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Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Central City Water Development Project, North Clear Creek Basin
Author: Central City and Black Hawk, Colorado
Author: Frank R. HollenbackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Black Hawk (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The Gilpin Railroad Era
Author: Dan AbbottPublisher:
ISBN: 9780913582794
Category : Black Hawk (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
A COMPANION TO COLORADO CENTRAL RAIL ROAD,this pictorial presents the Gilpin Tramway two-foot-gauge Shay steam locomotives running out of Black Hawk, Colorado, to gold mines surrounding the communities of Central City, Nevadaville and Russell Gulch. The route is covered mile-by-mile with detailed in-depth captions and eyewitness newspaper articles of the day within the text. Drop-bottom ore cars, flat cars, excursion cars and cabooses made up the roster of rolling stock traversing the 4%+ grades. Maps are profusely augmented with gleanings from numerous research trips, and provide knowledge of tracks to shaft houses on the upper slopes and mills within Black Hawk. Some 280 mines and mills were served by the Gilpin's network of trackage. A detailed station listing, measured from the Engine House, supplements information provided in photograph captions. Also included are roster charts of the locomotives and other equipment, details of the Gilpin Tramway purchase by the Colorado & Southern Railway, plus a listing of employees and associates.
Gulch of Gold
Author: Caroline BancroftPublisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9781555662998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The discovery of the first lode of gold in the gulches around Central City is what really brought the colorful state of Colorado into being. Bancroft captures the broad sweep of the city's history through the details of the personalities that created its swirling events. Here are the pioneers who lived, worked, loved, grew rich, and sometimes died in the Gulch of Gold.
Ores to Metals
Author: James E. Fell, Jr.Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 0870819682
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This comprehensive treatment of the smelting industry of Colorado, originally published in 1979, is now back in print with a new preface by the author. Packed with fascinating statistics and mining data, Ores to Metals details the people, technologies, and business decisions that have shaped the smelting industry in the Rockies. Although mining holds more of the glamour for those in and interested in the minerals industry, smelters have continuously played a critical role in the industry’s evolution since their introduction in Colorado in the 1860s. At that time, miners desperately needed new technology to recover gold and silver from ores resistant to milling. Beginning as small independent enterprises, progressing to larger integrated firms working in urban centers, and finally following a trend toward mergers, the entire industry was absorbed into one large holding company—the American Smelting and Refining Company. Over time, fortunes were won and lost, business success was converted to political success, and advances were made in science and metallurgy. Drawing on archival material, Fell expertly presents the triumphs and troubles of the entrepreneurs who built one of the great industries of the West.
Central City and Gilpin County
Author: Robert L. BrownPublisher: Caxton Press
ISBN: 9780870043635
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Gold brought people to 19th century Colorado. Central City was known as "the richest square mile on earth" at that time. This is the story of a remarkable area, its growth, and its people.
Colorado Ghost Towns
Author: Robert L. BrownPublisher: Caxton Press
ISBN: 9780870045301
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press This is the third in Robert Brown's series of picturesque guidebooks to another era. In text and photographs he has captured the sense of the historic as well as the nostalgic of a new selection of ghost towns and mining camps that dot the back country byways and high mountain valleys of Colorado.
Minerals Yearbook
Author: History of Colorado
Author: State Historical and Natural History Society of ColoradoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Southern Colorado
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Category : Custer County (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description