Gold Pan Mining Company operations at the southern outskirts of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa early 1900s. A sluiceway with a rubber conveyor belt moved rocks from the gold excavating pit and into an ore trolley. The trolley moved up the elevated wooden scaffold and dumped the rocks over the edge, eventually creating a massive tailings pile. The Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S) tracks ran under the conveyor system and crossed a trestle to the west side of the Blue River. In the foreground is a wood frame house with a square bay window, facing east. A rail fence borders the property. Tenmile Range in the background.
UnidentifiedThe Gold Pan Mining Company office building on South Ridge Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa early 1900s. The two-story multi gable wood frame building with dormer windows featured five offices on the main floor, with bedrooms and a bath upstairs. A man dressed in a waistcoat and necktie stands on the covered porch. Boulders line the dirt walkway to the entrance. In the background is the elevated scaffold that carried rocks away from the Blue River and Gold Pan excavation pit.
UnidentifiedGold Pan Mining Company office on South Ridge Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. The building had five offices on the main floor, and bedrooms and a bath upstairs. The room is furnished with a drafting table, roll top desk and two office chairs. A large map of "Leadville" covers one wall. Hanging from the ceiling is a four globe light fixture; two large windows bring additional light to the interior. Circa 1900s.
UnidentifiedTwo men sit or stand at the back of the retail room on the second floor of the Gold Pan Shops building at the south end of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa early 1900s. The long narrow room is lined with tall windows flanked by wooden shelves holding various styles of glass lamp globes and shades, and other electrical lighting supplies. From the wooden beams above hang ceiling light fixtures, each with two glass lamp globes. In 1901, the Gold Pan Company began supplying hydroelectric power to the town, putting the Breckenridge Electric Company, a coal-fueled steam plant and the town's supplier since 1892, out of business.
UnidentifiedGoldpan Engineering and Mine Supply machine shops, a subsidiary of the Gold Pan Mining Company, at the south end of Ridge Street, Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1901. The Goldpan shops consisted of three main buildings and numerous outbuildings: pipe shop (left); machine, blacksmith, wood working shop, and power plant with a tall smokestack (center); and a warehouse for boiler plate storage (right). The two story, multi gable wood frame building with dormer windows is the Gold Pan Mining Company office. In the foreground are the Colorado and Southern (C&S) railroad tracks. Barney Ford Hill in the background.
UnidentifiedQuoted from the 1980 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: "21. Goods. 105 South Main. 1880s, rebuilt after 1900, two stories, rectangular plan, horizontal rough-plank construction, false-front, first story street facade--brick faced, second story street facade, asphalt panels, gable apex creating pediment on false front roof."
UnidentifiedQuoted from the 1980 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: "107. Gore-Perrin House. 407 South Ridge. 1880-1890s, two stories, clapboard-faced, hip roof, decorative porch posts."
UnidentifiedGough's house and secondary structures (outbuildings) in Breckenridge, Colorado, are almost buried under snow during the winter of the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899. Quoted from handwritten text on reverse: "Gough's house from the hill".
UnidentifiedA shoveled path in the deep snow leads to the back entrance of the Gough's house in Breckenridge, Colorado during the winter of the "Big Snow" event in 1898-1899.
UnidentifiedHandwritten on reverse: "Y & M [Yingling and Mickles], Block 8, Lots 5-6". The grassy lot is east of the Alice Milne House at 102 North Harris Street. Far left is a view of Father Dyer Methodist Church at 105 South French Street, before it was moved to Wellington Avenue. Longbranch Condominiums and the Tenmile Range in the background.
UnidentifiedQuoted from the 1980 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: "151. Gray House. 409 South French. 1920s, one story clapboard-faced, hip roof, multipaned windows flanking entrance."
UnidentifiedQuoted from the 1980 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: "150. Groll Apartments. 315 South French. Two stories, L-shaped plan, stucco at first floor, board and batten second floor."
UnidentifiedGroup portrait of all grades attending Breckenridge Public School in 1901. The students pose with their teachers in front of the 1882-built two-story frame building on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. A group of boys stand on top of the portico behind a sign with the words "Public School District No. 1". One student is identified: 3rd row, from the front, 7th person on the left is Roberta Klinesmith (married name Sharp). The schoolhouse was torn down and replaced with a brick structure in 1909.
UnidentifiedGroup portrait of six Breckenridge, Colorado, fire fighters dressed in parade uniform and insignia cap, sometime between 1882-1900s. From left to right, front row: Horace Morrison, Earl Phillips, Detler Roby. Back row: Jim Hunter, Fred Simpson, Marion Fletcher. Phillips and Fletcher wear the Blue River Hose Company uniform of a pullover shirt, quilted collar and buttoned chest protector; sewn on the front is a shield-shaped patch with the letter "H". Roby and Hunter wear the uniform of the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company (sometimes called the "Hooks"). Their collared dark coats have quilted lapels and buttoned fronts; "Pioneer" is prominent on the cap's insignia. Morrison and Simpson are from the Independent Hose Company. They sport a white collared shirt and necktie under a wide collared pullover shirt.
UnidentifiedChildren in costumes pose for a group picture in the open doorway of the 1882-built Breckenridge schoolhouse. A boy in a tuxedo and white bow tie holds a cane and top hat in the front row. Girls in white gowns and bonnets stand beside and behind him, each holding a toy doll.
UnidentifiedBreckenridge, Colorado's three fire departments are represented in this group portrait, taken circa 1880s. Volunteer fire fighters from the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company, the Independent Hose Company, and the Blue River Hose Company are dressed in their uniforms, which include conductor's caps with metal badges, wide belts with edges bound in white leather, and pullover bib shirts with wide lapels. The Blue River Hose Company uniforms also feature buttoned chest protectors with the letter "H" centered on a herald-shaped patch. Far left is Chester Detwiler (next to the burro); to his right is Harry Detwiler. Carl Phillips stands in the back row, center. The other men are not identified. A plank roofed log cabin and evergreens are in the background.
UnidentifiedStudents and teachers pose for a group portrait in front of Breckenridge Public School on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1911. The Mission Revival Style brick building was constructed in 1908-1909 and served as the Breckenridge Schoolhouse until 1961.
UnidentifiedGroup portrait of students and teachers posed outside the 1882-built two-story wood frame schoolhouse on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Above the portico is a sign with the words "Public School District No. 1". Circa 1890s-early 1900s.
UnidentifiedStudents pose outside with their teacher in front of the windows of a clapboard building, probably the 1882-built schoolhouse located on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. The wood frame schoolhouse was torn down and replaced with a brick structure in 1909. On the reverse is handwritten: "school pix - (?)".
Westerman, OttoGroup portrait of the Breckenridge volunteer fire department. The men wear shorts over longjohns, some with a sash tied around the waist. Some men wear a neckscarf and/or a hat. On the reverse is handwritten: "probably volunteer fire dept Breckenridge" and photographer's stamp: "W.D. Churchill, Breckenridge, Colo."
Churchill, W.D.