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Madonna Mine & ore-tramway on mountain

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Call NumberCPHOTO522-2021-284Alternate TitleMadonna Mine and ore tramway on mountain to lift, about 1886Datecirca 1886SummaryMonarch, founded in Chaffee County, Colorado in 1878, consists of log or frame dwellings and commercial buildings lining dirt street. Surrounding hills are covered in felled timber; a tramway climbs the slopes to a mine higher up.Physical Description1 photographic print on card mount : black-and-white ; 25 x 30 cm (10 x 12 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectMadonna Mine and Ore TramwayMonarch (Colo.)--19th centuryMining--Colorado--Monarch--19th centuryMountain railroads--Colorado--Monarch--19th centuryRailroads--Colorado--Monarch--19th centuryGeographic AreaMonarch (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryType of MaterialBlack and white photographsPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromC Photo Collection 522, Photobox 1Original Material Found in CollectionCPHOTO522. Western History digital photo collectionNotesInked on verso on top: "Madonna Mine and Ore-Tramway on Mountain to left. about 1886. Length of tram 2736 ft." At bottom: "Monarch Ghost town." Call number updated with collection number 7/2022.DonorBarbara Ayscue, 2020

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Rights Statementhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/CreditDenver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]Digital Reproduction Available for PurchaseYes