Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Underground mining - views by flash light
- View is a montage of small images depicting miners performing various tasks, Leadville Lake County, Colorado. Titles on individual images: "Air drilling," "Hand drilling," "Electric drilling," "On the cage going up," "Anglebracing," and,...
- Mine timbering--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boring--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Jumbo and drilling crew in the heading
- View of a drilling crew in the heading of an unidentified mine tending a large drilling rig identified as "Jumbo." A sign on the rig reads: "Atlas Gelodyn No. 1." Each miner wears a helmet and lamp.
- Drilling & boring machinery--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1940.
- December 20, 1939
- Golden, Colorado School of Mines
- Two Colorado School of Mines students compete in a hand drilling contest with a mallet and wedge or spike on a stone block on Engineer's Day, in Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. Mike Lacy is on the left in a plaid shirt; spectators look on. One...
- Golden (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Contests--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Students--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Colorado School of Mines.
- [1968]
- Golden, Colorado School of Mines
- Two Colorado School of Mines students compete in a hand drilling contest with a hydraulic drill on a large stone block during Engineer's Day, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. Foothills are in the background.
- Golden (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Contests--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Students--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Colorado School of Mines.
- [1968]
- Western History Subject Index
- Oil drilling
- Western History Subject Index
- OIL DRILLING
- WPCD drilling
- Men work with pneumatic drilling equipment at the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado.
- Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- EPCD, drilling from column
- A worker operates a compressed air, percussion-type rock drill near the East Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel), of the Colorado-Big Thompson Water Diversion Project, in Grand County, Colorado. The man wears a safety...
- Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1944?]
- Early oil well drilling rig
- Shows an early oil well drilling rig possibly in Colorado. The rig is a wooden trestle structure with small buildings around the base. A group of men stand at the bottom of the rig. Two other men stand on a carriage in the foreground.
- Drilling & boring machinery--1890-1900.; Oil wells--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Drilling rig (good)
- View of an oil drilling operation; shows people posing by a wooden derrick and shop buildings with smokestacks, possibly in Garfield County, Colorado.
- Oil well drilling rigs--Colorado--Garfield County--1920- 1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Drilling rig - derrick
- View of a oil drilling operation; shows a man, stacked pipe sections, a wooden derrick, buildings with smokestacks, and Battlement Mesa (?), Garfield County, Colorado.
- Oil well drilling rigs--Colorado--Garfield County--1920- 1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Drilling rig - derrick
- View of an oil drilling operation; shows men, a construction of wheels, pulleys, and booms, and desert.
- Oil well drilling rigs--1920- 1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Drawing by D. C. Funcheon inventor (Denver) wind-driven boring machine or auger
- View of a drawing of a horse-drawn, wind powered, drilling machine.
- Drilling & boring machinery--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Artesian Well No 2 Montrose, Colo
- In Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, men, girls, and dogs pose with a pump house behind them. A frame tower supports the well shaft used to access artesian well no. 2; a projecting boom is over sheds with flywheels, pipes, and tanks. A...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Artesian wells--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1887 May 1
- Climax, Colo., drilling in a main heading
- View of two miners drilling in a main heading of the molybdenum mine, Climax (Lake County), Colorado. Drill bits project out of previous bore holes on the wall.
- Molybdenum mines and mining--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Climax (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Climax Mine (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Boring--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Rock drilling contest on streets of Silverton, Labor Day
- Fred C. Dopp, atop a wood platform, swings a sledge hammer in a hard rock drilling contest in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. A second man kneels and holds a spike on the block of rock that protrudes through the platform. Men, women, and...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Contests--Colorado--Silverton--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Silverton--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Silverton--1930-1940.; Dopp, Fred C.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Montrose, Colo. drilling for artesian water
- A group of Montrose, Colorado, citizens pose in front of drilling equipment that drills an artesian well in Montrose County. The drill is composed of cables and steel bars. Electrical cables are attached to a steam-powered tractor; a puff of...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Artesian wells--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Western History Subject Index
- Rock drilling
- Western History Subject Index
- Rock drilling
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 2, 1918 April
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 8 and 9, 1923 August-September
- Municipal Facts: Volume 9 Numbers 5, 6 and 7, 1926 May-July
- TT, loading holes
- Miners load explosives into holes drilled in the wall of a mine in Colorado. The men wear coats and hard hats with electric lights. One man rests a box of explosives on drilling machines. Labels on the box read: "Gold Metal Explosives, Division...
- Blasting--Colorado--1930-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--1930-1950.; Miners--Colorado--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Industries - oil
- Oil men stand near a tapped well in an oil field as oil spews up from the ground. Oil drilling equipment is in the foreground.
- Oil wells--Colorado--1910-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Industries - oil
- Shows oil men in the field as they use drilling equipment.
- Oil wells--Colorado--1910-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Mining contest
- Driving a spike into a rock, a miner demonstrates hard-rock drilling, in (probably) Colorado. A woman watches from a storefront with window lettering: "Groceries."
- Colorado--1950-1960.; Contests--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--1950-1960.
- 1957
- Continental Oil Company building
- View of the lobby of the Continental Oil Building located at 18th (Eighteenth) Street and Glenarm Place in Denver, Colorado. The walls of the lobby are travertine, there are two elevators with textured bronze doors, a groined brick ceiling with...
- Continental Oil Company--Facilities--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Elevators.; Interiors.; Lobbies.; Murals.
- [1929?]
- Strauss Quarry, surface workings of the quarry at Marble, Colorado
- View of Strauss Quarry shows a revolving derrick and a horizontal drilling machine fed by compressed air lines, near Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Marble (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Marble--1900-1910.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Empire, Colo Summer 1861
- Men sit on the stoop of a false front building watching a group of volunteer soldiers perform drills in Empire, Colorado. Commercial buildings, covered wagons, and tree covered mountains are in the background.
- Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Soldiers--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.
- [1862?]
- Old military academy
- At the old Military School in Canon City, Colorado, uniformed cadets are at parade rest with rifle butts to the ground. Two have flags, one of the United States. A three story brick building behind them has a mansard roof, bracketed cornice, stone...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cadets--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Military education--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1880 or 1881
- Colorado School of Mines training mine, Idaho Springs
- Interior view of the Colorado School of Mines Edgar Experimental Mine, Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows students with a drilling machine.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1940.; Colorado School of Mines.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Business. Manufacturing
- Western History Subject Index
- PETROLEUM. COLORADO
- Western History Subject Index
- Petroleum. Rocky Mountain region
- Western History Subject Index
- Rock Drilling
- Western History Subject Index
- Rock drilling
- Western History Subject Index
- Mountain states drilling co. inc
- Western History Subject Index
- ATCO DRILLING COMPANY
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 4, 1918 June
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 7 and 8, 1925 September-October
- Municipal Facts: Volume 7 Numbers 9 and 10, 1924 September-October
- Green Mtn. Dam, drilling rock
- A construction worker drills into a boulder at the Green Mountain Dam site in Summit County, Colorado.
- Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- Green Mtn. Dam, drilling rock
- A construction worker drills into a boulder at the Green Mountain Dam site in Summit County, Colorado.
- Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Boring--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- Drilling
- A man with hat and overalls drills into rocks with a pneumatic drill in probably Colorado. He has a cigarette in his mouth.
- Boring--Colorado--1940-1960.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1955?]
- Drilling machines, gold, Homestake mine, Lead, S. Dak.
- Two miners operate hydraulic drills in the Homestake gold mine, Lead South Dakota. They wear rubber boots and suits, and hats.
- Homestake Mine (S.D.)--1920-1940.; Lead (S.D.)--1920-1940.; Drilling & boring machinery--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1940.; Gold mining--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1940.; Miners--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1940.; Mining--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Drilling rig - derrick
- View of a wooden oil derrick, buildings with smokestacks, and a dead cedar tree, possibly in Garfield County, Colorado.
- Oil well drilling rigs--Colorado--Garfield County--1920- 1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Steam powered drilling rig
- View of a drill rig and men working, probably in Colorado or Utah; shows pulleys, motors, flywheels, a boiler, tools, machinery, and low hills.
- Boring--1920-1940.; Drilling & boring machinery--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Drilling machines, gold, Homestake Mine, Lead, South Dakota
- View of two miners using pneumatic drills on the floor of the Homestake gold mine, Lead, South Dakota. They wear rubber suits, helmets, and lamps.
- Homestake Mine (S.D.)--1920-1950.; Lead (S.D.)--1920-1950.; Drilling--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1950.; Gold mining--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1950.; Miners--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1950.; Mining--South Dakota--Lead--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950?]
- Diamond drilling in Camp Bird mine, 1 mile underground
- Two miners working by candlelight tend a diamond drill rig one mile underground in the Camp Bird mine, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Workers at Henderson using a "jumbo" drill advance this drift by drilling a series of holes
- Miners use an LHD (load-haul-dump) and pneumatic drill in a tunnel of the Henderson Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A sign on the LHD reads: "Ingersoll Rand".
- AMAX, Inc.--Branches, chapters, etc.--1970-1980.; Henderson Mine (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1976 and 1980]