To date, my most intensively researched piece of work,
referencing, but never copying, dozens of photos and plans.
Original drawing in pencil on paper, 15" x 20".
Original & Limited Edition Prints Available
Limited Edition Prints:
Signed & numbered edition of 250
on 100lb. acid free archival paper.
Only $45.00 + $7.95 Insured Shipping & Handling
Original:
$3,500.00 + Insured Shipping & Handling
(inquire for details)
The original drawing is conservation framed in an "antiqued"
green frame with gold patina, coordinating triple rag mats
& fillet matching frame, and finished with UV protective glass.
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Construction began in 1887 on what was to be Colorado's only two-foot-gauge railroad — the Gilpin Tramway. Its purpose was to move ores from the many mines near Black Hawk, Central City, and Russell Gulch to the mills and the Colorado Central Railroad in Black Hawk.
The shay, "Quartz Hill", named for the richest mining district on the line, was built by Lima Machine Works, Ohio, in 1889 specifically for the Gilpin Tramway, where it operated for nearly thirty years. Here, you see "Quartz Hill" in Chase Gulch, as it appeared in 1890, its crew standing proudly with the lines' newest motive power. In November and again in December, 1897, it was wrecked and suffered extensive damage, particularly the second time, when fireman Harvey W. Pierce was killed. When the engine was again operational, in February 1898, it lacked its ornate wood cab, diamond stack, and various other refinements, all replaced by simpler parts.
Following the dismantling of the Gilpin Tramway in 1917, "Quartz Hill" sat in a Denver Scrapyard awaiting a buyer that never came, and was thus scrapped in 1938. |
