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Manuscript
collections
For additional information on the following collections,
consult the library catalog. Finding aids, usually inventories, are
also available for many
manuscript collections.
Collections that contain materials pertaining the historical evolution of
mining activities in Colorado:
precious metals, coal, tungsten, molybdenum,
oil shale.
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MSS # |
Name |
County |
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MSS 928 |
Acacia Gold Mining Co., Cripple Creek |
Teller |
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MSS 1239 |
Ajax Mine |
Pitkin |
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MSS 8 |
Allen, Orren |
Gilpin |
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MSS 11 |
Alpine Gold Mining, Milling & Tunnel Co. |
Chaffee |
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MSS 13 |
Anaconda Gold Mining Co. |
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MSS 924 |
Armstrong, Frank G. |
Boulder, Gilpin |
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MSS 19 |
Aspen, Colorado |
Pitkin |
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MSS 981 |
Atlantic & Pacific Tunnel Co., Georgetown |
Clear Creek |
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MSS 697 |
B. and B. H. Consolidated Mining Co. |
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MSS 962 |
B. K. M. & Co. (Black Hawk) |
Gilpin |
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MSS 988 |
Bard, Issack N. |
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MSS 36 |
Barr, John L. |
San Juan |
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MSS 38 |
Batchelder, George T. |
Lake, Park |
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MSS 42 |
Bay City Gold Mine |
La Plata |
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MSS 49 |
Bell, Dr. William Abraham |
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MSS 60 |
Big Five Mining Co. |
Clear Creek, Gilpin |
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MSS 1052 |
Billingsley, Amos Stevens |
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MSS 61 |
Bill-Jim Gold Mining Co. |
San Juan |
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MSS 1211 |
Blunt, Mark Leonard |
Jefferson |
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MSS 740 |
Bond, Hiram Gilbert |
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MSS 73 |
Booth, Harry M. |
San Miguel |
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MSS 1780 |
Bowie Mine |
Delta |
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MSS 83 |
Brown, Donald M. |
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MSS 84 |
Brown, Lawrence P. |
Lake |
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MSS 86 |
Brown, Thomas Greatoreaux |
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MSS 87 |
Brown, William Carson |
Park, Lake |
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MSS 93 |
Bull-Domino Mining and Leasing Co. |
Denver |
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MSS 772 |
Bunsen, Robert |
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MSS 94 |
Burkey, Elmer R. |
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MSS 96 |
Burns, John J. |
Teller |
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MSS 176 |
Burt, Silas Wright |
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MSS 101 |
Camp Bird Mining, Leasing, & Power Co. |
Gunnison |
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MSS 102 |
Campion, John Francis |
Lake |
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MSS 103 |
Cannon, Frank Jenne |
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MSS 1135 |
Case, Frank M. |
Rio Grande |
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MSS 112 |
Cavender, Charles |
Gunnison, Lake, Summit |
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MSS 1280 |
Champion Mining & Milling Co. |
Gilpin |
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MSS 944 |
Chappell, Gordon S. |
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MSS 1056 |
Cheesman, Walter Scott |
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MSS 1528 |
Cisne, Jonah Girard |
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MSS 123 |
Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties |
Clear Creek, Gilpin |
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MSS 128 |
Colbran, Henry |
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MSS 148 |
Colorado Springs Mining Stock Association |
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MSS 154 |
Colorado Superior Mining Co. |
San Miguel |
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MSS 1012 |
Cousin Jack and Cornish Miners |
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MSS 1070 |
Cushman, Indiana Sopris |
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MSS 775 |
Daly, George |
Lake |
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MSS 206 |
Dexter, James Vila |
Lake |
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MSS 207 |
Diamond Mine |
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MSS 1476 |
Dollison, James Emory |
Park |
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MSS 212 |
Downing, Warwick M. |
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MSS 213 |
Doyle Mine, Mancos, Colorado |
Montezuma |
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MSS 213 |
Dunbar, E. Wright |
Pitkin |
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MSS 1062 |
Duncan Robert Alexander |
Boulder, Gilpin, Weld |
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MSS 217 |
Dunn, Jacob Piatt, Jr. |
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MSS 218 |
Eagle River Consolidated Mining Co. |
Summit |
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MSS 1142 |
Eastwood, George |
El Paso |
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MSS 774 |
Enterprise Mining Co., Leadville |
Lake |
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MSS 226 |
Evans, Governor John |
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MSS 1054 |
Evans, John II |
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MSS 1565 |
Evans, Martha V. |
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MSS 1055 |
Evans, William Gray |
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MSS 1000 |
Excelsior Lode Mining Association |
Park |
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MSS 227 |
Farish, Adam Thomas |
Lake |
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MSS 1268 |
Ferguson, Florence L. |
Boulder |
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MSS 232 |
Ferguson, W. F. |
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MSS 929 |
First National Bank of Denver |
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MSS 598 |
First National Bank of Denver (A.W. Spring) |
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MSS 1598 |
Ford, William Ebenezer |
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MSS 332 |
Free Coinage Gold Mining Co. |
Teller |
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MSS 252 |
Frisbee, Rufus K. |
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MSS 1222 |
Garrey, George Henry |
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MSS 262 |
Georgetown, Mining, Power & Transportation Co. |
Clear Creek |
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MSS 976 |
Giesecke, Albert W. |
Clear Creek, Gilpin |
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MSS 267 |
Gilpin County Miner's Court |
Gilpin |
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MSS 926 |
Glass Pendery Consolidated Mining Co. |
Lake |
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MSS 1467 |
Gleason, Jesse Richardson |
Fremont, Teller |
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MSS 269 |
Gold and Silver Extraction Company |
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MSS 996 |
Gold King & Gold King Mines Corporation |
San Jean, San Miguel |
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MSS 271 |
Gomer, Alva |
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MSS 776 |
Goodman, John H. |
Lake |
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MSS 281 |
Hagar, Edwin L. and M. A. K. Hagar |
Gilpin |
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MSS 285 |
Hall, Mr. And Mrs. Charles |
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MSS 1683 |
Hallock, Nelson |
Lake |
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MSS 292 |
Hanley, Edward Charles |
Ouray |
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MSS 293 |
Harrison, Edwin |
Lake |
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MSS 296 |
Harvey, John |
Lake |
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MSS 1285 |
Havens, Horace W. |
San Miguel |
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MSS 300 |
Haywood, William |
Clear Creek, Lake |
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MSS 303 |
Henderson, John R. |
Lake |
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MSS 304 |
Hendrie and Bolthoff Manufacturing and Supply Company |
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MSS 1595 |
Highland Mary Mining and Milling Co. |
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MSS 309 |
Hill, Crawford and Louise Sneed |
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MSS 310 |
Hill, Nathaniel Peter |
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MSS 311 |
Hilliard & Hilliard |
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MSS 1350 |
Holland, George |
Lake |
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MSS 317 |
Holt, Marmaduke |
San Juan |
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MSS 1237 |
Horn, Charles Ford |
Pueblo |
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MSS 738 |
Hornbrook, Richard L. |
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MSS 325 |
Hover, William Adgate |
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MSS 1502 |
Howze, Isham R. |
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MSS 330 |
Humboldt Mine, Ward, Colorado |
Boulder |
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MSS 925 |
Humphreys, Albert Edmund |
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MSS 333 |
Hunter, Absolom V. |
Lake |
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MSS 1698 |
Hutchinson, John Pemberton |
Gilpin |
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MSS 1155 |
Hyman David Mark |
Pitkin |
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MSS 711 |
Ibex Mining Co., Leadville |
Lake |
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MSS 340 |
Jackson, George Andrew |
Clear Creek |
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MSS 342 |
James, Harry C. |
Lake |
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MSS 349 |
Johnson, Lute |
Teller, Mineral |
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MSS 357 |
Kemp, John H. |
Boulder, Gilpin |
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MSS 358 |
Kendrick, Frank Clarence |
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MSS 708 |
Kirby, Edmund B. |
Pueblo |
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MSS 361 |
Kirkland, George W. |
Clear Creek |
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MSS 363 |
Kline, Perry A. |
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MSS 758 |
Kruse, Reiner Claus Frederick |
Boulder, Clear Creek, Jefferson |
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MSS 367 |
Kuhn, Charles E. |
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MSS 995 |
Labor Investigations, Governor of Colorado |
Teller |
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MSS 334 |
Leadville Strike Reports, 1896 - 1899 |
Lake |
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MSS 955 |
Leadville Water Co. |
Lake |
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MSS 379 |
Leadville, Colorado |
Lake |
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MSS 384 |
Lewis, Junius R. |
Boulder |
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MSS 1183 |
Lindsley, Stuart |
Lake |
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MSS 390 |
Long & Derry Leasing & Mining Co. |
Lake |
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MSS 392 |
Long, L. F. |
Lake, Teller |
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MSS 1594 |
Loveland, William Austin Hamilton |
Gilpin |
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MSS 396 |
Lovell, Jesse Barton |
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MSS 1628 |
Lowe, Henry P. |
Gilpin |
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MSS 399 |
Lyon, James E. |
Gilpin |
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MSS 402 |
Macbeth, John S. and Henry F. May |
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MSS 418 |
Mallory, Samuel |
Gilpin |
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MSS 419 |
Malta Smelting and Mining Co. |
Lake |
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MSS 423 |
Mary McKinney Mining Co., Cripple Creek |
Teller |
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MSS 1596 |
Mary Murphy Gold Mining Co. |
Chaffee |
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MSS 237 |
May Queen Leasing & Mining Co. |
Eagle |
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MSS 401 |
McAllister, Henry |
Teller |
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MSS 1618 |
McAllister, Henry Jr. |
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MSS 709 |
McCandless, Edward V. |
Park |
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MSS 1217 |
McClintock, Thomas E. |
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MSS 408 |
McCook, Edward Moody |
Ouray |
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MSS 857 |
Merry Monarch Mining & Development |
Clear Creek |
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MSS 927 |
Meyer, August R. |
Lake |
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MSS 867 |
Midland Terminal Railway Co. |
Teller |
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MSS 434 |
Miller, George Kerchival |
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MSS 442 |
Miner, Agnes Finding |
Summit |
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MSS 1170 |
Mining and the West |
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MSS 445 |
Mining Districts |
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MSS 448 |
Moffat, David H. |
Mineral |
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MSS 452 |
Morrison, Robert Stewart |
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MSS 1039 |
Morse Brothers Machinery and Supply Co. |
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MSS 1139 |
Morse, Jared |
Clear Creek |
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MSS 454 |
Moses, Albert L. |
Mineral |
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MSS 456 |
Moss, John Thomas |
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MSS 469 |
O'Donnell, Canton and Thomas Jefferson O’Donnell |
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MSS 470 |
Old, Ida C. |
Clear Creek |
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MSS 471 |
Old, Robert O. |
Clear Creek |
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MSS 1077 |
Pandora Mines Co., Leadville |
Lake |
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MSS 479 |
Parvin, Roland G. |
Lake, Park |
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MSS 482 |
Paul, James Marshall |
Lake |
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MSS 484 |
Peck, Frank. L. |
Clear Creek |
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MSS 486 |
Peck, James |
Clear Creek |
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MSS 494 |
Pike’s Peak Gold Rush |
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MSS 494 |
Pike's Peak Gold Rush |
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MSS 1173 |
Pine Family |
Custer, Douglas, Gilpin |
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MSS 501 |
Porter, Henry M. |
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MSS 951 |
Porter, John Mark |
Las Animas |
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MSS 504 |
Potter, Thomas H. |
Gilpin, Lake |
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MSS 515 |
Randall, Jesse Summers |
Clear Creek |
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MSS 1063 |
Raymond, Rossiter Worthington |
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MSS 516 |
Reardon, Frank S. |
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MSS 779 |
Resurrection Mining Co., Leadville |
Lake |
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MSS 1220 |
Reynolds, Albert Eugene |
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MSS 518 |
Reynolds, Joseph A. C. |
Chaffee |
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MSS 520 |
Riland, James L. |
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MSS 522 |
Rinkle, Willard |
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MSS 524 |
Robert E. Lee Mining Co. |
Lake |
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MSS 527 |
Robinson Consolidated Mining Co. |
Summit |
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MSS 533 |
Rocky Mountain National Bank |
Gilpin |
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MSS 534 |
Rogers, Andrews N. |
Gilpin, Mineral |
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MSS 540 |
Rollins, John Q. A. |
Boulder, Teller |
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MSS 542 |
Rooney, Alexander |
Teller |
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MSS 1032 |
Root, George A. |
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MSS 544 |
Royal Gold Silver & Mining Co. |
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MSS 548 |
Rush to the Rockies |
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MSS 1203 |
Russell, Moses B. |
Clear Creek |
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MSS 549 |
Ruter, Charles |
Park |
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MSS 550 |
Ruth, Joseph P. |
Clear Creek |
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MSS 749 |
Saint Elmo |
Chaffee |
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MSS 1597 |
San Juan Mine |
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MSS 558 |
Sanford, Albert B. |
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MSS 559 |
Sayre, Hal C. |
Gilpin |
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MSS 747 |
Schomburg, T.A. |
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MSS 934 |
Schuch, John Philip, Jr. |
Teller |
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MSS 563 |
Seymour, Bennett Edward |
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MSS 567 |
Sheriff, Matthew |
El Paso, Park |
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MSS 1127 |
Silver Reduction Works (Georgetown) |
Clear Creek |
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MSS 897 |
Silverton, Gladstone, and Northerly Railroad Co. |
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MSS 331 |
Smith, J. Alden |
Boulder |
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MSS 777 |
Smuggler Consolidated Mining Co., Leadville |
Lake |
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MSS 590 |
Spain, David Fletcher |
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MSS 603 |
Stargo Mines & Milling Co. |
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MSS 752 |
Stark, A. J. and R. A. |
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MSS 901 |
Sunrise Peak Aerial Tramway |
Clear Creek |
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MSS 614 |
Tabor, Horace Austin Warner |
Lake |
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MSS 1343 |
Taylor, George Hooper |
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MSS 619 |
Teats, Eugene H. |
Eagle, Garfield, Park |
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MSS 622 |
Teller, Henry Moore |
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MSS 624 |
Thatcher, Joseph Addison |
Gilpin |
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MSS 625 |
Thatcher, Standley & Co., Central City |
Gilpin |
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MSS 626 |
Thomas, Charles Spaulding |
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MSS 630 |
Tickle, Samuel |
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MSS 632 |
Tonge, Thomas |
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MSS 1650 |
Twitchell, Lafayette |
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MSS 640 |
U. S. Bureau of Mines |
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MSS 773 |
Union Park Gold Mining Co. |
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MSS 645 |
Ute Park Gold Mining Co. |
NM |
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MSS 1325 |
Victor Gold Mining |
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MSS 654 |
Wallihan, Allen Grant |
Lake |
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MSS 778 |
Wapiti Mining Co. |
Lake, Summit |
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MSS 659 |
Ward, William Shaw |
Gunnison, Lake |
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MSS 662 |
Weitbrec, Robert F. |
Gilpin |
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MSS 669 |
Wetherill, W. Frank |
Clear Creek, Custer, Summit |
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MSS 674 |
Wilfley, Arthur Redman |
Lake |
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MSS 679 |
Wolcott, Edward O. |
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MSS 687 |
Worcester Gold Mining Co. |
El Paso, Teller |
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MSS 691 |
Wright, E. Dunbar |
Pitkin |
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MSS 692 |
Wright, Ensign S. |
Clear Creek |
Collections that contain materials pertaining to mining activities in Colorado:
Mining
of coal (anthracite, bituminous and lignite):
|
MSS # |
Name |
County |
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MSS 44 |
Bear Canon Coal Co., Vallorso, Colorado |
Las Animas |
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MSS 47 |
Becker, Carl |
Fremont |
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MSS 49 |
Bell, Dr. William Abraham |
Fremont |
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MSS 1223 |
Bowie, Robert F. |
Delta |
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MSS 979 |
Bowman, Oliver S. |
Jefferson |
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MSS 796 |
Chicosa Canon Railway Co. |
Las Animas |
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MSS 797 |
Citizen’s Coal and Coke |
Boulder |
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MSS 961 |
Colorado Carbon Co. |
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MSS 1057 |
Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. |
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MSS 746 |
Colorado Utah Coal Co. |
Routt |
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MSS 1510 |
Columbine Mine Tragedy |
Boulder, Weld |
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MSS 160 |
Como Iron, Coal & Land Co. |
Park |
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MSS 810 |
Continental fuel Co. |
Las Animas |
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MSS 171 |
Crescent Coal & Lumber Co, Newcastle |
Garfield, Mesa |
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MSS 512 |
Denver Gallup Defense Fund |
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MSS 929 |
First National Bank of Denver |
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MSS 1036 |
Garfield County Coal and Fuel Co. |
Garfield |
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MSS 262 |
Georgetown Mining, Power, and Tunnel Transportation Co. |
Clear Creek, Park |
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MSS 346 |
Jerome, John Lathrop |
Pueblo |
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MSS 381 |
Lechner, George W. |
Park |
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MSS 402 |
Macbeth, John S. and Henry F. May |
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MSS 427 |
Meredith, Ellis |
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MSS 447 |
Moffat Coal Co., Oak Creek |
Routt |
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MSS 873 |
Murphy Coal Company |
Jefferson |
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MSS 461 |
Nankivell, John Henry |
Huerfano |
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MSS 1628 |
National Fuel Co |
Las Animas |
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MSS 467 |
Northern Colorado Coals, Inc. |
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MSS 1114 |
Ojo Mining Co. |
Huerfano |
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MSS 477 |
Palmer, William Jackson |
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MSS 1635 |
Peabody, James H. |
El Paso |
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MSS 512 |
Radical Labor Defense |
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MSS 589 |
South Canon Coal Co., Glenwood Springs |
Garfield |
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MSS 919 |
Southern Colorado Coal & Town Co. |
Las Animas, Huerfano |
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MSS 1107 |
Strathmore Coal Co. |
Boulder |
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MSS 648 |
Verdeckberg, Edward |
Huerfano, Teller |
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MSS 649 |
Victor-American Fuel Co., Denver |
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MSS 662 |
Weitbrec, Robert F. |
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MSS 1218 |
Welborn, Jesse Floyd |
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MSS 664 |
Wellman, Sylvanus |
Boulder |
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MSS 712 |
Wooton Land & Fuel Co., Trinidad |
Las Animas |
Collections
that contain materials pertaining to mining of tungsten:
|
MSS # |
Name |
County |
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MSS 364 |
Knight, John |
Boulder |
Collections
that contain materials pertaining to mining of molybdenum:
|
MSS # |
Name |
County |
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MSS 124 |
Climax Molybdenum Division, American Metals Climax Co. |
Lake |
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MSS 364 |
Knight, John |
Boulder |
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MSS 1624 |
Mount Emmons Project |
Gunnison |
Collections
that contain materials pertaining to mining of oil shale:
|
MSS # |
Name |
County |
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MSS 652 |
Wadleigh, Frank A. |
Mesa |
|
MSS 704 |
American Shale Refining Co. |
Garfield |
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MSS 961 |
Colorado Carbon Co. |
Garfield |
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