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dc.date1870?-1890?
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:57:24Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-03T09:27:04Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:57:24Z
dc.date.available2022-02-03T09:27:04Z
dc.identifierlibimagesSC129
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11124/9874
dc.descriptionCollier's Rocky Mountain Scenery. Published at Central City Colorado.
dc.descriptionNo.164. Clear Creek Series. - Terrible Mine and Works, Brownsville. One of the most successful mines in Colorado, yielding a silver product of over $250,000 a year--Verso.
dc.descriptionDate scanned: 2000-09-23.
dc.descriptionIdentifier: SC129.
dc.descriptionMounted on cardboard; text on front and verso.
dc.descriptionHeld in the Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive, Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines.
dc.description.abstractStereopair showing the Terrible Mine and works in Brownsville, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Brownsville was established in the mid 1860s, when silver was discovered in Brown, Cherokee, and Willehan gulches, tributaries of Clear Creek. At its height, Brownsville had a population of about 600 people. The Terrible Mine was located on Brown Mountain and owned by the Colorado United Mining Company. The Terrible was one of the larger mines in the area and usually employed between 150 and 200 men. The company processed its ores on site at their mill located on South Clear Creek. The mill recovered 100 to 500 ounces of silver per ton of rock processed, and it paid for its building cost in the first year. During the 1870s, the Terrible Mill was one of the two largest and most efficient concentrating mills in Clear Creek County. In 1895, Brownsville was partially buried by a mud and rockslide that came down Brown Gulch from the Seven Thirty and other mines. No one was killed
dc.description.sponsorshipSponsored by the Colorado State Library, the regional library systems of Colorado, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
dc.publisherColorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library
dc.rightsRights management statement available at: http://library.mines.edu/digital/rights.html
dc.subjectColorado United Mining Company
dc.subjectMine buildings
dc.subjectSilver mines and mining
dc.subjectSilver ore processing plants
dc.subjectUnderground mining
dc.titleTerrible Mine and Works, Brownsville
dc.typeStillImage
dc.contributor.institutionArthur Lakes Library
dc.contributor.institutionCollier's Rocky Mountain Scenery
dc.contributor.institutionColorado Digitization Project
dc.contributor.institutionRussell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive


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