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- Lenawee Mine
- Miners pose on a partially constructed tramway at the Lenawee Mine in Summit County, Colorado. A horse team and wagon are nearby. A sign above the entrance to the mine reads: "Lenawee".
- Lenawee Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Keystone Bullion Co.
- A miner poses with his children and wife on horseback at the Keystone Bullion Company in Summit County, Colorado. A nearby sign reads: "Keystone Bullion Co."
- Keystone Bullion Co. (Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Captain Albert Jackman belays Corporal Peter Gabriel as he cuts steps into the face of a crevass en route to the summit of Mount Rainier, Washington
- Captain Albert Jackman of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) belays Corporal Peter Gabriel as he uses an ice axe to cut steps into the face of a crevass en route to the summit of Mount Rainier, Washington. Taken during the Mount...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Gabriel, Peter, Corporal.; Jackman, Albert H.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army....
- [May 1942]
- Men and fog on the summit of Mount Rainier, Washinton
- Seven men from the Mount Rainier Test Expedition of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) on the summit as fog descends and obscures visibility. All relax in various states of repose wearing anoraks with the hoods up, dark pants, and...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May 16, 1942]
- Summit of Pikes Peak
- Distant view of the Summit House and Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway (Cog Road) on the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1900-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Summit County Courthouse
- The Summit County Courthouse, in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story brick building with a hipped gable roof, a slightly projecting gabled entry, and a cupola with sash windows. The cornice is dentiled all around. The lintels, sills,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]
- Summit County Courthouse, Breckenridge, Colo 1910
- In this view of the Summit County Courthouse looking northwest, the two story brick building's hipped gable roof, a slightly projecting gabled entry, and a cupola with sash windows are visible. The lintels, sills, entablature and pendants are of...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1910
- Summit County Courthouse
- In this view of the Summit County Courthouse, looking northeast, the two story brick building's hipped gable roof, a slightly projecting gabled entry, and a cupola with sash windows are visible. The cornice is dentiled all around. The lintels,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]
- Laying of cornerstone at courthouse, Summit Co, Colo.
- On Main Street, in Breckenridge, Colorado, a parade of Masons approach in their aprons, led by men with tubas or cornets, bound for the cornerstone laying ceremony at the site of the new Summit County Courthouse. Men, women, children, power poles...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Testing gravel before building dredge
- Three men stand on a raft with a churn drill used to test gravel for hydraulic placer gold mining prior to building a dredge, Summit County, Colorado.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Gold dredging
- Two steam shovels excavate a ground pit for hydraulic placer gold mining, Summit County, Colorado.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Steam shovels--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Hydraulic mine, Summit County, Colorado
- View of a placer mining operation in Summit County, Colorado; shows a jet of water, eroded embankments, and a frame structure with ladders and platforms. Miners work; houses are in the background.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1860-1890.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1860-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1860-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1860-1890.
- [between 1860 and 1890?]
- Gold Pan pit
- Evans Gold Pan hydraulic placer mine, in Summit County, Colorado, is abandoned and flooded; the pumping platform projects over water. A man and dog look on; ducks are in the foreground.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Peabody Placer
- Peabody Placer, Summit County, Colorado, is hydraulic gold mine open pit with a sluice. A monitor emits a jet of water.
- Sluices--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Summit Co
- Miners wear high boots and pose by a winch and an open mine shaft in Summit County, Colorado.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Summit County--Colorado--1890-1900.; Miners--Summit County--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Summit County--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- The Col. Sellers Mine. Leadville
- View of Colonel Sellers Mine with tailings, frame buildings, tipples, and apparatus, Summit County, Colorado.
- Colonel Sellers Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Great eastern Echo Canyon
- A view of Steamboat Rock in Echo Canyon (Summit County), Utah shows Union Pacific Railroad tracks at the base of the formation.
- Echo Canyon (Summit County, Utah)--1860-1880.; Summit County (Utah)--1860-1880.; Canyons--Utah--Summit County--1860-1880.; Railroads--Utah--Summit County--1860-1880.; Rock formations--Utah--Summit County--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1880?]
- Interior of show sheds, Summit Station, CPRR Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Interior view of Central Pacific Railroad snow sheds in Summit (Placer County), California. A locomotive with a cow catcher and balloon stack approaches.
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1870-1880.; Summit (Calif.)--1870-1880.; Interiors--California--Summit--1870-1880.; Railroad locomotives--California--Summit--1870-1880.; Snowsheds--California--Summit--1870-1880.
- [1870]
- Cabin in the clearing, west of Argentine Pass near Chihuahua Camp
- A two-story log cabin stands in the foreground near Argentine Pass on the border of Summit and Clear Creek counties in Colorado. A portion of the Pennsylvania Mine complex is on the hill in the right background. The smaller cabin in the left...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Barns--Colorado--Summit County--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Summit County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1940-1950.; Water towers--Colorado--Summit...
- [1948?]
- Waterfall in Summit County
- Water cascades over small ledges near Montezuma, a mining community in Summit County, Colorado; log cabins stand among tall pine trees and tree stumps. Patches of snow are on the ridge of mountains in the distance.
- Montezuma (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Summit County--1870-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--1870-1900.; Pines--Colorado--Summit County--1870-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Summit County--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- North from summit of McClellan Mtn. on the Argentine Central Ry.
- Argentine Central Railway engine with Colorado and Southern passenger cars on summit of Mount McClellan, Colorado; shows view north of Rocky Mountains, narrow gauge track winding up to summit, and sightseers in train.
- McClellan Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Summit of Mt. McClellan reached via Argentine Central Ry.
- Mount McClellan's summit (14,007 feet) via Argentine Central Railway, Colorado; shows engine and passenger cars parked with large group of sightseers at summit and in cars, passenger cars retouched to reflect name of "Gray's Peak Route," narrow...
- McClellan Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Cog Road, Summit of Pike's Peak
- View of summit of Pikes Peak on the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway, also known as the cog train; shows rack and pinion railroad track, summit lookout tower, and clouds.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Watch towers--Colorado--1890-1910.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Battle of Summit Springs
- A group of Native Americans reenacts a scene from the battle of Summit Springs during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Four of the men play drums they hold in the air. Two young girls and several women stand together in the right...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1900-1910.; Historical reenactments--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Summit Springs, Colo., Battle of, 1869.
- [1901?]
- Summit of Pike's Peak
- Summit of Pikes Peak (elevation 14,110 feet), Colorado, reached via Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway (also called "Pike's Peak Cog Road"); shows cog engine number six, passenger car near Summit House, look-out tower atop Pikes Peak, cog track...
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--Pikes Peak--1900-1920.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- [between 1906 and 1915]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 7 Numbers 9 and 10, 1924 September-October
- Green Mountain Dam -powerhouse site - diversion tunnel
- View of Green Mountain Dam construction in Summit County, Colorado; shows quarried rock, a canal with the Blue River, a tunnel, and sheds.
- Blue River (Colo. : river)--1930-1950.; Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Canals--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Rivers--Colorado--Summit...
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- West from summit of Pikes Peak
- Boulders, rocks and snow are at the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Echo Canon, U.P.R.Y.
- View of Echo Canon and Union Pacific Railway tracks near Echo (Summit County), Utah. Shows a rock canyon wall, tracks and boulders.
- Union Pacific Railway Company--1880-1900.; Echo Canyon (Summit County, Utah)--1880-1900.; Summit County (Utah)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Utah--Summit County--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Utah--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1897?]
- Summit of Pikes Peak
- A view of the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado shows snowfields and peaks in the distance.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- The summit of Pikes Peak
- A view of the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado shows mountain terrain around the area of the summit.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Pikes Peak & Manitou RR at Summit of Pikes Peak
- Shows the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway engine no. 3 and train stopped at the summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. A single story brick building is next to the cog railway tracks, possibly the train depot. A wooden lookout tower with a...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Summit of Grays Peak
- View of the observation house at the summit of Grays Peak, Clear Creek and Summit Counties, Colorado. Shows rusticated stone structure with no roof and three walls.
- Grays Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Stone buildings--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- "10 Mile" Pass from near Kokomo
- View of Denver & Rio Grande railroad tracks, snow, and sheds, on a mountain pass identified as Tenmile Pass near Kokomo, Summit County, Colorado.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Sheds--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Black Lake - Blue River Mts.
- View of Black Lake and mountains identified as the Blue River Mountains in Summit County, Colorado. A man is by a cabin; a boat is on the water.
- Black Lake (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Black Lake - Blue River Mts.
- View of Black Lake and mountains identified as the Blue River Mountains in Summit County, Colorado; a cabin is near the lake.
- Black Lake (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Monument Rock Echo Canyon
- View of a rock formation identified as Monument Rock in Echo Canyon in probably Summit County, Utah. Scrub bushes and a canyon wall are nearby.
- Echo Canyon (Summit County, Utah)--1880-1900.; Summit County (Utah)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Utah--Summit County--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Utah--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Echo Canon
- View of Echo Canyon in probably Summit County, Utah. A dirt road and Union Pacific Railway Company tracks are nearby.
- Union Pacific Railway Company--1880-1900.; Echo Canyon (Summit County, Utah)--1880-1900.; Summit County (Utah)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Utah--Summit County--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Utah--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- M. & P.P. Ry. nearing the Summit
- The Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway winds along rocky slopes to the summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Clouds roll over the top of the 14,110 foot summit.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clouds--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- The summit of Longs Peak
- A man stands at the summit of Longs Peak, Boulder County, Colorado. A camera box sits on the trail to the summit.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountains--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Echo Canon, U.P. Ry.
- View of Echo Canyon in probably Summit County, Utah. A dirt road, telegraph poles, and Union Pacific Railway Company tracks are nearby.
- Union Pacific Railway Company--1880-1900.; Echo Canyon (Summit County, Utah)--1880-1900.; Summit County (Utah)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Utah--Summit County--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Utah--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Monument Rock, Echo Canon
- View of a rock formation identified as Monument Rock in Echo Canyon in probably Summit County, Utah. Scrub bushes and a canyon wall are nearby.
- Echo Canyon (Summit County, Utah)--1880-1900.; Summit County (Utah)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Utah--Summit County--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Utah--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Parkville, Colorado
- View of a bronze plaque mounted in a stone wall in the former town of Parkville, Colorado in Summit County. Inscribed on the plaque: "Site of Summit Lodge 2 A. F. & A. M. 1861-1864 Colorado Territory one of the three original lodges which formed...
- Freemasons. Lodge No. 47, AF & AM (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Freemasons. Summit Lodge 2, AF & AM (Parkville, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Parkville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Parkville--1940-1950.; Monuments &...
- [1940?]
- M. & P. P. Ry. near the summit
- The Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway, (Cog Road), winds along rocky slopes to the summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Clouds roll over the top of the 14,110 foot summit.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- Kimberly Mine and Mill Kokomo Colo.
- View of the Kimberly Mine, Mill, and covered tramway near Kokomo (Summit County), Colorado. The tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company (D&RG) are nearby.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Kimberly Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Kokomo (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Kokomo--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Kokomo--1880-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Washington Mine [stamp mill]
- View of the Washington Mine stamp mill in Illinois Gulch near Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado.
- Mills--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Illinois Gulch (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.
- [1904?]
- Boss Mine at Breckenridge Colo.
- A woman and miners, with picks and gold pans, pose by the entrance to the Boss mine near Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Shows a horse.
- Boss Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1888]
- Boreas Pass
- View of dilapidated mining buildings on Boreas Pass, at the boundary of Park and Summit Counties, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Park County--1930-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1970.; Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Park County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Park...
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- North American tunnel #2 on right
- Homer McAlister (Thornwell) drives a horse drawn buggy by the Mary Verne mine and power plant in Summit County, Colorado.
- Mary Verna Tunnel Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; McAlister, Homer Thornwell.
- between 1906 and 1909
- Near Frisco, Colorado, power house of the Mary Verna mining company
- View of the Mary Verna Mining Company power plant in Summit County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mary Verna Tunnel Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.
- between 1906 and 1909