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Monarch, Chaffee Co Colo looking up Madonna Mine & ore tramway on mountain to left D & R G Ry alt 11000 ft Sept 1884 length of tram 2736 ft.

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Call NumberX-12362Date1884SummaryMonarch, founded in Chaffee County, Colorado in 1878, consists of log or frame dwellings and commercial buildings lining dirt street. Surrounding hills are covered in felled timber; a tramway climbs the slopes to a mine higher up. Freight and ore cars are on Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks; a milling structure is in the background.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 14 cm (4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.) on sheet 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)SubjectDenver and Rio Grande Railway Company--19th centuryMadonna Mine and Ore TramwayMonarch (Colo.)--19th centuryMining--Colorado--Monarch--19th centuryMountain railroads--Colorado--Monarch--19th centuryRailroads--Colorado--Monarch--19th centuryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710012362Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsNotesFormerly F18731. Title lettered on original negative and reproduced in photoprint. R7100123621

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