Mules at Nellie Mine ca. 1910-1912; also newspaper article noting LL Nunn's purchase of mine in 1902

Mules at Nellie Mine ca. 1910-1912; also newspaper article noting LL Nunn's purchase of mine in 1902

Long mule train carrying mine timbers

Mule train is about half unloaded; they appear to be carrying 4" x 4" x 3' timbers. Elevation 11,800 feet.

Moore Bros.

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Collection 37/4/1770, Lucien L Nunn papers, [ca. 1890-1971], Box 33; Telluride Journal article from Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/cgi-bin/colorado?a=d&d=TTJ19020424.2.20

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1910-1912

Denis Clark

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

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Still image

17DEC0234

Telluride area

photographic print

approximately 3 x 5 in.

Not Deep Springs, though it's working animals from about the same era as the founding, and a nice picture. LL Nunn bought this mine in 1902, unknown if he still owned it at this date; by then he had largely left Telluride

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Collection 37/4/1770, Lucien L Nunn papers, [ca. 1890-1971], Box 33