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dc.date1900?-1920?
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:57:42Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-03T09:24:51Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:57:42Z
dc.date.available2022-02-03T09:24:51Z
dc.identifierlibimagesSC790
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11124/9975
dc.description011.Silver Plume and mines. Colo: div: U.P.R.R.
dc.descriptionView of Silver Plume - Colo and mines, Clear Creek County--verso.
dc.descriptionDate scanned: 2000-10-19.
dc.descriptionIdentifier: SC790.
dc.descriptionRelated stereopairs and photographs: SC105, SC129, SC789, SC833.
dc.descriptionUnmounted; 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.abstractPhotograph showing a view of Silver Plume on Clear Creek and mines with their mine tailings on the hills above, in Clear Creek County, Colorado. During the mid 1860s, silver was discovered in Brown, Cherokee, and Willehan gulches off Clear Creek, and a large number of miners moved into the area. The mining camp of Silver Plume was founded around 1870. The area was actively mined through the 1870s and 1880s, producing millions of dollars in silver and gold. Mines also contained lead, zinc, and copper ores. The completion of the Georgetown Loop in 1884 brought the rail line to Silver Plume, and a daily freight train carried supplies to the town and transported ore from the mines to the smelters. The Georgetown Loop also became a popular tourist attraction and transported passengers to Silver Plume during the summer months. Most of the town's business district was rebuilt after it was destroyed by fire in 1884. Between 1885 and 1905, about 2,000 people lived in the Silver Plume area.
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.subjectGold mines and mining
dc.subjectMining towns
dc.subjectScenes, mountain
dc.subjectScenes, river and stream
dc.subjectSilver mines and mining
dc.subjectUnderground mining
dc.titleView of Silver Plume, Colorado
dc.typeStillImage
dc.contributor.institutionArthur Lakes Library
dc.contributor.institutionColorado Digitization Project
dc.contributor.institutionRussell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive


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