21.11.2021 (16:00:57)
South Slope Battle Mountain, with the Granite, Lowell Dump, Anna Lee, Bob Tail & Portland Mines
Unknown
As a nearly identical photo appeared in a February/March 1896 publication, and copyrighted 1895, I assume this photo to been taken no later than sometime in 1895 as well.
This scene on Battle Mountain is an early one, from before the Golden Circle Railroad was built, and the area drastically changed look/character. In foreground left-hand side, almost middle up, is the headframe of the Granite mine, with the dump of the Lowell mine seen about the height of the headframe up the hill. Further up the hill and a little to the right, against the sky, is the Shaft-house, ore-house and dump of the Anna Lee mine. Further downhill to the right, still against the sky, is the Shaft-house, ore-house, dump of the Bob Tail mine, while in the background right is structures belonging to the Portland Mine – possible already the early Burns Shaft of the Portland.
I did procure the colored image; source had a gray-tone image, 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 16 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 16; The Cripple Creek Times; New Years 1903 - Published in 1903.

I-01957
Photograph/Image [#385]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#38521.11.2021 (16:00:30)
Independence and Portland Mines, Battle Mountain, Cripple Creek Mining District
William Edward Hook
This view shows several of the earlier mines on Battle Mountain, looking in a westerly direction.
We see near left-hand side and about 1/3 from top-left the East and partly south side of the Old Independence Mine, with the ore-house in front of the shaft house, and partly hiding the west most part of it.
Further up the hill to right is seen the well-known Independence Mine (No. 1) with its large Shaft House.
If we go left about 1/3 from right-hand side, and about 1/4 down from top we see the large Shaft House of the Independence No. 2 shaft, with the M.T. railroad in front of it and not the greatest dump there yet. This makes this view earlier than a H.S. Poley view (My ID I-01172) which is dated around 1895, early 1896.
Further up the hill is seen several shaft houses that shall disappear as the Portland Mine expand and engulf several of them, and in this view the larger ore-house seen in the before mention Poley view, which I have thought of as part of the Portland mine, that is no-where here to be seen below the shaft house of the Bob-Tail mine which is the structure at left of the Independence No. 2 where a single smokestack is poking up near end of the long sloping roof on the right side.
A little left and downhill a tiny bit and more west is the smaller Shaft House of the Lowell Mine.
Just above the Independence No. 2 is the original Portland Mine, just behind the smokestack of the Independence.
The Black Diamond is located just left of the Portland mine, hard to see even in the 100% view of this photo. Hiding mostly also behind the Independence No. 2.
Above the Portland and to the right, near the top is the Anna Lee mine, with a small ore-house in front and a smokestack seems to be located outside the shaft house itself, or at least at the lowest end of the long roof.
Below the Anna Lee is seen the Scranton shaft, with its shaft house extended to make a different slope on the short roof side.

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• Denver Public Library: ⊞ Call Number: X-62585

I-01171
Photograph/Image [#84]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#8425.02.2017 (11:14:23)
Granite Mine & Battle Mountan Mines
Unknown [1895]
View of the Granite Mine front left, with the Golden Circle side spur passed its orehouse seen partly in lower right and the tramway to the dump where a miner is about to dump a mine ore car seen middle right-hand side. Where the crib-wall is seen on the left-hand side the mainline of the Golden Circle is climbing up towards other mines on Battle Mountain, but where it also is a side spur back to the Coal Shed seen just above the crib-wall. The Shaft house of the Granite is seen behind the coal shed.
Just behind the shaft house of the Granite mine, is the Shaft house of the Lowell mine – with a small smokestack near the peak of the roof. All this is on the left-hand side of the view. Behind those mines, more right and up on the hill a little, one can see the cut made by the M.T. railroad, and further up in the background, is seen three other shaft houses.
First, highest up, is the Shaft house of the Anna Lee Mine, with the Portland No. 2 Shaft House just right of it, with a Water-tank just below that mine to the right in this view.
Below the water-tank is a shed like structure that appears to match perfectly to a known structure on the Bob Tail mine, located just below the M.T. roadbed. What happen to the shaft house seen on other views of the Bob Tail I can't tell you about now [as per 08.01.2017].
The Shaft house furthest down the hill in this view I am not 100% certain about, but I think it is the shaft house known as the Independence No.2 mine. But it fits the look of that mine and location when compared to for instance DPL image X-62454.
DPL image X-62544.
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• Denver Public Library: ⊞ Call Number: X-62544

I-00367
Photograph/Image [#36]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#36

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