Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Marshall Basin Mines
- View of mines in Marshall Basin including large tailing piles, a collection of office buildings, mill buildings, and tents near timberline, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- Basins (Geology)--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Marshall Basin (Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Tailing...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Fluorspar Mill, 4UR Ranch
- View of the abandoned Colorado Fluorspar Company Mine and mill on the 4UR ranch in Wagon Wheel Gap (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows a tailing pile, ore house and deteriorated wooden buildings. Corrugated metal buildings are next to the mill. Goose...
- 4UR Ranch (Wagon Wheel, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Colorado Fluorspar Company Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Abandoned mines.; Mills.; Ore industry.; 4UR Ranch (Wagon Wheel, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 2009
- Chance and Amethyst - Mines of Fire
- Men stand near a horse drawn wagon on a dirt road that weaves past buildings of the Last Chance and Amethyst Mines in Weaver near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Split logs, industrial buildings, and mining equipment litter the slopes nearby....
- Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Last Chance Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Weaver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1894?]
- The Gold King, Cripple Creek
- View of the entrance to the Gold King Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows wood shed, tailing piles, and rocky slope.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold King Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Amethyst and Chance mines, Creede, Colo.
- Children stand on the slope of a hill near the Amethyst and Chance Mines in Weaver, near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings and tailing piles. Smoke rises from smoke stacks.
- Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Last Chance Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Weaver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.;...
- 1895 July 17
- Penrose Mine
- Children stand on a dirt road near the Penrose Mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. A boy rides in a wagon pulled by a donkey. Shows the mine head frame, mill building, and tailing piles.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Penrose Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Mine in Gunnison County
- View of mine buildings and tailing piles at an unidentified mine probably in Gunnison County, Colorado. Mountains are in the distance.
- Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Raven Hill from Anaconda, Cripple Crk. Mg. District
- View of the town of Anaconda and surrounding mines in Teller county, Colorado. View includes Low Line, Mary McKinney (McKinney Mining Company), and Morning Glory mines. Industrial features on the landscape include mine tailings, smelters and ore...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Emmett Mine, Leadville
- A Colorado National Guardsman stands on a hill and looks over the Emmett Mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The soldier guards the mining property during a labor dispute between mine owners and miners who belonged to the Western Federation...
- Colorado. National Guard.--1890-1900.; Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1890-1900.; Emmett Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Guards--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.;...
- 1896
- Mendota Mine in Silver Plume, Colo.
- View of the Mendota Mine near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows the shaft house, mine buildings with smoke stacks, and tailing piles.
- Mendota Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Spring Gulch
- View of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Gulch (Spring Gulch) in Pitkin County, Colorado. Smoke rises from the engine of a Colorado Midland Railway Company train. Shows Spring Gulch Mine, a tipple, tailing piles, houses, and industrial...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1880-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1920.; Mining camps--Colorado--Gulch--1880-1920.; Gulch (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Spring Gulch Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1880-1920.; Coal...
- [between 1888 and 1916?]
- Sopris mine
- Smoke rises from the smokestacks of the powerhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal mine at Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows railroad tracks, tailing piles, and houses.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1930.; Mining camps--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Sopris Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1890-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1930.; Mine...
- [between 1890 and 1928?]
- Where the spent shale is discharged
- A man stands near the oil shale processing facility at the Index Shale Oil Company in De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado, Shows a Brown retort, a conveyor belt elevator for tailings, exhaust stacks, and sheds. The Roan Cliffs are in the distance.
- Index Oil Shale Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Conveying systems--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Petroleum...
- 1922
- Cresson Mine, buckets to mine
- Buckets hang on an aerial tramway at the Cresson Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings, embankments, and tailing piles.
- Cresson Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teller County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Tailings...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Water supply ditch, So. Platte Dr. Co.
- View of a ditch that leads to the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Parker County). Gravel tailing piles are nearby and mountains are in the distance. Shows part of the dredge.
- South Platte Dredging Co.--Equipment & supplies--1930-1950.; Fairplay (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dredges--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Tailings...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- So. Platte Dr. Co.
- View of an extended arm and conveyor belt on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Gravel tailing piles are on the ground at the end of the mechanical arm.
- South Platte Dredging Co.--Equipment & supplies--1930-1950.; Fairplay (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Dredges--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- So. Platte Drg. Co.
- View of the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge probably near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows dredge equipment, tailing piles, and hose.
- South Platte Dredging Co.--Equipment & supplies--1930-1950.; Fairplay (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dredges--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Dew Drop Mine, Frances, Colo.
- Men, women and children, who include the Greulich family, pose on tailings and the tipple in the mine dump of the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. The women wear long capes. The men wear suits,...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families.; Mine buildings.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.; Tipples.; Greulich family.
- 1895 July 29th
- Marshall Basin mines, Telluride
- View of mines in Marshall Basin including large tailing piles, collection of frame office and mill buildings, and tents near timberline, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- Basins (Geology)--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Marshall Basin (Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Tailings...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Silver Plume showing mines
- View of Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows tailing piles on Republican Mountain from the Pelican Dives, Upper Dives, Baxter, Josephine and Eaglebird mines, residences, Pelican Road, and Clear Creek.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.; Tailings...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Globe Smelter
- View of Globe Smelter at 52nd (Fifty-second), Logan, and Washington Streets in Denver, Colorado. Men work in the yard. Shows brick masonry buildings, furnaces, tall smelter chimneys, ladders, tailing piles, and carts. Several large ore crucibles...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1920.; Globe Smelter--1880-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Denver--1880-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1920.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1880-1920.
- [between 1889 and 1920?]
- Eagle River Canyon Denver & Rio Grande R. R., Gilman, Colorado
- The dark Denver and Rio Grande railroad West Belden Tunnel frames a view over the lower portal, Eagle River Canyon, Eagle County, Colorado. Gilman with tailing dumps shows on top of sunny Soldier Mountain.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1910-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1918 and 1925]
- Marshall Park, Colorado
- Marshall Park, Clear Creek County, Colorado, consists of dwellings, outbuildings, and a flat roofed commercial building with prominent trim. Tailing piles dot the area; rocks, trees, and rail fence are in the foreground.
- Marshall Park (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Mineral Point, Colorado
- Mineral Point, San Juan County, Colorado, consists of log cabins, trees, and a tailing pile. This gold camp was named after local rock formations.
- Mineral Point (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1873 and 1880?]
- Mtn. City, lower Central City Gregory-Buell power plant
- A masonry shell is all that remains of the Buell Mining Company's power plant in Mountain City, Gilpin County, Colorado. A two- story, cottage roofed residence and dwelling are across dirt road; tailing piles and mine shafts dot steep valley slopes...
- Buell Mining Company (Mountain City, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1970-1980.; Power plants--Colorado--Mountain City--1970-1980.
- 1972
- Nevadaville, Colo
- View northwest over Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows log dwellings, commercial buildings (some with external stone fireplaces), privies, wood and tailing piles, and Main Street. Continental Divide is in the background.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1865?]
- Nevadaville City Hall
- A two-story frame civic building in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, has double doors and lettering: "City Hall Fire Dept." Mill housings, mining sheds, and tailing piles are in the background.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; City & town halls--Colorado--Nevadaville--1950-1960.; Fire stations--Colorado--Nevadaville--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Head of Russell Gulch
- View of Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado, consists of frame dwellings, mines, tailing piles adjoining the Gregory District. Founded in 1859 by William Green Russell; by 1860 it had a population of 2500.
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Rosita
- View over Rosita, Custer County, Colorado, shows frame dwellings, businesses, fenced yards, mining sheds and tailing piles on hill slopes.
- Rosita (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1881?]
- Tiger
- View of the ruins of the Royal Tiger Mines, Tiger, Summit County, Colorado, includes large tailing pile and dilapidated wooden structures.
- Tiger (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Tiger--1980-1990.; Mining--Colorado--Tiger--1980-1990.
- 1981
- Round Mountain, Silver Cliff scene of much prospecting and several small mines were located here.
- View of Round Mountain, outside of Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows tailing dumps.
- Round Mountain (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Carbonate Hill and Leadville Colo.
- Right side of panorama view from Carbonate Hill over Leadville mining district to the Continental Divide, Colorado; shows rocky hills, frame structures, smokestacks, mine shafts, headframes, railroad and ore car tracks, and tailing piles.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Carbonate Hill and Leadville Colo.
- Left side of panorama from Carbonate Hill over Leadville mining district, Colorado; shows rocky hills, frame structures, smokestacks, mine shafts, headframes, railroad tracks, ore cart trestles and tailing piles.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Carbonate Hill and Leadville Colo.
- Center of panorama view from Carbonate Hill over Leadville mining district to the Continental Divide, Colorado; shows rocky hills, frame structures, smokestacks, mine shafts, headframes, railroad and ore car tracks and tailing piles.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Doctor Jackpot Mine, Cripple Creek Colo.
- Left side of panorama looking west over Doctor Jackpot Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, above Anaconda, Teller County, Colorado; shows frame structures, headframes, ore chutes, dirt roads, and tailing piles.
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Doctor Jackpot Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1920.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1920]
- Doctor Jackpot Mine, Cripple Creek Colo.
- Right side of panorama west over Doctor Jackpot Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, above Anaconda, Teller County, Colorado; shows wood frame structures, headframes, ore chutes, dirt roads and tailing piles; Mary McKinney Mining Company is...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Doctor Jackpot Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mary McKinney Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1920.; Wooden...
- [between 1895 and 1920]
- Idaho Springs, Colo.
- Left side of panorama over Idaho Springs, Colorado; shows Argo Mine tailing and timber piles, ore car tracks, residences on Colorado Boulevard, Colorado and Southern Railroad tracks, Clear Creek, a gazebo, the Natatorium, Wykoff Lumber and...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1907]
- Idahoe [sic] Springs, Colo.
- The left side of the panorama view of Idaho Springs, Colorado, includes: a portion of the Argo mining operation with tailing piles, wood frame residences, Colorado and Southern Railroad tracks, Clear Creek, a small gazebo, the Natatorium, and...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Railroad...
- [between 1900 and 1907]
- Idahoe [sic] Springs, Colo.
- The center of the panorama view of Idaho Springs, Colorado, includes: the Argo Mine with tailing and timber piles and ore cart tracks in foreground, residences along Colorado Boulevard, Colorado and Southern Railroad tracks, Clear Creek, Wykoff...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1907]
- Sangre De Christo [sic] Range from Bull Hill
- The center of panorama view from Bull Hill, Teller County, Colorado, includes slope covered with mines, tailing dumps, dirt roads, Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks; snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1890-1920.; Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings...
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Sangre De Christo [sic] Range from Bull Hill
- Left side of panorama view from Bull Hill, Teller County, shows slope covered with mines, tailing dumps, wood frame structures, headframes, shafthouses, ore cart tracks and criss-crossing dirt roads with snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in...
- Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Sangre De Christo [sic] Range from Bull Hill
- The left side of panorama view from Bull Hill, Teller County, Colorado, includes slope covered with mines, tailing dumps, wood frame structures, dirt roads, Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks; snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1890-1920.; Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings...
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Sangre De Christo [sic] Range from Bull Hill
- Right side of panorama view from Bull Hill, Teller County, Colorado, shows slope covered with mines, tailing dumps, and criss-crossing dirt roads; snow capped Sangre De Cristo Range in distance.
- Bull Hill (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Bull Hill--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Alice, view looking southwest
- Southwest across Alice, in Clear Creek County, Colorado is one of the largest mining camps in the Fall River valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier, settled in the early 1880s. Widely scattered ruins of the small boom town include mines and...
- Alice (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Alice--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Portland- Black Diamond- Victor, Colo.
- View of the Portland, Bobtail, and Black Diamond mines in the Cripple Creek Mining District, Victor, Teller County, Colorado. A large mound of mine dumps and tailing stands next to the slant roofed metal building of the Black Diamond mine. Three...
- Spoil banks--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1910?]
- Leadville Mining District - view west across the city of Leadville, Colorado, toward Mt. Massive
- View of Leadville, Colorado; shows houses, outbuildings, tailing piles, smokestacks, Mount Massive and the Sawatch Range.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Massive, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View northeast over Georgetown, Colorado. The Julius Pohle house is along the road to Silver Plume. Chimney Rock is void of its smokestack. Griffith, Woodchuck and Saxon Mountains are in background. Landmarks include: original Catholic church, Our...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1917]
- Looking north east over Geo. Town
- View from Leavenworth Mountain northeast toward Georgetown, Colorado. A man wearing a cap, jacket, and white scarf stands on the slope looking over the town. Landmarks include: original Catholic church, Our Lady of Laurdes with the Catholic school,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1917]
- Leadville, Colorado 1900
- View west of Leadville, Colorado; shows mining district with smoking smelter stacks, crushers, ore cart tracks and mine tailing dumps, frame houses and brick commercial buildings. Landmarks include: Annunciation Church, Lake County Courthouse, High...
- Church of the Annunciation (Leadville, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Vendome Hotel (Leadville, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [1900]
- Gold dredge, Breckenridge, Colo
- View of the Blue River Placer Mining Company (or Continental Mining Company) bucket-line dredging boat, in Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado. The covered stacker of the hydraulic mine and processing plant extends over tailing piles; a person is...
- Dredges--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1940.; Mining machinery--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1940.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1940.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1940.;...
- [between 1917 and 1938?]