
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    Continental Oil Company--Facilities--1970-1980.; Commerce City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Refineries.; Continental Oil Company--Pictorial works.; Petroleum refineries--Colorado--Commerce City--Pictorial works.; Commerce City (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
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    1977
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  • Wm. Beynon, died 1926, Argo Smelter, refinery
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    William Beynon stands next to a cart in the Boston & Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works refinery, Denver, Colorado shows: furnace, crucibles, and chain hoists.
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    Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.); Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Beynon,...
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    1892
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  • Argo smelter, tub room silver refinery
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    Boston & Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works refinery in Denver, Colorado shows: row of round, wood tanks and rectangular containers.
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    Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.); Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
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    1892
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  • Argo Smelting Works (Boston and Colorado Smelting Co.)
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    Boston & Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works refinery in Denver, Colorado shows: brick covered furnace with attached troughs, and a hopper.
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    Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.); Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
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    1892
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  • Argo Smelting Works (Boston and Colorado Smelting Co.)
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    Boston & Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works refinery in Denver, Colorado shows: brick covered furnace and chimney, hoppers, troughs.
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    Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.); Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
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    1892
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  • Argo Smelting Works (Boston and Colorado Smelting Co.)
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    Construction of a brick chimney at the Boston & Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works refinery in Denver, Colorado shows: wood scaffolding, barrels, building materials.
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    Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.); Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Chimneys--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
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    1892
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  • Ino George, Jack O'Conner
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    Ino George, with shovel, and Jack O'Conner inside the Boston & Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works refinery in Denver, Colorado shows: brick covered furnace and chimney, with hoppers, troughs.
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    Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.); Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; George,...
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    1892
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  • Argo smelting
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    Boston & Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works refinery in Denver, Colorado shows: brick covered furnace and chimney, shovel, mallet, hoppers.
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    Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.); Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
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    1892
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  • Chas Johnson, Ino George
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    Ino George, with shovel, and Charles Johnson inside the Boston & Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works refinery in Denver, Colorado shows: brick covered furnace and chimney with hoppers.
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    Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.); Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; George,...
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    1892
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  • Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 2, 1918 April
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    Newsletter produced monthly by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1918 April
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  • Continental Oil refinery
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    Aerial view of the Continental Oil Company refinery in Commerce City (Adams County), Colorado. Storage tanks and smokestacks are near the refinery buildings. The South Platte River is nearby.
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    Continental Oil Company--Facilities--1920-1930.; Commerce City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1920-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Commerce City--1920-1930.; Refineries--Colorado--Commerce City--1920-1930.;...
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    [between 1920 and 1930?]
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  • Argo smelter refinery
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    Interior view of an Argo smelting works building, owned by the Boston and Colorado Smelting Company, Denver, Colorado, shows a stack of crucibles on top of a furnace, a hoist, and a cart.
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    Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company--1890-1900.; Crucibles--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Furnaces--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
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    1892
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  • Continental Oil Co.
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    Aerial view of oil storage tanks at the Continental Oil Company refinery in Commerce City (Adams County), Colorado. Smokestacks are near a group of refinery structures.
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    Continental Oil Company--Facilities--1930-1940.; Oil storage tanks--Colorado--Commerce City--1930-1940.; Commerce City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Commerce City--1930-1940.; Refineries--Colorado--Commerce City--1930-1940.
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    [between 1930 and 1940?]
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  • Argo smelting works (Boston and Colorado Smelting Co.)
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    Interior view of an Argo Smelting Works building, owned by the Boston and Colorado Smelting Company, Denver, Colorado, shows a chimney surrounded by gutters emanating from a furnace. One of the furnace doors is open as a man uses a long steel rod...
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    Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Furnaces--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
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    1892
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  • Ruins of oil refinery built in 1892
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    Views of Overton, Pueblo County, Colorado, showing ruins of the Rocky Mountain Oil refinery and a house.
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    Rocky Mountain Oil (Pueblo, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Overton (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.
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    1936
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  • Continental Oil refinery
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    Aerial view of the Continental Oil Company refinery in Commerce City (Adams County), Colorado. Railroad cars and automobiles are near the group of buildings, storage tanks, and smokestacks.
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    Continental Oil Company--Facilities--1930-1940.; Oil storage tanks--Colorado--Commerce City--1930-1940.; Commerce City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Commerce City--1930-1940.; Refineries--Colorado--Commerce City--1930-1940.
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    [between 1930 and 1940?]
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  • Texaco refinery at Craig
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    The Texaco oil refinery at Craig, Colorado (Moffat County) is located next to the tracks of the Denver & Salt Lake railroad. Tanker cars with "Texaco" painted on their sides are across the road from the tracks, near telephone lines.
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    Craig (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Craig--1940-1950.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Craig--1940-1950.
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    [1940?]
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  • D&RGW narrow gauge tank car, UTLX 88167, Oriental Refinery standard gauge VENX 764 at left.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company narrow gauge tank car, UTLX 88155, and standard gauge, VENX 764, sit at the Oriental Oil Company Refinery at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad tank cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
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    1951 January
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  • Porter process shale retort and refinery at Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
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    Copy of original Rocky Mountain Photo Company of the interior of the Colorado School of Mines porter process shale retort and refinery, Golden, Colorado.
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    Golden (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Refineries--Colorado--Golden--1870-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1870-1890.; Colorado School of Mines.
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    [between 1875 and 1885?]
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  • Model of cooling tower used in old refinery Colo. School of Mines, Golden, flour cooling tower, tour 7
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    View of the Colorado School of Mines model of an oil refinery cooling tower, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado shows a multi-level wood structure with platform on top.
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    Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.; Refineries--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.; Colorado School of Mines.
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    [between 1930 and 1940]
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Commerce City, Colorado. Fires
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  • Confluence Park, Delta
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    View of the historic U.S. 50 four-span through steel truss bridge (replaced 1992) over the Gunnison River and a picnic shelter at Confluence Park in Delta, Colorado. Confluence Park had previously been Delta's dump and Holly Beet Sugar refinery. In...
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    Confluence Park (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Shelters.; Truss bridges--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Parks--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Confluence Park (Delta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Delta (Colo.)--Pictorial...
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    1992
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  • Upper tunnel of Urado Oil Co.
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    View of a tunnel entrance of a Urado Mining Corporation mine in probably Garfield County, Colorado. A frame door is supported by stone walls and a slope of a hillside. A wooden box and wooden poles are by the door.
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    Urado Mining Corporation--1890-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.
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    [between 1890 and 1920?]
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  • Swink, Colorado main building foundations
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    Men drive horse-drawn wagons near the foundation of the partially constructed main building at a sugar refinery near Swink (Otero County), Colorado. A silo, houses, and other buildings are nearby.
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    Sugar beet industry--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Swink (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.
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    1906, June 4
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  • Johnstown molasses plant, molasses tanks
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    Molasses is stored in large, round tanks at the Great Western Sugar Company in Johnstown, Colorado, in Weld County where steam escapes one of the vats. Stacks of lumber are behind the vats.
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    Johnstown (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Johnstown--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Johnstown--1920-1930.
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    June 29, 1926
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  • Midland Refining Co.
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    View of the Midland Refining Company refinery on Brighton Road in Commerce City (Adams County), Colorado. A mobile cement mixer is parked near a brick building. Smokestacks are nearby.
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    Midland Refining Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Commerce City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Refineries--Colorado--Commerce City--1910-1920.
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    [between 1910 and 1920?]
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  • The smelters on the outskirts of Leadville with Mt. Massive, the highest peak in Colorado, (alt. 14,424 ft.) in the background
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    Overview of smelters in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows refinery buildings, smokestacks, snow covered Mt. Massive and the Sawatch Range in the background.
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
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    [1900?]
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  • Smelter, Leadville, Colorado
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    View of the Arkansas Valley Smelting Company refinery buildings and smokestacks in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows: houses, railroad tracks, fence, Sawatch Range in background.
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Smelters--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.
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    [1920?]
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  • American Smelter, Leadville
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    View of the American Mining and Smelting Company in California Gulch, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows refinery buildings, smokestacks, cabins, with Mt. Massive in background.
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    Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; California Gulch (Lake County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
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    [between 1891 and 1897]
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  • Ark's Valley Smelter
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    Arkansas Valley Smelting Company with refinery buildings and smokestacks in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
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    [1900?]
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  • Arkansas Smelter, Leadville, Col.
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    Arkansas Valley Smelting Company with refinery buildings and smokestacks in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows houses and "Dwyers Saloon."
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
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    1900
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  • Arkansas Valley smelting plant of the American Smelting & Refining Co., at Leadville
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    Panoramic view of the Arkansas Valley Smelting Company with refinery buildings and smokestacks in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, shows houses and Sawatch Range.
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Smelters--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.
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    1929
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  • Smelter, Leadville, Colo.
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    Arkansas Valley Smelting Company with refinery buildings and smokestacks in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, shows houses and Sawatch Range.
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    Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Smelters--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.
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    [1929?]
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  • Durango smelting plant of the American Smelting & Refining Co.
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    Panoramic view of the Durango Smelting Plant in Durango, LaPlata County, Colorado shows: refinery buildings, smokestacks, tailings, D. & R. G. W. train with engine and railcars.
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Durango (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Durango--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Durango--1920-1930.; Smelters--Colorado--Durango--1920-1930.
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    1929
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  • American Smelting & Refining company
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    View of the Durango Smelting Plant in Durango, LaPlata County, Colorado shows: refinery buildings, smokestacks, tailings, railroad tracks, hand car.
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    Durango (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Durango--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Durango--1920-1930.; Smelters--Colorado--Durango--1920-1930.
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    [1929?]
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  • American Smelter, Durango, Colorado
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    View of the Durango Smelting Plant in Durango, LaPlata County, Colorado shows: refinery buildings, smokestacks, tailings.
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    Durango (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Durango--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Durango--1920-1930.; Smelters--Colorado--Durango--1920-1930.
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    [between 1920 and 1930?]
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  • Kokomo Walsh smelter
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    View of the Kokomo Walsh Smelter probably in Ouray County, Colorado shows refinery building, smokestack and "Colorado and Southern" railroad cars.
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    Ouray County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
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    1901
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  • American Smelting & Refining Co., Pueblo, Colo.
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    Partial view of American Smelting and Refining Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a refinery and smelter; shows industrial workyard area with slag ladles on carts and tracks, backside view of warehouse style industrial buildings, and ore cart tracks...
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    Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
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    [between 1899 and 1910?]
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  • American Smelting & Refining Co., Pueblo, Colo.
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    Partial view of American Smelting and Refining Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a smelter and refinery; shows warehouse style buildings, smokestacks, water tank, ore cart tracks, pile of coal, stacked rails, wheelbarrows, and scrap materials.
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    Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
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    [between 1899 and 1910?]
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  • American Smelting & Refining Co.
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    View of American Smelting and Refining Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a smelter and refinery; shows an industrial plant complex with warehouse style buildings, smokestacks, water tank, slag ladles on tracks in workyard, ore cart tracks leading to...
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    Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
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    [between 1890 and 1910?]
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  • Holly Sugar Factory
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    Six-story brick buildings of the sugar refinery in Holly, Prowers County, Colorado, have pedimented, gable roofed top floors. Scaffolding covers construction on part of the roof; smoke issues from the building and the stack in the background. Piled...
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    Holly (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Beet sugar--Colorado--Holly--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Holly--1900-1910.
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    [between 1900 and 1910?]
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  • Holly Sugar Factory, Holly, Co. c. 1910
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    Six-story brick buildings of the sugar refinery in Holly, Prowers County, Colorado, have pedimented, gable roofed top floors. A United States flag on a pole is atop the central building, sugar beets are piled on an open freight car, and a...
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    Holly (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Beet sugar--Colorado--Holly--1910-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Holly--1910-1920.
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    1910
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  • Holly Sugar Factory, Holly, CO
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    Six-story brick buildings of the sugar refinery in Holly, Prowers County, Colorado, have pedimented, gable roofed top floors. Mule-drawn wagons loaded with beets are near the brick scale house. A sign reads: "Fairbanks (?) Scales." An earthen...
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    Holly (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Beet sugar--Colorado--Holly--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Holly--1900-1910.
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    1910?
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    Continental oil company
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    Continental oil company
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    CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY
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    GARY ENERGY CORPORATION
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    GARY REFINERY COMPANY
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    Gilsonite
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    Asamera oil U.S. incorporated
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