2007-01-032022-02-032007-01-032022-02-03https://hdl.handle.net/11124/9975011.Silver Plume and mines. Colo: div: U.P.R.R.View of Silver Plume - Colo and mines, Clear Creek County--verso.Date scanned: 2000-10-19.Identifier: SC790.Related stereopairs and photographs: SC105, SC129, SC789, SC833.Unmounted; text on front and verso.Held in the Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive, Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines.Photograph 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.Rights management statement available at: http://library.mines.edu/digital/rights.htmlGold mines and miningMining townsScenes, mountainScenes, river and streamSilver mines and miningUnderground miningStillImage