A young boy sits on the snow above a man leaning against a snowbank along the railroad tracks that serviced the Kilton Gold Reduction Company ore sampler, west of Breckenridge, Colorado, during the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899.

Looking south down Ten Mile Canyon, Summit County, Colorado near the "SKY" chutes east of present day Copper Mountain. Avalanche debris covers the narrow gauge railroad tracks. Handwritten on the reverse: "effects of a great snow slide in Ten Mile Canon [sic]."

View from Shock Hill looking east over the town of Breckenridge, Colorado towards Bald Mountain. The Denver South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railway tracks and train depot are in the foreground, west of town. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Breckenridge Colo, from Shockhill, looking west."

A Colorado and Southern (C&S) railroad gondola car loaded with a large bull wheel is stopped on the siding track at the Goldpan shops south of Breckenridge. Piles of lumber and steel beams are stacked on the ground. Rail spurs branched off the main C&S route at the shops, and another spur ran along Ridge Street, almost reaching Jefferson Avenue. View of the Tenmile Range in the background.

The elevated wooden scaffold at the Gold Pan Mining Company in Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa early 1900s. Far left, 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 Gold Pan Mine operations nearly reached the buildings and houses on the southern edge of town. Tenmile Range in the background; the Colorado and Southern (C&S) Railway tracks are in the foreground.

Beginning of the railroad grade through snowy Ten Mile Canyon at Frisco, Colorado. To the left (southeast) of the narrow gauge track is a large stack of lumber or railroad ties. Opposite are utility poles. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Entrance to the ten Mile Canon [sic] at Frisco."

Narrow 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".

Evans elevator system at the Gold Pan Mining Company operations south of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa early 1900s. Water diverted from the Blue River was forced under tremendous pressure down one pipe into the pit. A second pipe hydraulically lifted rocks, dirt, water and potential gold to the elevated trestle and sluice. Tailings were moved by conveyor belt into an ore trolley; the trolley hauled the rocks up the elevated wooden trestle and dumped them over the edge, away from the pit. In the background are the Gold Pan Shops, including the pipe making shop and dipping tank; machine, blacksmith and carpenter shop; and pipe flanging and shearing shop. Also, the Gold Pan office building with dormer windows. Barney Ford Hill is in view, with Illinois Gulch to the southeast.

Goldpan 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.

Gold Pan Mining Company property where the Goldpan machine shops and pipe manufacturing plant were later constructed. Building began in late summer of 1900, and the shops were fully operational a year later. In the background are log cabins, stacks of lumber, and a wood frame building under construction. A man is seen walking past two boys on a wooden bridge, heading towards the railroad tracks and the south edge of town.

Northwest view overlooking the town of Breckenridge, Colorado, and the hookeye curve of the railroad tracks below Barney Ford Hill. Quoted from handwritten text on the reverse: "Breckenridge in NW, Nigger Hill, center. Hookeye curve foreground". Circa 1882-1890s.

Looking southeast from Barney Ford Hill over Illinois Park where Iron Springs, Puzzle Mine, Ouray Mine and the Germania Mine and Mill were located. Railway went around Hook Eye Curve with sidings to some of the mines. Near Breckenridge, Colorado. Abbreviated title taken from handwritten caption on card mount: "View from Niggerhill showing Illinois park and railway, 500ft below."

Denver, Leadville & Gunnison (DL&G) Engine Number 113 pauses on the railroad tracks at Rocky Point cut, above the town of Breckenridge, Colorado, on the way to Boreas Pass and Como. Circa 1889-1899. Railroad workers sit on or stand beside the locomotive's metal frame pilot (also known as a "cowcatcher"). Another man, finely dressed in a suit and bowler hat, stands off to the side with his hands on his hips. The Denver, South Park & Pacific (DSP&P) operated Engine No. 113 from 1885-1889.

Denver, South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railway between Boreas Pass and Breckenridge, Colorado. In the background is Peak 8 of the Tenmile Range. In the 1880s-1900s, Breckenridge locals called the mountain Peak Tilly Ann, named after Matilda Silverthorn and Ann Remine, the two young women that allegedly first climbed Peak 8. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Mount Tillyann near Breckenridge."

View of a rock retaining wall and the Denver, South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) narrow gauge railroad tracks on the way down from the Alpine Tunnel on Alpine Pass near Pitkin, Colorado. Paywell Mountain stands in the background. Handwritten on the reverse "Palisades at Alpine Pass near Pitkin DSP&P RR." Stamped "O. Westerman, Photographer, Breckenridge, - Colorado."

People sit or stand on a railway handcar stopped on its tracks near the Gold Pan Mining Company operations, located just south of Breckenridge, Colorado. Standing in the center of the handcar is a woman wearing a feather plumed hat and a wool cloak with cape. Sitting far right wearing a white hat is Ben Stanley Revett. Standing behind Revett, back right, is Conrad Leslie (C.L.) Westerman. Far left, standing, is George H. Evans, company manager and mining engineer. The men are smartly dressed in suits and waistcoats with neckties. Barney Ford Hill in the background. Circa early 1900s.

Train stopped on its tracks blocked by snow from a snowslide or avalanche in the Ten Mile Canyon. The Ten Mile Creek runs through the canyon along the railroad bed. Handwritten on the reverse "Train from in [illegible] Saturday morning. There was a couple feet of snow over the top of the rear coach." Circa early 1900s.

Locomotive Number 205 is stopped at Engineer's Curve on Barney Ford Hill overlooking the town of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1890s. Two men lean on the metal frame pilot attached to the front of the train, also called the "cowcatcher". Tenmile Range in the background.

Locomotive Number 205 is stopped at Engineer's Curve on Barney Ford Hill overlooking the town of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1890s. One man stands on the side of the railroad tracks while two men lean on the metal frame pilot attached to the front of the train, also called the "cowcatcher". Tenmile Range in the background.

View looking through the wood-framed railroad snowshed on Boreas Pass, along the Boreas Pass route from Como to Breckenridge, Colorado. Handwritten on the reverse: "Snowshed - Boreas Pass" and stamped "O. Westerman, Photographer, Breckenridge, - Colorado."