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Rare books,
photographs, glass-plate negatives, maps, stock certificates, and historical artifacts related to
Gunnison County, Colorado.
GUNNISON
COUNTY, COLORADO
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6
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Photographic
images from a collection of 88 original glass-plate negatives, dated 1881
- 1915 |
Anthracite
- Smith Hill Mine, Gunnison County, Colorado, circa 1900 |

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This
mine, along with the Town of Anthracite, was once owned by The Colorado
Fuel & Iron Company. It is now private property. According
to CAMP and PLANT (Number 4, Volume III, January 28, 1903), this
coal-mining property was opened in 1882 by George Holt, Howard F. Smith,
and Dr. William A. Bell (co-founder of The Denver & Rio Grande
Railroad with William J. Palmer). An average of 60 men were employed
to remove approximately 5,000 tons of coal per month, most of who lived in
the Town of Anthracite. This mining camp was located high up on the
precipitous side of a ridge, 10,000 feet above sea level. The
incline from the mine to breaker, built at a 45-degree pitch, was 1800
feet in length -- the longest, as well as the steepest, in Colorado at the
time. The Colorado Supply Company operated the Anthracite boarding
house, managed by M. P. McDermott. Dr. J. W. Rockefeller, of Crested
Butte, looked after the health and sanitation of the mine and town.
No telephone communication was available at Anthracite; however, there was
a telegraph line. |
Exquisite
Saloon Nude, purported to have hung in the Murray Brothers Saloon, Town of
Gunnison, Gunnison County, 1882 |
However,
this is not documented. It could have also been in D. S. Hyman's or
C. Conrad's saloon. It would be interesting to learn if this
painting is still in Gunnison County, who painted it, and what is the true
factual history behind the canvas. |
Burro
hauling boys in cart, Town of Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado, circa
1882 |
Club
Picnic in the mountains above Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado,
circa 1900 |
Elk
Mountains, Gunnison County, Colorado ranching scene, circa 1890 |
Mining
scene near Pitkin, Gunnison County, Colorado, circa 1890 |
Ohio
City, Gold Brick Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, circa 1890 |
West
End of Alpine Tunnel, above Pitkin, Gunnison County, Colorado, circa 1890 |
Along
The Denver, South Park & Pacific Line (Denver, Leadville &
Gunnison) |
Town
of Monarch, Chaffee County, Colorado, circa 1885 |
Cimarron,
Montrose County, Colorado, circa 1885 |
The
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad crossed the Cimarron River on an
exceptionally engineered trestle northeast of this town. |
All
of the following images are reproduced from a privately owned collection
of original glass-plate negatives, taken by various Colorado photographers
from 1881 - 1915. Most are of historical Gunnison County, Colorado
scenes; some are from Chaffee and Montrose counties. Overall quality
is superb. This web page and the next exhibit representative
photographic images. If interested in acquiring this entire original
glass-plate negative collection, please inquire for more details. |
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