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Call Number	CHS.X4559
Title	Amethyst and Chance mines, Creede, Colo.
Summary	Children stand on the slope of a hill near the Amethyst and Chance Mines in Weaver, near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings and tailing piles. Smoke rises from smoke stacks.
Date	1895 July 17
Notes	Accession number: 2000.129.259; History Colorado.; Formerly F1134; Handwritten on envelope: "C-Mines-Amethyst"; Number inked on original negative and reproduced in print: "No. 7."; Penciled on mat board: "Amethyst rebuilt after fire of 1893."; Title inked on original negative and reproduced in print.; R7200045599
Physical Description	1 photographic print ; 16 x 20 cm. (6 x 8 1/2 in.) mounted on mat board.
Is Part Of	History Colorado, original photographs collection
Subject	Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Last Chance Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Weaver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.
Source	Source: E. L. Bennett.
Rights	Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact History Colorado: http://www.historycolorado.org/researchers/reproduction-commercial-use-fees
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes
Type of Material	Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	2000.129.259; F1134
Filename	20004559.TIF
CONTENTdm number	10072