View of Arrastra Basin shows a dirt road with rocky walls, steep cliffs, and mine buildings and roads on a steep mountain slope, San Juan County, Colorado.
Arrastra Basin (Colo.)--1870-1880.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Roads--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.
View of the North Star Road near Arastra Gulch (probably Arrastra Basin) in San Juan County, Colorado. Shows steep slopes and mining buildings.
Arrastra Basin (Colo.)--1870-1880.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Roads--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.
View of Arrastra Basin; shows a dirt road on a steep mountain slope and cliffs, San Juan County, Colorado.
Arrastra Basin (Colo.)--1870-1880.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Dirt roads--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.
View, from an ore bucket on the aerial tramway, of a tall tramway support tower and the Shenandoah-Dives Mill near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Arrastra Creek is nearby.
Arrastra Creek (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Shenandoah-Dives Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Silverton (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.;...
A miner rides in a bucket on the aerial tramway near the Iowa Mill in the Arrastra Basin near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado.
Mills--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Arrastra Basin (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan...
View of an arrastra on Buckskin Creek near Alma (Park County), Colorado.
Alma (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buckskin Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grinding--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.
View of a burro tethered to an arrastra (or arrastre), machinery used by miners for grinding ore, at a town park in (probably) Colorado. A carriage and artillery are by municipal buildings in the background.
View of the Shenandoah-Dives mine aerial tramway in Arrastra Basin, San Juan County, Colorado; shows a steel tower and cables, a ranch house, and Boulder Mountain. Structures for milling gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc are in the Animas River...
Arrastra Basin (Colo.)--1920-1960.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1920-1960.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1960.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1960.
Shows multi-story, frame Iowa stamp mill buildings, a smokestack, ore piles, and aerial tramway cables and support structures in the Arrastra Basin near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Telegraph poles are on a hillside in the San Juan...
Arrastra Basin (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Iowa Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.
View of the buildings of the Silver Lake Mill in Arrastra Gulch (San Juan County), Colorado. The mill is on a steep hillside and has dormer windows and multiple windows near ore piles. Shows smokestacks, a tipple, and frame buildings of probably...
Arrastra Gulch (San Juan County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Aspen Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Ore...
Men work a brick fabrication plant in Colorado. They stand with wheelbarrows on and near a wooden ramp near rows of bricks laid out to dry. A horse-driven arrastre (arrastra) is nearby.
View, from an ore bucket on the aerial tramway, of the area around the Shenandoah-Dives Mill near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Arrastra Creek and possibly the Mayflower Mill are nearby.
Shenandoah-Dives Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Silverton (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.
View of the Shenandoah-Dives Mill near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Arrastra Creek and the tracks of the Silverton Northern Railroad Company (SN) are nearby.
Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Shenandoah-Dives Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Silverton (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Railroad...
View of a garden between the Teller House and the Opera House in Central City, Colorado; shows an arrastra, balconies, people, and stairs on the hillside.
Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.; Stairways--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.
View of an arrastre (or arrastra), (probably) Colorado. A horse pulls a beam on a millstone used by miners for grinding ore; men in straw hats look on. A truck is parked by frame buildings.
View of an arrastre (or arrastra) used by miners for grinding ore, beside Buckskin Creek, Park County, Colorado; shows a man kneeling by a water-filled, circular hole in rock.
Buckskin Creek (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Park County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Grinding wheels--Colorado--Park County--1920-1940.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Park County--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Park County--1920-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Park...
View of a burro tethered to an arrastra (or arrastre), machinery used by miners for grinding ore, in (probably) Colorado. Gazebos, swing sets, a park, cars, and houses are in the background; a newspaper machine reads: "News."
View of an arrastre (or arrastra) by Buckskin Creek, Park County, Colorado; shows a water-filled, circular hole in rock, used by miners for grinding ore.
Buckskin Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Park County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Grinding wheels--Colorado--Park County--1960-1970.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Park County--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Park County--1960-1970.; Streams--Colorado--Park...
View of an arrastre (or arrastra) by Buckskin Creek, Park County, Colorado; shows a water-filled, circular hole in rock, used by miners for grinding ore.
Buckskin Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Park County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Grinding wheels--Colorado--Park County--1960-1970.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Park County--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Park County--1960-1970.; Streams--Colorado--Park...
View of an arrastre (or arrastra) by Buckskin Creek, Park County, Colorado; shows a water-filled, circular hole in rock, used by miners for grinding ore.
Buckskin Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Park County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grinding wheels--Colorado--Park County--1900-1920.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Park County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Park County--1900-1920.; Streams--Colorado--Park...
View of the arrastre (or arrastra) at Montgomery, Park County, Colorado, a frame wheel-construction used by miners for grinding ore. Water rushes through rocks; trees, slopes, and a flume are in the background.
View of an arrastre (or arrastra) by Buckskin Creek, Park County, Colorado; shows a man kneeling by a water-filled, circular hole, used by miners for grinding ore.
Buckskin Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Park County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Grinding wheels--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Streams--Colorado--Park...
View of the frame arrastre (or arrastra) at Montgomery, Park County, Colorado; shows miners and a boy posing by the ore grinding machinery. One man holds a gold pan.
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