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Colburn Mill [aka Colburn-Ajax, aka Ajax Mill]
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This view near top of Battle Mountain show a scene around the Ajax Mine where part of the Ajax Mill is seen as a structure at far left, partly visible, then lot of various structures follows as eyes walk right on the image. The Ajax Mine is about 1/3 in from right hand side, having the Portland No. 1 at its right and the Portland No. 2 about middle top of image. This been a popular view by Julia, as by last check of my database on July 1, 2022, I counted/know of 12 uses of this scene for various postcard editions/crops and postcard folders.
Media Info Last Updated:
07.04.2024 (13:38:18)
Title on Image:
Ajax Mine, Victor, Colorado.
Photographer [Date]:
Julia Skolas
Description:
This view near top of Battle Mountain show a scene around the Ajax Mine where part of the Ajax Mill is seen as a structure at far left, partly visible, then lot of various structures follows as eyes walk right on the image. The Ajax Mine is about 1/3 in from right hand side, having the Portland No. 1 at its right and the Portland No. 2 about middle top of image.
graphic for visual presentation of text This been a popular view by Julia, as by last check of my database on July 1, 2022, I counted/know of 12 uses of this scene for various postcard editions/crops and postcard folders.
Image Note:
My Collection; Postcards.
Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • Postcard by unknown; seen post-stamped June 25, 1906 - Published in ????.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-00207
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#484]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#484
Being the image source is of print type, the quality is not the best, but it is what it is! I have worked with it as best as I could. The main focus of this view is to tell the location of the then new Ajax or Colburn Mill near top of Battle Mountain and its closeness to the Ajax Mine itself. Mill is seen at left foreground and the Ajax mine structures at right hand side, where the smokestack of the mine powerplant is seen spewing out dark smoke. Direction of view is northeast. I did procure the colored version of this image, if that is what you see, as I think it makes a nicer/better view. 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:
15.06.2023 (19:38:43)
Title on Image:
View of the Ajax Gold Mining Co. Property Showing the New Colburn Mill on the Left.
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown
Description:
Being the image source is of print type, the quality is not the best, but it is what it is! I have worked with it as best as I could. The main focus of this view is to tell the location of the then new Ajax or Colburn Mill near top of Battle Mountain and its closeness to the Ajax Mine itself. Mill is seen at left foreground and the Ajax mine structures at right hand side, where the smokestack of the mine powerplant is seen spewing out dark smoke. Direction of view is northeast.
graphic for visual presentation of text I did procure the colored version of this image, if that is what you see, as I think it makes a nicer/better view. 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; From page 440 in the Nov. 9, 1911 issue of 'Mining Science'. I did procure the colored version of this image.
Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering; Vol.13 No.3; March 1915 (page 142) - Published in 1911.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
I-03048
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#536]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#536
This postcard view focus on the Ajax Mine Operations. From the large sloped structure at upper left which is the main structure of what was called the Colburn Mill, aka Colburn-Ajax Mill, to the Ajax Mine itself seen almost at the right-hand side, with its large Shaft house and orehouse. This is on the south slope near top of Battle Mountain at Victor, Colorado, in the Cripple Creek District. In the background right is seen part of Portland No. 1 Mine, and Portland No. 2 is hiding against the sky in the smoke above the Ajax Mine structure. The mill was built in 1911, but seems to be gone by the time the Sanborn Fire Insurance people visited the area in preparations for the last set of Fire Insurance maps in 1919 as I have not found it on any such map. I've seen not many images of this mill, but the few I have seen shows that the smaller mill structure between the large sloped one and the mine itself, that structure grows in size over the time of existence, in this view it is how it originally was built. I think, from reading a text description, that this was the Sampler/Crusher for the mill, with a covered belt conveyor running on the ground connecting it to the upper part of the mill. In addition to the various structures seen in this view there is also shown two aerial tramway towers used for operating the dump, most likely both for scooping it up in the original setup and later for dumping from the mill as I seen text description of the mill giving me that impression. A lone boxcar is parked along a spur from the 3-foot narrow gauge Golden Circle mainline passing this operation in front of the boxcar. Houses linked to the Ajax is on the slope and various water tanks are seen also on the slope.
Media Info Last Updated:
05.02.2023 (21:18:52)
Title on Image:
Ajax Mine & Mill
Photographer [Date]:
Victor Studio [1911]
Description:
This postcard view focus on the Ajax Mine Operations. From the large sloped structure at upper left which is the main structure of what was called the Colburn Mill, aka Colburn-Ajax Mill, to the Ajax Mine itself seen almost at the right-hand side, with its large Shaft house and orehouse. This is on the south slope near top of Battle Mountain at Victor, Colorado, in the Cripple Creek District. In the background right is seen part of Portland No. 1 Mine, and Portland No. 2 is hiding against the sky in the smoke above the Ajax Mine structure.
graphic for visual presentation of text The mill was built in 1911, but seems to be gone by the time the Sanborn Fire Insurance people visited the area in preparations for the last set of Fire Insurance maps in 1919 as I have not found it on any such map. I've seen not many images of this mill, but the few I have seen shows that the smaller mill structure between the large sloped one and the mine itself, that structure grows in size over the time of existence, in this view it is how it originally was built. I think, from reading a text description, that this was the Sampler/Crusher for the mill, with a covered belt conveyor running on the ground connecting it to the upper part of the mill.
graphic for visual presentation of text In addition to the various structures seen in this view there is also shown two aerial tramway towers used for operating the dump, most likely both for scooping it up in the original setup and later for dumping from the mill as I seen text description of the mill giving me that impression.
graphic for visual presentation of text A lone boxcar is parked along a spur from the 3-foot narrow gauge Golden Circle mainline passing this operation in front of the boxcar. Houses linked to the Ajax is on the slope and various water tanks are seen also on the slope.
Image Note:
My Collection; Postcards.
Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • Mining Science, Feb. 1, 1912 (page 44 - Backside Advertisement for the Moore Filter Company) - Published in 1912.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
Source ID, My Collection:
P-00344
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#526]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#526
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, I've twisted the view in form of rotating/straightening it so the structures look nice, and I therefore had to crop it. The image came with an Advertisement for the Moore Filter Company, found on the backside of the source journal. The large sloped structure shown is called the Colburn Mill, aka Colburn-Ajax Mill, and was built on south slope near top of Battle Mountain at Victor, Colorado, in the Cripple Creek District. Located on the Ajax Mine grounds, it was just west of the mine, the mine itself would had been visible if we could have turned the view about 90-degree to the right. The mill was built in 1911, but seems to be gone by the time the Sanborn Fire Insurance people visited the area in preparations for the last set of Fire Insurance maps in 1919 as I have not found it on any such map. In the background mining operation at the Coriolanus Mine are seen, but I do not know if all those shafts seen are part of that mine or if there are others I also need to link it to, I assume the latter though. 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:
05.02.2023 (12:04:04)
Title on Image:
Ajax Mill {aka Colburn-Ajax Mill or Colbun Mill]
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown
Description:
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, I've twisted the view in form of rotating/straightening it so the structures look nice, and I therefore had to crop it. The image came with an Advertisement for the Moore Filter Company, found on the backside of the source journal.
graphic for visual presentation of text The large sloped structure shown is called the Colburn Mill, aka Colburn-Ajax Mill, and was built on south slope near top of Battle Mountain at Victor, Colorado, in the Cripple Creek District. Located on the Ajax Mine grounds, it was just west of the mine, the mine itself would had been visible if we could have turned the view about 90-degree to the right.
graphic for visual presentation of text The mill was built in 1911, but seems to be gone by the time the Sanborn Fire Insurance people visited the area in preparations for the last set of Fire Insurance maps in 1919 as I have not found it on any such map. In the background mining operation at the Coriolanus Mine are seen, but I do not know if all those shafts seen are part of that mine or if there are others I also need to link it to, I assume the latter though.
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:
From an ad on the backside of the Mining Science, Feb. 1, 1912 issue. I've added the coloring part.
Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • Backside; Mining Science, February 1, 1912 issue - Published in 1912.
Source ID, My Collection:
I-00221
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#346]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#346
Image is for some reason marked as being the Cresson Mine, in reality it is the Ajax Mill at the left, and the Ajax mine more to the right of the image. No idea why it is called the Cresson in this view.
Media Info Last Updated:
11.11.2019 (20:17:26)
Title on Image:
Ajax Mine, Showing Cable Tram, Cripple Creek District, Colorado.
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown
Description:
Image is for some reason marked as being the Cresson Mine, in reality it is the Ajax Mill at the left, and the Ajax mine more to the right of the image. No idea why it is called the Cresson in this view.
Image Note:

Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • no. 4; Postcard Folder showing scenes from the Cripple Creek District; undated - Published in ????.
Source, Internet (Found/Seen/Known):
  • My Website; Album Page View: ⊞
Source ID, My Collection:
A-00336
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#365]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#365
This sadly very bad view at the aerial tram at the Ajax Mine and Mill, show how they is storing the tailing in a deep gulch behind a dam of waste rock from the mine. The dam is being built by means of the aerial tramway dropping rock where needed for the purpose.
Media Info Last Updated:
09.11.2019 (22:27:00)
Title on Image:
Dumping Waste at the Ajax to Make Tailing Dam.
Photographer [Date]:
Unknown
Description:
This sadly very bad view at the aerial tram at the Ajax Mine and Mill, show how they is storing the tailing in a deep gulch behind a dam of waste rock from the mine. The dam is being built by means of the aerial tramway dropping rock where needed for the purpose.
Image Note:
My Collection; Scanned from page 299 in the August 23, 1913 issue of The Mining and Scientific Press; from a 300dpi scan.
Source, Printed Items (Found/Seen in/Known):
  • Page 299; The Mining and Scientific Press [Vol. 107, No. 8] - Published in 1913.
Source ID, My Collection:
I-01792
Type/Category [Media ID]:
Photograph/Image [#363]
Shareable Link to Pic Info:
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com/01main/all_known_entities/pics_list-evry1_sort-newtop.php#363