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To me this view is informative and nice, even if it sadly is quite faded as bought photograph. Thankfully, I been able to work around most of that and got some details better visible. Dating this image is helped by not only the showing of the Low Line grade running alongside Gold Hill, but also with the mainline Short Line higher up on same hill. The Short Line grade date this photographed to be after March 23, 1901, as that is the date of the last spike ceremony in the Cripple Creek yard. Also, the showing of the town of Anaconda says this is before the 1904 fire that wiped out most of town. But, using the high-resolution scan at 2400dpi, I also see trolly poles along the old tight balloon loop below the Anchoria-Leland shafthouse, and with the lack of poles along the Short Line mainline, dating this to be before September 1903; as by middle of that month, the original High Line was closed and trolley cars ran over the Short Line mainline partly seen in this view. All this gives a max of 2.5-year span for when someone unknown photographed this image. The photographer stood on the northern slope of Guyot Hill, looking towards the Anchoria-Leland mine on western slope of Gold Hill, that mine is seen against the sky about 1/3 in from right-hand side. Just to the right of the large shafthouse of the Anchoria-Leland, the Lexington Orehouse and trestle connecting it to the mine surface building are seen. Slightly lower on what is southern slope of Gold Hill, another long shafthouse are seen, with a high smokestack, sadly for me, I have not been able to pinpoint if this is yet another shaft on the Gold King lode claim, or part of the Tom Gough lode claim, as the maps I have access to at the time of this writing (Dec. 27, 2023) gives me no definite answer to share here. In fact, this photo has many smaller workings on this side of Gold Hill shown, many small dumps, smaller structures, and a nightmare to ID all of them at this time, but interesting for me to have, as this photo comes close to what the old 1903ish topomap from USGS shows. Further to the right and lower on the hill is seen most of, but where another slope is hiding lower parts of the structures, we see the surface structures belonging to the E. Porter Gold King operations on the east end of the Gold King lode, that is seen about 1/5 in from right-hand side and about 1/5 down from top side. Going down the hill about 1/5 in from right-hand side, about 2/6 from top, there is a small structure showing on what I think of as the east end of the Superior lode claim, but again, there are so many claims and holes in the ground that it is hard to track it all. About 1/3 down from top alongside the right-hand side, there are more mine operations seen just below the Low Line grade, which seems to be various lessees on Mary McKinney ground. One is known as Howard shaft, both on the 1903ish topomap and the 1906 USGS Principal Underground Workings map. Further left, about 1/3 in from right-hand side and about 3/7 down from top are the Virginia M. mine structures; a hoisthouse and a head/gallows-frame, where one of the posts is perfectly extended up from the pole on top of the Mary McKinney shafthouse. Further to the right again seems to be the location of an open cut in the ground that has appeared on some images about the Anaconda Mine/Tunnel operations, there are two dark spots on top of each other with a small dump in front of the lower hole, just above the Midland Terminal cut into the hillside. The M.T. depot structure is shown just to the left of the prominent fir tree at almost edge right-hand side, and the town of Anaconda is stretching down Squaw Gulch at left. About dead center of the image is the Florence & Cripple Creek Station structure, with a large orebin across the track tucked in between various cribbed walls, and the larger and still standing in the 1950's – but alas gone by time I visited area in 1998 – orehouse of the Anaconda Mine. The old Blacksmith shop structure of the Anaconda, which survived at that location till the Open Pit Mining Company of modern times could destroy this area as well, in the hunt for gold and other minerals to earn money. The Mary McKinney large shafthouse and orehouse in combination are seen in foreground right, with the town of Anaconda spreading out in the gulch below it at left and right. A 3-passenger car F. & C. C. train is coming into Anaconda station, enroute to Florence. The hillside below and above that train has adit mines seen spotted here and there. In the gulch about center right-left in the upper half of the image, there is a head/gallows-frame and a small hoisthouse seen just to the left of the road about 2/5 down from top, that is the marked Superior Shaft on the 1903ish topomap, while only the dump area is seen of the marked Fauntleroy shaft of same topomap is seen behind a tree in the gulch and another shaft on the Little Fauntleroy lode claim is seen with its large smokestack, hoist-and work house connected to a head/gallows-frame closer to the M.T. mainline, these surface structures are clearly seen in the photo, encircled by a road and with a dump area towards the M.T. low trestle. Further up the before mention gulch, just below the Low Line, about 1/3 down from top and almost at center sideways is the shafthouse of the Alamo mine, also marked on the 1903ish topomap. Further to the left, across the gulch from that mine, is a large tent town I have no idea what was there for, I count 5 large house formed tents in a row, then a large in form of long row butted together end to end, before a single tent ends/closing the 'town' at the lower butt-end of this flatter ground. Lots of smaller dumps say there have been lot of exploring here but lack of structures tells the story of not striking rich. Up on Gold Hill again, above the Low Line roadbed, there is seen a structure at the Hillside mine, has the looks of a hoisthouse, but I fail to see a visible headframe, so it is most likely a shafthouse covering an incline shaft as per 1906 USGS Principal Underground Workings map. This claim, the Hill Side lode, had a whopping 11-Shafts and 2-Cuts marked out on its 2.41 Acres large Plat Map dated February 15, 1899! That map also had an Engine House structure showing just to the left of where the working shaft of 1906 is and that is also near/at the location of a marking on the 1903ish topomap of a mine here. Moving up on Gold Hill against the sky and a bit more to the right, another narrow but high shafthouse is poking into the sky, this is the shafthouse of the Lillian Leland lode claim, hard to tell if it is the one on the Discovery Shaft or to the east of that, as while the Plat Map of that lode has only the Discovery Shaft marked, the 1903ish topomap has two more shaft markings on it, so which of those three the shafthouse is on, I do not know. Moving back down the southwest slope of Gold Hill to below the Short Line mainline again, there is visible a smaller structure among the dumps, but at this time I struggle too much figuring out which lode claim this is at, I think it is on the Moonlight lode, but it could also be on the Robert E. Lee lode, so, I leave this for later. I started my text description with the location of the photographer, and I think he, most likely a he, was at the ore case/bin of the Ross lease on the Republic lode of the Mary McKinney company, as the 1906 USGS Principal Underground Workings map has a shaft marked named Ross, and it falls on the named lode claim, and the 1903ish topomap has some mine markings and a road there, which also the foreground of the photo shows in lower left. I did procure the colored version of this image, if that is what you see, as I think it is nicer. Source is gray-toned, or in common speech black & white. Used an online service and tweaked and worked with image to get what looks best to my eyes for the moment.
Media Info Last Updated:
27.12.2023 (19:58:37)
Title on Image:
Mary McKinney Mine, Anaconda & Gold Hill as Seen From North Slope Guyot Hill
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown
Description:
To me this view is informative and nice, even if it sadly is quite faded as bought photograph. Thankfully, I been able to work around most of that and got some details better visible. Dating this image is helped by not only the showing of the Low Line grade running alongside Gold Hill, but also with the mainline Short Line higher up on same hill. The Short Line grade date this photographed to be after March 23, 1901, as that is the date of the last spike ceremony in the Cripple Creek yard. Also, the showing of the town of Anaconda says this is before the 1904 fire that wiped out most of town. But, using the high-resolution scan at 2400dpi, I also see trolly poles along the old tight balloon loop below the Anchoria-Leland shafthouse, and with the lack of poles along the Short Line mainline, dating this to be before September 1903; as by middle of that month, the original High Line was closed and trolley cars ran over the Short Line mainline partly seen in this view. All this gives a max of 2.5-year span for when someone unknown photographed this image.
graphic for visual presentation of text The photographer stood on the northern slope of Guyot Hill, looking towards the Anchoria-Leland mine on western slope of Gold Hill, that mine is seen against the sky about 1/3 in from right-hand side. Just to the right of the large shafthouse of the Anchoria-Leland, the Lexington Orehouse and trestle connecting it to the mine surface building are seen. Slightly lower on what is southern slope of Gold Hill, another long shafthouse are seen, with a high smokestack, sadly for me, I have not been able to pinpoint if this is yet another shaft on the Gold King lode claim, or part of the Tom Gough lode claim, as the maps I have access to at the time of this writing (Dec. 27, 2023) gives me no definite answer to share here.
graphic for visual presentation of text In fact, this photo has many smaller workings on this side of Gold Hill shown, many small dumps, smaller structures, and a nightmare to ID all of them at this time, but interesting for me to have, as this photo comes close to what the old 1903ish topomap from USGS shows.
graphic for visual presentation of text Further to the right and lower on the hill is seen most of, but where another slope is hiding lower parts of the structures, we see the surface structures belonging to the E. Porter Gold King operations on the east end of the Gold King lode, that is seen about 1/5 in from right-hand side and about 1/5 down from top side.
graphic for visual presentation of text Going down the hill about 1/5 in from right-hand side, about 2/6 from top, there is a small structure showing on what I think of as the east end of the Superior lode claim, but again, there are so many claims and holes in the ground that it is hard to track it all.
graphic for visual presentation of text About 1/3 down from top alongside the right-hand side, there are more mine operations seen just below the Low Line grade, which seems to be various lessees on Mary McKinney ground. One is known as Howard shaft, both on the 1903ish topomap and the 1906 USGS Principal Underground Workings map.
graphic for visual presentation of text Further left, about 1/3 in from right-hand side and about 3/7 down from top are the Virginia M. mine structures; a hoisthouse and a head/gallows-frame, where one of the posts is perfectly extended up from the pole on top of the Mary McKinney shafthouse. Further to the right again seems to be the location of an open cut in the ground that has appeared on some images about the Anaconda Mine/Tunnel operations, there are two dark spots on top of each other with a small dump in front of the lower hole, just above the Midland Terminal cut into the hillside.
graphic for visual presentation of text The M.T. depot structure is shown just to the left of the prominent fir tree at almost edge right-hand side, and the town of Anaconda is stretching down Squaw Gulch at left.
graphic for visual presentation of text About dead center of the image is the Florence & Cripple Creek Station structure, with a large orebin across the track tucked in between various cribbed walls, and the larger and still standing in the 1950's – but alas gone by time I visited area in 1998 – orehouse of the Anaconda Mine. The old Blacksmith shop structure of the Anaconda, which survived at that location till the Open Pit Mining Company of modern times could destroy this area as well, in the hunt for gold and other minerals to earn money.
graphic for visual presentation of text The Mary McKinney large shafthouse and orehouse in combination are seen in foreground right, with the town of Anaconda spreading out in the gulch below it at left and right. A 3-passenger car F. & C. C. train is coming into Anaconda station, enroute to Florence. The hillside below and above that train has adit mines seen spotted here and there.
graphic for visual presentation of text In the gulch about center right-left in the upper half of the image, there is a head/gallows-frame and a small hoisthouse seen just to the left of the road about 2/5 down from top, that is the marked Superior Shaft on the 1903ish topomap, while only the dump area is seen of the marked Fauntleroy shaft of same topomap is seen behind a tree in the gulch and another shaft on the Little Fauntleroy lode claim is seen with its large smokestack, hoist-and work house connected to a head/gallows-frame closer to the M.T. mainline, these surface structures are clearly seen in the photo, encircled by a road and with a dump area towards the M.T. low trestle.
graphic for visual presentation of text Further up the before mention gulch, just below the Low Line, about 1/3 down from top and almost at center sideways is the shafthouse of the Alamo mine, also marked on the 1903ish topomap. Further to the left, across the gulch from that mine, is a large tent town I have no idea what was there for, I count 5 large house formed tents in a row, then a large in form of long row butted together end to end, before a single tent ends/closing the 'town' at the lower butt-end of this flatter ground. Lots of smaller dumps say there have been lot of exploring here but lack of structures tells the story of not striking rich.
graphic for visual presentation of text Up on Gold Hill again, above the Low Line roadbed, there is seen a structure at the Hillside mine, has the looks of a hoisthouse, but I fail to see a visible headframe, so it is most likely a shafthouse covering an incline shaft as per 1906 USGS Principal Underground Workings map. This claim, the Hill Side lode, had a whopping 11-Shafts and 2-Cuts marked out on its 2.41 Acres large Plat Map dated February 15, 1899! That map also had an Engine House structure showing just to the left of where the working shaft of 1906 is and that is also near/at the location of a marking on the 1903ish topomap of a mine here.
graphic for visual presentation of text Moving up on Gold Hill against the sky and a bit more to the right, another narrow but high shafthouse is poking into the sky, this is the shafthouse of the Lillian Leland lode claim, hard to tell if it is the one on the Discovery Shaft or to the east of that, as while the Plat Map of that lode has only the Discovery Shaft marked, the 1903ish topomap has two more shaft markings on it, so which of those three the shafthouse is on, I do not know.
graphic for visual presentation of text Moving back down the southwest slope of Gold Hill to below the Short Line mainline again, there is visible a smaller structure among the dumps, but at this time I struggle too much figuring out which lode claim this is at, I think it is on the Moonlight lode, but it could also be on the Robert E. Lee lode, so, I leave this for later.
graphic for visual presentation of text I started my text description with the location of the photographer, and I think he, most likely a he, was at the ore case/bin of the Ross lease on the Republic lode of the Mary McKinney company, as the 1906 USGS Principal Underground Workings map has a shaft marked named Ross, and it falls on the named lode claim, and the 1903ish topomap has some mine markings and a road there, which also the foreground of the photo shows in lower left.
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graphic for visual presentation of text I did procure the colored version of this image, if that is what you see, as I think it is nicer. Source is gray-toned, or in common speech black & white. Used an online service and tweaked and worked with image to get what looks best to my eyes for the moment.
Image Note:
My Collection; Photographs.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-04751
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#545]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#545
A view in Squaw Gulch towards the huge dump of the Mary McKinney Mine who's structure is popping up behind the dump, against the backdrop of Raven Hill with still a couple of mine ruins standing here and there. Image is marked to be from the 1920's, and in lower left it is still visible some flat parts, like terraces, from structures in the former town of Anaconda.
Media Info Last Updated:
18.02.2023 (20:51:11)
Title on Image:
#M-467; Near Cripple Creek, Colo. 1920's | Mary McKinney Huge Dump Scene
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown
Description:
A view in Squaw Gulch towards the huge dump of the Mary McKinney Mine who's structure is popping up behind the dump, against the backdrop of Raven Hill with still a couple of mine ruins standing here and there. Image is marked to be from the 1920's, and in lower left it is still visible some flat parts, like terraces, from structures in the former town of Anaconda.
Image Note:
My Collection; Postcards.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-04739
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#531]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#531
This is a GREAT view I JUST had to GET!!! Hopefully this is made of better paper than my 2012 edition of this card, as on that one, lots of small sort of bubbles and scan not so sharp and well. In addition there was alot of reflections in it, and, the image is way dark and do not enhance very well. But, for the view it shows, and the areas I can see it sure beats having no such view at all!! :-) And, this is still the first image I ever seen showing what I believe is the Anaconda Mill up on Gold Hill above the Low Line grade between the Anchoria-Leland and the Mary McKinney mine in this view!
Media Info Last Updated:
28.09.2022 (11:51:48)
Title on Image:
Anaconda A Mining Town In the Cripple Creek Dist.
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown
Description:
This is a GREAT view I JUST had to GET!!! Hopefully this is made of better paper than my 2012 edition of this card, as on that one, lots of small sort of bubbles and scan not so sharp and well. In addition there was alot of reflections in it, and, the image is way dark and do not enhance very well.
graphic for visual presentation of text But, for the view it shows, and the areas I can see it sure beats having no such view at all!! :-)
graphic for visual presentation of text And, this is still the first image I ever seen showing what I believe is the Anaconda Mill up on Gold Hill above the Low Line grade between the Anchoria-Leland and the Mary McKinney mine in this view!
Image Note:
My Collection; Postcards.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-03319
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#490]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#490
I've seen this image used three times, for this card and another postcard where there are a couple of extra millimeters visible on the right-hand side, plus I've seen it used in a postcard folder. The view is from the railroad side of the Mary McKinney mine, showing several box cars parked on sidings nearby and at the mine itself. It also shows part of Anaconda at right-hand side about 1/3 up from bottom, the part that survived the 1904 fire, as I see no signs of structures at left side of image, and I believe there should been visible something there if the town was still there. The tracks in the foreground belong to the Midland Terminal, but the Mary McKinney mine was once served by dual gauge as the F. & C.C was also having a spur to the mine, entering in from left-hand side, running parallel with the Shaft House to serve that and the coal bins at the power plant seen with all those smokestacks to the right of the shaft-house. Behind the smokestacks of the Power House of the Mary McKinney you can see the Ore House of the Anaconda Mine, located down by the F. & C.C. yard in Anaconda, but image is too bad to really make out any details. Which is sad, as up on Gold Hill seen in the background, there is seen the Shaft House of the Anchoria-Leland about 1/4 in from right-hand side and about same from top, with the Ore-House and trestle of the Lexington Mine seen just to the right of the Anchoria-Leland. Or even more sad, there is visible a mill on the hill side above the Low Line grade, seen about 1/3 down from top and 1/7 in from right-hand side, a mill I believe might be known as Anaconda Mill, but I might be mistaken where that mill was located as info been a little scarce, but it fit the location of west slope Gold Hill.
Media Info Last Updated:
28.09.2022 (10:45:16)
Title on Image:
#574; Mary McKinney Mine, Cripple Creek District
Photographer [Date]:
Julia Skolas
Description:
I've seen this image used three times, for this card and another postcard where there are a couple of extra millimeters visible on the right-hand side, plus I've seen it used in a postcard folder.
graphic for visual presentation of text The view is from the railroad side of the Mary McKinney mine, showing several box cars parked on sidings nearby and at the mine itself. It also shows part of Anaconda at right-hand side about 1/3 up from bottom, the part that survived the 1904 fire, as I see no signs of structures at left side of image, and I believe there should been visible something there if the town was still there.
graphic for visual presentation of text The tracks in the foreground belong to the Midland Terminal, but the Mary McKinney mine was once served by dual gauge as the F. & C.C was also having a spur to the mine, entering in from left-hand side, running parallel with the Shaft House to serve that and the coal bins at the power plant seen with all those smokestacks to the right of the shaft-house.
graphic for visual presentation of text Behind the smokestacks of the Power House of the Mary McKinney you can see the Ore House of the Anaconda Mine, located down by the F. & C.C. yard in Anaconda, but image is too bad to really make out any details. Which is sad, as up on Gold Hill seen in the background, there is seen the Shaft House of the Anchoria-Leland about 1/4 in from right-hand side and about same from top, with the Ore-House and trestle of the Lexington Mine seen just to the right of the Anchoria-Leland.
graphic for visual presentation of text Or even more sad, there is visible a mill on the hill side above the Low Line grade, seen about 1/3 down from top and 1/7 in from right-hand side, a mill I believe might be known as Anaconda Mill, but I might be mistaken where that mill was located as info been a little scarce, but it fit the location of west slope Gold Hill.
Image Note:
My Collection; Postcards.
Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • no. 4; Souvenir Postcard Folder called VICTOR and CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT Souvenir Folder - "Greatest Gold Camp on Earth" - Published in ????.
  • Postcard; Published by H.H.T. Co.; Numbered 574, titled Mary McKinney Mine, Victor, Colorado - Published in ????.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-00469
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#279]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#279
This is a nice but sadly unsharp view back along the Midland Terminal tracks on the north slope of Guyot Hill, having just passed the Mary McKinney mine sometime in 1916 as the set this negative is from was dated that year. Sadly the image is not sharp so details is hard to get from it, but it clearly is better than having no view at all of this mine structures which this angle has not been seen before! Gold Hill is seen in left background while Raven Hill is on the right background, making Ironclad and Bull Hill the ones in the middle background. I did procure the colored version of this image. Source was gray-toned, or in common speech black & white, and being a negative, I had better hope for the quality then what I got. Used an online service and tweaked and worked with image to get what looks best to my eyes for the moment still though.
Media Info Last Updated:
23.06.2022 (18:35:27)
Title on Image:
Along the Cripple Creek Short Line 1916 - A View Back Towards the Mary McKinney Mine in Anaconda
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown [1916]
Description:
This is a nice but sadly unsharp view back along the Midland Terminal tracks on the north slope of Guyot Hill, having just passed the Mary McKinney mine sometime in 1916 as the set this negative is from was dated that year. Sadly the image is not sharp so details is hard to get from it, but it clearly is better than having no view at all of this mine structures which this angle has not been seen before!
graphic for visual presentation of text Gold Hill is seen in left background while Raven Hill is on the right background, making Ironclad and Bull Hill the ones in the middle background.
graphic for visual presentation of text I did procure the colored version of this image. Source was gray-toned, or in common speech black & white, and being a negative, I had better hope for the quality then what I got. Used an online service and tweaked and worked with image to get what looks best to my eyes for the moment still though.
Image Note:
My Collection; Photographs, negative.
Copyright Notice:
As I own the film negative, I have the physical ownership to this view.
Source ID, My Collection:
P-01038
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#483]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#483
This is a great view of the massive Shaft Structure of the Mary McKinney Mine, here marked as Mary McKinney Mining Company, but one also see part of their Coal House at the right-hand side and even their Office can be glimpsed at the right-hand edge with its darker sidewall and a single window visible. Looking at the structure it has had some years to it as the roof is starting to look not that nice. Of other things to mentioned, the Ore-House of the Anaconda Mine is visible about 1/7 in from right-hand side and about halfway up from bottom, with the until not too many years ago Blacksmith Structure partly visible behind it and covered to much by the smokestack of the Coal House of the Mary McKinney. The Roadbed of the Midland Terminal is also just behind the Anaconda Orehouse, while the Low Line roadbed can be seen about 1/5 down from the top in upper right area. The High Line/Short Line grade up Gold Hill is also partly visible almost into the sky area, also in upper right area. In the foreground some M.T. railroad Gondola cars are visible, but the only one I feel I see number off is the one most to the left which is numbered 171, which appeared quite nice on my 1200dpi scan.
Media Info Last Updated:
01.08.2018 (11:43:46)
Title on Image:
Mary McKinney Mine
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown
Description:
This is a great view of the massive Shaft Structure of the Mary McKinney Mine, here marked as Mary McKinney Mining Company, but one also see part of their Coal House at the right-hand side and even their Office can be glimpsed at the right-hand edge with its darker sidewall and a single window visible. Looking at the structure it has had some years to it as the roof is starting to look not that nice.
graphic for visual presentation of text Of other things to mentioned, the Ore-House of the Anaconda Mine is visible about 1/7 in from right-hand side and about halfway up from bottom, with the until not too many years ago Blacksmith Structure partly visible behind it and covered to much by the smokestack of the Coal House of the Mary McKinney.
graphic for visual presentation of text The Roadbed of the Midland Terminal is also just behind the Anaconda Orehouse, while the Low Line roadbed can be seen about 1/5 down from the top in upper right area. The High Line/Short Line grade up Gold Hill is also partly visible almost into the sky area, also in upper right area. In the foreground some M.T. railroad Gondola cars are visible, but the only one I feel I see number off is the one most to the left which is numbered 171, which appeared quite nice on my 1200dpi scan.
Image Note:
My Collection; Postcards.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-03770
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#342]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#342
This is the third crop edition of this photograph by Young, not sure if the source image is of better quality, but this postcard is not the best and the 1200dpi resolution scan kinda shows it as nothing is really sharp.   I dare not date this view, but think it might be from the 1940's, the dumps around the Mary McKinney are huge and that massive crib-wall that used to stand along the road – both who been gone for a few years now when this is written in July 2018…
Media Info Last Updated:
21.07.2018 (23:05:27)
Title on Image:
#C-27; Mary McKinney Mine Cripple Creek Colo. {crop Edition3}
Photographer [Date]:
Young
Description:
This is the third crop edition of this photograph by Young, not sure if the source image is of better quality, but this postcard is not the best and the 1200dpi resolution scan kinda shows it as nothing is really sharp.
graphic for visual presentation of text  I dare not date this view, but think it might be from the 1940's, the dumps around the Mary McKinney are huge and that massive crib-wall that used to stand along the road – both who been gone for a few years now when this is written in July 2018…
Image Note:
My Collection; Postcards.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-03846
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#338]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#338
This view is from along the Victor-Cripple Creek road, running on the former roadbed of the Florence & Cripple Creek, looking towards the Mary McKinney Mine about center sideways and its huge crib-wall. If one could have walked into the view and hitched a ride with the automobile seen one would have ended up in Cripple Creek. The Hill in distance left-hand side is part of Gold Hill, and I wonder if part of the old Short Line roadbed is visible up there near the skyline. I can't sadly see anything though in a high-resolution scan of 1200dpi, as there is just too much blur, and overall the whole card is sadly not in a good shape due to someone at some time in the past having spilled something over it.
Media Info Last Updated:
08.05.2018 (17:25:22)
Title on Image:
Mary McKinney Mine Cripple Creek-Victor Road.
Photographer [Date]:
William H. Lehr [aka Bill Lehr]
Description:
This view is from along the Victor-Cripple Creek road, running on the former roadbed of the Florence & Cripple Creek, looking towards the Mary McKinney Mine about center sideways and its huge crib-wall. If one could have walked into the view and hitched a ride with the automobile seen one would have ended up in Cripple Creek.
graphic for visual presentation of text The Hill in distance left-hand side is part of Gold Hill, and I wonder if part of the old Short Line roadbed is visible up there near the skyline. I can't sadly see anything though in a high-resolution scan of 1200dpi, as there is just too much blur, and overall the whole card is sadly not in a good shape due to someone at some time in the past having spilled something over it.
Image Note:
My Collection; Postcards.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-03585
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#292]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
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This is not the best view of this area, due to the print type of process behind this postcard. It will never scan well and details are lost to the dots making up the image. But, it does show yet another image that at least at one time did exist out there as a negative, with several mines visible. Also, we see what appears to still be left standing two structures down in what once was the town of Anaconda – seen about center nearly at bottom edge – one with a false front type towards left. * In the foreground, along bottom part, is structures belonging to the Anaconda Mine, I think the long surviving Blacksmith shed is the one at lower right-hand corner. * The Mary McKinney Mine is seen about 1/3 down from top and covers about the left part of this image, from center where the large/massive Shaft House is seen with its big dump and large crib-wall down towards the road that used to be the F. & C.C. roadbed. * The Katinka Mine, often seen named as the Chicken Hawk Mine – even if most of the Chicken Hawk claim is as far as I can tell on the other side of Guyot Hill – is seen about 1/3 in from right-hand side quite near top of the card with the top of Guyot Hill behind it. It possible may also lay on another claim, but at time of writing [29.05.2017] I just go with what my old USGS map with numbered mines on them gives me of info, one day I may learn more/better info and will fix it then. * Not sure what mining operation is seen above the Mary McKinney and to the left of the Katinka, may be same mine operation, some other mine, so, for time being, I just leave it be.
Media Info Last Updated:
03.04.2018 (22:49:07)
Title on Image:
Mary McKinney Mine, Cripple Creek, Colo.
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown
Description:
This is not the best view of this area, due to the print type of process behind this postcard. It will never scan well and details are lost to the dots making up the image. But, it does show yet another image that at least at one time did exist out there as a negative, with several mines visible. Also, we see what appears to still be left standing two structures down in what once was the town of Anaconda – seen about center nearly at bottom edge – one with a false front type towards left.
graphic for visual presentation of text* In the foreground, along bottom part, is structures belonging to the Anaconda Mine, I think the long surviving Blacksmith shed is the one at lower right-hand corner.
graphic for visual presentation of text* The Mary McKinney Mine is seen about 1/3 down from top and covers about the left part of this image, from center where the large/massive Shaft House is seen with its big dump and large crib-wall down towards the road that used to be the F. & C.C. roadbed.
graphic for visual presentation of text* The Katinka Mine, often seen named as the Chicken Hawk Mine – even if most of the Chicken Hawk claim is as far as I can tell on the other side of Guyot Hill – is seen about 1/3 in from right-hand side quite near top of the card with the top of Guyot Hill behind it. It possible may also lay on another claim, but at time of writing [29.05.2017] I just go with what my old USGS map with numbered mines on them gives me of info, one day I may learn more/better info and will fix it then.
graphic for visual presentation of text* Not sure what mining operation is seen above the Mary McKinney and to the left of the Katinka, may be same mine operation, some other mine, so, for time being, I just leave it be.
Image Note:
My Collection; Postcards.
Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • Postcard; Published by Auburn Post Card Manufacturing Company; titled Mary McKinney Mine, Cripple Creek, Colo. - Published in ????.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-03174
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#194]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#194
This image is showing the great Mary McKinney mine in Anaconda with lot of railroad traffic in front of. It shows the business side of the mine in terms of where the coal is brought in for power the mine, and where ore is taken away. Both in and out uses boxcars, the power plant is seen at lower right, with a string of boxcars in front of it. Further on another 3 boxcars are put up to load ore from the mine plant itself, along a spur that used to be dual gauged as both the M.T and the F. & C.C. used this spur to serve this mine. After the closing of the narrow gauge this spur was used to get access down to the El Paso mine way outside the view to the left. Town of Anaconda would have been down the valley at right. Also, in front left another side spur of the M.T. is used to load more boxcars with ore from surrounding mines on Guyot Hill via transfers from horse pulled ore-wagons – which would have been the way most of the mines did transport their ores to the railroads.
Media Info Last Updated:
30.03.2018 (17:03:11)
Title on Image:
Mary McKinney Mine at Anaconda, Colorado.
Photographer [Date]:
William H. Lehr [aka Bill Lehr]
Description:
This image is showing the great Mary McKinney mine in Anaconda with lot of railroad traffic in front of. It shows the business side of the mine in terms of where the coal is brought in for power the mine, and where ore is taken away. Both in and out uses boxcars, the power plant is seen at lower right, with a string of boxcars in front of it. Further on another 3 boxcars are put up to load ore from the mine plant itself, along a spur that used to be dual gauged as both the M.T and the F. & C.C. used this spur to serve this mine. After the closing of the narrow gauge this spur was used to get access down to the El Paso mine way outside the view to the left. Town of Anaconda would have been down the valley at right. Also, in front left another side spur of the M.T. is used to load more boxcars with ore from surrounding mines on Guyot Hill via transfers from horse pulled ore-wagons – which would have been the way most of the mines did transport their ores to the railroads.
Image Note:
My Collection; From a Postcard type of folder named The Greatest Gold Camp on Earth. Souvenir Folding Card of Cripple Creek District.
Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • Postcard; Unknown Publisher - Published in ????.
  • Page 79; Forgotten Men of Cripple Creek; Leslie Doyle Spell; Copyright 1959 - Published in 1959.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
A-00146
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#75]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#75
Sadly, this view is not a good quality view, neither on this card or the other postcard I've seen used for from the source negative by O.E. Masters. No date is given with this view, and I can't tell if there are dual gauge tracks or not along the mine structure, but I see several boxcars on the M.T. siding opposite the mine so the view is at least while the railroad is still active in the District. There is a Franklin 1-cent Green Stamp on the backside, but no postmark, neither any writings on the card so no date help there either.
Media Info Last Updated:
30.03.2018 (11:19:16)
Title on Image:
Mary McKinney Mine, Cripple Creek District, Colo.
Photographer [Date]:
O.E. Masters
Description:
Sadly, this view is not a good quality view, neither on this card or the other postcard I've seen used for from the source negative by O.E. Masters. No date is given with this view, and I can't tell if there are dual gauge tracks or not along the mine structure, but I see several boxcars on the M.T. siding opposite the mine so the view is at least while the railroad is still active in the District.
graphic for visual presentation of text There is a Franklin 1-cent Green Stamp on the backside, but no postmark, neither any writings on the card so no date help there either.
Image Note:
My Collection; Postcards.
Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • Postcard; unknown publisher; titled Mary McKinnie Mine below the image, nearly identical to this view. - Published in ????.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-00633
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#273]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#273
This view from August 1928 is not the best view I've seen, but being dated it do help tell how this area looked at that date in time, and that is always nice. The photographer took this view looking south across Squaw Gulch towards the Huge dumps of the Mary McKinney Mine, seen behind the dump, the Crib-Wall, and with Raven Hill making up the background left. There are smaller dumps on Raven Hill, and one single head frame is seen, not fully sure which mine this was part of, I know the Work Company mines was in this area, but this mine head frame name escapes me at this time.
Media Info Last Updated:
24.12.2017 (13:55:39)
Title on Image:
View Across Squaw Gulch at the Huge Crib Wall, Dumps and Structure of the Mary Mckinney Mine
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown [24.08.1928]
Description:
This view from August 1928 is not the best view I've seen, but being dated it do help tell how this area looked at that date in time, and that is always nice. The photographer took this view looking south across Squaw Gulch towards the Huge dumps of the Mary McKinney Mine, seen behind the dump, the Crib-Wall, and with Raven Hill making up the background left.
graphic for visual presentation of textThere are smaller dumps on Raven Hill, and one single head frame is seen, not fully sure which mine this was part of, I know the Work Company mines was in this area, but this mine head frame name escapes me at this time.
Image Note:
My Collection; Photographs.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-03420
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#255]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
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  This image I've also found on the Internet at the Wyoming State Archives Photo Collection, dated as 1903 and photo by J.E. Stimson, which was a photographer of Cheyenne, Wyoming it seems. Sadly, that image is a thumbnail type only but to my eyes they are identical.   The view itself is of a printed bad quality type showing a birds-eye view from Gold Hill across Squaw Gulch with partly seen Anaconda at lower right corner and the immense mining operations of the Mary McKinney Mine seen further to the left, still along the bottom part of the image. Guyot Hill is seen just beyond from the mine, where the Chickenhawk mine is seen near the top – or at least what I know from modern times as the Chicken Hawk mine.
Media Info Last Updated:
03.08.2017 (17:51:18)
Title on Image:
Mary Mckinney Mine [as Seen From Gold Hill]
Photographer [Date]:
J.E. Stimson [1903]
Description:
  This image I've also found on the Internet at the Wyoming State Archives Photo Collection, dated as 1903 and photo by J.E. Stimson, which was a photographer of Cheyenne, Wyoming it seems. Sadly, that image is a thumbnail type only but to my eyes they are identical.
graphic for visual presentation of text  The view itself is of a printed bad quality type showing a birds-eye view from Gold Hill across Squaw Gulch with partly seen Anaconda at lower right corner and the immense mining operations of the Mary McKinney Mine seen further to the left, still along the bottom part of the image. Guyot Hill is seen just beyond from the mine, where the Chickenhawk mine is seen near the top – or at least what I know from modern times as the Chicken Hawk mine.
Image Note:
My Collection; From page 646 in the December 31, 1904 issue of The Mining World; scaled from a 600dpi scan.
Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • Page 646; The Mining World (Volume 21, No. 27) - Published in 1904.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
I-01569
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#232]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
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Card has a bad curve to it making it a little bit hard to scan as it will not lay flat. Also, while this image is copyrighted 1901, it can't be photographed that year as there are no sign of the Low Line grade which was built in 1900, but an email friend told me that the F. &. C.C. Boxcars and the 4-6-0 locomotive was starting to get delivered from April 1899, hence this view has a narrow timeframe to it, but it still is not a 1901 image, more summer 1899 possible. One of the most compelling evidences to me for it not being a 1901 or even a 1900 age image is the fact there is just no signs of the Mary McKinney crib-wall along the F. & C.C. roadbed. The one that is in this view is further up, closer to the mine itself. Comparing that to an image (DB-ID#145) I have from a different angle showing the Low Line roadbed without tracks on it, dating that one to 1900 as that is the year the Low Line was built (By September 1900 rails had reached Victor), where there is indeed the Cribbing further downhill along the railroad grade, I must date this to be at some unknown time before that time, and I would think Summer 1899 is a good date to have as a base-line. The most prominent mine seen here is the Mary McKinney, just uphill from the F. & C.C. train seen about middle of view. Town of Anaconda is partly seen at bottom of view, while Raven Hill makes up the background with several mines seen. From an early Morning Glory mine, seen about 1/3 down on the image part and just right from the left-hand side of the image part, to structures belonging to the Jack Pot, the Doctor and the Ingham mines, plus several other shaft structures of the Work Company. Sadly, view is not the sharpest and best around so details are not easy to get out.
Media Info Last Updated:
06.07.2017 (07:53:11)
Title on Image:
Anaconda, Colorado, the Centre of the Cripple Creek Gold Mining District. [Copyright 1901 by R.Y. Young]
Photographer [Date]:
R.Y. Young (?) [189?]
Description:
Card has a bad curve to it making it a little bit hard to scan as it will not lay flat. Also, while this image is copyrighted 1901, it can't be photographed that year as there are no sign of the Low Line grade which was built in 1900, but an email friend told me that the F. &. C.C. Boxcars and the 4-6-0 locomotive was starting to get delivered from April 1899, hence this view has a narrow timeframe to it, but it still is not a 1901 image, more summer 1899 possible. One of the most compelling evidences to me for it not being a 1901 or even a 1900 age image is the fact there is just no signs of the Mary McKinney crib-wall along the F. & C.C. roadbed. The one that is in this view is further up, closer to the mine itself. Comparing that to an image (DB-ID#145) I have from a different angle showing the Low Line roadbed without tracks on it, dating that one to 1900 as that is the year the Low Line was built (By September 1900 rails had reached Victor), where there is indeed the Cribbing further downhill along the railroad grade, I must date this to be at some unknown time before that time, and I would think Summer 1899 is a good date to have as a base-line.
graphic for visual presentation of text The most prominent mine seen here is the Mary McKinney, just uphill from the F. & C.C. train seen about middle of view. Town of Anaconda is partly seen at bottom of view, while Raven Hill makes up the background with several mines seen. From an early Morning Glory mine, seen about 1/3 down on the image part and just right from the left-hand side of the image part, to structures belonging to the Jack Pot, the Doctor and the Ingham mines, plus several other shaft structures of the Work Company. Sadly, view is not the sharpest and best around so details are not easy to get out.
Image Note:
My Collection; Stereoviews.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
S-00247
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#217]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
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