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 &...
The Crown Point and Virginia Mine shafthouse stands in the foreground at the head of Virginia Canyon on the border of Gilpin and Clear Creek counties in Colorado. A ladder leads up to the building at the top of the shafthouse. A wood walkway that...
Mine buildings--Colorado--1930-1950.; Mine shafts--Colorado--1930-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Canyons--Colorado--1930-1950.; Ladders--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1950.
Colorado and Southern locomotive No. 13 pulls a train up the "Switch Back" above Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado, leaving a trail of black smoke behind it. The Switch Back enabled trains to travel the steep, 1-mile distance between Central...
Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
View of the shafthouse and power house of the Elkton Mine near Elkton (Teller County), Colorado. Probably a Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway (C. S. & C. C.) boxcar is near a set of ore loaders. The side of the shafthouse reads:...
Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--1900-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Elkton--1900-1920.; Elkton (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Elkton Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Elkton--1900-1920.; Railroad...
Panoramic view of American City (Gilpin County), Colorado. The buildings include the Snug Harbor and Louisiana cabins, the office of the American Mining Company, and the shafthouse of the Mascot Mine.
American Mining Company (Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.; American City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mascot Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.
Men pose across a gulch from the head frame and shafthouse of the Vivandiere Mine near Turret (Chaffee County), Colorado. An ore loading chute is at the edge of the gulch. A sign on the shafthouse reads: "Vivandiere Mine".
Turret (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Vivandiere Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Turret--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Turret--1900-1910.
An American flag waves from the top of the Crown Point and Virginia shafthouse near Perigo, a small mining district in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional buildings stand in the right background. Tailings from the mine are in the foreground.
The Cook Mine complex in Gilpin County, Colorado, stands in the foreground with several mounds of tailings in front of it. A dirt road winds through the right midground toward another shafthouse in the right background. A portion of Central City...
Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.
The shafthouse of the Gregory-Buell Consolidated Gold Mining and Milling Company stands in the right foreground of this view of Mountain City, Colorado. Snow covers the ground and roofs of the buildings. A train has crossed over the trestle in the...
Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1890-1900.
The small mining district of Russell Gulch is about four miles southwest of Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. The area reportedly yielded about $35,000 a week in gold when it was discovered by William Green Russell in 1859. The tailings and...
Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1900-1920.
A woman drives a horse and buggy along a dirt road into Wideawake, Colorado. A mine shafthouse is in the left midground, and several log structures stand in the background. A second mine shafthouse stands on the hill in the distance. A man stands...
The side of the Kekionga Mine shafthouse stands on a hill in the right midground near the Magnolia mining district in Boulder County, Colorado. A large wood wheel stands on top of a wood platform at the side of the shafthouse. Wood boards form a...
The large shafthouse of the Kekionga Mine stands in the foreground west of the Magnolia mining district in Boulder County, Colorado. A wood wheel, possibly a hoist, is at the top of a square platform near the shafthouse. The platform is supported...
The Crown Point and Virginia Mine shafthouse stands in the foreground at the head of Virginia Canyon on the border of Gilpin and Clear Creek Counties in Colorado. A set of wood steps leads to the second level of a shorter part of the building,...
Mine buildings--Colorado--1930-1950.; Mine shafts--Colorado--1930-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.
A group of ore sorters sits in a circle inside a shafthouse on Caribou Hill near Caribou in Boulder County, Colorado. Piles of ore stand near the group. One miner stands by himself in the background. Wood rafters support the roof of the shafthouse.
Mine buildings--Colorado--Caribou--1880-1890.; Ore-dressing--Colorado--Caribou--1880-1890.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Caribou (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Caribou--1880-1890.
The large shafthouse of the Kekionga Mine stands in the foreground west of the Magnolia mining district in Boulder County, Colorado. A wood wheel, possibly a hoist, is at the top of a square platform near the shafthouse. The platform is supported...
Mine buildings--Colorado--Magnolia--1940-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Magnolia (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--1940-1950.
The remains of the wood London Mine shafthouse stand in the foreground on a hill in Gilpin County, Colorado. A pile of wood boards lies in front of the shafthouse on the rocky hillside. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.
Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.; Ruins--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.
A trestle near the Running Lode Mine shafthouse in Blackhawk, Colorado, enabled trains from the Colorado and Southern Railroad Company to cross the gulch in the foreground. Smoke puffs from the front engine of the train crossing the trestle. A set...
A large mine shafthouse stands on the hillside in the background of this view, probably in Central City, Colorado. A pile of tailings stands near the shafthouse. A railroad track, possibly for the Gilpin Tramway, winds around the base of the hill....
Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.
Mine shafthouse protrudes into the right background at the top of another hill. Two small buildings stand in the foreground. Telegraph or telephone poles stand between the two buildings.; The St. Aloysius Academy, a Catholic school, stands in the...
Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Church schools--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.
A mine shafthouse with several levels stands in the right foreground near large piles of mine tailings, probably near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Several additional buildings stand in the background at the base of a hillside. Another...
Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1920.
A large mine shafthouse with several levels stands in the right midground near large piles of tailings, probably near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional buildings stand in the background at the base of a hill. Another mine...
Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Central City--1890-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1920.;...
A large mine shafthouse stands in the midground on a hillside between two dirt roads. A few small buildings stand near the shafthouse. A railroad track curves through the left foreground, possibly near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado.
Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Mine shafts--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.
The tailings from a mine shafthouse spill down a steep ridge of mountains in Colorado, possibly in Clear Creek County. Another building stands above the shafthouse, and a smaller cabin stands in the background. The mountain ridge continues in the...
Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Pines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.
A young boy wearing knickers and a cap stands next to a bend in the track of the Gilpin Tramway near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. The two-foot, narrow-gauge tramway was used to haul ore from the mines in the Central City area down the...
View of James Peak and nearby cabins from the shafthouse of probably the Mascot Mine near American City (Gilpin County), Colorado.
American City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; James Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mascot Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cabins--Colorado--American City--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1890-1900.
Miners pose by the shafthouse of the Manchester Mine in Gilpin County, Colorado.
Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Manchester Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1910.
A dilapidated building near the top of the Continental Divide represents the remains of the shafthouse of the Fourth of July mine in Boulder County, Colorado. It is surrounded by a pile of mine tailings.
Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.
A dilapidated building near the top of the Continental Divide represents the remains of the shafthouse of the Fourth of July mine in Boulder County, Colorado. It is surrounded by a pile of mine tailings.
A dilapidated building near the top of the Continental Divide represents the remains of the shafthouse of the Fourth of July mine in Boulder County, Colorado. The roof is bowed and on the verge of collapse.
Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Boulder County--1940- 1950.
A dilapidated building near the top of the Continental Divide represents the remains of the shafthouse of the Fourth of July mine in Boulder County, Colorado. The roof is bowed and on the verge of collapse.
Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Boulder County--1940- 1950.
The interior of the shafthouse of the Fourth of July mine in Boulder County, Colorado has machinery and machine parts strewn around. The room is illuminated by sunshine coming through holes in the roof.
Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.
View of the shafthouse, mine buildings, and the covered tramway of the Mendota Tunnel Mine near Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. Shows tailings and steep inclined tram tracks.
Marshall Basin (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mendota Tunnel Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.
View of the Aetna Mine on Carbonate Hill in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows a shafthouse, a mill, mine buildings and a tipple. Mines and Leadville are in the distance. Snow covered Mount Elbert and Mount Massive are across the valley.
Aetna Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Elbert, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Massive, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mills.; Mine buildings.; Mining.
View of a Colorado Midland Railroad train next to the west portal of the Ivanhoe-Busk Tunnel in (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows train tracks and a mine shafthouse.
Interior view of the shafthouse of the Independence Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. The hoisting engineer poses near a set of levers. Another man stands near an engine and a windlass.
Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
Interior view of the shafthouse of the Independence Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. The hoisting engineer poses near a set of levers. Another man stands near an engine and a windlass.
Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
Outdoor portrait of a group of miners, women, a girl, and dogs near the entrance to a corrugated metal shafthouse in Colorado. Tramway tracks lead into the building.