Another "Where Is This" Picture

[Chris Walker]

Another of Jim's West-end view from ebay https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/q6gAAOSwacJa~ZCp/s-l1600.jpg



The Boxcar on the Oil Siding is intriguing to me: were they shipping in product in drums / barrels or is it just an Mty or overflow load for the Chamberlain, I wonder?

[Bill Uffelman]

Lots of consumer petroleum products came in 5 gallon cans - kind of square and tall with a strap handle - not the jerry cans of WW2. I recall them in my grandfather's Signal station in the early 1950s.

Bill Uffelman 

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On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 6:37 AM, Chris Walker [via C&Sng Discussion Forum]

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Another of Jim's West-end view from ebay https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/q6gAAOSwacJa~ZCp/s-l1600.jpg



The Boxcar on the Oil Siding is intriguing to me: were they shipping in product in drums / barrels or is it just an Mty or overflow load for the Chamberlain, I wonder?

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[Chris Walker]

Lachlan McLean Photo enlargement.





Mining Reporter June 1906 (Digitised by Google Books)

[Jim Courtney]

Great photos, Chris!

The first one gives us an end view of the petroleum storage tank, just to the left of the mainline (and to the right of the horse's head):




The switch stand beyond is apparently for the short spur where tank cars were spotted for unloading.

The newspaper clipping proves that the tank at Idaho springs was also owned by Conoco, like the one(s) that Dave's research identified in Central city.

Now we just need a photo of mid-first decade tank cars on the C&S!

[Chris Walker]

Currently, this is as far as I got looking for this issue....


In this greatly enlarged image taken between July 1897 and June 1898, there is also a small building sunk below grade; one that has an uncanny resemblence to an old Boxcar with an full-height end-door.  It probably isn't, but I haven't seen that in any other views.
Lachlan McLean Photo enlargement.




*Grass Valley is the settlement on the southern side of Clear Creek, between the Wilkie Mill and the Miner St. Bridge before entering I.S. proper.






The day following the Alpine Concentrator loss(see the clipping in that post above).





*John G. Roberts, owner, Jackson Mill.

I detailed the search for the replacement Conoco Depot on the Blog.
https://coloradosouthern.blogspot.com/2015/09/harry-brunks-30-year-old-mystery_11.html
https://coloradosouthern.blogspot.com/2015/09/harry-brunks-30-year-old-mystery-more.html

Lower Right-hand corner.


The Tanks show up better in this 1950's view.