Piute's Monthly DPL Pix

This Month: May

Mines

This is a monthly feature of Piute's Pix Picks from the Denver Public Library's Collection of over 85,000 photos. Every month is based on a common theme.

Photos used with permission from The Denver Public Library/Western History Collection.
DPL Photo Collection

1. Argo Mill   View of the Argo Mill, mine, and tunnel with tailings on Clear Creek in Idaho Springs(Clear Creek County), Colorado. Date 1941. Photographer Fick, William L. Call Number X-62939
2. National Belle Mine   View of the abandoned National Belle Mine and mill buildings with tailings, Red Mountain (Ouray County), Colorado. Date [between 1934 and 1941] Photographer Walker Art Studio. Call Number X-62099
3. Smuggler Union Pandora flotation mill   View of the flotation mill at the Smuggler Union Pandora (Veta Mines) ore processing facility in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows sheds and tailings. Date [between 1930 and 1950?] Photographer Zellers, Bob. Call Number CHS X5451
4. Elkton mine, Cripple Creek & Victor   View of a head frame, covered tram, and shafthouse at the Elkton mine, Teller County, Colorado. Date 1941. Photographer Fick, William L. Call Number X-62993
5. Tabor's "The Matchless," Leadville, Colo.   View of a head frame and surface buildings at the Matchless mine, Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Posted sign reads: "Notice! Employees allowed in this mine only." Date 1941. Photographer Fick, William L. Call Number X-63003
6. The Little Johnny, Leadville, Colo.   View of a dilapidated mill building and broken ore car track at the Little Johnny mine, Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Date 1940. Photographer Fick, William L. Call Number X-63004
7. Vindicator Mine   View of a head frame, tailings, and surface structures at the Vndicator Mine, Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Date [between 1940 and 1950?] Photographer Zellers, Bob. Call Number CHS X5534
8. Portland #1 and #2, Victor, Colo.   View shows head frames, tailings, and surface structures at the Portland #1 and #2 mines on Battle Mountain, Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Date 1941. Photographer Fick, William L. Call Number X-63018
9. Magnolia Mill above Montgomery, Colo.   View of the abandoned Magnolia Mine and Mill near Montgomery (Park County), Colorado. The shaft house is connected to the mill by a covered tramway. Date [1940]. Photographer Fick, William L. Call Number X-63036
10. Ore buckets at mine near Ward, Colo.     View of mine ore buckets and ore car by an abandoned loader at a mine near Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Date [1940]. Photographer Fick, William L. Call Number X-63048
11. Steam mine hoist, Nevadaville, Colo.   View of an abandoned mine with a cable hoist in the ghost town of Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado. Date 1940. Photographer Fick, William L. Call Number X-620933
12. Mack mine stamp mill   View of the abandoned stamps and stamping mill machinery at the Mack Mine on Bates Hill, Gilpin County, Colorado. Date [1900?] Call Number X-61816
13. Alma - Lincoln - ore train coming out of portal   Men smile and laugh by ore cars and sheds at the Alma Lincoln Mine in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. They wear helmets with lamps; sign reads: "Watch Out For Cars." Date [between 1940 and 1950?] Photographer Zellers, Bob. Call Number CHS.X5489
14. Entrance to mine tunnel, Lincoln Co.   View shows the timbered entrance to the tunnel of an unidentified mine, Lincoln County, Wyoming. Date [between 1930 and 1950?]. Call Number X-62675
15. Independence Mine shaft   View of the abandoned head frame of the Independence Mine, Independence (Teller County), Colorado. Date [between 1940 and 1950]. Photographer Sandford, D. B. Call Number X-62528
16. Teller County Mine   View of the shaft house and power house of an abandoned mine in Teller County, Colorado. Date [between 1910 and 1920]. Call Number X-62517
17. Royal Tiger Mines Co    View of the Royal Tiger Mill and concentrator near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. An automobile is parked nearby. Date August 22, 1923. Photographer Rocky Mountain Photo Company. Call Number X-62270
18. The California mine, Waldorf, Colo. (Georgetown)    View of the abandoned California mine and mill in Clear Creek County, Colorado with tailings and shaft house. Date 1941. Photographer Fick, William L. Call Number X-63095
19. Crown Point Mine Russell Gulch    View of the abandoned shaft house of the Crown Point Mine on Russell Gulch near Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado . Date [between 1930 and 1950]. Photographer Peery, Bill. Call Number X-61816
20. Climax, Colo crushing plant   View of the crushing plant, mine cars, and tramway at the Climax Mine in Lake County, Colorado. Date [between 1930 and 1940]. Photographer Denver Commercial Photo Co. Call Number X-60975
21. Old Golden Age mill, Jamestown   Golden Age Mill, ore processing machinery for nearby gold and silver mines, in Boulder County, Colorado; shows a water wheel, gears, a cam shaft, crushers, a flume, and a stream. Date [between 1860 and 1880?] Photographer Dickerson, A. E. Call Number X-60740
22. Mary Murphy mine   View of a dilapidated wooden mine building, possibly the Mary Murphy mine (Allie Bell mine ?), near Hancock (Chaffee County), Colorado. Date 1954. Photographer Wegg, Mary Call Number X-60893
23. Holy Cross Mill and Whitney Peak-X-5813   View of a mill in Holy Cross City, Eagle County, Colorado. Date [between 1880 and 1890] Call Number X-5813
24. Blackhawk - Iron City Stamp Mill    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. Date [between 1935 and 1950?] Photographer Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975 Call Number K-177

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