Caribou Mill, Nederland

Collier's Rocky Mountain Scenery. Published at Central City Colorado. ; No. 132. Boulder Series - Caribou Mill, Nederland. This mill is the property of the Mining Company Nederland, who are also owners of the famous Caribou Mine. The silver is extracted from the ore by dry stamping, roasting, and amalgamation--Verso. ; Date scanned: 2000-09-23. ; Identifier: SC132. ; Mounted on cardboard; text on front and verso. ; Related stereopairs: SC107, SC120. ; Held in the Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive, Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines. ; Stereopair showing the Caribou Mil... Mehr ...

Dokumenttyp: StillImage
Erscheinungsdatum: 1873
Verlag/Hrsg.: Colorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library
Schlagwörter: Scenes / river and stream / Silver ore processing plants
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Collier's Rocky Mountain Scenery. Published at Central City Colorado. ; No. 132. Boulder Series - Caribou Mill, Nederland. This mill is the property of the Mining Company Nederland, who are also owners of the famous Caribou Mine. The silver is extracted from the ore by dry stamping, roasting, and amalgamation--Verso. ; Date scanned: 2000-09-23. ; Identifier: SC132. ; Mounted on cardboard; text on front and verso. ; Related stereopairs: SC107, SC120. ; Held in the Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive, Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines. ; Stereopair showing the Caribou Mill, which was located along Boulder Creek in Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado, four miles from the Caribou Mine. The Caribou Mill was built in 1870-1871 by A. D. Breed and sold to the Mining Company Nederland in 1873. Silver ore was transported by wagon from the Caribou Mine to the Mill. The mill had five levels. Ore was unloaded and crushed at the uppermost level. The stamp room on the next level down pulverized the ore before it was moved down another level to the cylinder room where the ore was roasted. On the fourth level the ore went to the amalgamating room. The bottom level held the melting room where the amalgamated silver was taken for retorting and melting into bars. The mill, when running at full capacity, could handle twenty tons of ore per day, but the crash of the silver market in 1893 led to its closure. Sometime in the early 1900s, the mill was reopened to process tungsten ore and renamed the Wolf Tongue Mill. It operated . ; Sponsored by the Colorado State Library, the regional library systems of Colorado, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.