Details
Title

Rocky Mountain Fuel Company collection

Date

1902-1931

Call Number

BHS 177

Contents

792 photographs (414 views).

Description

Photographs of coal mines owned by the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company throughout Colorado.

History

Acme--Alpine--Big Lakes--Bowen--Cameo--Chandler--Columbine-- Forbes--Frederick--Garfield (Vulcan)--Gorham--Grant--Hardee-- Hastigs (Delagua)--Hecla and Hecla Heights--Horace--Industrial-- Kubler--Louisville--Magnet--Majestic--Marion--Marshall--Matchless- -Midland--Mitchell--Niggerhead--Peerless--Piedmont--Pinon--Rex No. 1--Rex No. 2--Simpson--Smith Anthracite--Standard--Warwick.

Terms of Use

Restrictions applying to the use or reproduction of these images are available from the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History/ Boulder Public Library.
RIGHTS: The historic photographs and documents, with the Source BHS, belong to the Boulder Historical Society/Museum of Boulder and require attribution when used. These items are on permanent loan to the Carnegie Library for Local History. No duplicated materials may be deposited, or placed on file in any other archive, museum, library or similar repository. Questions of copyright are the responsibility of the user.

Format

Photographs.

Subjects

Rocky Mountain Fuel Company.
Coal mines and mining--Colorado

Note

This collection is on permanent loan from the Boulder Historical Society.
For related material see the Archives Norlin Library, University of Colorado, Boulder Rocky Mountain Fuel Company collection.

Pages

Acme Mine (Louisville, Colo.)
Acme Mine (Louisville, Colo.)
Call Number 177-1-1
Date 1911
Contents 2 photographs (1 view).
Description View of Rocky Mountain Fuel Company's Acme coal mine with company houses in the background.

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Alpine Mine photographs
Alpine Mine photographs
Call Number 177-1-2
Date 1912-1913
Contents 44 photographs, 20 views (15 digitized).
Description Views of Rocky Mountain Fuel Company's coal mining town of Alpine, Colorado. Mine buildings, men at work, interior of mine, company houses, overview of mine and company town.

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Big Lakes Mine photograph
Big Lakes Mine photograph
Call Number 177-1-3
Date 1916
Contents 2 photographs (1 view).
Description View of Rocky Mountain Fuel Company's Big Lakes coal mine showing mine buildings.

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Bowen Mine photographs
Bowen Mine photographs
Call Number 177-1-4
Date 1900-1929
Contents 6 photographs (3 views).
Description Undated views of Rocky Mountain Fuel Company's coal mining town of Bowen, Colorado showing overviews of the mine and company town.

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Cameo Mine photographs
Cameo Mine photographs
Call Number 177-1-5
Date 1907-1969
Contents 4 photographs (2 views)
Description Undated views of Rocky Mountain Fuel Company's coal mining town of Cameo, Colorado showing mine buildings and company houses.

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Chandler Mine photographs
Chandler Mine photographs
Call Number 177-1-6
Date 1890-1942
Contents 4 photographs (2 views).
Description Undated views of Rocky Mountain Fuel Company's coal mining town of Chandler, Colorado showing mine buildings.

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Columbine Mine photographs
Columbine Mine photographs
Call Number 177-1-7
Date 1920-1930
Contents 50 photographs, 25 views (20 digitized).
Description Undated views of Rocky Mountain Fuel Company's Columbine coal mine showing mine buildings, company houses, an overview of the company town, and railroad tracks washed out by a flood.

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Forbes Mine photographs
Forbes Mine photographs
Call Number 177-1-8
Date 1914
Contents 164 photographs (82 views)
Description Views of Rocky Mountain Fuel Company's coal mining town of Forbes, showing mine buildings, company houses, miners, an overview of town, and buildings and equipment damaged in bloody fighting during the coal wars.

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Frederick Mine photographs
Frederick Mine photographs
Call Number 177-1-9
Date undated
Contents 8 photographs (4 views)
Description Views of Rocky Mountain Fuel Company's Frederick coal mine showing mine buildings.

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Garfield-Vulcan Mine photographs
Garfield-Vulcan Mine photographs
Call Number 177-1-10
Date 1912-1913
Contents 84 photographs (39 views)
Description Views of Rocky Mountain Fuel Company's coal mining town of Vulcan, showing mine buildings, company houses, interior of the mine, miners, families of miners, a mock disaster drill, and an overview of the company town.

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Gorham Mine photographs
Gorham Mine photographs
Call Number 177-1-11
Date 1913-1914
Contents 44 photographs (22 views) .
Description Views of Rocky Mountain Fuel Company's coal mining town of Gorham, showing mine buildings, company houses, interior of the mine, and overviews of the company town.

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Grant Mine photographs
Grant Mine photographs
Call Number 177-1-12
Date 1931
Contents 24 photographs (12 views).
Description Views of Rocky Mountain Fuel Company's coal mining town of Grant, showing mine buildings, company houses, and miners.

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