Name/Title
Camp Frances and Big Five Mining CompanyEntry/Object ID
2024.1.71Description
2 B&W images of Camp Frances [aka Camp Francis] (located in black archive box 1)
1. Collapsed house. 2.25"x3.25" B&W negative
2. Big Five Mine dump and house. 2.25"x3.25" B&W negative
37 color slides (located in Box 18 red ring binder)
10 are digitized:
3. Big Five tunnel entrance and house
4. Big Five
5. Big Five
6. Big Five
7. Big Five ruins of power house
8. House - Big Five
9. House at Big Five
10. Interior of house at Big Five
11. Big Five, remains of power house
12. Big Five, stone foundation for Power House
Not digitized:
13. Big Five mine tailings
14. House through aspens at Big Five
15. Adit - Dew Drop Tunnel, Big Five
16. Camp Frances, fallen down house
17. Camp Frances
18. Camp Frances
19. Burned out remains of Big Five office building
20. Burned remains of Big Five office bldg.
21. Powder house Big Five
22. Big Five- remains of power house
23. Burned out remains of Big Five office bldg
24. Stone powder house Big Five
25. Big Five - stone foundation for power house
26. Interior of house of Big Five
27. Smoke stack Big Five power house
28. Leather boot top at site of Big Five office bldg.
29. Stone powder house Big Five
30. California Gulch at Big Five
31. Collapsed entrance to Big Five tunnel
32. Camp Frances
33. Camp Frances fallen house
34. Camp Frances
35. Stone foundations at Camp Frances station
36. Stone foundations - Camp Frances station
37. Camp Frances house
38. Camp Frances
39. Camp Frances fallen down houseContext
Camp Francis was a mining camp of about 200 people and important railroad link south of Ward. The town was operated by the Big 5 Mines Company syndicate. It existed through the 1890s, when a large syndicate took over many of the mines.Collection
Edgeley W. Todd and Lorraine Todd CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2024.1Source or Donor
Lorraine L. ToddLocation
* Untyped Location
Black Archive Box 1
