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Hydraulic mining operations at the Kingsbury Placer (later called Banner Placer) in Iowa Gulch near Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1909. A man, probably the manager or a member of the pit crew, looks at the wooden sluices carrying water through the gravel banks below while a horse and buggy wait on the high bank above.

A man and several women stand on the full length balcony that tops the portico of a two story, side gable building in Montezuma, Colorado. Above them a sign has the words: "Bullion King of Montezuma". On the covered wooden boardwalk fronting the building two men lean against the column posts. Flanking both sides are a rough hewn log cabin (left) and a one story, front gable wooden building or house (right). Mountains in the background.

Portrait photograph of William Harrison Briggle. William married Kathleen Trotter in January 1896. The couple lived on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Printed text on the card mount: "The Mantello."

William W. Boyd and his apprentice, Arlington Fincher, stand in front of Boyd's blacksmith shop located at the northeast corner of Main Street and Carter Avenue (now named Wellington Road) in Breckenridge, Colorado. Boyd owned the shop from 1886 through March 5, 1904, when he sold his shop to Fincher. Boyd, dressed in a suit and hat, stands outside the front-gabled building with horizontal wood clapboard. Fincher, wearing a blacksmith apron, stands opposite, with his hand on his hip. In view through the open doorway is a grinding wheel, probably foot-powered.

Handwritten on reverse: "Abbett's, Block 6, Lots 13-14, Building 181, West face".

Kingsbury (later called Banner) Placer hydraulic mining operations in Iowa Gulch near Breckenridge, Colorado in 1909. Called "booming", the headgate is opened to allow water from the reservoir above to pour over the deep gravel banks, washing gold bearing gravel. Below, a man operates a "Giant" (a hydraulic pipe with high pressure nozzle) to further erode the hillside.

The separating and concentrating mill at the Wellington Mine on the north side of French Gulch, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1911. Several two-horse team wagons haul processed ore from the mill. In the foreground piles of lumber and round logs are stacked along the dirt wagon road.

A man walks on the Denver, South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railroad tracks at the base of Mount Royal along Ten Mile Creek. On the left is a simple-gable wooden structure. West of Frisco, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "View on the South Park railway near Breckenridge."

The Great Flume going around the hill opposite Mount Guyot (in background), northeast of Breckenridge, Colorado in autumn of 1895. In the snow, a man stands next to the waist-high wooden flume while a dog sits on top. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "View on Farncom [sic] hill."

A group of men, women and children on an outing to Blue Lake, south of Breckenridge, Colorado. Some people sit on rocks, while others stand in the talus or scree field near the water's edge. In the background is a mountain cirque. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Upper blue lake, 11,000 ft above sea level. 1/2 mile wide, stocked with Mountain Trout."

On Uneva Lake in the Ten Mile Canyon, Colorado, two couples sit in a rowboat paddled by a man with a beard, with two other people in a boat nearby. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Uneva Lake, one mile long, 10,000 ft above sea level."

View of Uneva Lake, near Frisco, Colorado. At the base of the tree-covered mountain, near the water's edge, is a wooden structure and a dock. A man sits in a boat with an oar paddle across his lap. In the middle of the lake is a small patch of land with a tree and a bench. On the opposite side of the lake are parked two wooden carriages. Handwritten on the reverse "could be Black Lake or Uneva Lake."

Two skiers stop at the top of a ski run on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. The woman wears a patterned ski jacket over maroon wool ski pants, and mittens. A bonnet style hat with ties under her chin covers her golden brown hair. The man standing to her right has dark sunglasses and a goatee. His gray ski jacket is unzipped, and he wears light brown (possibly corduroy) knickers over alpine patterned socks. Both skiers wear leather lace up ski boots. The town of Breckenridge is in view in the distance.

Two skiers, a man and a woman, stand side by side to pose for the camera on Peak 8 of Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. The man wears a sweater with white stripes and ski pants. The woman is dressed in a yellow cardigan sweater over ski pants. Both wear sunglasses over their eyes.

Two skiers stand side by side to pose for the camera on Peak 8 of Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. The man wears a dark blue sweater with white stripes and dark blue ski pants. The woman is dressed in a yellow cardigan sweater over dark blue ski pants. Both wear sunglasses over their eyes.

A young man, wearing a red ski jacket, stands above a young woman in a yellow ski sweater who is reclined on her skis supported by ski poles stuck in the snow. They are smiling at each other. The man's skis are crossed in the snow beside him. On Peak 8 at the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.

Two men stand near the water diversion headgate for placer mining operations run by the Gold Pan Mining Company, south of Breckenridge, Colorado. The nearly four mile long Gold Pan Ditch and connecting pipeline brought water from Indiana Gulch, Pennsylvania Gulch, and the Blue River, to operate the Evans hydraulic elevator system. A stand of dead trees in the background, with Barney Ford Hill in view. Circa 1900s.

Two finely dressed men sit in chairs next to a heavy wooden table with a large glass vase filled with flowers. Probably the judge's chambers (private office) on the second floor of the Summit County Courthouse on Lincoln Avenue in Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1910s.

Two men dressed in suits lean against the railing of a bridge crossing Blue River, west of Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado. In the background (right) are mill and/or smelter buildings. Probably looking southwest from the Watson Avenue bridge. Circa 1900s.

On Main Street in front of the Gold Pan Bar and Restaurant, two young men stand on the roof of a station wagon fully loaded with cut logs. A red Ford pickup truck is parked directly behind. Several signs hang on or in front of the building: "Good Food", "Pepsi - Café" and above the north entrance, "Featuring - Breakfast - Special - Lunches - Complete - Dinners". A neon sign in the window advertises "Coors on tap". In the background is a view of a building under construction. In Breckenridge, Colorado.