View looking south on snowy Main Street in Breckenridge. In the right foreground is the National Saloon building, built in 1862.

A view of the Peak 8 ski runs at Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.

View of the Peak 8 ski runs at Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. In the foreground a pair of snowshoes sink into deep, powdery snow. Probably taken from somewhere on Boreas Pass to the east.

Snowy landscape in French Gulch, southeast of Breckenridge. In view are snow-covered piles of dredged rock leftover from the two gold dredging boats that worked the gulch from 1898 to 1942.

View of the snow-covered peaks of the Tenmile Range, looking west from Bald Mountain along Boreas Pass in Colorado.

Skiers on a ski trail or run, possibly Crescendo or Swinger, at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.

A hippie holding a rock sits on a hillside overlooking the dredge piles and the town of Breckenridge, Colorado. Looking east from Shock Hill with Bald Mountain in the background. The man has shoulder length dark hair, a full beard and mustache, and is dressed in jeans, boots and a leather sleeveless vest or tunic over a striped collared shirt.

A hippie holding a rock sits on a hillside overlooking the dredge piles and the town of Breckenridge, Colorado. Looking east from Shock Hill with Bald Mountain in the background. The man has shoulder length dark hair, a full beard and mustache, and is dressed in jeans, boots and a leather sleeveless vest or tunic over a striped collared shirt.

Remains of a log cabin on Bald Mountain, east of Breckenridge, Colorado.

Abandoned log cabin and mill at the Senator Mine site in Monte Cristo Gulch, south of Breckenridge, Colorado.

Skiers gather at Peak 8 base area and the Bergenhof Bar and Restaurant. Chairlift 1 in the background. At Breckenridge ski resort in Colorado.

A skier stops to enjoy the view from above the terminus of a chairlift, probably Chairlift 1 on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. Chairlift 1 started at the base of Peak 8, near the Bergenhof Restaurant, and went up the slope to a point about 500 feet above tree line or timberline.

People ski down a snow-covered slope on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.

Skiers ride the chairlift on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.

Erich Windisch, wearing a headband, black ski pants and a red V-neck sweater over a white turtleneck, skis down a run at Arapahoe Basin ski area in Colorado.

A skier stops to enjoy the view from above the terminus of a chairlift, probably Chairlift 1 on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. Chairlift 1 started at the base of Peak 8, near the Bergenhof Restaurant, and went up the slope to a point about 500 feet above tree line or timberline.

Abandoned mine trestle on Bald Mountain, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Ore was carted to the end of the trestle, dumped into large buckets and carried by tramway down the slopes of the mountain.

Sallie Barber Mine site located on Barney Ford Hill in French Gulch, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Rusted pieces of large sheet metal pipe are scattered about the site.