View of the exterior of the remains of an ore loading chute along the Argentine Central Railway near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The structure is built against a hill. The wood is warped and sections of the exterior are missing. The old rail bed leads back into the trees behind the chute.
Description
1 slide: color.
Is Part Of
Tom Noel photograph collection.; Tom Noel photograph collection, notebook Clear Creek.
Item Owned By
Auraria Library
Subject
Argentine Central Railway Company--Facilities--2010-2020.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Abandoned mines.; Mining equipment.; Argentine Central Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Ore handling--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial works.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial works.; Railroads--Abandonment--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Pictorial works.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Source: loan, Tom Noel, 2010.
Rights Contact Information
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Title and content derived from inventory prepared by Kathleen Barlow.; From inventory: "The Argentine Central Rail Road opened in 1906. It was constructed by Edward Wilcox who owned several mines in the area. Wilcox sold the railroad in 1908 and the road changed hands several times before the tracks were removed in 1920."; Scanned image from loaned collection.; R7001519581; Digitization sponsored by the Kenneth King Foundation.
