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- Damaged equipmnt in Pikeview Mine 4
- One of 16 images in a full page spread. Illustration appeared in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper", on February 22, 1890, page 71. 4
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- A group of miners pose outside the headworks building of what is identified on the photo as the Granite Mine on a hillside below the Anna Lee mine [painted on roof] and a pile of tailings. Note on back "Anne Lee Mine in background." 1
- 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 miner sits a granite cavern surrounded by shoring timbers and other mining and wooden debris. Note on back "Price Slope No 18. Hobbs trespass. View south from slope. May - 1907". Handwritten on photo "Harlan Photo. Colo. Springs". 1
- A twisted jumble of burned machinery and buildings after a fire at the repair and machine shop of the Pikeview coal mine. See Gazette article 5/29/1950, page 1. 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 young man shouldering a sledge hammer and a man holding a shovel stand at the crudely built entrance to a mine. A large saw hangs from tree branches used to construct the mine portal. 1
- Bluebird mine, Northwest of Victor 1
- Business street with stores and mine buildings and tailings piles on hillside behind, identified as "Mine by Victor." Identification sheet with negative. 1
- Composit image of 4 scenes. Caption at bottom of page "Mining Life in Colorado. - Drawn by W. A. Rogers." Illustration appeared in "Harper's Weekly" on November 10, 1883, page 717. 1
- Cresson Mine from Golden Cycle 1
- Cresson Mine in Eclipse Gulch, Cripple Creek Mining District. 1
- Deteriorating wooden mine buildings on a mountainous hillside. Note identifies it as North London Mine. 1
- Dilapidated wooden steps are seen in a granite cavern. Note on back "Price Stope #26. View south on Independence Candle by Drici is survey point north. 1907". Handwritten on photo "Harlan Photo. Colo. Springs". 1
- Elevated view of Cripple Creek looking west with Mt. Pisgah in the background. MOON painted on the roof of the large building in the left foreground. 1
- Five miners pose for photograph in mine tunnel. Rough-hewn wooden beams support the walls and ceiling. Men are wearing soft hats and have no safety equipment. Miner seated is holding a lamp. 1
- Forest Queen - Irwin - Disc. 1879|Co-quit 1889. Produced a million dollars. In 1884 was netting $5,000 to $6,000 a month. 1
- Four men mining for ore. Caption at bottom of page "Mining Life in Colorado. - Drawn by W. A. Rogers." Illustration appeared in "Harper's Weekly" on November 10, 1883, page 717. 1
- Full page spread of five images. Illustration appeared in "Harper's Weekly" on April 23, 1887 on pages 296-297. 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
- Hand-written on bottom "607. Abe Lincoln Mine. A. J. Harlan Photo." 1
- Hand-written on bottom "Acacia. 610. Harlan Photo Colo. Spgs." Four horses pulling a wagon and three railroad open wagon cars are visible. 1
- Hand-written on bottom "Independence Mine & Mill. 641. Harlan Photo. Colo. Spgs." 1
- Hand-written on bottom "Moon Anchor." 1
- Hand-written on bottom "The Independence Mine & Battle Mt. / A. J. Harlan Photo". Other large mines are seen operating on the hillside in the background. Numerous residences are seen adjacent to the mine. 1
- Identified on reverse as "Acacia". 1
- Interior view of a mine showing wooden supports. 1
- Isabella Mine (right foreground) located near Bull Cliffs surrounded by massive piles of mine tailings. 1
- Large mining operation on a hillside with massive piles of mine tailings. Railroad boxcars from the Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad are parked throughout the area. Typed on bottom "Harlan Photo. Colo. Sp'gs". 1
- Last Dollar Mine, Bluebird Mine at extreme left|Eagles Mine on top of hill|north of Victor 1
- Long view of the North London Mine complex on a hillside surrounded by large mounds of mine tailings. 1
- Long view of the West London Mine with a mining complex atop tailings in the middle ground on the right side of the image. Rugged treeless mountains are in the background. 1
- Man relaxing with dog outside his tent. Laundry is hanging from a makeshift line. Caption at bottom of page "Mining Life in Colorado. - Drawn by W. A. Rogers." Illustration appeared in "Harper's Weekly" on November 10, 1883, page 717. 1
- Mary McKinney Mine is in the foreground and other mines on Raven Hill are seen on the hillside in the background. Residences and a small church can be seen below the church. Hand-written on bottom "Mary McKinney & Raven Hill Mines. Harlan Photo." 1
- Men loading a pack on a burro in front of a cabin. Caption at bottom of page "Mining Life in Colorado. - Drawn by W. A. Rogers." Illustration appeared in "Harper's Weekly" on November 10, 1883, page 717. 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 interior with miners standing to the right and another deep below surrounded by timbers. Handwritten on photo "Harlan Photo. Colo. Springs". 1
- Miner driving rods into wall of mine. Two candles provide his light. 1
- Miner operating a pneumatic hammer deep in a mine lit by a helmet light. 1
- Miner stands in the middle of a large granite cavern. Note on back "Above the Portland 700. In the "Fr..thin Flat View" May - 1907." Handwritten on photo "Harlan Photo. Colo. Springs". 1
- Miners in mining tunnel of Beacon Hill, two hold candles. Written on back of photo "Flashlight in mine on Beacon Hill - 160 feet below the surface." 1
- Miners stand on levels of scaffolding inside a mine. Candles can be seen along the walls and in the hands of the miners. 1
- Mines and mine buildings on hillsides above Victor. Identification sheet with negative. 1
- One man stands and another is operating a large drill in a mine next to a full ore cart with a metal plate reading "Standard Ore Car / Denver Engineering Works." Hand-written on bottom "A. J. Harlan Photo. Colo. Springs." 1
- One of five images in a full page spread. Illustration appeared in "Harper's Weekly" on April 23, 1887 on pages 296-297. 1
- Panoramic photograph of Victor with the annotated names of the mines. 1
- Picture of Portland number 1 & 2 mines. 1
- Portland Mine 1
- Portrait of Capt. Seth Baker. 1
- Printed on front "Portland Mine" and "Portland No. 2". Postmarked Victor, Colo.; Aug 19, 1908 1
- Railroad box cars and hopper cars are parked on a rail spur at the Findley Mine complex with massive piles of mine tailings. Residences are seen adjacent to the mine. Hand-written on bottom "|The Findley Mine 601. Harlan Photo. Colo. Sp'gs."| 1
- Railroad box cars are parked on a rail spur at the Findley Mine complex with massive piles of mine tailings. Residences are seen adjacent to the mine. Hand-written on bottom "Findley Mine". 1
- Railroad open wagon car being loaded with ore. Hand-written on reverse "This is the conveyor here. I am the it up on top 'oiling up' Taken about 7 1
- Several men along side a horse-drawn wagon at work digging and constructing a small building. Hand-written on bottom "The Great-View Mine Cripple Creek Colo. Nov. 1-91". 1
- Small mining camp at the base of a mountain. 1
- Stall signs read "Gunnison County" and "Tincup". 1
- Tailings pile and buildings of the Midget Gold Mine operations. 1
- Two miners stand in large cavern adjacent to timber shoring and wooden access ladders. Note on back "Swinging Bridge" 4. Dual Independence Mine. View South. Photo taken May 1907." Handwritten on photo "Harlan Photo. Colo. Springs". 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
- Unidentified mining operation appears in the background with numerous boxcars on a rail line below the mine. In the foreground a steam locomotive can be seen in operation. 1
- View in Victor of mine headworks and piles of tailings with a concrete foundation in the foreground. 1
- View of Poverty Gulch buildings with two visible signs. One sign reads "Lillie Mine' and the other appears to read "Eric Lincoln Mine." 1
- View of mineshaft with rigging for bringing buckets up and down. Hand-written on bottom "A. J. Harlan Photo. Colo. Springs." 1
- View of mining towns Altman, Goldfield, and Independence on hillsides surrounded by mines and piles of tailings. 1
- View of the Damon Mine in the Cripple Creek District with massive piles of mine tailings. Other mines are visible on the hillsides in the background. Hand-written on bottom "Damon." Typed on bottom "Harlan Photo. Colo. Sp'gs". 1
- View of the Deadwood Mine in the Cripple Creek District with massive piles of mine tailings. Other mines are visible on the hillsides in the background. Hand-written on bottom "Damon." Typed on bottom "Harlan Photo. Colo. Sp'gs". 1
- View of the El Paso Gold King Mine on a hillside with massive piles of mine tailings. Hand-written on bottom "The El Paso G. Mine. 638. A. J. Harlan, Photo Colo. Springs." 1
- View of the Independence Mine in Cripple Creek 1
- View of the Isabella Mine and Bull Cliffs showing rail lines, buildings, and tailings 1
- View of the Moon Anchor mine surrounded by massive piles of mine tailings. 1
- View of the town of Cripple Creek, mines in foreground. 1
- Vindicator Mine at right|Specimen Mine at left, North of Victor [written on negative sleeve]. Portland Mine #2 and Independence Mine above Goldfield, Colorado [written on back of print] 1
- Vindicator Mine at right|town of Independence at upper left|Clyde Mine on left foreground. 1
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