28.01.2023 (20:07:23)
Electric Hoist at Jack Pot Property of Creston Leasing Co., Raven Hill
Unknown
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. This view is one such example of having to work with what I have. It shows an Electric Hoist in use in the District.
The source said this is a view of the Creston Leasing company's hoisting plant on the Jack Pot property on Raven Hill. The 15-horsepower motor is of the Westinghouse type and operates a hoist of the same capacity made by Fairbanks, Morse & Co. The depth of the shaft is about 575 feet. The property is now operated by the Woods Investment company.
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.
My Collection; From page 46 in the August 1900 issue of 'Modern Machinery'. I did procure the colored version of this image.

• Modern Machinery; Vol.8 No.2; August 1900 (page 46) - Published in 1900.

• Hathi Trust Digital Library: ⊞ Page 46; Modern Machinery; Vol.8 No.2; August 1900

I-00132
Photograph/Image [#518]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#51806.07.2017 (07:53:11)
Anaconda, Colorado, the Centre of the Cripple Creek Gold Mining District. [Copyright 1901 by R.Y. Young]
R.Y. Young (?) [189?]
Card has a bad curve to it making it a little bit hard to scan as it will not lay flat. Also, while this image is copyrighted 1901, it can't be photographed that year as there are no sign of the Low Line grade which was built in 1900, but an email friend told me that the F. &. C.C. Boxcars and the 4-6-0 locomotive was starting to get delivered from April 1899, hence this view has a narrow timeframe to it, but it still is not a 1901 image, more summer 1899 possible. One of the most compelling evidences to me for it not being a 1901 or even a 1900 age image is the fact there is just no signs of the Mary McKinney crib-wall along the F. & C.C. roadbed. The one that is in this view is further up, closer to the mine itself. Comparing that to an image (DB-ID#145) I have from a different angle showing the Low Line roadbed without tracks on it, dating that one to 1900 as that is the year the Low Line was built (By September 1900 rails had reached Victor), where there is indeed the Cribbing further downhill along the railroad grade, I must date this to be at some unknown time before that time, and I would think Summer 1899 is a good date to have as a base-line.
The most prominent mine seen here is the Mary McKinney, just uphill from the F. & C.C. train seen about middle of view. Town of Anaconda is partly seen at bottom of view, while Raven Hill makes up the background with several mines seen. From an early Morning Glory mine, seen about 1/3 down on the image part and just right from the left-hand side of the image part, to structures belonging to the Jack Pot, the Doctor and the Ingham mines, plus several other shaft structures of the Work Company. Sadly, view is not the sharpest and best around so details are not easy to get out.
My Collection; Stereoviews.

• My Website: ⊞ Cropped Mine View; Mary McKinney Mine
• My Website: ⊞ Cropped Mine View; Early Workings of the Morning Glory Mine (?)

S-00247
Photograph/Image [#217]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#217

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