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The disaster at Crested Butte, Colorado

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Call NumberZ-4004CreatorGraham, Charles, 1852-1911ContributorMellen, George E.Date1880-1890SummarySnow is on the ground at the Colorado Coal and Iron Company's Jokerville coal mine in Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows log and frame mine buildings, a covered snow shed and a headframe. Women in mourning with blankets around their heads and shoulders, stand in a makeshift morgue after the mine disaster. Dead men, partly covered with sheets, lie on tables. Men carry a body on a stretcher from the mine shaft. Lumber debris from the explosion is on a hillside.Physical Description1 print : wood engraving ; 40 x 30 cm (15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCrested Butte (Colo.)--19th centuryJokerville Mine (Gunnison County, Colo.)--19th centuryCoal mining--Colorado--Crested Butte--19th centuryExplosions--Colorado--Crested Butte--19th centuryGrief--Colorado--Crested Butte--19th centuryMine accidents--Colorado--Crested Butte--19th centuryMorgues and mortuaries--Colorado--Crested Butte--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711004004; Harper's weekly. vol. XXVIII, no. 1417.Type of MaterialIllustrationsFilm negativesTear sheetsWood engravingsNotesAttached article clipping describes image. Formerly F23655; Tear sheet consists of page 109, removed from Harper's weekly. Title and "From Photographs by George E. Mellen. [See Page 111.]" printed on tear sheet. Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: 1 copy negative ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.). R7110040045

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