W. H. Jackson sample album. Colorado Book VII ; no. 191
Creator(s)
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942.
Summary
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.
Date
[between 1880 and 1890?]
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
Physical Description
1 photoprint : albumen ; 33 x 25 cm. (13 x 10 in.) mounted on album page.
Is Part Of
W. H. Jackson sample album. Colorado Book VII.
Subject
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gilman (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Gilman--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
