Our ancestors from Trentino and the Colorado mines

Early Photos of Colorado mining camps and towns. Perhap your ancestor lived or worked here. Click on the photo for a larger version and explanation of the scenes.
(courtesy of Denver Public Library, Western History Department)

Herzon, Huerfano County, Colorado near the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company mine where grand-uncle Leonardo Banaletti was killed in a 1903 mine accident.	Coke ovens, where coal is processed into coke for use in the steel industry. In 1901, Emilio Iob of Cunevo was working at the Gray Creek mine coke oven facilities when the front of an oven fell on him, breaking his back. He died in Trinidad in April 1902.
Gray Creek , c. 1900 Mine tipple at the Gray Creek mine	Forbes mine Ruins of the former Forbes mine.
Trinidad, Colorado c. early 1900s	Hastings and the Victor American Fuel Company facilities. My grandparents and many other Trentino emigrants lived and worked here. The mine was abandoned in the 1920's, and by the 1950's, most traces of the town had disappeared.
Hastings, Colorado, c. 1914. Showing the Victor American Fuel Company coal screening plant, housing for miners (bottom left) and a saloon bearing the name Chas. Niccoli.	Hastings, Colorado, circa 1900-1910. Showing Victor Coal Company (later the Victor American Fuel Company) mining town, mine buildings, railroad, residential housing for miners
Segundo, Colorado c. early 1900s	Segundo, Colorado c. early 1900s
Primero, Colorado c. early 1900s Mining camp and railroad cars loaded with ore.	Primero, Colorado Remains of company housing for the miners working at the coal mine here.
Starkville, Colorado Company town and mine buildings	Starkville, Colorado c. early 1900s Miners' housing at the Starkville mine operated by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company

PHOTOVIEWS OF THE COLORADO MINES AND MINING TOWNS AT WHICH OUR ANCESTORS WORKED AND DIED