FROM THIS LAND: PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF MINING IN THE WEST
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS FUNDED PROJECT 1978
This National Endowment for the Arts Photographic Survey grant project was directed by Sandy Hume and myself. We explored mining of minerals, ores, and exploration for oil and gas. We looked at the miners, remnants of old mines, and historical collections. While showing some of my images here, the entire project is housed at the Colorado State Historical Museum in Denver. My job was to fill in where other photographers left off.
Other photographers working on this project were: Roger Mertin, Linda Connor, Robert Adams, Ron Wohlauer, William Clift, Richard Van Pelt, Gary Metz and Sandy Hume.
above Gilman, CO
Argo gold mill, near Idaho Springs, CO
Argo gold mill, gold toned on printing out paper
Claim Jumper, near Idaho Springs, CO
Clear Creek Mine, Idaho Springs, CO
Mines Theatre, Idaho Springs, CO
Idaho Springs Gold Rush Days
Little Colonel Gold Mine, Blackhawk, CO
Camp Bird Gold Mine house, near Ouray, CO
Camp Bird Gold Mine, near Ouray, CO
Camp Bird Gold Mine, near Ouray, CO
Camp Bird Gold Mine sand tailings, near Ouray, CO
Camp Bird Gold Mine, Red Mountain tailings, near Ouray
Virginia Canyon mining vent tubes, near Idaho Springs, CO
abandoned company town near a coal mine, CO
Snow on mining mounds Central City, CO
coal deposits outside Chaco Canyon, NM
Coal mine near Paonia and Somerset, CO
Coal mine Somerset, CO
Colorado School of Mines mine, Idaho Springs, CO
CSM, mine, Idaho Springs, CO
CSM mine, Idaho Spring, CO
CSM mine tanks, Idaho Springs, CO
CSM mining camp buildings, Idaho Springs, CO
CSM mine, Idaho Springs, CO
CSM mine shaft, Idaho Spring, CO
CSM historical equipment display, Idaho Springs CO
CSM mine historical displays, Idaho Springs CO
CSM mine, piles Idaho Spring, CO
CSM mine car, Idaho Springs, CO
CSM mine yard, Idaho Spring, CO
CSM mine, Danger Magazine Explosives, Idaho Springs, CO
CSM mine bore holes, Idaho Springs, CO
Mining museum display Silver Plume, CO
Mining museum display Silver Plume, CO
Mining museum display Silver Plume, CO
Mining museum display Silver Plume, CO
Coal mine vent, Erie, CO
Siegel Oil Co, storage yard, Denver, CO
edge of coal mine area, Erie, CO
Coal mine, Erie, CO
Coal mine, Erie, CO
Madonna Mine lead, zinc, and silver mine slag pile, near Monarch Pass, CO
Madonna Mine lead, zinc, and silver mine slag pile, near Monarch Pass, CO
Copper mine, Ruth, Nevada
Mining site, Idaho
Marble mine shop ruins, Marble, CO
Marble mine shop ruins, Marble, CO
Marble mine shop ruins, Marble, CO
Merchants Oil, Bayaud Ave, Denver CO
Tourist mine building, Denver CO
miner checking equipment, CO
miner and his family, CO
miner and his wife, CO
miner lubricating equipment, CO
mining statue CO
mining site Idaho
mining site Idaho
mine shaft Boreas Pass, south of Breckenridge, CO
natural gas valve, Conway, KS
Nick Rivera, coal miner near Leadville, CO
Nick Rivera, coal miner, near Leadville, CO
Nick Rivera, coal miner near Leadville, CO
Nick Rivera, coal miner near Leadville, CO
oil storage yard, Denver, CO
Oil well, front range, CO
Old Frisco ghost town, Beaver County Utah
Old Frisco mine shaft, Old Frisco ghost town, Beaver County Utah
smelting oven, Old Frisco ghost town, Beaver County Utah
Old Frisco ghost town, Beaver County Utah
mining tailing piles, Old Frisco ghost town, Beaver County Utah
Old Frisco ghost town, Beaver County Utah
Old Frisco ghost town, Beaver County Utah
Old Frisco ghost town, Beaver County Utah
outside Grand Junction CO
Virginia Canyon mining camp, Idaho Springs CO
Virginia Canyon mining shaft hole, Idaho Springs CO
Red Cliff, mining town, CO
Red Cliff, mining town, CO
Stanley Mine, Idaho Springs, CO
tourist mine minature golf in Ouray, CO
tourist mine, Ouray, CO
Virginia Canyon mining shaft hole, Idaho Springs, CO
Virginia Canyon mining operation, Idaho Springs, CO
Weld County coal mine, CO
well pump drilling sales yard, Great Bend, KS
gold mining, Clear Creek, CO
gold mining, Clear Creek, CO
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