PPLD Digital Collections

Burro with baby burro nursing on snowy dirt road in front of large wooden buildings. Title and "#560" printed on bottom of photo. 1

Color postcard showing overview of Cripple Creek with downtown buildings in foreground and mountains in distance. Title printed on top of card. 1

Elevated view of Cripple Creek looking northwest with Mt. Pisgah in the background. Printed on front 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

Group of people and a dog stand on snow-covered main street under collapsed power or telegraph lines heavily coated with ice. Title, "Altman After the Storms, 2 Feet of Snow May 3 1904" printed on front of 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

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

High oblique aerial photograph of Victor in the foreground with the mines beyond. 1

Identified on reverse as "Acacia". 1

Landscape view of the mining town of Gothic. Small cabins line the dirt road through town. Printed on front "Gothic, Gunnison County, Colorado." 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

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

Line of men standing on small trestle outside large building with sign "Elkton Mine". Treed hillside is visible behind. 1

Long view of Cripple Creek from hilltop, showing buildings filling the valley. A large smokestack in center sends smoke across the town. Sign on tree in foreground reads "Drs. Sims Heller & Sims Phone CC Medicines Furnished." 1

Long view of city among hills with railroad tracks and trains in foreground and bridge in midground. 1

Long view of the town of Goldfield with wooden buildings and houses in foreground and mines in background. "The Town of Goldfield - 1900. Showing Bull Hill and Town of Independence in Background" printed under photo. 1

Long view of town of Gillett, Colorado, with houses, stores and railroad freight cars in center and hills behind. "Gillett, Colo." and "No. 331" printed on bottom of photo. 1

Map of the Cripple Creek mining district, showing mine shafts and tunnels, as well as mountains , railroads and streams. Image appears on Page 58 of Harper's Weekly, part of article titled "In the Cripple Creek Gold-Fields" by Carl Snyder. 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 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 working on large buildings with metal beams, possibly Victor or Cripple Creek after the fires. 1

Men working on large buildings with metal beams, possibly Victor or Cripple Creek after the fires. Other men stand on brick buildings in background or on rocky hillside at right. Small buildings are visible on hillside in distance. 1

Mine buildings among piles of tailings with dirt road in foreground. Photo identified on back as "American Eagle Mine - right|Orpha May Mine - left." 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

One of eight halftone illustrations on full-page spread in Harper's Weekly, titled "In the Colorado Mining Camps. - From Photographs. - [See Page 715.]" Image shows town in valley at base of mountains. Image is captioned "Georgetown, Colorado." 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 eight individual images on two-page spread in Harper's Weekly titled "In the Cripple Creek Gold-Fields, Colorado." Image shows long view of buildings of Cripple Creek and hills behond in snow. Title "Cripple Creek." printed below image. 1

Overview of the town of Victor showing buildings and mines on surrounding hills. "Victor, Colo. City of Mines. Photo by H&H Studio, C.C." written on lower right of print. 1

Panoramic view of the Battle Mountain area in Cripple Creek with the mines annotated. 1

People survey rubble left after fire. Horse-drawn wagon is visible in center of picture. Mines line hillside behind town. Photo identified on back. 1

Postcard showing men and boys (and one woman in back) standing on bare hillside alongside placer mining equipment. “Placer Mining” and “Cripple Creek – 1893” written on bottom of print. 1

Postcard showing overview of Victor, Colorado, during the height of gold mining, with large buildings downtown, small houses in foreground and mine buildings in back. "590 - Birdseye View Victor Colo." printed on top left of card. 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 &quot|The Findley Mine 601. Harlan Photo. Colo. Sp'gs.&quot| 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

Small mining camp at the base of a mountain. 1

Snowy hillside with bare trees and large mining buildings with one marked as Half Moon Mine. Title and "#585" printed on bottom of photo. 1

The town of Victor during a devastating fire in 1899. A livery building appears to be in the midst of an explosion while a dark cloud of smoke looms behind. Spectators, wagons, and carriages crowd the street in the foreground. 1

The town of Victor during a devastating fire in 1899. Spectators can be seen walking along the road while a large smoke cloud billows in the background. 1

Two men stand in foreground of camp with log buildings and tents behind and hillside in 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

Two-page spread with eight individual images in Harper's Weekly titled "In the Cripple Creek Gold-Fields, Colorado." Image include views of town and mine buildings, and interior views of mines. 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 from hillside above town with buildings, roads, bridges rail lines and railroad cars below. "View South-West from O.S. Alers Lease Anaconda Property E.A. Yelton Photo No. 49" printed on lower right of photo. 1

View from railroad tracks outside of town looking towards snow-covered mountains with town of Cripple Creek beneath. 1

View of Altman, Colorado, with mine buildings in foreground and Pikes Peak in distance. "Pike's Peak 14,147 Ft." and "Altman 11,146 Ft." printed on photo. 1

View of Cripple Creek from hill above town, showing buildings and surrounding mountains. Railroad tracks visible in foreground. Title printed in lower right corner of print, with "Photo By Hileman '08" . "No 7" written on print in lower left corner. 1

View of Cripple Creek in snow from Tenderfoot Hill, showing town below and mountains around. Wooden structure from mine is at right foreground. 1

View of Mt. Pisgah with several large tents behind long fences at base. Treed hillside is in foreground. Horse and buggies are on road in front of fence. "Mt. Pisgah" and "No. 44" written on print. 1

View of Third Street in Victor, Colorado, showing stores, parked cars and streetcar tracks. Four chimneys in the rear are from the Independence Mine, originally owned by W.S. Stratton. 1

View of Victor, Colorado from hillside above, showing houses, stores and mines. "Victor, Colo. Yelton Photo No. 309" written on bottom of print. 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 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 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 town of Victor showing houses lining the hillside and mines on top of hills. An outhouse is in the bottom center of the picture. 1

View of the town of Victor with mine buildings on tailings piles around the town and Pikes Peak visible in the background. 1

View of town of Victor showing streets and buildings with mines in distance. 1

View of wooden buildings in Anaconda, Colorado, between treed hillsides. "Anaconda Col. From West. Track laying F & CC RR June 2, 94 Harlan Photo" printed on bottom of photo. 1

Wood engraving of Central City from hills around town, looking down on buildings."Central City, Colorado. - [Sketched by T.R. Davis.]" printed below image. Top image on front page of Harper's Weekly Vol. X. No. 477, February 17, 1866. 1

Wood frame buildings behind pine trees with telephone/telegraph poles and mining headframe. "Pike's Peak" is labeled on mountain in distance. 1