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Silverton Historic District, 1067 Reese Street (House), Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Silverton Historic District, 1067 Reese Street (House), Silverton, San...

Survey number: HABS CO-53-M National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000255

Silverton Historic District, 964 Green Street (House), 964 Green Street, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Silverton Historic District, 964 Green Street (House), 964 Green Stree...

Survey number: HABS CO-53-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000255

Abandoned buildings on the main street of the ghost town. Eureka, Colorado

Abandoned buildings on the main street of the ghost town. Eureka, Colo...

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old house in Silverton, Colorado. This was the type of house built by mine and mill operators in the early mining days and indicates that the owners felt that the mining operations would be of a permanent nature

Old house in Silverton, Colorado. This was the type of house built by ...

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Abandoned gold mill east of Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado

Abandoned gold mill east of Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado

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Outmoded ore stamp mill on display at Silverton, Colorado

Outmoded ore stamp mill on display at Silverton, Colorado

Public domain photograph of a machine part, motor, equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mill of the Sunnyside Mine at Eureka, Colorado

Mill of the Sunnyside Mine at Eureka, Colorado

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) steam train crosses a trestle in La Plata County, Colorado

A Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) steam train crosse...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The D&SNG operates 45.2 miles of track between Durango and Silverton in southwest Colorado. The route was originally opened in 1882 by... More

Mountain view along the "Million Dollar Highway" between Silverton and Ouray, high in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado

Mountain view along the "Million Dollar Highway" between Silverton and...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Though the entire 25 miles between those old mining towns carries the nickname, it is the 12 miles immediately south of Ouray through ... More

Fall aspens in San Juan County, Colorado

Fall aspens in San Juan County, Colorado

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

English Camp (Remains), Garrison Bay, San Juan Island, Friday Harbor, San Juan County, WA

English Camp (Remains), Garrison Bay, San Juan Island, Friday Harbor, ...

Survey number: HABS WA-39-W-17 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000369

Fruitland Irrigation Project, Yellowman Siphon, Nenahwezad Chapter House Vicinity, Fruitland, San Juan County, NM

Fruitland Irrigation Project, Yellowman Siphon, Nenahwezad Chapter Hou...

Significance: The Yellowman Siphon is an inverted siphon that carries 35 cubic feet/second of water for irrigation. The siphon ranked 10th in importance of 83 such projects in 1986. Approximately 103 Navajo f... More

Silverton Historic District, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Silverton Historic District, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Significance: Silverton, a vast mining district in southwestern Colorado, was established in 1874. Miners came to Silverton seeking gold in the 1870s, but instead found silver, copper, and lead. Silverton reach... More

Silverton Historic District, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Silverton Historic District, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Significance: Silverton, a vast mining district in southwestern Colorado, was established in 1874. Miners came to Silverton seeking gold in the 1870s, but instead found silver, copper, and lead. Silverton reach... More

Simon Canyon Pueblito, Approximately 0.6 mile north of Simon Canyon confluence with San Juan River, Blanco, San Juan County, NM

Simon Canyon Pueblito, Approximately 0.6 mile north of Simon Canyon co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N558 Survey number: HABS NM-154

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Silverton Historic District, Livery, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Silverton Historic District, Livery, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Survey number: HABS CO-53-F National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000255

Silverton Historic District, Gingerbread House, Snowden Street, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Silverton Historic District, Gingerbread House, Snowden Street, Silver...

Survey number: HABS CO-53-P National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000255

Entrance to abandoned theater. Silverton, Colorado

Entrance to abandoned theater. Silverton, Colorado

Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rail fence in San Juan County, Colorado

Rail fence in San Juan County, Colorado

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Abandoned buildings on the main street of the ghost town. Eureka, Colorado

Abandoned buildings on the main street of the ghost town. Eureka, Colo...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Mine tunnel in the side of the mountain. San Juan County, Colorado

Mine tunnel in the side of the mountain. San Juan County, Colorado

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Square Tower Group, Hovenweep Castle, Near park headquarters, Aneth, San Juan County, UT

Square Tower Group, Hovenweep Castle, Near park headquarters, Aneth, S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N290 Survey number: HABS UT-132-C

Pueblo Del Arroyo, Nageezi, San Juan County, NM

Pueblo Del Arroyo, Nageezi, San Juan County, NM

Photo no. HABS NM-163-1 was removed & sent as an addendum to HABS No. NM-30 (Pueblo Bonito) after recognition that it was part of the wrong survey. (12/16/03, JLB) Significance: Pueblo del Arroyo is located - ... More

Pueblo Del Arroyo, Nageezi, San Juan County, NM

Pueblo Del Arroyo, Nageezi, San Juan County, NM

Photo no. HABS NM-163-1 was removed & sent as an addendum to HABS No. NM-30 (Pueblo Bonito) after recognition that it was part of the wrong survey. (12/16/03, JLB) Significance: Pueblo del Arroyo is located - ... More

Silverton Historic District, Silverton & Northern Passenger Station, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Silverton Historic District, Silverton & Northern Passenger Station, S...

Survey number: HABS CO-53-W National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000255

Crow Canyon Petroglyphs, Cuervo Canyon at junction of Canon Largo, Blanco, San Juan County, NM

Crow Canyon Petroglyphs, Cuervo Canyon at junction of Canon Largo, Bla...

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bis sa' ani, Escavada Wash, Nageezi, San Juan County, NM

Bis sa' ani, Escavada Wash, Nageezi, San Juan County, NM

2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: For 600 years the Anasazi people occupied a 33,000 square mile region of the southwestern U.S., creating a cultural vision unlike any before or si... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, Mill Office, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, Mill Office, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1108 Survey number: HAER CO-91-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 00000262

Silverton Historic District, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Silverton Historic District, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Significance: Silverton, a vast mining district in southwestern Colorado, was established in 1874. Miners came to Silverton seeking gold in the 1870s, but instead found silver, copper, and lead. Silverton reach... More

Silverton Historic District, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Silverton Historic District, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Significance: Silverton, a vast mining district in southwestern Colorado, was established in 1874. Miners came to Silverton seeking gold in the 1870s, but instead found silver, copper, and lead. Silverton reach... More

Hole-in-the-Rock Trail, Running From Bluff Vicinity to Escalante, Garfield County, Bluff, San Juan County, UT

Hole-in-the-Rock Trail, Running From Bluff Vicinity to Escalante, Garf...

Significance: The Hole-in-the-Rock Trail was used by Mormon pioneers to settle the area around Bluff, Utah, and transportation from their origin around Escalante, Utah. The trail is an example of the engineeri... More

Hole-in-the-Rock Trail, Running From Bluff Vicinity to Escalante, Garfield County, Bluff, San Juan County, UT

Hole-in-the-Rock Trail, Running From Bluff Vicinity to Escalante, Garf...

Significance: The Hole-in-the-Rock Trail was used by Mormon pioneers to settle the area around Bluff, Utah, and transportation from their origin around Escalante, Utah. The trail is an example of the engineeri... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Silverton Historic District, Two-Entry Livery, 1112 East Green Street, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Silverton Historic District, Two-Entry Livery, 1112 East Green Street,...

Survey number: HABS CO-53-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000255

Results of deforestation during the early mining days, in region around Electra Lake. San Juan County, Colorado

Results of deforestation during the early mining days, in region aroun...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aerial tram leading from mine to mill. Topography is such that this is the most efficient means of transporting ore over the mountain gulleys and gulches

Aerial tram leading from mine to mill. Topography is such that this is...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Results of deforestation during the early mining days. San Juan County, Colorado

Results of deforestation during the early mining days. San Juan County...

Public domain photograph of National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detail of abandoned gold mill. San Juan County, Colorado

Detail of abandoned gold mill. San Juan County, Colorado

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Timber-shored tunnel into mine, San Juan County, Colorado. Much timber is required in mine tunnel construction and mill work

Timber-shored tunnel into mine, San Juan County, Colorado. Much timber...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Entrance to mine tunnel. San Juan County, Colorado

Entrance to mine tunnel. San Juan County, Colorado

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tailing pit of active gold mine in the valley of the Animas River, San Juan County, Colorado. Ranchers and farmers who want to use water for irrigation in the lower valley have always attempted to force the mine and mill operators to keep the tailings from polluting the streams; however, without much success

Tailing pit of active gold mine in the valley of the Animas River, San...

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cable supports of aerial tramway leading through wheel house. Abandoned mill in San Juan County, Colorado

Cable supports of aerial tramway leading through wheel house. Abandone...

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View from the Molas Pass Overlook, almost 11,000 feet high in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado

View from the Molas Pass Overlook, almost 11,000 feet high in the San ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Of this and nearby scenes, William Henry Holmes, a U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey explorer, wrote in 1876: "If you should, in... More

A Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) steam train crosses a trestle in La Plata County, Colorado

A Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) steam train crosse...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The D&SNG operates 45.2 miles of track between Durango and Silverton in southwest Colorado. The route was originally opened in 1882 by... More

A Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) steam train crosses a trestle in La Plata County, Colorado

A Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) steam train crosse...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The D&SNG operates 45.2 miles of track between Durango and Silverton in southwest Colorado. The route was originally opened in 1882 by... More

Abandoned cabin near the old mining town of Ironton, between Ouray and Silverton, in San Juan County, Colorado

Abandoned cabin near the old mining town of Ironton, between Ouray and...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Abandoned cabins near the old mining town of Ironton, between Ouray and Silverton, in San Juan County, Colorado

Abandoned cabins near the old mining town of Ironton, between Ouray an...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Autumnal splendor amid the aspens above the highway between Ouray and Silverton along the "Million-Dollar Highway" in San Juan County, Colorado

Autumnal splendor amid the aspens above the highway between Ouray and ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, chugs through the San Juan Mountains in the Colorado county of the same name

A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Square Tower Group, Hovenweep House, Near park headquarters, Aneth, San Juan County, UT

Square Tower Group, Hovenweep House, Near park headquarters, Aneth, Sa...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N289 Survey number: HABS UT-132-B

Sound Democrat Mill, Placer Creek Valley, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Sound Democrat Mill, Placer Creek Valley, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sound Democrat Mill, Placer Creek Valley, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Sound Democrat Mill, Placer Creek Valley, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Pueblo Bonito, South terminus of NM56 & North terminus of NM164, Nageezi, San Juan County, NM

Pueblo Bonito, South terminus of NM56 & North terminus of NM164, Nagee...

Photo no. HABS NM-30-1 was originally part of HABS NM-163. It was moved to this survey after it was recognized that the image is of Pueblo Bonito (this survey), not Pueblo del Arroyo (HABS NM-163). (12/16/03,... More

Crow Canyon Petroglyphs, Cuervo Canyon at junction of Canon Largo, Blanco, San Juan County, NM

Crow Canyon Petroglyphs, Cuervo Canyon at junction of Canon Largo, Bla...

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crow Canyon Petroglyphs, Cuervo Canyon at junction of Canon Largo, Blanco, San Juan County, NM

Crow Canyon Petroglyphs, Cuervo Canyon at junction of Canon Largo, Bla...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mountain cliff view, natural rocky landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Square Tower Group, Square Tower, Near park headquarters, Aneth, San Juan County, UT

Square Tower Group, Square Tower, Near park headquarters, Aneth, San J...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N288 Survey number: HABS UT-132-A

Aztec Ruins, Great Kiva, New Mexico 44 near junction of U.S. 550, Aztec, San Juan County, NM

Aztec Ruins, Great Kiva, New Mexico 44 near junction of U.S. 550, Azte...

Survey number: HABS NM-165-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1106 Initial Construction

Silverton Historic District, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Silverton Historic District, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Significance: Silverton, a vast mining district in southwestern Colorado, was established in 1874. Miners came to Silverton seeking gold in the 1870s, but instead found silver, copper, and lead. Silverton reach... More

Silverton Historic District, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Silverton Historic District, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Significance: Silverton, a vast mining district in southwestern Colorado, was established in 1874. Miners came to Silverton seeking gold in the 1870s, but instead found silver, copper, and lead. Silverton reach... More

Simon Canyon Pueblito, Approximately 0.6 mile north of Simon Canyon confluence with San Juan River, Blanco, San Juan County, NM

Simon Canyon Pueblito, Approximately 0.6 mile north of Simon Canyon co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N558 Survey number: HABS NM-154

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More

Arrastra Gulch, high above Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado, which one swarmed with silver prospectors and prosperous mines that, in the late 1800s, made Silverton a boomtown

Arrastra Gulch, high above Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado, whi...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Detail of abandoned mine in San Juan County, Colorado. This section which was once a boom mining section is now covered with the crumbling, rotting remains of mines and mills

Detail of abandoned mine in San Juan County, Colorado. This section wh...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mountain side with sheepherders camp. San Juan County, Colorado

Mountain side with sheepherders camp. San Juan County, Colorado

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Results of deforestation during the early mining days. San Juan County, Colorado

Results of deforestation during the early mining days. San Juan County...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Jail. Silverton, Colorado - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Jail. Silverton, Colorado - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) steam train crosses a trestle in La Plata County, Colorado

A Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) steam train crosse...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The D&SNG operates 45.2 miles of track between Durango and Silverton in southwest Colorado. The route was originally opened in 1882 by... More

Fall aspens in San Juan County, Colorado. While one thinks of shimmering-yellow aspens as the seasonal standard in the Rocky Mountains, many patches are goldish orange

Fall aspens in San Juan County, Colorado. While one thinks of shimmeri...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Abandoned cabins near the old mining town of Ironton, between Ouray and Silverton, in San Juan County, Colorado

Abandoned cabins near the old mining town of Ironton, between Ouray an...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Abandoned cabin near the old mining town of Ironton, along the "Million-Dollar Highway" between Ouray and Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado

Abandoned cabin near the old mining town of Ironton, along the "Millio...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado

Aug 1886. 2 Sheet(s). Colorado fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability... More

English Camp (Remains), Garrison Bay, San Juan Island, Friday Harbor, San Juan County, WA

English Camp (Remains), Garrison Bay, San Juan Island, Friday Harbor, ...

Survey number: HABS WA-39-W-17 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000369

Square Tower Group, Hovenweep Castle, Near park headquarters, Aneth, San Juan County, UT

Square Tower Group, Hovenweep Castle, Near park headquarters, Aneth, S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N290 Survey number: HABS UT-132-C

Square Tower Group, Hovenweep Castle, Near park headquarters, Aneth, San Juan County, UT

Square Tower Group, Hovenweep Castle, Near park headquarters, Aneth, S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N290 Survey number: HABS UT-132-C

Sound Democrat Mill, Placer Creek Valley, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Sound Democrat Mill, Placer Creek Valley, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Pueblo Del Arroyo, Nageezi, San Juan County, NM

Pueblo Del Arroyo, Nageezi, San Juan County, NM

Photo no. HABS NM-163-1 was removed & sent as an addendum to HABS No. NM-30 (Pueblo Bonito) after recognition that it was part of the wrong survey. (12/16/03, JLB) Significance: Pueblo del Arroyo is located - ... More

Silverton Historic District, United Church of Silverton, Eleventh & Reese Streets, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Silverton Historic District, United Church of Silverton, Eleventh & Re...

Survey number: HABS CO-53-N National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000255

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