Men stand outside frame processing buildings at Professor Nathaniel P. Hill's Black Hawk Smelter in Black Hawk (Blackhawk, Gilpin County), Colorado. Vented buildings have smokestacks. Men use shovels and wheelbarrows to move ore piles.
Date
[between 1867 and 1868]
Notes
"Prof. Hill's Works at Black Hawk" penciled on verso of album page.; Condition: foxing, worn.; Title, attribution and number "8" typed on label on album page.; R7110057717
Description
1 photographic print : albumen ; 18 x 21 cm. (7 x 8 1/2 in.) mounted on album page 20 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Is Part Of
C Photo Collection 155. Eugene Arundel Miller Collection.; C Photo Collection 155. Eugene Arundel Miller Collection v. 1.
Subject
Hill, N. P. (Nathaniel Peter), 1832-1900--Homes & haunts.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Ore industry--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Smelters--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
Source
Source: Eugene Arundel Miller; gift; 2002.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
