Miners work inside the candle lit Primos Chemical Company vanadium mine in Vanadium (San Miguel County), Colorado, with picks, shovels, ore car, and ladder.
Primos Chemical Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Vanadium--1900-1910.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Vanadium--1900-1910.; Vanadium (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Vanadium--1900-1910.;...
View of the Primos Chemical Company vanadium mill complex in Vanadium (San Miguel County), Colorado shows: smokestacks, dump truck, railroad tracks and cars "D. & R. G.", and the San Miguel River.
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Primos Chemical Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Vanadium--1910-1920.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Vanadium (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
View of the Primos Chemical Company mill and Rio Grande Southern Railroad tracks beside the San Miguel River in Vanadium (San Miguel County), Colorado. Shows frame buildings and brick or metal smokestacks in a valley. Denver & Rio Grande freight...
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Primos Chemical Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Vanadium--1910-1920.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Vanadium (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
View of vanadium processing buildings and houses in the town of Uravan (Montrose County), Colorado. Smoke rises from U.S. Vanadium processing buildings and possibly Manhattan District Uranium Mill Site buildings. Houses and the San Miguel River are...
U.S. Vanadium Corporation--Buildings--1930-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Uravan--1930-1950.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Uravan--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1930-1950.; Ore...
View of a U.S. Vanadium Corporation processing mill near Uravan (Montrose County), Colorado. Smoke rises from smokestacks. Shows corrugated metal sided buildings and tailings piles on a hillside.
U.S. Vanadium Corporation--Buildings--1930-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Montrose County--1930-1950.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Montrose County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Montrose County--1930-1950.; Ore...
View in Vanadium, San Miguel County, Colorado, shows a man posing on Rio Grande Southern Railroad tracks, a horse-drawn ore wagon, Primos Chemical Company mill buildings, and dwellings.
Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1910-1920.; Vanadium (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Vanadium--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Vanadium--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Vanadium--1910-1920.
View of a dump truck at (probably) the Shamrock Mine in Uravan, (Montrose County), Colorado; letters read: "U.S. Vanadium Corp., Uravan, Colo." A car, truck, and platform scale are to the sides.
United States Vanadium Company--1940-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Trucks--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.
View of (probably) the Shamrock Mine in Uravan, (Montrose County), Colorado; shows a chemical tank truck, and ore processing sheds. Letters read: "U.S. Vanadium Corp., Uravan, Colo."
United States Vanadium Company--1940-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Trucks--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.
A man wears a button down shirt tucked into slacks and poses in front of a sign at the U.S. Vanadium plant in Uravan (Montrose County), Colorado. The painted sign shows tanks, trucks and battleships, and reads: "Armam[ent F]or Victory, Planes,...
View of a U.S. Vanadium Corporation processing mill, known as the old mill site, in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows a Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive and freight cars beside a multi-story mill building. The Colorado River is...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1950.; U.S. Vanadium Corporation--Buildings--1930-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Rifle--1930-1950.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1930-1950.; Rifle (Colo.)--1930-1950.;...
View of the Vanadium Corporation of America uranium processing mill in Naturita (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows a suspended bridge, probably for ore cars, and buildings with smokestacks.
View of the Oil Shale Demonstration Plant (or the U. S. Vanadium Plant) in Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado; shows factory buildings, a smokestack, and the Colorado River.
View of a mining operation, sign reads: "United States Vanadium Company, A Division of Union Carbine and Carbon Corporation." Shows: mill and mine buildings, tailing pond, tailings.
United States Vanadium Company--1940-1950.; Tailings dams--Colorado--Garfield County--1940-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1940-1950.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Garfield County--1940-1950.
View of the United States Vanadium Mine in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado shows: mine buildings, houses, tailings.
United States Vanadium Company--1900-1920.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.
View of the United States Vanadium Mining Company mill in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; shows metal ore processing sheds, elevator housings, and a smokestack.
United States Vanadium Company--Buildings--1910-1930.; Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1930.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1930.
A man stands on the railroad tracks near a vanadium plant in Placerville (San Miguel County), Colorado. He wears a felt hat, suit, and a cigarette dangles from his mouth. A team of horses pulls a wagon up a dirt road toward the plant. Dark smoke...
View of the United States Vanadium Mining Company mill in Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado; shows metal sheds for processing ore, elevator housings, smokestacks, and the Roan Cliffs in snow.
Freight, southbound, on the Rio Grande Southern; 22 cars, good smoke. Photographed: near Vanadium, Colo., October 4, 1947.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Vanadium.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
View of (probably) the Shamrock Mine near Uravan, (Montrose County), Colorado; shows tailings, settling ponds, road grades, ore processing sheds, sandstone cliffs, and the San Miguel River.
United States Vanadium Company--1940-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Rivers--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.
View of (probably) the Shamrock Mine in Uravan, (Montrose County), Colorado; shows tailings, settling ponds, a steam shovel, parked cars, ore processing sheds, houses, and the San Miguel River.
United States Vanadium Company--1940-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Rivers--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.
View of (probably) the Shamrock Mine in Uravan, (Montrose County), Colorado; shows tailings, settling ponds, road grades, ore processing sheds, sandstone cliffs, and the San Miguel River.
United States Vanadium Company--1940-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Rivers--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.
View of (probably) the Shamrock Mine in Uravan, (Montrose County), Colorado; shows tailings, settling ponds, road grades, ore processing sheds, houses, and the San Miguel River.
United States Vanadium Company--1940-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Rivers--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.
View of (probably) the Shamrock Mine in Uravan, (Montrose County), Colorado; shows tailings, settling ponds, sandstone cliffs, ore processing sheds, houses, and the San Miguel River.
United States Vanadium Company--1940-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Rivers--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.
View of worker housing at (probably) the Shamrock Mine in Uravan, (Montrose County), Colorado; also shows sandstone cliffs and the San Miguel River.
United States Vanadium Company--1940-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Labor housing--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.;...
View of (probably) the Shamrock Mine in Uravan, (Montrose County), Colorado; shows sandstone cliffs, ore processing sheds, and the San Miguel River.
United States Vanadium Company--1940-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Rivers--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.
An alphabetical listing of people who were killed in mining accidents in Colorado from 1884, when state legislation first required mining companies to report their accidents, through 1962.
Mine accidents--Colorado. ; Registers of births, etc.--Colorado. ; Colorado--Vital records.
Interior view of the worker's market in (probably) Uravan, (Montrose County), Colorado; men and a boy look at merchandise including canned and baked goods.
United States Vanadium Company--1940-1950.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.