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Colburn Mill [aka Colburn-Ajax, aka Ajax Mill]
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Source of image was not in good quality sadly, but it is what it is, I have worked with it as best as I could, I've twisted the view in form of rotating/straightening it so the structures look nice, and I therefore had to crop it. The image came with an Advertisement for the Moore Filter Company, found on the backside of the source journal. The large sloped structure shown is called the Colburn Mill, aka Colburn-Ajax Mill, and was built on south slope near top of Battle Mountain at Victor, Colorado, in the Cripple Creek District. Located on the Ajax Mine grounds, it was just west of the mine, the mine itself would had been visible if we could have turned the view about 90-degree to the right. The mill was built in 1911, but seems to be gone by the time the Sanborn Fire Insurance people visited the area in preparations for the last set of Fire Insurance maps in 1919 as I have not found it on any such map. In the background mining operation at the Coriolanus Mine are seen, but I do not know if all those shafts seen are part of that mine or if there are others I also need to link it to, I assume the latter though. I did procure the colored version of this image 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.Ajax Mill {aka Colburn-Ajax Mill or Colbun Mill]
Photo by: Unknown
From an ad on the backside of the Mining Science, Feb. 1, 1912 issue. I've added the coloring part.
Media ID: 346
The large sloped structure at upper left is the main structure of what was called the Colburn Mill, aka Colburn-Ajax Mill, and which was built on south slope near top of Battle Mountain at Victor, Colorado, in the Cripple Creek District. Located on the Ajax Mine grounds, which mine structure are seen almost at right hand side, with part of Portland No. 1 making up the background at right-hand side, and Portland No. 2 hiding in the smoke above the Ajax Mine structure, against the sky. The mill was built in 1911, but seems to be gone by the time the Sanborn Fire Insurance people visited the area in preparations for the last set of Fire Insurance maps in 1919 as I have not found it on any such map. I've seen not many images of this mill, but the few I have seen shows that the smaller mill structure between the large sloped one and the mine itself, that structure grows in size over the time of existence, in this view it is how it originally was built. I did procure the colored version of this image 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.Ajax Mine & Mill
Photo by: Victor Studio [1911]
My Collection; Postcards; Colored cropped 300dpi scan. I did procure the colored version of this image.
Media ID: 526
Id No. (Mine / 1902 map):
925
Type:
Cyanidation Mill
Date Located / Formed:
11.1911
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Battle Mountain
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