A man dressed in a suit coat and hat, and wearing pants tucked into tall, laced boots, stands on the dirt road outside the Wellington Mine and Mill operations in French Gulch, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Behind him is a large stack of lumber and finished mine timbers. Smoke fills the view in the background. Circa June 1913.

A man wearing a bowler (derby) hat stands on the dirt road outside the Wellington Mine and Mill operations in French Gulch, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Behind him is a massive mine waste dump. In the background on the hillside are the Oro Shaft buildings. Circa June 1913.

Quoted from handwritten text on the item: "Remains of Wellington Mine". Shows a mine cart used to transport ore at the Wellington Mine site near Breckenridge, Colorado.

Abandoned buildings at the Extenuate Mine (also known as X10U8) and mine dump. The Extenuate was part of the extensive Wellington Mine and Mill properties in French Gulch east of Breckenridge, Colorado.

Men stand on the engine and processing house, or sit on the platform below, of the Reliance dredge after renovations. Circa 1909 at French Gulch east of Breckenridge, Colorado. The Reliance, built under Ben Stanley Revett and the Reliance Gold Dredging Company, started operations in 1905. By 1906 it was working between the Wellington and Country Boy Mines in French Gulch. It changed over from steam to electric power in 1908.

Men stand on the engine and processing house or behind the bucket line of the Reliance dredge after renovations. Circa 1909. At French Gulch east of Breckenridge, Colorado. The Reliance, built under Ben Stanley Revett and the Reliance Gold Dredging Company, started operations in 1905. By 1906 it was working between the Wellington and Country Boy Mines in French Gulch. It changed over from steam to electric power in 1908.

Men (and one dog) stand side-by-side outside the Minnie Mine and Mill mill building on Mineral Hill in French Gulch, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. The wood frame, metal-roofed mill was constructed in 1892 and included several crushers, crushing rolls, screens and jigs. Smoke rises from one of the chimneys. Peeled, cut logs are stacked near the mill's entrance. The Minnie Mine and Mill was owned by the Blue Hill Mining Company from 1890-1904.

A man empties an ore cart on the side of a mine dump at the Wire Patch Mine on Farncomb Hill in French Gulch, southeast of Breckenridge.

Mine waste dumps or mine tailings at the Wellington Mine in French Gulch east of Breckenridge, Colorado. In the background is a view of the snow-covered peaks of the Tenmile Range.

View of Mount Guyot at the head of French Gulch, southeast of Breckenridge, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Mount Gyot [sic] at the head of French gulch."

Remains of the ore bin and log cribbing at the Wellington-Oro Mine site, located in French Gulch east of Breckenridge, Colorado. The ore bin sits on the huge mine dump of the Extenuate (X10U8) and Brown tunnels.

Title quoted from handwritten text on the item: "Oro Ore Chute, Wellington Mine Remains at Breckenridge". Shows the Wellington-Oro ore bin on the Extenuate (also known as X10U8) mine dump. In French Gulch, near Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1967.

The Reliance dredge at French Gulch east of Breckenridge, Colorado in 1906. In the foreground is a floating wood platform used to ferry workers, equipment and supplies between the dredge and the shoreline. The Reliance, built under Ben Stanley Revett and the Reliance Gold Dredging Company, started operations in 1905. By 1906 it was working between the Wellington and Country Boy Mines in French Gulch. Rock tailings in the background, and a view of the Tenmile Range.

Remains of the ore bin at the Sallie Barber Mine site located in French Gulch on Barney Ford Hill, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Scattered among the site are logs, rusted sheet metal and abandoned mining equipment.

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.

Sallie Barber Mine site located on Barney Ford Hill in French Gulch, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. In the foreground are roughly stacked logs.

Postcard, "Colorado Photography" by John Topolnicki. Scalloped edges. Caption on the reverse: "A Blasted, Beloved Past..." and "The mountains of Summit County, Colorado, witnessed man's search for precious metals in the last century and early part of this century. Remains of these efforts dot the mountains of the Ten Mile Range and the Continental Divide."

Sawmill operations at the Extenuate (X10U8) Tunnel of the Wellington Mine in French Gulch east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Piles of logs and finished mine timbers are stacked throughout the property. Circa 1900s.

Hydraulic mining operations at Sisler Placer (later known as the Mecca Placer) on the French Gulch slope of Barney Ford Hill, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1898.

Snow covered dredge tailings in French Gulch east of Breckenridge, with a view of the ski runs on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.