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dc.date1874
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:57:27Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-03T09:27:20Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:57:27Z
dc.date.available2022-02-03T09:27:20Z
dc.identifierlibimagesSC143
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11124/9891
dc.descriptionCaribou Mine. July, A.D. 1874--Verso.
dc.descriptionCollier's Rocky Mountain Scenery. Published at Central City Colorado.
dc.descriptionDate scanned: 2000-10-19.
dc.descriptionIdentifier: SC143.
dc.descriptionMounted on cardboard; text on front and verso.
dc.descriptionRelated stereopairs: SC111, SC128, SC133, SC134.
dc.descriptionHeld in the Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive, Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines.
dc.description.abstractStereopair of the Caribou Mine showing hoisting gear in the hoist building, which enclosed two of the seven shafts at the mine. Silver ore was discovered at the Caribou Mine in Boulder County, Colorado by Sam Conger, William Martin and George Lytle in 1869. The Caribou Mine was a steady silver producer during most of the 1870s. Production from the Caribou and other area mines declined during the 1880s and many of the mines and nearby mills closed during this time. The town of Caribou and the Mine never fully recovered from the crash of the silver market in 1893. During the early 1900s, only about forty people remained in town, working small silver mining operations. Only intermittent mining has taken place in the Caribou area since then. Overall it is estimated that the Caribou Mine produced about $8,000,000 in silver.
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.subjectMiners
dc.subjectSilver mines and mining
dc.subjectMining
dc.subjectUnderground mining
dc.titleCaribou Mine, hoist building
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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