Several unidentified men stand outside the Iron City Stamp Mill in Blackhawk, a mining town in Gilpin County, Colorado. The tracks of the Gilpin Tramway, which was used to haul ore from nearby mines to the depot in Blackhawk, cross the foreground. Two teams of horses pull a wagon in the left midground. Another team of horses stands with a buggy in front of the wagon teams. A railroad car with the number "UP 8188 SL&C" is at the entrance of the three-tiered, stone mill. ; Two unidentified men stick their heads out from two windows in the upper level. Additional wagons are being pulled by horses on a road in the side of a hill in the right background.
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1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 11 cm. (3 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 19 cm. (4 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
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Related Material
Image File: ZZR700125177
Notes
Title from inventory prepared by Western History Department, Denver Public Library; words "The Iron City Stamp Mill, Black Hawk. 1890's Exterior. the 24" track of the Gilpin tramway crosses lower section of photo. Just arriving is a wagon load of ore from unknown mine. Horse and buggy, owner unknown, ahead of wagon team. Photo source unknown. Kemp coll." written on paper stuck to back of print; image is copy of an earlier photograph taken by an unknown photographer.; R7001251777
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