04.12.2021 (22:17:57)
Mining Activity on Top of Raven Hill, From Windy Point in 1903
F. L. Ransome [08.10.1903]
I like this USGS Photo from early Oct. 1903 by F. L. Ransome, and just wish it were even sharper and double in size as this is one rare source of mine views on east slope of Raven Hill. My knowledge (Nov. 27, 2021) is still not as great as I wish, but it is what it is.
* In foreground right, partly seen headframe and cradle, I think this is part of the Twin Sister Mine operation, being an abandoned shaft as there are no rails on that trestle, nor are there any wheel on top of that headframe.
* The railroad spur is the Joe Dandy branch of the Short Line, leaving the High Line at Windy Point and going down into the Shaft House of the Joe Dandy, seen just left of the center of view.
* Joe Dandy Shaft House is easy to recognize as it has a special look to it, high, kind of square, high-sloped roof, box-like structure. In this view it appears to be enclosed ore-bins in that structure and that the railroad enters the structure.
* About center top/down and about 1/7 in from left-hand side is the Mary Ann Mine operations. It is a special look as the headframe and hoist house are built high up on scaffolding, but being that mining produces more waste rock then pay rock it makes sense to create an area for dumping by building up the ground around the shaft first.
* Just to the right of the Mary Ann, further into the image, is the Ore-house and Headframe of the Little Frank S. Mine operations, while closer to the photographer but still farther into the image then the Mary Ann, there appears to be a Ore-house or a smaller Shaft House, but I can't tell for sure what it is.
* Just left of the beforementioned Joe Dandy mine is the New Haven Mine, also known as Eclipse Shaft of New Haven Mining & Milling Co., located on the Eclipse No. 1 lode. In 1900 there was a Shaft House here as per a Sanborn Fire Insurance map, but in this view there is an open shaft with a headframe and a Hoist house closer to the photographer while the Ore-bin is further into the view, which when looking at a 1908 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map gives me the feel that the hoist-house in this view started out as a shaft-house, or possible the shaft-house burned and they rebuilt, either way, this is also a headframe put up on scaffolding and filled in below and around it.
* To the right of the beforementioned Joe Dandy, the two Shaft houses of the Ida May is seen, first the north one, smaller, higher, and further into the view and more to the right, the southern shaft house, somewhat larger. Further into the view I am lost to what I see and not see.
* There are many smaller Head-frames in the more foreground, at least one of those is on the Brigadier, but possible also Blue Flag, I really can't tell them apart, but they help convey the feel on how crowded the ground was when all was digging holes in their search for the gold ore! And in-between, we have some homes, and even trees still standing! Also some Out-houses can be picked out.
I did procure the colored version of this image. Source was 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.
View is Scaled down, Colored, Cropped, from the USGS image rfl00508. I did procure the colored version of this image.
This USGS product is considered to be in the U.S. public domain. For further information on the USGS Information Policies and Instructions, refer to the Copyrights and Credits section on this web page: http://www.usgs.gov/laws/info_policies.html

• USGS Photographic Library ID: ⊞ rfl00508
• My Website; Cropped Photolink: ⊞ Little Frank S. Mining Operations in 1903 [Colored; 780 x 540 pixels]

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Raven Hill Summit From Bull Hill, with Joe Dandy Mine in 1903
F. L. Ransome [07.10.1903]
I like this USGS Photo from early Oct. 1903 by F. L. Ransome, and just wish it were even sharper and double in size as this is one rare source of mine views on east slope of Raven Hill. My knowledge (Nov. 27, 2021) is still not as great as I wish, but it is what it is.
* From upper right, the small headframe against the sky I think is the Twin Sister Mine operation.
* Further left, about 3/7 from right-hand side, two mines are seen against the sky, the front one is the Red Umbrella Mine with its Shaft House, and the one behind there, up in the sky, is the Mary Ann Mine operations.
* About 1/3 in from left-hand side, still against the sky, is the large Joe Dandy Mine operation, with its easy to recognize Shaft house and large dump extending out in a southernly direction.
* Behind the beforementioned dump of the Joe Dandy, the top of the southern Shaft house of the Ida May is poking up.
* About 1/10 in from left-hand side and slightly below the sightline from the Joe Dandy dump is the Little Frank S. operations, there is a dump there, a Ore-house, but rest is impossible to see as it is too far into the image and zooming gave very little details. Thankfully USGS has another view by Mr. Ransome from another angle saying there is a Headframe at this mine, and from zooming I will claim there is a larger Hoist-house behind that headframe, but sadly that is behind the Joe Dandy dump in the beforementioned other USGS view.
* A little to the right of the beforementioned Joe Dandy is a smaller Headframe operation that is located on the Eclipse No. 1 Lode, also known as Eclipse Shaft of New Haven Mining & Milling Co., or just New Haven Mine. The headframe is seen against the sky, with the Hoist house to the right and an Ore-bin to the left of the dump and the north Shaft house of the Ida May poking up behind the dump.
* I think the Bertha B. Mine is the one with the Headframe, Hoist-house with a high smokestack and a larger dump, seen below and to the left of the Joe Dandy, but identifying Mines further down the hill was harder.
* I think the smaller Headframe, Hoist house and dump seen below and more to the right of the Joe Dandy, and below with slightly to the left of the before mention Red Umbrella, that operation I think is the Kentucky Belle mine, but it is getting harder and harder to tell for sure now what is what.
* In lower left there is a substantial dump and a Adit type of mine, while behind that tree in the foreground I think we would have been able to see a headframe type of operation, both part of the Mary L. Mine, where the USGS 1906 Report has the Adit/tunnel marked as 'Texas Tunnel', which I never found any info about by this date, maybe I will in the future.
I did procure the colored version of this image. Source was 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.
View is Scaled down, Colored, Cropped, from the USGS image rfl00509. I did procure the colored version of this image.
This USGS product is considered to be in the U.S. public domain. For further information on the USGS Information Policies and Instructions, refer to the Copyrights and Credits section on this web page: http://www.usgs.gov/laws/info_policies.html

• USGS Photographic Library ID: ⊞ rfl00509
• My Website; Cropped Photolink: ⊞ Little Frank S. Mining Operations in 1903 [Colored; 1500 x 1200 pixels]

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Photograph/Image [#451]
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#451

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