View of mines near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado; shows ore processing facilities, tailings, houses, the Sawatch Mountains, mining sheds in a gulch, and railroad tracks.
Dr. Larry Brown demonstrates to his co-workers the growth processes of an experimental mixture of grass seed using crushed rock, wood chips, and dried sludge during the reclamation of the Urad mine site, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
Henderson Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--People--1970-1980.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Reclamation of land--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Brown, Larry.
View shows the reclamation efforts, using seeded tailings, at the Urad mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The mill is in the distance.
Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mills--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Reclamation of land--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.
Two men work on a hillside gaging the effectiveness of various grass and tree mixtures during the reclamation of the land affected by the Urad mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Reclamation of land--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.
Dr. Larry Brown demonstrates to his co-workers the growth processes of an experimental mixture of grass seed using crushed rock, wood chips, and dried sludge during the reclamation of the Urad mine site, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
Henderson Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--People--1970-1980.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Reclamation of land--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Brown, Larry.
View of the reclamation area, in its early stages, at the Urad mine site, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The mine, dam, and mill are in the distance.
Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Reclamation of land--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.
Two dump trucks are parked in the reclamation area at the Urad mine site, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Crushed rock from the Henderson mine was hauled here and used as tailings cover and substrate for vegetation. The mill is in the background.
Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Reclamation of land--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.
View of a bulldozer leveling the reclamation area of the Urad mine site, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The mill and tailings pond are in the background.
Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bulldozers--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Reclamation of land--Colorado--Clear Creek...
A bulldozer stands by as a dump truck dumps crushed rock used for leveling the reclamation area of the Urad mine site, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bulldozers--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Dump trucks--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
Index originally created by Henrietta Bromwell in 1933 of 31,000 items regarding biographies and portraits of politicians, miners, club women, newspaper editors, artists, businessmen, legislators, early settlers, settlements, mines, geographical...