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cou-bha BHA.0020-095 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

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.

Unidentified
"Wellington Ore Bin"
cou-bha JTS.001-002-049 · Item · 1962-1972
Part of John A. Topolnicki Sr. Photographic Collection

Title quoted from handwritten text on the item: "Wellington Ore Bin". Shows the Wellington ore bin on the Extenuate (X10U8) mine dump. In French Gulch, near Breckenridge, Colorado. Undated, probably circa 1966-1972.

Topolnicki Sr., John A.
cou-bha BHA.0020-091 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

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.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0020-142 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

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. Circa 1900s.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0020-097 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

Wapiti Mining Company's mining operations in American Gulch below Farncomb Hill, near Breckenridge, Colorado. An hydraulic pipe with high pressure nozzle (called a "Giant") drives gravel from the tree-cleared hillside. The Victoria Gold Mining Company's mill, built in 1888, is in view on the left. Circa 1895.

Westerman, Otto
"View on Farncom hill."
cou-bha BHA.0006-026-001 · Part · 1895
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

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."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha JTS.001-002-071 · Item · 1968
Part of John A. Topolnicki Sr. Photographic Collection

Breckenridge looking northwest with Shock Hill (left) and Gibson Hill (right) in the background. Snow covers the large piles of excavated rock left behind from gold dredging operations on the Blue River. In view are the houses and buildings on the southwest side of Main Street.

Topolnicki Sr., John A.
cou-bha BHA.0020-141 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

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.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0012-009 · Item
Part of Breckenridge History Photograph Collection

Two well-dressed men and a burro stand outside a rough hewn log cabin by the Blue River, west of Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado. Wagons are parked nearby. Looking southwest with Colorado and Southern (C&S) railway boxcars and mill and/or smelter buildings in the background. Circa early 1900s.

Westerman, Otto