A group of men sit on and stand near sacks filled with raw ore from the Anaconda Tunnel Mine in the Cripple Creek Mining District (Teller County), Colorado. Some of the men wear work clothes, others appear to be business men and are dressed in suits with topcoats and hats. A dusting of snow cover low ground in the distance.
Accession number: 89.37.13; History Colorado.; Condition: ink spots.; Handwritten on envelope: "C-Mines-Anaconda Mine."; Inked on mat board: "First Car Load Gold Ore Mined at Cripple Creek, February 1892, Guyot."; Inked on original negative and reproduced in print: "ore sacks" "C.M.R.R. No. 1093."; Penciled on back of mat board: "The Anaconda Mine, 5 tons ran 11 oz gold to ton, 2 cars ran $36.00 per ton gold."; Photographer information printed on back of mat board.; Printed on back of mat board: "Colorado Midland Railway, Pike's Peak Route, Views along the Colorado Midland, A Specialty"; Title inked on original negative and reproduced in print.; R7200045939
Physical Description
1 photographic print ; 11 x 19 cm. (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.) mounted on mat board.
