The small town of Ophir and the Ophir Loop of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad shown from a distance. A line of burros is being loaded onto a train in the background.
Ophir (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--1880-1900.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
A group of miners mounted on burros pose on a dirt road possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men may be Hispanic. A burros loaded with mining equipment stands nearby.
Three miners stand near a burro that is loaded with wood beams possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. The beams are milled wood and some are shaped and notched. The men wear work clothes. Some of the miners may be Hispanic or Italian. A dog...
Men and a pack train of burros gather around a wood frame mine building, probably in the San Juan Mountain Range, Colorado. The burros have pack saddles. Shows a pile of chopped wood, an outhouse and the snow covered mountainside.
View of two donkeys in trampled, fenced field; smaller and darker donkey at left; larger and lighter-colored donkey at right; telegraph poles, a few buildings, foothills and mountain in distance.