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Blue Bird Mine

Blue Bird Mine Photographs

Blue Bird Mine Photographs
Creator: A. Tonidandel
Dates: c1890-1900
Quantity: 1 inch
Accession: H0000.025

Abstract

The Photographs contain 12 mounted images of people and buildings associated with the Blue Bird Mine.

Biography

The Blue Bird Mine operated as a silver mine from 1876-1964. Located a few miles west of Bolder, Colorado, the mine is now a preserved site.

Scope & Content Note

The Blue Bird Mine Photographs contains 12 mounted images of people and buildings associated with the mine.

Processing Information

The Blue Bird Mine Photographs was donated to the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in an unknown year by A. Tonidandel.

This is a small collection.

Preferred Citation

Blue Bird Mine Photographs, c1890-1900, Box # Folder #, Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Container List

Blue Bird Mine Photographs

c1890-1900
Box Folder Accession Folder title/Description
1 1 H.025.01 Team of eight horses pulling a wagon up a rocky incline, c1890
1 1 H.025.02 Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, Colorado, September 20, 1897
1 1 H.025.03 Four adults and one child standing near the Blue Bird Mine, c1890
1 1 H.025.04 View of Sangre de Christo Range from Bull Hill, c1900
1 1 H.025.05 Four adults and one child standing in front of Blue Bird Mine, c1890
1 1 H.025.06 Orpha May No. 1 and 2, Union Gold Co., large group of people, c1890
1 1 H.025.07 Orpha May No. 1 and 2, Union Gold Co., large group of people, c1890
1 1 H.025.08 Blue Bird GMVM Co., Cripple Creek, Colorado, c1890
1 1 H.025.09 Blue Bird Mine, c1892
1 1 H.025.10 Blue Bird Mine, c1892
1 1 H.025.11 Blue Bird Mine, c1890
1 1 H.025.12 Starting on coyote hunt, c1890

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