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This view shows mainly the Arequa Mill, a large mill operation, it must have been quite a look to see this in person, a mill built upon over time, and in the end it had used both chlorination and cyanidation to treat the ores. In the background, about 1/3 down from top on left-hand side, you can see the Ore-receiving shed of the large Economic Mill, with part of a cooling tower poking up as well. Squaw Mountain is very prominent also where it is looming in the background, together with some mines and railroad grades of all three railroads serving this District. The view of the Economic mill and the Low Line dates this view to have been photographed between 1900 and middle of April 1903. Reason for that end date is I read that the Arequa mill was fully destroyed by a fire in the Engineering & Mining Journal, published on the 18th of April, 1903. I did procure the colored version of this image, if that is what you see. Source was 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 now.
Media Info Last Updated:
13.11.2021 (16:49:06)
Title on Image:
The Arequa Mill
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown
Description:
This view shows mainly the Arequa Mill, a large mill operation, it must have been quite a look to see this in person, a mill built upon over time, and in the end it had used both chlorination and cyanidation to treat the ores. In the background, about 1/3 down from top on left-hand side, you can see the Ore-receiving shed of the large Economic Mill, with part of a cooling tower poking up as well. Squaw Mountain is very prominent also where it is looming in the background, together with some mines and railroad grades of all three railroads serving this District.
graphic for visual presentation of text The view of the Economic mill and the Low Line dates this view to have been photographed between 1900 and middle of April 1903. Reason for that end date is I read that the Arequa mill was fully destroyed by a fire in the Engineering & Mining Journal, published on the 18th of April, 1903.
graphic for visual presentation of text I did procure the colored version of this image, if that is what you see. Source was 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 now.
Image Note:
My Collection; Appears on unknown page in unknown printed book, by unknown.
Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • Page 332; Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad - Forty Miles to Fortune; Allan C. Lewis - Published in 2002.
  • Page 73; The Cripple Creek Times; New Years 1903 - Published in 1903.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-01259
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#44]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#44
This image is most likely from the long room occupied by the Ropp roasting furnace, conveyors, and cyanide tanks. I wonder if this is a view below the so-called Rabble Machine.
Media Info Last Updated:
09.07.2019 (21:00:56)
Title on Image:
Conveyors and Tanks. Interior View at the Arequa Mill and Its Cyanide Plant.
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown
Description:
This image is most likely from the long room occupied by the Ropp roasting furnace, conveyors, and cyanide tanks. I wonder if this is a view below the so-called Rabble Machine.
Image Note:
My Collection; Scanned from page 6 in the August 1899 issue of Mines and Minerals, sadly the quality is not good; from a 300dpi scan.
Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • Page 6; Mines and Minerals - Published in 1899.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
I-01769
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#355]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#355
This image is most likely from the long room occupied by the Ropp roasting furnace, conveyors, and cyanide tanks. The tanks are seen to the right, with the so-called Rabble Machine seen partly to the left of the tanks. The rabble is a long, thick steel bar, to the lowest surface of which are attached plates or blades. This bar with teeth is attached to a triangle of iron, bound together by long, flat iron bars, which are curved up at the ends. The machine travels on a small truck fitting on to the rails down the long tramway, around the side and ends of the furnace, drawn by an endless revolving wire rope, connecting the rabbles with one another. So, the procession crawls along till a turntable is reached, opposite the far end of the furnace. The Furnace is seen partly on left side.
Media Info Last Updated:
09.07.2019 (21:00:53)
Title on Image:
Conveyors and Tanks, Showing Rabbles. Interior View at the Arequa Mill and Its Cyanide Plant.
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown
Description:
This image is most likely from the long room occupied by the Ropp roasting furnace, conveyors, and cyanide tanks. The tanks are seen to the right, with the so-called Rabble Machine seen partly to the left of the tanks. The rabble is a long, thick steel bar, to the lowest surface of which are attached plates or blades. This bar with teeth is attached to a triangle of iron, bound together by long, flat iron bars, which are curved up at the ends. The machine travels on a small truck fitting on to the rails down the long tramway, around the side and ends of the furnace, drawn by an endless revolving wire rope, connecting the rabbles with one another. So, the procession crawls along till a turntable is reached, opposite the far end of the furnace. The Furnace is seen partly on left side.
Image Note:
My Collection; Scanned from page 6 in the August 1899 issue of Mines and Minerals, sadly the quality is not good; from a 300dpi scan.
Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • Page 6; Mines and Minerals - Published in 1899.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
I-01768
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#354]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#354
This sadly quite bad view shows an Interior View from the Arequa Mill. Appearing in an August 1899 issue this must been photographed before that time and being said to have been erected around 1896/1897 the timespan is not that large. The Article said nothing directly about this view, but I get the feel that this view is showing one of the ends of the so-called Rabble Machine. The wheel looks like the one drawn in Figure 4 in the article this is from, about the Cyanide Mill part of the Arequa Mill.
Media Info Last Updated:
09.07.2019 (21:00:50)
Title on Image:
Interior View at the Arequa Mill and Its Cyanide Plant.
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown
Description:
This sadly quite bad view shows an Interior View from the Arequa Mill. Appearing in an August 1899 issue this must been photographed before that time and being said to have been erected around 1896/1897 the timespan is not that large. The Article said nothing directly about this view, but I get the feel that this view is showing one of the ends of the so-called Rabble Machine. The wheel looks like the one drawn in Figure 4 in the article this is from, about the Cyanide Mill part of the Arequa Mill.
Image Note:
My Collection; Scanned from page 5 in the August 1899 issue of Mines and Minerals, sadly the quality is not good; from a 600dpi scan.
Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • Page 5; Mines and Minerals - Published in 1899.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
I-01767
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#353]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#353
This sadly quite bad view, not direct made better with my fiddling with it in terms of some coloring, shows how the Arequa Mill lays on the hill as seen from southeast. Appearing in an August 1899 issue this must been photographed before that time and being said to have been erected around 1896/1897 the timespan is not that large. Beacon Hill is seen on far left, not much else to go on, quality of the printed image is not good, and while I can get closer due to this being a larger pixel size view, it still is a not particular image.
Media Info Last Updated:
09.07.2019 (20:00:34)
Title on Image:
Arequa Mill and Cyanide Plant.
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown
Description:
This sadly quite bad view, not direct made better with my fiddling with it in terms of some coloring, shows how the Arequa Mill lays on the hill as seen from southeast. Appearing in an August 1899 issue this must been photographed before that time and being said to have been erected around 1896/1897 the timespan is not that large.
graphic for visual presentation of text Beacon Hill is seen on far left, not much else to go on, quality of the printed image is not good, and while I can get closer due to this being a larger pixel size view, it still is a not particular image.
Image Note:
My Collection; Scanned from page 5 in the August 1899 issue of Mines and Minerals, sadly the quality is not good; from a 600dpi scan. I've also added a little bit of coloring to it.
Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • Page 5; Mines and Minerals - Published in 1899.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
I-01766
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#352]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#352
When I first saw this view, I knew I had to try my best to win it as to me it was the first look at this part of the District that I ever seen! The hill in background left is the eastern slope of Beacon Hill, making the hill in distance right Guyot Hill. About center sideways and about 2/7 down from the top the Gold Dollar Mine operations are seen, with its high/tall Head-Frame and quite long Ore-House to the right of the head-frame. I think this view is taken along the original road between Victor [located sort of behind to the right] & Cripple Creek [located sort of straight into the image], and which ran the hills in Arequa Gulch where this view is from. I also think that the quite large two-story house seen about 3/8 down from top and about 1/4 in from right-hand side is the same house which appears at the top side of the old Arequa Mill images I've seen, making the hillside to the left of the house the former site of the mill. Making this postcard view even more interesting as it links something old to a more modern time, before all this in my modern time is all gone by the huge tailings of the Open Pit Operation in the district…
Media Info Last Updated:
11.04.2018 (13:08:44)
Title on Image:
Looking Up Arequa Valley/Gulch Towards Saddle Between Guyot & Beacon Hills in 1918
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown [1918]
Description:
When I first saw this view, I knew I had to try my best to win it as to me it was the first look at this part of the District that I ever seen! The hill in background left is the eastern slope of Beacon Hill, making the hill in distance right Guyot Hill. About center sideways and about 2/7 down from the top the Gold Dollar Mine operations are seen, with its high/tall Head-Frame and quite long Ore-House to the right of the head-frame.
graphic for visual presentation of text I think this view is taken along the original road between Victor [located sort of behind to the right] & Cripple Creek [located sort of straight into the image], and which ran the hills in Arequa Gulch where this view is from. I also think that the quite large two-story house seen about 3/8 down from top and about 1/4 in from right-hand side is the same house which appears at the top side of the old Arequa Mill images I've seen, making the hillside to the left of the house the former site of the mill. Making this postcard view even more interesting as it links something old to a more modern time, before all this in my modern time is all gone by the huge tailings of the Open Pit Operation in the district…
Image Note:
My Collection; Postcards.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-02957
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#284]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#284
This quite bad view shows how the Arequa Mill expanded over the years. Appearing in an 1898 book this must been photographed before that time, and being said to have been erected around 1896/1897 they clearly in this view is in the process of being expanded. In the background is the hill separating this area from the area where Victor & Lawrence is located. I wish I had this a clear good photograph as that hill has some needed info hidden away from my view.
Media Info Last Updated:
25.02.2017 (11:17:34)
Title on Image:
Works of the Colorado Ore Reduction Co., Elkton
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown
Description:
This quite bad view shows how the Arequa Mill expanded over the years. Appearing in an 1898 book this must been photographed before that time, and being said to have been erected around 1896/1897 they clearly in this view is in the process of being expanded.
graphic for visual presentation of textIn the background is the hill separating this area from the area where Victor & Lawrence is located. I wish I had this a clear good photograph as that hill has some needed info hidden away from my view.
Image Note:
From page 75 in the 1898 book "Colorado State Mining Directory" by unknown.
Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • Page 75; Colorado State Mining Directory 1898 - Published in 1898.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
I-00389
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#45]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#45