Jessie Mine and Mill in Gold Run, northeast of Breckenridge, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Exterior view of a gold mine."
Westerman, OttoInside the Jessie Stamp Mill mill in Gold Run, northeast of Breckenridge, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Interior view of Stamp Mill."
Westerman, OttoThe Washington Mine near Breckenridge, Colorado, with the Tenmile Range in the background. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "The Washington mine, showing ten mile Range."
Westerman, OttoPlacer mining in Summit County, Colorado. Men use pickaxes and a sluice box to prospect for gold in a placer deposit or gulch. Water from the pond above is diverted into a long, sloping wooden trough with grooves on the bottom to separate gold from the extracted rocks, gravel and sand. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Gulch mining".
Westerman, OttoNarrow gauge railway through Illinois Park, looking west toward Breckenridge, Colorado. Germania mine and mill on the left. A train is traveling on Barney Ford Hill high above the gulch. Handwritten caption on card mount: "View showing Train of Cars going around Niggerhill".
Westerman, OttoDenver, South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railway next to the Snow Drift Mine at Farnham spur, southeast of Breckenridge, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "The Warriors Mark and Snow drift mine at Farnham, Colo".
Westerman, Otto136-ounce mass of crystalized gold from the Gold Flake vein on Farncomb Hill called "Tom's Baby". Found on July 23, 1887 by Harry Lytton and Tom Groves outside of Breckenridge, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Actual size of a gold nugget, taken from Farncomb hill."
Westerman, OttoHydraulic mining at the Kingsbury Placer, northwest of Breckenridge, Colorado. Men stand by as a hydraulic pipe with high pressure nozzle, called a "Giant", forcefully directs water at the hillside. A wooden sluice carries water above piles of discarded rock and small tree branches. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Gold mining by hydraulic power."
Westerman, OttoThe 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."
Westerman, OttoView from Brewery Hill toward Farncomb Hill of mining operations in Georgia and American gulches by the Wapiti Mining Company, northeast of Breckenridge, Colorado, in 1895. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "North slope of Farncom [sic] hill showing the location of the principal Gold mine."
Westerman, OttoHydraulic mining operations in American Gulch below Farncomb Hill near Breckenridge, Colorado, in 1895. Shows the Great Flume, Victoria mill and Wapiti Mining Company's mine buildings. Or, could possibly be the buildings of Dog Town. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Placer mining by hydrolic [sic] pressure on Farncom [sic] hill."
Westerman, OttoThe Risdon No. 1 dredge under construction on the lower Swan River, north of Breckenridge, Colorado. Built by The North American Gold Dredging Company in early 1898, the dredge began operating by the middle of May that same year. It was dismantled in the autumn of 1899.
UnidentifiedRisdon No. 3 gold dredge on the lower Swan River near Breckenridge, Colorado, in July 1899, prior to construction of the housing. This was the third Risdon dredge built by the North American Gold Dredging Company. Operations began by August 19, 1899; it sank on July 27, 1900. Despite being raised, the dredge did not operate again.
Scott, Clinton H.A man empties an ore car on the side of a mine dump at the Wire Patch Mine on Farncomb Hill in French Gulch, southeast of Breckenridge, Colorado.
Sayre, Robert H.Sheet film negatives circa 1910-1920s showing snow slides blocking the railroad in Ten Mile Canyon. Also, views of mine sites and structures east of Breckenridge and near Montezuma, Colorado.
Sayre, Robert H.Men on the bank of the Swan River watch the Colorado Gold Dredging Company's Bucyrus dredge (called Colorado II) bring up gold bearing gravels from bedrock on June 13, 1913. The Colorado II was the seventh dredge built in the Breckenridge, Colorado area.
UnidentifiedTonopah No.1 dredge operating on the Blue River near Breckenridge, Colorado, in 1917. It was built in 1907-1908 on the lower Swan River by the Colorado Dredging Company and first called the Colorado I. The dredge worked downstream, but ceased operations in 1910 when it arrived at the Swan River's confluence with the Blue River and broke down. It sat idle until The Tonopah Placers Company purchased it in 1914.
UnidentifiedA man sits on ore car tracks coming out of a mine adit (opening) encased with ice. Quote from caption at the bottom of the image: "Ice Tunnel 7:30 6/3/22". Probably the 7:30 Mine on Bald Mountain, east of Breckenridge, Colorado.
Sayre, Robert H.The Wellington Mine and Mill in French Gulch, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Handwritten caption on the front: "Wellington Mine & Mill".
UnidentifiedReliance dredge in French Gulch, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Handwritten caption on the front: "Gold Dredge", and on the reverse: "in French Gulch".
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