Atlantic Cable Consolidated mine, Dolores County, Colo.
Creator
Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)
Date
2011.
Summary
View of the shaft house and head frame at the Atlantic Cable Mine located in Dolores County near Rico, Colo. The vein was located in 1880 by R. C. Darling, leased by the Atlantic Cable Company on March 12, 1894. Silver and copper were originally mined, but the mine later became a greater producer of zinc and lead ore during World War II.
Description
1 slide : color
Is Part Of
Tom Noel photograph collection, notebook Dolores County.
Item Owned By
Auraria Library
Subject
Atlantic Cable Consolidated Mining Company (Rico, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Dolores County--2010-2020.; Silver mines and mining--Colorado--Dolores County--2010-2020.; Dolores County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Atlantic Cable Consolidated Mining Company (Rico, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Dolores County--Pictorial works.; Silver mines and mining--Colorado--Dolores County--Pictorial works.; Dolores County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Source: Loan, Tom Noel, 2014.
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Title and content derived from inventory prepared by Nicholas Wharton.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Digitization sponsored by the Kenneth King Foundation.
