Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- St. Elmo
- View of the main street in the ghost town of Saint Elmo (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows wooden commercial buildings, a log building and a church.
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1970-1970.; Business districts--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1970-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1970-1970.
- 1972
- St. Elmo hotel
- View of a two story wood building identified as a hotel in Saint Elmo (Chaffee County), Colorado. The abandoned building has a false front with brackets, entablature and windows topped with pediments.
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1950-1960.; False fronts--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1950-1960.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1950-1960.
- 1955
- St. Elmo log cabin
- View of a log cabin in St. Elmo (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows a chinked log building with a stone and masonry chimney and a tar paper and tin roof.
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1950-1960.; Chimneys--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1950-1960.; Log cabins--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1950-1960.
- 1955
- St. Elmo, main st.
- A boarded-up frame house adjoins a two story business, the abandoned Stark Brothers Store, on the main street of Saint Elmo (Chaffee County), Colorado. A sign hangs from the front of the store, it reads: "Western Union Telegraph Cable Office."...
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1950-1960.; General stores--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1950-1960.
- 1955
- Stone powder house, Tomboy
- View of an abandoned stone powder house at the Tomboy Mine in Tomboy (San Miguel County), Colorado. The ridge of the Savage Basin glacial cirque is in the distance.
- Savage Basin (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Tomboy (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Tomboy Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Tomboy--1960-1970.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Tomboy--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Store, Kokomo
- View of an abandoned store in Kokomo (Summit County), Colorado. Shows a deteriorating two story building with the remnant of a false front and an arched doorway.
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Kokomo--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Kokomo--1960-1970.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Kokomo--1960-1970.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Kokomo--1960-1970.
- 1961
- Sts. John
- View of the ghost town of Saints John (Saint John, Coleyville) in Summit County, Colorado. Shows, weathered, abandoned and deteriorated wooden cabins.
- Saints John (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.; Cabins--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.
- 1969
- Sts. John mill
- View of the ruins of the mill for the Saints John Mine in the ghost town of Saints John (Saint John, Coleyville) in Summit County, Colorado. Wooden cabins and houses and collapsed buildings are in the distance.
- Saints John (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.; Mills--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.; Ore industry--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.
- 1969
- Sts. John mill
- View of the weathered wood ruins of the mill for the Saints John Mine in the ghost town of Saints John (Saint John, Coleyville) in Summit County, Colorado. The remains of the smokestack for the mill, a brick faced mine shaft entrance and tailings...
- Saints John (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.; Mills--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.; Ore industry--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Saints...
- 1969
- Sts. John stack
- View of the remnants of a smokestack probably for the mill at the Saints John Mine in the ghost town of Saints John (Saint John, Coleyville) in Summit County, Colorado. Shows the remains of a brick smokestack and rubble.
- Saints John (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.
- 1969
- Sts. John, ball mill and flotation vats
- View of the remnants of the ball mill for the Saints John Mine in the ghost town of Saints John (Saint John, Coleyville) in Summit County, Colorado. Shows an iron cylindrical enclosed flotation vat with a large gear, flywheel and cam shaft. A...
- Saints John (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Machinery--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.; Mills--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.; Ore industry--Colorado--Saints John--1960-1970.
- 1969
- Sunnyside Mill, Eureka
- View of the stair-stepped concrete foundations of the Sunnyside Mill in Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows debris and tailings embankments.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mills--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.; Ore industry--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Tabasco mill
- View of the mill for the Tabasco Mine on the crest of Cinnamon Pass in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Shows an abandoned log building with a tin roof and chimney. Mountains are in the distance.
- Cinnamon Pass (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hinsdale (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Hinsdale--1960-1970.; Mills--Colorado--Hinsdale--1960-1970.; Ore industry--Colorado--Hinsdale--1960-1970.; Passes...
- 1963
- Tabor's home in Leadville
- View of the Tabor Home, home of Augusta and Horace Tabor, at 116 E. 5th (Fifth) Street in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows a two story cross gable house with decorative verge-board and inverted pendants. The house has a bay window and...
- Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895--Homes & haunts.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899--Homes & haunts.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.
- [between 1954 and 1960?]
- Tailings pond
- View of an unidentified tailings pile and pond near an unidentified stream in possibly San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows a metal frame structure, a conduit and a building in the center of the tailings.
- Tailings dams--Colorado--1950-1970.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--1950-1970.
- [between 1955 and 1964?]
- Teller City, old cabin
- View of the remains of log cabins in Teller City (Jackson County), Colorado. Shows partially collapsed log walls near dense trees.
- Teller City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Teller City--1960-1970.; Log cabins--Colorado--Teller City--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Teller City--1960-1970.
- 1968
- Telluride
- View of a brick theater in Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. The building has a stepped parapet, a projecting enclosed balcony with a tile roof and a hip roof tile porch. Lamp posts are near the theater and a sign on the building reads:...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Lampposts--Colorado--Telluride--1960-1970.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Telluride--1960-1970.
- 1954
- The mill at Marble (Audrey & Dorothy)
- Two women stand among the ruins of the Colorado Yule Marble Company finishing mill in Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows large blocks of marble stacked near marble block walls and large marble block pillars used to support cranes.
- Colorado Yule Marble Company--1940-1950.; Marble (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Marble--Colorado--Marble--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Marble--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Marble--1940-1950.
- 1949 July 4
- Three story jail, Silverton
- View of the old San Juan County jail in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a three story brick building with a covered entrance. The second and third story windows have iron bars.
- Silverton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Jails--Colorado--Silverton--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Timberline Lake
- View of Timberline Lake in probably Lake County, Colorado. A jeep is parked near the lake and a man fishes.
- Lake County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Timberline Lake (Lake County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fishing--Colorado--Lake County--1960-1970.; Jeep automobiles--American--Colorado--Lake County--1960-1970.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Lake County--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Tomboy
- View of collapsed wood frame building at the Tomboy Mine in Tomboy (San Miguel County), Colorado. Cabins and ponds are in the ghost town and the ridge of the Savage Basin glacial cirque is in the distance.
- Savage Basin (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Tomboy (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Tomboy Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Tomboy--1960-1970.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Tomboy--1960-1970.; Mining camps--Colorado--Tomboy--1960-1970.;...
- 1964
- Tomboy
- View of a deteriorated two story wood frame building at the Tomboy Mine in the ghost town of Tomboy (San Miguel County), Colorado. The ridge of the Savage Basin glacial cirque is in the distance.
- Tomboy (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Tomboy Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Tomboy--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Tomboy--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Town of Central City
- View of Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows aspen trees in fall color and mine tailings. The town and mountains are in the distance.
- Central City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Autumn--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.
- 1976
- Town of Crystal City from Schofield Road
- Aerial view of the town of Crystal (Crystal City) nestled in the Crystal Valley in Gunnison County, Colorado. Shows an abandoned mining town and steep mountain slopes.
- Crystal (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Crystal River Valley (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Crystal--1960-1970.; Mining camps--Colorado--Crystal--1960-1970.; Valleys--Colorado--Crystal--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Track to mill at Waldorf
- View in the interior of a deteriorating and abandoned snowshed in Waldorf (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows mine railroad tracks and boards from the collapsing snowshed.
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Waldorf--1960-1970.; Snowsheds--Colorado--Waldorf--1960-1970.
- 1962
- Tram from Gold Prince to Animas Forks
- View of the abandoned wooden towers of the aerial tramway that carried ore from the Gold Prince Mine to the mill town of Animas Forks (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Gold Prince Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1960-1970.
- 1969
- Tram of Sunnyside Mine - mill
- View of tower on the abandoned aerial tramway of the Sunnyside Mine in San Juan County, Colorado. Shows mine tailings and probably an abandoned mine or mill in the distance.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--San Juan County--1980-1990.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1980-1990.
- 1989
- Tram tower, Sunnyside Mine
- View of a wooden aerial tramway tower for the tram that transported ore from the Sunnyside Mine to the mill near Eureka in San Juan County, Colorado. Shows the tramway terminal in the distance.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1960-1970.
- 1969
- Tram, Cunningham Gulch
- View of aerial tram cables and the tram house for the Buffalo Boy Mine in Cunningham Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado. Shows a dirt road, the dry Cunningham Creek and talus.
- Buffalo Boy Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cunningham Gulch (San Juan County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1970-1980.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan...
- 1972
- Tramway above Tabasco
- View of the abandoned towers of the tramway for the Tabasco Mine in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Mine buildings are in the distance.
- Hinsdale (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Hinsdale--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Tramway N. London Mine to mill below
- View of the mill for the North London Mine in Park County, Colorado. Shows wooden buildings near a steep ridge on Mosquito Pass. Wooden towers of the aerial tramways are on the top of the ridge. Water from melting snow trickles down the slope.
- North London Mine (Park County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Park County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Park County--1960-1970.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Park County--1960-1970.; Mills--Colorado--Park County--1960-1970.; Ore...
- 1967
- Trout Lake
- View of Trout Lake in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows buildings, cabins and mountains in the distance.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Trout Lake (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--San Miguel County--1970-1980.
- 1977
- Twenty mule team wagons
- A man stands beside a twenty mule team wagon at the abandoned Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley National Park, California. Shows two large wooden wagons with barrels strapped to the side and a large metal tank wagon. The tailings from the borax...
- Borax mines & mining--Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)--1970-1980.; Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)--1970-1980.; Harmony Borax Works (Calif.)--1970-1980.; Carts & wagons--Death Valley National Park (Calif. and...
- 1978
- Up Eng. Pass
- A jeep is parked on a rough dirt road above timberline, near the summit of Engineer Pass in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Shows the treeless, snow covered summit of the pass in the distance.
- Engineer Pass (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1960-1970.; Jeep automobiles--American--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1960-1970.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Upper Fulford, recreation hall
- View of the remains of a wooden structure identified as the recreation hall in the abandoned mining camp of Fulford (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows a collapsed plank and log building.
- Fulford (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Building failures--Colorado--Fulford--1970-1980.; Plank buildings--Colorado--Fulford--1970-1980.; Ruins--Colorado--Fulford--1970-1980.
- 1977
- Veda, Jeep, snowdrift, Eng. Pass
- A woman identified as Veda stand next to a Jeep automobile in a road cut through a snow bank on Engineer Pass in Ouray or Hinsdale County. The treeless top of the pass and patches of snow are in the distance.
- Engineer Pass (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Jeep automobiles--American--Colorado--1960-1970.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1960-1970.; Road cuts--Colorado--1960-1970.; Snow--Colorado--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Vicksburg
- View of log cabins beside a dirt road in the former mining town of Vicksburg (Chaffee County), Colorado.
- Vicksburg (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Vicksburg--1970-1980.; Log cabins--Colorado--Vicksburg--1970-1980.; Mining camps--Colorado--Vicksburg--1970-1980.
- 1972
- Victor
- View of Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Shows probably the abandoned Ajax and Portland Mines on Battle Mountain in the distance.
- Victor (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Victor--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Victor, old brick bldg.
- View of the ruins of an unidentified stone and brick building in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Shows a stone foundation topped with deteriorating brick walls. A round window is in a section of wall.
- Victor (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Buildings--Colorado--Victor--1970-1980.; Foundations--Colorado--Victor--1970-1980.; Ruins--Colorado--Victor--1970-1980.
- 1973
- Virginius mine
- View of rugged cliffs and mountains in Ouray County, Colorado. Mount Sneffels and the remains of the Virginius Mine are in the distance.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Sneffels, Mount (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Virginius Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ouray--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Wagon down Ingram
- A horse-drawn covered wagon and a jeep are on a steep hairpin curve on Black Bear Road on the side of Ingram Peak outside of Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado.
- Ingram Peak (Colo.)--1960-1970.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Covered wagons--Colorado--San Miguel County--1960-1970.; Dirt roads--Colorado--San Miguel County--1960-1970.; Jeep automobiles--American--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Wagon on Ingram Rd.
- Men sit in a horse-drawn wagon with cover hoops, on Black Bear Road probably near Black Bear Pass, in Ouray County, Colorado. A woman sits in a jeep parked next to the wagon. A rugged bare ridge is in the distance.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.; Jeep automobiles--American--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Waldorf
- View of an abandoned building in Waldorf (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The deteriorating wooden building has metal siding, and a roof with a central gable. A collapsed building is nearby.
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Waldorf--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Waldorf--1960-1970.
- 1962
- Ward
- View of an abandoned commercial building in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows a two story wood frame building with corrugated metal siding on the pedimented false front. The building has a window with a lunette and double doors. The first...
- Ward (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ward--1960-1970.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Ward--1960-1970.; False fronts--Colorado--Ward--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Ward, home
- View of an abandoned house on a slope in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. The house has vertical board and batten siding and a cross gable roof covered with corrugated tin. Houses are in the distance.
- Ward (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ward--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Ward--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Water flume, Tomboy
- View of a wooden water flume, abandoned mine buildings and mine tailings, in the Savage Basin glacial cirque, at the Tomboy Mine in Tomboy (San Miguel County), Colorado.
- Savage Basin (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Tomboy (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Tomboy Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Tomboy--1960-1970.; Flumes--Colorado--Tomboy--1960-1970.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Tomboy--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Whitecross mill
- View of a mining mill in the ghost town of Whitecross (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows a dilapidated frame building and the remains of a log cabin and a tailings pile.
- Whitecross (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Whitecross--1960-1970.; Log cabins--Colorado--Whitecross--1960-1970.; Mills--Colorado--Whitecross--1960-1970.; Ore industry--Colorado--Whitecross--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Winfield
- View of abandoned log buildings in Winfield (Chaffee County), Colorado. One of the buildings has a false front. A sign on a post reads: "Winfield." Mountains in the Sawatch range are in the distance.
- Winfield (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Winfield--1970-1980.; Log buildings--Colorado--Winfield--1970-1980.
- 1972
- Yankee Boy Mine
- View of the ruins of the Yankee Boy Mine, at Yankee Boy Basin, in Ouray County, Colorado. Shows wooden debris and a tailings pile. The bare rocky slopes of a peak are in the distance.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Yankee Boy Basin (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Yankee Boy Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1960-1970.
- 1963