View toward the north overlooking barren landscape and Central City, Colorado. Snow is visible on the hillside. St. Aloysius is to the far-right of the image, and St. Mary's Catholic Church is visible at the right-to-center part of the image. Gregory's Gulch is directly below the slope. In the foreground is the Galena mine. Four men, two dressed in suits and hats and two dressed in miners clothes stand to the right of the mine on a heap of mine tailings. Debris litters the area in the foreground in front of the mine. Some of the other mines in the image include the Mammoth, the East Boston, and the O.K.
Date
[between 1890 and 1899?]
Notes
Copy negative (formerly negative number F1036) made from photographic print.; Corners of print slightly frayed.; Hand-written on back of photoprint: Central City Spring St. and Convent showing Galena mine, Mammoth, East Boston, O.K. and ?; Title supplied by cataloguer.; R7100025069
Description
1 photoprint ; 28 x 35 cm. (11 x 14 in.)
Subject
Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
