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- One of 16 images in a full page spread. Illustration appeared in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper", on February 22, 1890, page 71. 4
- One of nine images in a full page spread. Illustration appeared in "Harper's Weekly" on May 30, 1874 on pages 456-457. 3
- A large mining operation sits on a hillside with numerous piles of tailings surrounding it. Houses are located above and below the tailings. Printed on front "Vindicator Mine, Cripple Creek District, Colo." 1
- A very large team of horses and handlers pose on a hillside with a mining operation and piles of tailings in the background. Printed on front "Twenty-Eight Horse-Team, Cripple Creek District, Colo." 1
- A view of Cripple Creek with small houses in the foreground dwarfed by large piles of mining tailings. Mines are seen in the background with railroad boxcars lined up on tracks on the left. 1
- Abandoned mine and operations building. 1
- Artist's rendition of smelting works. 1
- Bluebird mine, Northwest of Victor 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
- Full page spread with five images. Illustration appeared in "The Illustrated London News" on May 28, 1881, page 520. 1
- Ground-mounted jib cranes are being used for the construction of stone foundations and assembly of steel-beam stirring apparatus for pits containing finely crushed ore and mixed with cyanide solution used to refine gold ore at this reduction mill. 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
- Group portrait of miners standing in front of wooden building and headworks at the Gold Sovereign Mine. 1
- Hand-colored lithograph of the Little Prince Mine in Leadville, Colorado. 1
- Hand-colored wood engraving of the Chrysolite Silver Mine in Leadville, Colorado. Felled trees in the foreground. 1
- Hand-colored wood engraving of the Leonard Shaft. 1
- Isabella Mine (right foreground) located near Bull Cliffs surrounded by massive piles of mine tailings. 1
- Large image showing interior of building built especially for the Denver Exposition. Three vignettes labeled "Exhibitor's Prairie Camp", "Outside Booths", and "A Flower Garden". 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
- Mining operations with housing behind. 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
- Ore dump trestle under construction with workers visible atop the structure in the background. 1
- Panoramic view of Cripple Creek. 1
- Panoramic view of the Battle Mountain area in Cripple Creek with the mines annotated. 1
- Portland Gold Mining Company (new mill) Smoke Chamber coming from Roasting House to new Smoke Stack (not shown). Construction of horizontal flue to base of big stack, Standard Mill. View east. 1
- Portland Mill site under construction showing four dual-mule slip scrapers, the only method in use at this time for moving dirt and loose rock. 1
- Portland Mine 1
- Power transmission shaft for ore crushers overhead at Portland Mill. 1
- Printed below image "Colorado - Our wonderful mineral productions - Hauling machinery in the mountains, near the timberline, at Leadville, 10,500 feet above the level of the sea." 1
- Printed on front "2011. Silver Plume and Mines. Colorado." Printed on sides of card "Published at Georgetown, Colorado." and "Alex. Martin's Rocky Mountain Scenery." 1
- Printed on front "Portland Mine" and "Portland No. 2". Postmarked Victor, Colo.; Aug 19, 1908 1
- Reduction mill of the Portland Gold Mining Company under construction showing smoke stack base and smoke chamber from the roasters. A large supply of wooden studs and beams is stacked in the foreground. View looking north. 1
- Stone blocks from Red Rock Quarry is being used to construct the base for huge steel stack at the Portland Mill. Note beautiful character of this stone cutting work which was done by hand on the job. View looking southeast. 1
- Thickeners under construction over chlorination pits. 1
- Twelve ball mills used for the grinding of ore at a reduction mill are stacked on large wooden beams adjacent to a rail line. Ground-mounted jib cranes are visible in the background. 1
- Two railroad boxcars are parked on a rail spur at the entrance to a large structure at the mine. Hand-written on bottom "The Blue Bird Mine. A. J. Harlan Photo. Col. Sp." 1
- View of Elkton Consolidated Mining and Milling Company on a hillside with massive piles of tailings stacked around the facility. 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 buildings in downtown Victor with mines on hill surrounding it. Signs on buildings include "Victor Transfer" and Schmalzried Undertaking Co. 1
- View of the Moon Anchor mine surrounded by massive piles of mine tailings. 1
- Workers can be seen atop the framework for Portland Reduction Mill roasting house under construction. 1
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