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Denver Public Library
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Victims of snowslide at Home Stake Mine - Leadville
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Call Number
X-60004
Date
1886
Summary
Forty well-dressed men pose on a snow field with a sled carrying bodies of Homestake Mine silver miners killed by a collapsing, snow laden cabin roof, Lake County, Colorado.
Physical Description
1 photoprint on cabinet card ; 12 x 19 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
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Analog
Subject
Home Stake Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--Disasters--19th century
Lake County (Colo.)--19th century
Mine accidents--Colorado--Lake County--19th century
Miners--Colorado--Lake County--19th century
Mining--Colorado--Lake County--19th century
Silver mining--Colorado--Lake County--19th century
Geographic Area
Lake County (Colo.)
Collection
Photographs - Western History
Related Material
Image file: ZZR710060004
Type of Material
Cabinet photographs
Notes
Formerly F39956. Title penciled on back of cabinet card. R7100600047
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Denver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]
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Victims of snowslide at Home Stake Mine - Leadville
(1886). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 16/12/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1052189