Two men stand on narrow gauge tracks near a signal on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad near a mine identified as the Ben Butler Mine, Eagle River Canyon (Eagle County), Colorado. A train is on the tracks and a man is in the caboose. Shows tailings, a tram house, cables for buckets, telegraph poles, a tramway and other mining structures on stilts on the cliff faces. The houses of Gilman are on top of Battle Mountain.
Description
1 photoprint : albumen ; 33 x 25 cm. (13 x 10 in.) mounted on album page.
Subject
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--19th century; Eagle County (Colo.)--19th century; Eagle River (Colo.)--19th century; Gilman (Colo.)--19th century; Cities and towns--Colorado--Gilman--19th century; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--19th century; Railroads--Colorado--Eagle County--19th century; Rivers--Colorado--Eagle County--19th century
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
W. H. Jackson sample album. Colorado Book VII ; no. 191
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Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700301598
Notes
Attribution to Jackson based on inclusion in bound W. H. Jackson sample album.; Condition: Print is spotted, edges frayed.; Hand-lettered title reproduced in print.; Label on front of photoprint reads: "0332."; Mounted on verso of album page: WHJ-1597.; R700301598
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