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Golconda Mine
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Sadly not a quality great view, but still a great view as it is a rare view from the trackside of the F. & C. C. mainline at the Golconda Mine Shaft no.1 operation on Squaw Mountain! The source is a group photo so the image sort of lacks details here and there, and I cheated a little on the colored version where I copied the tracks to fill out missing info at the lower right and left. Victor town is located outside the view at left, making the direction of the view in a southeast looking direction, and it appears like they have dug a trench just below the dump and the track, as there is a darker line there that might be a drainage drench for some reason but is more likely a left over from the early exploration of this ground. This shaft was located at the southern end of the claim, and sometime after 1896 it was abandoned, and the main working shaft moved further up the hill for some unknow reason. The structure and the headframe here are of somewhat large size so the hope and idea of this mine was certainly at this time around 1895-1896 looking prosperous! Being this was so visible from the train it is among those I need to try make a 3D model of some day! 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.Golconda Mine. Shaft No. 1 on Squaw Mountain
Photo by: Unknown
My Collection; Cropped from 600dpi scan of page 87 in a book named Wonderful Cripple Creek District by J. F. Manning. I did procure the colored version of this image.
Media ID: 500
While the views in the prospectus that is the source was not the best in terms of quality, it still is one of the best views I have of one of the many shafts that graced the Golconda lode in its lifetime! Based on research it looks like this image can be from around late September 1899 till early October same year, as by end av third week of September 1899 the company leasing the Golconda had its new machinery and shaft house operational, and as people are posing on these views it sort of make sense to me that they can be from same timeframe, especially as the source prospect talks about 1899 as not ended yet. The background hill here is Squaw Mountain, west for the town of Victor, and there are two levels of railroad grade visible telling me that this is north of the mainline of the F. & C. C. railroad and that it is only Midland Terminal trackage seen here, the lower one, behind the headframe, being the spur down to the M. T. in Victor. 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.Golconda Mine and Shaft House, Southeast Slope of Squaw Mountain, Adjoining Battle Mountain.
Photo by: Unknown [1899]
My Collection; Cropped from 600dpi scan of page 2 in a 1899 Prospectus. I did procure the colored version of this image.
Media ID: 501
While the views in the prospectus that is the source was not the best in terms of quality, it still is one of the best views I have of one of the many shafts that graced the Golconda lode in its lifetime! Based on research it looks like this image can be from around late September 1899 till early October same year, as by end av third week of September 1899 the company leasing the Golconda had its new machinery and shaft house operational, and as people are posing on these views it sort of make sense to me that they can be from same timeframe, especially as the source prospect talks about 1899 as not ended yet. The photographer stood with Squaw Mountain in the back, the town of Victor is outside the view at left, and I wonder if the trestle at lower left might be across the mainline of the F. & C. C. railroad as this shaft was located north of it. After all, there is a substantial dip in the ground here. 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.Golconda Mine and Shaft House Looking Southwest.
Photo by: Unknown [1899]
My Collection; Cropped from 600dpi scan of page 11 in a 1899 Prospectus. I did procure the colored version of this image.
Media ID: 503
Id No. (Mine / 1902 map):
287
Type:
Mine
Date Located / Formed:
04.01.1892
Location:
Squaw Mountain
Location Map Description:
Discovery / Formed by:
    Status:
    Unknown
    Fate details:

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    Owned by:
    • Hattie A. Wilson
      -> 1894-02-03 [claim Map]
    • B.K. Walker
      -> 1894-02-03 [claim Map]
    • Abbie M. Walker
      -> 1894-02-03 [claim Map]
    Known claims:
    • Golconda lode - 8707
    Claim Links:
    Location Claim Description:
    Patented Date:
    Mineral Certificate No.:
    0
    General Land Office No.:
    0
    Known Transportation Connection:
      Extra Info/Details [Linked at One Time to the Entity]:
      Vertical Shaft
      Known Producing Info:
      General notes:
      Plat Map is to early for any railroads, but it still holds a road coming in from the west, pretty close to where the M.T. Victor Branch was I think, and along that road there is the Discovery Shaft about middle of the claim, with a drift marked out. A tiny bit in northeast corner is lost ground.