View of the abandoned Colorado Fluorspar Company Mine and mill on the 4UR ranch in Wagon Wheel Gap (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows a tailing pile, ore house and deteriorated wooden buildings. Corrugated metal buildings are next to the mill. Goose Creek is nearby.
Date
2009
Notes
Title and content derived from inventory prepared by Kathleen Barlow.; From inventory: "General William Jackson Palmer and the Denver & Rio Grande founded this resort [Wagon Wheel Gap Hot Springs]. The site also hosted a company town."; Scanned image from loaned collection.; R7001518153; Digitization sponsored by the Kenneth King Foundation.
Physical Description
1 slide: color.
Is Part Of
Tom Noel photograph collection.; Tom Noel photograph collection, notebook Mineral County.;
Subject
4UR Ranch (Wagon Wheel, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Colorado Fluorspar Company Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Abandoned mines.; Mills.; Ore industry.; 4UR Ranch (Wagon Wheel, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--Pictorial works.; Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--Pictorial works.; Colorado Fluorspar Company Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Source
Source: loan, Tom Noel, 2010.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
