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Mining camps -- Colorado

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Peg Mudgett for Colorado Reflections

 Item
Identifier: couda-mudgett
Abstract

Peg Mudgett reminisces on growing up in Leadville, Colorado near the mines there until moving to Durango to attend college at Fort Lewis College. Reflects on life in a mining camp owned by the town smelters, learning Spanish from Mexican workers, cutting down and decorating Christmas trees, her days in school, and riding in sleighs. Describes her encounter with Baby Doe Tabor in a grocery store.

Dates: Date Not Yet Determined

Robert Shulman Mines, 1897-1900

 File
Identifier: B112.04.0001.0019
Abstract

Documents - two Warranty Deeds 1900 for Bunker Hill Lode, 1897 lease for mining property (200 feet), Revised mine location - 1900 (all in Gilpin County)

Dates: 1897-1900