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Mining, Gilpin County

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Call NumberL-304CreatorLake, Harry H., 1860-1952Date1910-1920SummarySeveral buildings line the dirt roads below the Cook Mine on Bobtail Hill in Gregory Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado. The deep vein on the hill in the right midground is where John H. Gregory first discovered gold in Colorado in 1859. The stone building with several arches on its facade in the left foreground was the grocery store operated by Fred Kruse and founded by Belden & Company during the area's mining heyday.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 7 x 9 cm (2 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.); 1 photonegative : nitrate ; 10 x 13 cm (3 3/4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 17 x 21 cm (6 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)SubjectGilpin County (Colo.)Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Gilpin CountyMining--Colorado--Gilpin CountyStone buildings--Colorado--Gilpin CountyGeographic AreaGilpin County (Colo.)Related MaterialImage File: ZZR700120304Type of MaterialFilm negativesBlack & white photographsNitrate negativesBlack & white photographsPhotographic printsNotesTitle from inventory prepared by Western History Department, Denver Public Library. R7001203041

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