View of the Griffin Memorial on Silver Plume Mountain near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The monument marks the grave of Clifford Griffin, the co-owner of the Seven-Thirty Mine. On June 19, 1887 Griffin committed suicide and shot himself in a grave he had dug. His brother, Heneage Griffin, erected this monument. The monument reads, "Clifford Griffin Son of Alfred Griffin ESQ, of Brand Hall, Shropshire, England Born July 2, 1847. Died June 19, 1887. And in Consideration of His Own Request Buried Near This Spot."
Description
1 slide: color.
Is Part Of
Tom Noel photograph collection.; Tom Noel photograph collection, notebook Clear Creek.
Title and content derived from inventory prepared by Kathleen Barlow.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; R7001519662; Digitization sponsored by the Kenneth King Foundation.
