Well-dressed men stand on a wooden platform and operate a windlass to a mine shaft in Colorado. The shafthouse, a tailings dump, and a railroad to another mine are in the distance.
A mining prospector leans over a windlass at a mine west of Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. The miner wears a hat and a work coat and pants. Large pieces of wood are scattered on the ground.
Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Prospecting--Colorado--1890-1900.
A windlass stands in the foreground of this view of two ranches, probably in Gilpin County, Colorado. Large rock formations stand on the slope of the hill behind the two ranches. A dirt road leads back to the ranch in the right midground.
Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.
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.
Six men stand around a partially constructed shafthouse at the Buena Vista Mine in Teller County, Colorado. A horse stands near a windlass. Pikes Peak is in the distance.
Buena Vista Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.
View of Buena Vista Mine in Teller County, Colorado. Shows a partially constructed wood shafthouse with head frame, windlass, miners, and harnessed mule. Pikes Peak is in the distance.
Buena Vista Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.;...
A horse-driven windlass is being used to pull ore carts from the tunnel of the Iron Silver mine, Lake County, Colorado.
Iron Silver Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Lake County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Lake County--1870-1880.; Horses--Colorado--Lake County--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Lake County--1870-1880.
Interior view of a hoisting engineer who stands at the controls of a hoist and windlass in the shafthouse of the Gorham Mine near Gorham (Boulder County), Colorado.
View of Buena Vista Mine with partially constructed log and wood shafthouse with head frame, iron windlass on the ground, men and horse, Teller County, Colorado. Pikes Peak is in the distance.
View of Buena Vista Mine in Teller County, Colorado. Shows partially constructed wood shafthouse with head frame, windlass, miners, and harnessed mule. Pikes Peak is in the distance.
Buena Vista Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.
View of the partially constructed Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A crane, windlass, and cut stone pieces are near the building.
Denver Public Library--Buildings--1900-1910.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
Construction workers use a windlass to lower a section of pipe into a trench near Denver Municipal Airport (Stapleton International Airport) in Denver, Colorado. A ditch digging machine and an airport hangar are in the distance.
Close up view of a mine shaft near Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows a winch or windlass, a wheelbarrow, pickaxes and a shovel near a mine shaft in the ground. Buckets and ropes are beside trees.
A miner leans against a windlass pulling something up from below ground, probably in Gilpin County, Colorado. Wood boards lie on the ground near where the man stands. He wears a hat and work clothes.
Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Hoisting machinery--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1920.