Call NumberK-428CreatorKemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975Date1935-1950SummaryThe remains of the Ophir Mine stand in the foreground on Quartz Hill in a view looking toward Nevadaville, a mining town in Gilpin County, Colorado. A large wood hoist is in the right foreground. Several buildings remain standing in the town, including a church in the left background. Several piles of tailings stand on the hill in the right background. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.Physical Description1 copy photonegative |8 x 10 cm (3 x 3 3/4 in.)|1 photoprint : black-and-white |17 x 22 cm (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)|1 photoprint : black-and-white |20 x 25 cm (7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)SubjectTailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--NevadavilleGilpin County (Colo.)Nevadaville (Colo.)Abandoned buildings--Colorado--NevadavilleChurches--Colorado--NevadavilleHoisting machinery--Colorado--NevadavilleMining--Colorado--NevadavilleGeographic AreaGilpin County (Colo.)Related MaterialImage File: ZZR700125428Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsNotesTitle from back of print owned by Western History Department, Denver Public Library|image previously identified as "K-119"|words "Remains of Nevadaville from Ophir Mine on Quartz Hill 1937 - Kemp photo" penciled on back of smaller print|words "Nevadaville - ca. 1940. Ruins of Ophir shafthouse foreground. Looking northwest from Quartz Hill DC Kemp photo." penciled on back of larger print. R7001254288
