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T. and B. Sampler [aka Taylor & Brunton Bull Hill Sampler]
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This view seems to have been taken from the road northeast of the Rigi mines group on Battle Mountain. At first I thought the small structure just to the right of the center in foreground, with the toilet shack a little bit further uphill/closer to the camera, might be a covered shaft on the J. I. C. Lode Claim. * But further checks say it is more likely a home just north of that shaft, as the 1903ish USGS topo-map has a small square representing a structure, and a mining operation marking a bit further east, downhill; and they fit quite nicely with the foreground view. If I am right, that foreground 'hole in ground' is on the Clyde lode claim. * Going from same base, there is a larger dump seen more to the left, about middle from the small home and left side of image, a powerpole is sticking up from the bottom of the image, and almost touch that dump, and if I am right, that dump is the Discovery Shaft of the Gracie Darling Lode Claim, also marked on the 1903ish map, as a shaft, not a prospect. The photo has more smaller dumps showing, and they are showing up on the Plat Map of the Clyde Lode Claim, so I buy into my own understanding of the image here. :-) The timeframe of the view is about sometime after April 1902 and at least till August of 1908, and it holds quite much varied hints about that timeframe in this area of the District. I see the T. & B. Sampler structure being marked so on Victor Pass, and that structure was later renamed Copeland Sampler, sold to them in August 1908. —> I came to look more at this image due to it showing something that might me think this might be more 1905ish as the Ide lode claim workings that is visible do appear on the USGS 1903ish topo-map, published with the 1906 Geology Report of the District. * In this view both workings on the Ide Lode Claim, on northwestern slope of Big Bull Mtn, has their structures visible. Both the Discovery Shaft, that is the upper structure and appears to be a small log structure with a flattish roof, and it's southern working, just north of the Eagle Sampler branch of the Short Line spur. —> Both can be seen best on the 1200dpi scan where the southern workings can be seen behind two smokestacks of what I believe to be the Theresa mine, and about 75mm more up to the left, along the Short Line mainline, is the lower, more flatter structure at the Discovery Shaft of this lode claim.
Media Info Last Updated:
28.09.2023 (20:23:20)
Title on Image:
Mining Scene Around the Golden Cycle Mine, Including Samplers on Victor Pass and La Belle Power Plant
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown
Description:
This view seems to have been taken from the road northeast of the Rigi mines group on Battle Mountain. At first I thought the small structure just to the right of the center in foreground, with the toilet shack a little bit further uphill/closer to the camera, might be a covered shaft on the J. I. C. Lode Claim.
graphic for visual presentation of text * But further checks say it is more likely a home just north of that shaft, as the 1903ish USGS topo-map has a small square representing a structure, and a mining operation marking a bit further east, downhill; and they fit quite nicely with the foreground view. If I am right, that foreground 'hole in ground' is on the Clyde lode claim.
graphic for visual presentation of text * Going from same base, there is a larger dump seen more to the left, about middle from the small home and left side of image, a powerpole is sticking up from the bottom of the image, and almost touch that dump, and if I am right, that dump is the Discovery Shaft of the Gracie Darling Lode Claim, also marked on the 1903ish map, as a shaft, not a prospect. The photo has more smaller dumps showing, and they are showing up on the Plat Map of the Clyde Lode Claim, so I buy into my own understanding of the image here. :-)
graphic for visual presentation of text The timeframe of the view is about sometime after April 1902 and at least till August of 1908, and it holds quite much varied hints about that timeframe in this area of the District. I see the T. & B. Sampler structure being marked so on Victor Pass, and that structure was later renamed Copeland Sampler, sold to them in August 1908.
graphic for visual presentation of text—> I came to look more at this image due to it showing something that might me think this might be more 1905ish as the Ide lode claim workings that is visible do appear on the USGS 1903ish topo-map, published with the 1906 Geology Report of the District.
graphic for visual presentation of text * In this view both workings on the Ide Lode Claim, on northwestern slope of Big Bull Mtn, has their structures visible. Both the Discovery Shaft, that is the upper structure and appears to be a small log structure with a flattish roof, and it's southern working, just north of the Eagle Sampler branch of the Short Line spur.
graphic for visual presentation of text —> Both can be seen best on the 1200dpi scan where the southern workings can be seen behind two smokestacks of what I believe to be the Theresa mine, and about 75mm more up to the left, along the Short Line mainline, is the lower, more flatter structure at the Discovery Shaft of this lode claim.
Image Note:
My Collection; Photographs; 300dpi.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-00370
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#543]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#543
The Taylor & Brunton Sampling Co. had two samplers in the Cripple Creek District, this was the newest one, located on Victor Pass or Bull Hill as it also is reported/said as to be on. This one was erected during 1901 and in operation since April 1902. All three railroads and both gauges could deliver ore to this sampler, as I have seen images with dual gauge at the upper level, but I do not know if the dual gauge extended down to the 'out' end of the Sampler. In this scene here, by Mr. Buckwalter, several locomotives with crews is posing at the various spurs, and I have seen three different photograph scenes based on this setup so the photographer moved around a little and took several scenes, making me wonder if that happen when the Sampler open for business in 1902? A slightly more cropped edition of this view appears in a September 1904 publication, so I know it can't be photographed later then August 1904 so in this case I could narrow down the timeframe of the photo to about a period of two and half year. 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.
Media Info Last Updated:
30.09.2022 (10:40:01)
Title on Image:
The Taylor & Brunton Sampling Company Sampler on Victor Pass
Photographer [Date]:
Harry H. Buckwalter
Description:
The Taylor & Brunton Sampling Co. had two samplers in the Cripple Creek District, this was the newest one, located on Victor Pass or Bull Hill as it also is reported/said as to be on. This one was erected during 1901 and in operation since April 1902. All three railroads and both gauges could deliver ore to this sampler, as I have seen images with dual gauge at the upper level, but I do not know if the dual gauge extended down to the 'out' end of the Sampler.
graphic for visual presentation of text In this scene here, by Mr. Buckwalter, several locomotives with crews is posing at the various spurs, and I have seen three different photograph scenes based on this setup so the photographer moved around a little and took several scenes, making me wonder if that happen when the Sampler open for business in 1902?
graphic for visual presentation of text A slightly more cropped edition of this view appears in a September 1904 publication, so I know it can't be photographed later then August 1904 so in this case I could narrow down the timeframe of the photo to about a period of two and half year.
graphic for visual presentation of text 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.
Image Note:
My Collection; Photographs. Enhanced, Colored 300dpi scan. I did procure the colored version of this image.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-00640
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#496]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#496
Sadly, the image quality is not great on this view, my second copy, larger than my first one but suffering badly from bad storage and I've lost about 1/7 of the width on the left due to exposing to light/sun. When viewing this on a high-resolution scan like 1200dpi one can see what appears to be dirt or similar appearing on the source original that this is a copy from. Makes me think this might be a photo of a glass plate negative laying on a light-table or similar, and that means there might be a chance of a better sharpness on the source image, but I can't tell for sure as I've never seen the original, thinking this view was an original one as per seller's info but it is a copy… The whole view appears sort of foggy which is sad as it holds so much very interesting info. Got slightly better when I enhanced the view, but it still is a long way from what I thought I had got hold of. This goes for both copies of this scene that I own from same seller. Location is at what I know as Victor Pass, direction of View is westerly, and when I scanned this I see that there are rails of all three railroads in this area; the Midland Terminal, the Short Line, and the Golden Circle 3-foot railroad. There are many railroad cars seen along the M.T. mainline, there is also railroad cars at the Short Line grade, both up along the mainline passed the 'Black Sampler', also seen in the left lower third of the image below the T. & B. Sampler, where The Short Line had a small yard. Also, the even more interesting part, the view of two Samplers and several Mines! * Foreground just left of the sideway center, the whitish structure is the Taylor & Brunton Sampler, which later seems to have been also known as Copeland Sampler and Eagle Sampler even later some info indicates – and this photo was marked as Eagle Sampler on the backside, so that might be the reason, but further research is needed to get the story line of the ownership of that Sampler Structure in order. What is cool, and I did not know till I saw this photo on my 1200dpi scan, there are Dual Gauge tracks at this Sampler! It seems to be at both levels of it also, for sure on the upper level as I count 3-rails going into the shed. The Golden Circle seems to have had a spur down the southern leg of the M.T. wye seen about 1/4 in from right-hand side and following the track down the hill using a sort of switchback method to reach the sampler. I first suspected the connection was behind the House/Office seen about 2/5 up from bottom and about 1/3 in from left-hand side, but that seems to be a dead-end switching spur only as there is a height difference I can't make out to have been evened out, so I think they dual-gauged the M.T. tracks instead, using the wye and switchback spur down to the Sampler. * About center top/down and just to the right of the sideway center is the 'Black Sampler', of the Cripple Creek Sampling Company, also known as the Cripple Creek Sampler, or Bull Hill Works and other names it appears, at one time served by dual gauge as the Golden Circle railroad had a spur here. Also served by the Short Line I assume as it runs straight passed it. * Up near right-hand top corner, the Victor Mine is seen in its glory look, located along the Golden Circle Mainline tracks towards Vista Grande, with the Bull Cliffs part of Bull Hill seen at the top left of the mine structures. Looks to have been a Huge Mine structure! * In addition, the Easter Bell Mine is seen to the right of the 'Black Sampler', about middle top/down and just over 1/4 in from right-hand side. Seen with a small Head-frame and a small single slope Hoist House. * Further up the hill, about halfway up to the Victor Mine from the Easter Bell, and about 1/6 in from right-hand side the structures of the Little May Mine are visible on my enhanced view, with other mines also seen, but my 1903 topographic map has not numbered those, so I can't tell who they are at this time. * The Venture Mine is seen to the left of the Victor Mine structures but are hard to pick out as a mine up there as the structures in that area blends into each other from this angle.
Media Info Last Updated:
02.07.2018 (11:15:54)
Title on Image:
View west on Victor Pass, showing Railroads, the T. & B. Sampler, the "Black Sampler" of the C.C. Sampling Co., and the Victor Mine
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown
Description:
Sadly, the image quality is not great on this view, my second copy, larger than my first one but suffering badly from bad storage and I've lost about 1/7 of the width on the left due to exposing to light/sun. When viewing this on a high-resolution scan like 1200dpi one can see what appears to be dirt or similar appearing on the source original that this is a copy from. Makes me think this might be a photo of a glass plate negative laying on a light-table or similar, and that means there might be a chance of a better sharpness on the source image, but I can't tell for sure as I've never seen the original, thinking this view was an original one as per seller's info but it is a copy…
graphic for visual presentation of text The whole view appears sort of foggy which is sad as it holds so much very interesting info. Got slightly better when I enhanced the view, but it still is a long way from what I thought I had got hold of. This goes for both copies of this scene that I own from same seller.
graphic for visual presentation of text Location is at what I know as Victor Pass, direction of View is westerly, and when I scanned this I see that there are rails of all three railroads in this area; the Midland Terminal, the Short Line, and the Golden Circle 3-foot railroad. There are many railroad cars seen along the M.T. mainline, there is also railroad cars at the Short Line grade, both up along the mainline passed the 'Black Sampler', also seen in the left lower third of the image below the T. & B. Sampler, where The Short Line had a small yard. Also, the even more interesting part, the view of two Samplers and several Mines!
graphic for visual presentation of text * Foreground just left of the sideway center, the whitish structure is the Taylor & Brunton Sampler, which later seems to have been also known as Copeland Sampler and Eagle Sampler even later some info indicates – and this photo was marked as Eagle Sampler on the backside, so that might be the reason, but further research is needed to get the story line of the ownership of that Sampler Structure in order. What is cool, and I did not know till I saw this photo on my 1200dpi scan, there are Dual Gauge tracks at this Sampler! It seems to be at both levels of it also, for sure on the upper level as I count 3-rails going into the shed. The Golden Circle seems to have had a spur down the southern leg of the M.T. wye seen about 1/4 in from right-hand side and following the track down the hill using a sort of switchback method to reach the sampler. I first suspected the connection was behind the House/Office seen about 2/5 up from bottom and about 1/3 in from left-hand side, but that seems to be a dead-end switching spur only as there is a height difference I can't make out to have been evened out, so I think they dual-gauged the M.T. tracks instead, using the wye and switchback spur down to the Sampler.
graphic for visual presentation of text* About center top/down and just to the right of the sideway center is the 'Black Sampler', of the Cripple Creek Sampling Company, also known as the Cripple Creek Sampler, or Bull Hill Works and other names it appears, at one time served by dual gauge as the Golden Circle railroad had a spur here. Also served by the Short Line I assume as it runs straight passed it.
graphic for visual presentation of text* Up near right-hand top corner, the Victor Mine is seen in its glory look, located along the Golden Circle Mainline tracks towards Vista Grande, with the Bull Cliffs part of Bull Hill seen at the top left of the mine structures. Looks to have been a Huge Mine structure!
graphic for visual presentation of text* In addition, the Easter Bell Mine is seen to the right of the 'Black Sampler', about middle top/down and just over 1/4 in from right-hand side. Seen with a small Head-frame and a small single slope Hoist House.
graphic for visual presentation of text* Further up the hill, about halfway up to the Victor Mine from the Easter Bell, and about 1/6 in from right-hand side the structures of the Little May Mine are visible on my enhanced view, with other mines also seen, but my 1903 topographic map has not numbered those, so I can't tell who they are at this time.
graphic for visual presentation of text* The Venture Mine is seen to the left of the Victor Mine structures but are hard to pick out as a mine up there as the structures in that area blends into each other from this angle.
Image Note:
My Collection; Photographs. Enhanced, Straightened version of my 300dpi scan.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-03715
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#317]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#317
Title of this card is partly very badly written, not sure why. The scene is from Bull Hill, where the climb up from Cameron is ended and the downhill trip towards Victor is starting, I think this area is named Victor Pass in more modern time, at least I think of it as that name. The Midland Terminal had a wye up here and a small yard, same did Short Line for a time, the yard of Short Line is seen about middle of this view, this side of the structure I know as the Taylor-Brunton Sampler on top of Bull Hill – on this card named as the Eagle Sampler for some unknown reason. M.T. had its yard on the higher side, behind the T. & B. sampler and outside the view at right-hand side. On left-hand side of this view can be seen the very large Bull Hill works of the Cripple Creek Sampler, and I think at one time it was served by all three railroads with some dual gauge tracks to it. The spur seen curving near lower left hand corner is part of the Short Line mainline, also High Line tracks for the Trolley, coming down towards Victor through the town of Goldfield, way down left if the photographer had turned towards left in about a 180 degree turn.
Media Info Last Updated:
20.06.2018 (09:17:36)
Title on Image:
#11-8; Cripple Creek Sampler, Blue Hill R.R.Terminal & Eagle Sampler
Photographer [Date]:
H. & H. Studio [Hileman & Hill]
Description:
Title of this card is partly very badly written, not sure why. The scene is from Bull Hill, where the climb up from Cameron is ended and the downhill trip towards Victor is starting, I think this area is named Victor Pass in more modern time, at least I think of it as that name.
graphic for visual presentation of textThe Midland Terminal had a wye up here and a small yard, same did Short Line for a time, the yard of Short Line is seen about middle of this view, this side of the structure I know as the Taylor-Brunton Sampler on top of Bull Hill – on this card named as the Eagle Sampler for some unknown reason. M.T. had its yard on the higher side, behind the T. & B. sampler and outside the view at right-hand side.
graphic for visual presentation of textOn left-hand side of this view can be seen the very large Bull Hill works of the Cripple Creek Sampler, and I think at one time it was served by all three railroads with some dual gauge tracks to it.
graphic for visual presentation of textThe spur seen curving near lower left hand corner is part of the Short Line mainline, also High Line tracks for the Trolley, coming down towards Victor through the town of Goldfield, way down left if the photographer had turned towards left in about a 180 degree turn.
Image Note:
My Collection; Postcards/Postcard Album.
Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • Postcard; Unknown Publisher; titled Cripple Creek Sampler, Blue Hill R.R.Terminal & Eagle Sampler - Published in ????.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-00312
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#163]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#163