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Colorado, scene of the recent terrible mining disaster at Crested Butte

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Call NumberZ-4005ContributorMellen, George E.Date1880-1890SummaryMiners and probably townspeople stand near the entrance to the Colorado Coal and Iron Company's Jokerville mine after an explosion in Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows lumber scattered near wooden mine buildings, a head frame, and a covered snow shed. Snow is on the ground and on hillsides. Inset image shows dead men, partly covered by a sheet, in a makeshift morgue in the blacksmith shop.Physical Description1 print : wood engraving ; 22 x 28 cm (8 1/2 x 11 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 centuryMine accidents--Colorado--Crested Butte--19th centuryMorgues & mortuaries--Colorado--Crested Butte--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711004005; Leslie's weekly.Type of MaterialIllustrationsTear sheetsWood engravingsNotesTear sheet consists of page 413, removed from Leslie's weekly. Title and "From a Photo, by George E. Mellen" printed on tear sheet. Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: 1 print : wood engraving ; 24 x 28 cm. (9 1/2 x 11 in.); R7110040053

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