PPLD Digital Collections

Buildings of Cresson Mine with collapsed railroad tracks in foreground. 1

Buildings of the Gold Exploration & Tunnel Co. on hillside in Cripple Creek. Two large buildings in foreground, with other buildings, including the Pointer Mine, in background and trestle bridge at far right. Title written on bottom of print. 1

Buildings of the Gold Exploration & Tunnel Co. with hillsides behind. Several men stand on railroad track leveled on rocky slope with log retaining wall. "The Gold Exploration & Tunnel Co." printed on side of building at left. 1

Buildings of the North London Mill on snowy hillside. Photo identified on back. 1

Burro hauls four ore cars on tracks in front of log buildings with wooden bridge and trestle behind the cars. Identified on back as "Gob Mine across valley from the South London Gold Mine." 1

Business street with stores and mine buildings and tailings piles on hillside behind, identified as "Mine by Victor." Identification sheet with negative. 1

Busy mine buildings on the hillside in the Cripple Creek Mining District with large smokestack in foreground and tailings at right.. Photo identified on back. 1

Color postcard showing buildings of the Economic Mill on steep hillside near Cripple Creek. "96 - Economic Mill, Cripple Creek District." printed on bottom of card. 1

Color postcard showing the Portland Mine buildings on hillside with tailing piles around. Horse-drawn wagon stands by building in foreground. "126. Portland Mine." printed on bottom of card. 1

Elevated view of buildings and mines in town identified on back as Altman, Colorado. 1

Four men stand looking at a large wooden dredge floating in a body of water involved in placer mining. Identified on top of print as “Hahns Peak Dredge No. 1.” 1

Frame and brick mine buildings with railroad track in front and small tailings pile alongside. Photo identified on back as "Pike View." 1

Frame of mine building on hilltop with snow-covered mountains in background. Note on back reads "The Anchoria Leland. Head of mine shaft above Cripple Creek and Sangre de Cristo Mtns 60 miles away. Arkansas River Valley in between." 1

Full page spread with five images. Illustration appeared in "The Illustrated London News" on May 28, 1881, page 520. 1

Full-page spread of five handcolored wood engravings, titled "Sketches in Colorado" from page 584 of the Illustrated London News, December 11, 1880. Each image is numbered and identified at the bottom of the page. 1

Group of men wearing hard hats with miner's lamps standing in railroad car filled with crushed rock on railroad tracks by mine buildings. Buildings of Cripple Creek are visible below. Sign on side of car reads "War Chest Gold Ore." 1

Hand-written on bottom "607. Abe Lincoln Mine. A. J. Harlan Photo." 1

Handcolored lithograph of mine buildings with cut logs and lumber in foreground. "Leadville, Colo. The Big Chief Mine, Niels Larsen Manager" printed below image. Publication unidentified. 1

Handcolored lithograph of mine buildings with tree stumps in foreground. Two men stand in midground surveying the buildings."The Grant Smelting Works, Leadville, Col." printed below image. Publication unidentified. 1

Handcolored lithograph of mine buildings with treed slope behind and piles of wooden pallets in foreground."The Harrison Reduction Works, Leadville, Col," printed below image. Publication unidentified. 1

Handcolored wood engraving of mine buildings with treed hillside behind and dirt road with wagon pulled by two horses in foreground. "The Greer Smelting Works, Kokomo, Colo." printed below image. Publication unidentified. 1

Handcolored wood engraving of mine buildings with treed hillside behind and dirt roads with man on horseback and wagon in foreground. "The Little Pittsburg Mine, Leadville, Colo." printed below image. Publication unidentified. 1

Hill with tailings piles and mine buildings in distance. 1

Hillside in the Cripple Creek Mining District with mine buildings at top and bottom. Photo identified on back as "Trail Mine at top. About 1908." 1

Houses in the foreground are dwarfed by mines and tailings surrounding them in Victor, Colorado. Smokestacks are emitting black smoke at many of the mining buildings and a track for mining carts is seen in the foreground. 1

Interior of hoist house at the Independence Mine with two men standing by large mechanical hoist and engines. High-backed wooden chair is at left. Title written on bottom of photo. 1

Large brick building with railroad cars parked in front and wooden mine buildings behind. Car and truck are parked on dirt road in front. Photo identified on back as "Pike View area. Golden Cycle Lime Plant 1951." 1

Large buildings on hillside with smokestacks on hill behind. Photo identified on back. 1

Large multi-storied building with railroad cars on tracks below. Railroad car has painted sign "C.C.D. 1032". Photo identified on back. 1

Large tailings pile in front of mill with railroad cars loading underneath. Cars have signs "Cripple Creek Short Line" and "Midland Terminal Railway". 1

Large wood-frame building perches on hillside with tailings pile in front and hill behind. "The Portland C.M.Co." is written on side of building. Five large smokestacks are on building behind. "526" is printed on bottom left of photo. 1

Large wooden building with sign "Mary McKinney Mining Co." on hillside with smaller outbuildings around and empty ore cars on railroad tracks in front. 1

Line of horse and mule-drawn freight wagons on deeply rutted rocky road with mine buildings and piles of tailings in background. Title written on bottom of print. 1

Long view of Golden Cycle Mill and surrounding area showing residence in foreground and mountains in background. 1

Long view of Portland Mill with mine buildings in distance and small home in foreground, with cattle in front. Photo identified on back. 1

Long view of mine buildings, mines and smokestacks on hillside, identified on back as "View of Cripple Creek Mines looking north from Victor, Colo." 1

Long view of mines and tailings piles at Anaconda, Colorado. Photo identified on back. 1

Man poses in front of the comminuter building which housed ore-crushing equipment at the Golden Cycle Mill. Photo identified on back. 1

Man pushing ore car on track alongside wooden buildings on snowy slope with mountains around. Pack animals are visible at extreme right. Photo identified on back. 1

Men and boys pose on and alongside a simple mine headworks supported by beams and logs with mine buildings in background. Town is visible in distance. 1

Men sit in front of the entrance to building identified on back as South London Gold Mine. One man, leaning in doorway, is holding small lantern. 1

Men stand in street surveying damaged building, probably from the bomb explosion at Independence. Man in right foreground is wearing badge on his coat. "Shedin & Lehman Foto's June 6, 1904" printed on lower left of photo. 1

Men standing at railroad tracks in front of wooden buildings with signs "No Admittance" and "The Gold Exploration & Tunnel Co." Small railroad engine is on track coming from building at left center. Man at right is holding harnessed horse. 1

Men, some wearing lamps attached to their hats, sit in front of the entrance to building identified on back as South London Gold Mine. 1

Mill with railroad cars and tracks running through it. 1

Mine building on hillside with car on road below. 1

Mine buildings on hillside near Victor, Colorado. 1

Mine buildings on hillside with mountains in background. Clothesline is visible in lower right corner of picture. 1

Mine buildings on hilltop with tailings piles below. Filled clotheslines stand alongside wooden buildings at left. "Beuna Vista" is printed on large building in back; "#608" printed on bottom of photo. 1

Mine buildings perched on cliff identified on back as Creede. 1

Mines and mine buildings on hillsides above Victor. Identification sheet with negative. 1

Mining buildings. One of five images in a full page spread. Illustration appeared in "The Illustrated London News" on May 28, 1881, page 520. 1

Old mining buildings on hillside in Cripple Creek Mining District. Note on the back reads "Sangre de Cristos in background." 1

Old wooden buildings alongside dried riverbed. Mining machinery and car parked near buildings. Photo identified on back as "The last of Pike View Mine Tipple." 1

One of eight individual images on two-page spread in Harper's Weekly titled "In the Cripple Creek Gold-Fields, Colorado." Image shows interior of tunnel with logs reinforcing walls. "Raven Tunnel" printed at top of image. 1

One of nine images in a full page spread. Illustration appeared in "Harper's Weekly" on May 30, 1874 on pages 456-457. 1

Postcard showing large buildings of the Portland Mine on the hillside above Cripple Creek. "3045. Portland Mine, Cripple Creek District, Colo." printed on top of card. 1

Postcard showing tailings pile in front of buildings of El Paso Mine in Cripple Creek. Title printed on top of card. 1

Railroad depot at Independence, Colorado, showing tracks and trestles below and Vindicator Mine buildings above. A steam locomotive pulling two passenger cars is parked at the depot building. A Bowman Brothers Fuel and Feed Store is seen on the left. 1

Ruined mill site half-buried in snow on hillside. 1

Side view of Golden Cycle Mill with rocks and debris around. 1

Small building on top of rocky hill with stream running alongside and underneath. "Under ground stream tapped in driving tunnel under Beacon Hill - Cripple Creek Mining District" printed on front of photo. 1

Small mining camp at the base of a mountain. 1

Snowy hillside with mine and mill buildings in background. Tailings piles are visible in midground. Photo identified on back. 1

Two men pose inside large wood frame building with pile of timber and mechanical hoist in foreground. Title and "531" printed on bottom of photo. 1

Two men stand on rocky road studying wooden buildings on hillside with snow-covered hills behind. Mine is identified as on Mosquito Pass, between Alma and Leadville, on Alma side. 1

Various mining buildings with roads circling. Horse-drawn wagons and a man swinging an ax. 1

View of Golden Cycle Mill showing buildings, smokestack and tailings pond. A mid-1930s two-door coupe is parked in the complex. 1

View of Golden Cycle Mill showing concrete rubble. 1

View of Pikeview Mine buildings with Pikes Peak in the background. 1

View of hills around Cripple Creek with mountains in distance and mine buildings in middle ground. 1

View of hillside with numerous mine buildings, piles of tailings and miners’ shacks scattered throughout. Larger mining operations appear at the top of the hill among the trees. 1

View of old wooden mine building from catwalk and trestle. 1

View of several mines and associated buildings with mounds of tailings all around. 1

View of the Isabella Mine and Bull Cliffs showing rail lines, buildings, and tailings 1

Wooden buildings at the North London Mine, half-buried in snow. 1

Wooden buildings on hillside with milling equipment in front. Wheel on machinery reads "Morse Bros. Denver Colo." 1

Wooden buildings on snowy hillside. 1

Wooden mine buildings on a barren hillside with snow in foreground. Photo identified on back as “Head House, North London Mine.” 1