30.09.2022 (14:17:29)
View at the Elkton Mine Complex Structures From Behind a M.T. Boxcar
Unknown
This is a snapshot type of photo is taken along the Midland Terminal trackage below the Elkton Mine complex at an unknown time, either a family acting as tourist or someone working here. I see a lady up along the top of the crib-wall on right-hand side.
From what I have been able to gather the high peaked structure in this view is part of a sampler setup running at the mine in connection with the orehouse. The image is not sharp enough to read the number at the end of the boxcar so that is a little sad, but it is what it is. Not sure if this boxcar is along a side spur or if is parked on the mainline, it feels very strange if this is the mainline though.
My Collection; Photographs; 300dpi.

• My Website; Photolink: ⊞ Elkton Mine Complex From M.T. Spur
• My Website; Cropped Photolink: ⊞ Elkton Mine Complex From M.T. Spur [Twisted; Colored 300dpi]

P-00228
Photograph/Image [#497]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#49705.05.2022 (13:18:10)
Elkton Mines, Cripple Creek Dist Colo.
Julia Skolas
This been a popular view by Julia, as by last check of my database on June 27, 2018, I counted/know of 26 uses of this scene for various postcard editions/crops, postcard folders and in other printed materials.
My Collection; Postcards.

• Postcard by unknown; seen post-stamped June 25, 1906 - Published in ????.

• My Website; Postcards Overview: ⊞ Elkton Mines, Cripple Creek Dist Colo.

P-03406
Photograph/Image [#475]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#47516.11.2021 (09:56:11)
Elkton Mine and the Kitty Lane Mine
William Edward Hook
I am not 100% sure which mine is seen here in the foreground right, but I've decided (16.11.2021) that this is more likely to be the Kitty Lane Mine group then my thinking of this being part of the Thompson mine. This as I have a glass plate negative give me a shaft-house that fits better to the Thompson, making this better suited to be Kitty Lane looking at the bad view and my old 1903 topographic map, and a 1902 claims overview map where I see railroad lines drawn in. This sadly not great view here indicates an ore-bin just at the tail-end of the M.T. switchback going up the Elkton Mine coal bins. It can of course still be that I am wrong, but I think I am right now, and that this was part of the Kitty Lane operation on the Kittie Lane, and Sitting Bull Nos. 1 & 2 lodes, making up the Kitty Lane group.
This view itself is more about/towards the Elkton Mine in the distance, one of the larger mines in the District, while in the foreground the ore bin and trestle from some mine – as mention, most likely the Kitty Lane Mine can be seen, a small mining operation.
The massive trestle seen is part of the Midland Terminal trackage to get access to the coal bins of the power plant for the Elkton Mine, which also possible was served by the Short Line using the Low Line trolley tracks. A string of boxcars can be seen on that track off to the right of the trestle in the distance.
My Collection; Cropped view from a Group of images published in a Picture Book called O'er Canon and Crag to the Land of Gold, Series 3. Views is copyrighted 1904 by William Edward Hook.
View is Copyright by William Edward Hook through a book published in 1904.

• page 43; O'er Canon and Crag to the Land of Gold, Series 3; Published by The Railroad View Publishing Co. - Published in 1904.

• My Website: ⊞ O'er Canon and Crag to the Land of Gold, Series 3 Album Page View

I-00672
Photograph/Image [#20]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#2005.11.2021 (07:40:45)
The Elkton Consolidated M. & M. Co. Mine
O.E. Masters
I wish this was a better photo but sadly being from a printed source this version of this shot by photographer O. E. Masters is not very good, taken from the New Year 1903 issue of the newspaper Cripple Creek Times, but it is what I have and it appeared in what is more an advertisement text feel then an actual article about the company.
View is of the more 'modern' version of the Elkton mine structures, with both part of the town of Elkton and Raven Gold Mining Company works visible, as in the shaft house up on the hill in the background, consolidated with the Elkton mine in 1900 as per info in Hill's Manual of June 1900.
I did procure the colored version of this image. Source was greyish, or in common speech black & white. Used an online service and tweaked and worked with image to get what looks best to my eyes at the moment.
My Collection; From page 63 in the 1903 New Year issue of Cripple Creek Times. I did procure the colored version of this image. Source was grayish, or in common speech black & white. Used an online service and tweaked and worked with image to get what looks best to my eyes at the moment.

• Page 63; The Cripple Creek Times; New Years 1903 - Published in 1903.

P-01377
Photograph/Image [#427]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#42706.10.2021 (22:22:03)
View Back at Elkton Mine & Town, From Alongside M.T. North of Elkton [1]
Unknown
I like this view as I get to see a larger shaft structure at the location SW of Elkton where my 1903 USGS map say the Thompson Mine was located.
* Elkton Public School is seen with its eastern North Side just to the left of the Elkton Shaft structure.
I did procure the colored version of this image. Source was grayish, or in common speech black & white. Used an online service and tweaked and worked with image to get what looks best to my eyes at the moment.
My Collection; Photographs, glass plate negative. I did procure the colored version of this image. Source was grayish, or in common speech black & white. Used an online service and tweaked and worked with image to get what looks best to my eyes at the moment.
As I own the glass plate negative, I have the physical ownership to this view.G-00133
Photograph/Image [#388]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#38827.09.2021 (11:20:25)
View Elkton Mine and Raven Mine
Unknown
In foreground left is part of the older Elkton Mine Shaft House, and I think the foreground right structure is the Office. Some houses of Elkton climb Raven Hill, and then the large Ore-house of the Raven Gold Mining Company is seen. Not much else to share at this moment, still not scanned the image, this is from an inverted preview on eBay from when I bought this Glass-Plate negative.
My Collection; Photographs, glass plate negative.
As I own the glass plate negative, I have the physical ownership to this view.G-00114
Photograph/Image [#380]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#38016.07.2019 (10:33:31)
Elkton, Colo.
Unknown
This seems very much to be a photographic copy of a photo, even possible the left side of a longer one and which I sure hope to find the right side of it too as there is a possibility that one holds an image of the mill I like to call ''my mill'' {the Economic Mill].
I had to darken the images some though as they came out very light, and I also made some corrections to the left, right, top and bottom sides to make it a square image. Scene is taken from east slope Beacon Hill looking across Arequa and onto Elkton in the background about middle sideways and about 1/3 down from the top. Raven Hill is stretching up on the left side while in background right is the Bull Hill area.
My Collection; Negative from unknown source. Enhanced 300dpi scan.
P-01263
Photograph/Image [#357]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#35716.07.2019 (10:25:45)
On Line of Midland Ter. Ry., Raven Hill & Mines [Panorama no. 2; Middle]
Andrew James Harlan
From my best judgement, this is one long photo that been copied over unto three negatives [P-01252 | P-01253 | P-01254], all showing the Elkton Mine in an early look. This is the middle one.
Raven Hill is in background left and Bull Hill is the hill on the right. Town of Elkton is in its very early stages at the location behind the Elkton Shaft House, but from other views I know there is more houses and homes down hill outside the view at lower right.
My Collection; Negative from unknown source.
P-01253
Photograph/Image [#356]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#35618.07.2018 (09:05:33)
#E-5; Elkton Gold Mine Cripple Creek, Colo.
Unknown
This view at the northern side of the Elkton Mine complex is a quite nice one, but it has faded a little and appears washed out. There is an automobile parked at the old Shaft House where only the north portion of it still stands, the Head-Frame is in the Open air so to speak, but they kept the landing area and covered trestle over to the Ore-House Structure. A man is standing with a small hand ore-car at the door out of the orehouse on the trestlework to the dump areas. There is also a single Midland Terminal Gondola parked almost under one of those dump track trestles.
Town of Elkton is partly seen behind the mine with a couple of houses visible, and along the right-hand side, about halfway up from bottom, there appears to be an Adit/Tunnel Portal into the hillside in the distance which I think would be Battle Mountain in terms of name of the hill, while the Adit I do not know, but this might be part of the Eclipse-Carbonate Queen Mine operation.
My Collection; Postcards.

• My Website; Postcards Overview: ⊞ #E-5; Elkton Gold Mine Cripple Creek, Colo.
• My Website; Cropped Postcard View: ⊞ #E-5; Elkton Gold Mine Cripple Creek, Colo. [Enhanced, Twisted; 300dpi]

P-03844
Photograph/Image [#336]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#33627.06.2018 (13:32:28)
Elkton Mine & Town in Background
Julia Skolas
This view by Julia, as by last check of my database on June 27, 2018, I counted/know of 5 uses of this scene for various postcard editions/crops and as 1 photo – this one. This photo does however feels like it is a copy from another source, it did not feel like an original photograph sadly.
The Scene is from a location along the Midland Terminal Switchback up to the Powerhouse of the Elkton Mine, the mine is the main focus here, but Raven Hill looms in the background and part of the houses in the townsite of Elkton is also visible. In addition, there are several railroad cars seen on the railroad business side of the mine.
The Tornado Shaft House is seen up on the more northern slope of Raven Hill, about 1/5 down from top and about 2/7 in from left-hand side, with a sort of a cupola on top of the roof line. There used to be more shaft-houses seen on the hillside behinds the Elkton, but none seems to be there anymore.
My Collection; Photographs. Somewhat Enhanced from my 300dpi scan.

• My Website; Photolink: ⊞ Elkton Mine & Town in Background
• My Website; Postcards Overview: ⊞ Elkton [Mine and Townsite Area]

P-03667
Photograph/Image [#320]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#32024.05.2018 (08:42:30)
Elkton Mine View During Winter, Seen From Northwest
Unknown
A winter view at the partly exposed Head-Frame part of the Elkton Mine on Raven Hill, looking from the north and west side. Snow covers the ground and in the background is the saddle between Battle Mountain on left and Squaw Mountain on right if I am not mistaken.
* The Carbonate Queen Head-frame and surface structures are seen in the background left, about center top/down and about 1/5 in from left-hand side. Quite some dumps in that area it seems.
My Collection; Postcards.

• My Website; Postcards Overview: ⊞ Elkton Mine View During Winter, Seen From Northwest
• My Website; Cropped Postcard View: ⊞ Elkton Mine View During Winter, Seen From Northwest [Scaled Down From 1200dpi]

P-03642
Photograph/Image [#308]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#30815.04.2018 (08:38:46)
Birds-Eye View of Elkton, Colo.
Unknown
While the image quality is not that great due to the age and distance and all that, it still is a very important image to have! I struggle a little dating it as while it has a post stamp of 1908, I am unable to find the switchback from the M.T. up to the coal bins of Elkton Mine, which is shown on a USGS topographic map dated 1902/1903, which together with the showing of the Low Line which dates this after 1900, should narrow the timeframe down quite much, but the Elkton Mine structures gives me the impression this is way later then near 1900.
This due to the fact Sanborn 1900 (CC Sheet 17) shows a different structure here, while photo matches better with Sanborn 1908 map (CC Sheet 30). But then again, that later map fails to show some of the mine structures seen here so that suggest this view predates it. And as my USGS map show a spur not here I must admit that this is from a timeframe of less than 3-years. More research is needed.
Near bottom of this view lays a row of houses which forms the upper part of the settlement know as Eclipse, along Eclipse Gulch, stretching from about where F. & C.C. crosses the gulch and to around where the Economic Mill was further down the gulch at left, as far as I know.
The grade of the F. & C.C. is seen about 1/4 up from the bottom, with a passenger train near right-hand side, heading towards Cripple Creek. There are several mine operations seen below and above that grade, but my knowledge is way too limited to tell anything about any of them.
The town of Elkton is seen on the lower slope of Raven hill in the right-most half of the photo around middle of view top/down, where the large Elkton Mine makes up about center of this card, with the railroad grade of the M.T. running just left of the mine.
The Low Line is seen about 1/3 up from bottom near right-hand side, climbing the hill towards left and about middle top/down and about 1/3 in from left-hand side it changes directions and goes towards right, cross over the M.T. on trestle and passes the Elkton mine on the right side.
The Thompson large Shaft House (I think) is seen about center of view top/down and about 1/5 in from left-hand side, sadly I don't know of any Sanborn map of this structure, not that I can recall at the time of this writing [08.08.2017].
There is also another mine structure at right foreground of the Thompson, left of the Low Line grade, but I dare not guestimate a name for that mine, nor do I dare take a stab at the name of the ones seen inside the town of Elkton either. One is easy to spot, just right of the mainline of M.T. with a large dump area, the other is more hidden among houses, still with a dump though. One day I hope to learn all this, one day.
Raven Hill has it shares of mines as well, but the one I sort of care about is the Bostwick Shaft House, seen about 1/3 down from top and slightly right of center of view sideways, up from right-hand side of the Elkton mine.
My Collection; Postcards.

• Postcard; Published by unknown; titled Birds-Eye View of Elkton, Colo. - Published in ????.

• My Website; Postcards Overview: ⊞ Birds-Eye View of Elkton, Colo.

P-03287
Photograph/Image [#239]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#239

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