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Call NumberX-60034CreatorCollier, JosephDate1875SummaryBoston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company workers pose by stacked silver ingots in Empire Forks, Clear Creek County, Colorado; metallurgist Richard Pearce is to the left.Physical Description1 copy negative ; 18 x 13 cm (7 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph ; 10 x 18 cm (4 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectBoston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company--19th centuryMetallurgists--Colorado--Empire Forks--19th centuryEmpire Forks (Colo.)Mining--Colorado--Empire Forks--19th centurySilver--Colorado--Empire Forks--19th centurySmelters--Colorado--Empire Forks--19th centuryPearce, Richard, MetallurgistCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR710060034Type of MaterialFilm negativesStereographsDigital Version Created FromA. W. Spring.Original Material Found in CollectionCollier's Rocky Mountain Scenery.NotesCondition: worn emulsion; negative is masked with paint. Formerly F5519. See also: X-60031. Title printed on back of stereocard, with: "No 130. The silver bars, thirty in number, here presented, are the product of the Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company, Black Hawk, Colorado, and are piled in front of the Company's bullion rooms. They weigh 2,200 lbs., and are worth $45,000."; R7100600348

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