COLLECTION NAME:
Rare and Distinctive Collections Moving Image Film and Video
Record
Collection Name:
Rare and Distinctive Collections Moving Image Film and Video
Title:
Ghost towns of the Rockies
Name:
Simmel Mersevey
Name Role Term Text:
Producer
Resource Type:
Moving Image
Genre:
Educational films
Genre:
television programs
Genre:
sound films
Date Created:
1951
Language Term:
English
Extent:
1 film reel (12min., 19sec.)
Form:
color film (film, material)
Form:
16mm (photographic film size)
Abstract:
Classroom Film Distributors. Ghost Towns Series. Description from Mountain Plains Film Library Catalogs (1960s-1970s): "Concerns the towns of the early gold rush days in Colorado, and shows some of the towns still in existence, such as Central City."
Note:
00:00:00 Credits appear to read “Editor…William Morrison, Narrator…Les Mitchel, Music Supervision…Jack Meakin, Production Supervision Edward Simmel, Writer and Production Associate Arthur V. Jones, Photography Jackson Winter.” 00:00:14 Scene changes to show a river flowing through the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Narrator, Les Mitchel talks about the ghost towns in Colorado and prospector, John H. Gregory’s discovery of gold. Mitchel continues to talk about the towns that quickly developed as families began to move towards Central City, Colorado in search of gold. 00:03:40 Mitchel talks about President Ulysses S. Grant’s visit to Teller House in Central City. The residents of the city made sure the Teller House was the most elaborately furnished hotel in the west. 00:05:30 Mitchel talks about Henry Teller as the owner of the hotel and one of the first United States senators from Colorado. 00:06:05 Mitchel mentions miners in Central City dusted the river with gold when editor, Horace Greely arrived to write an article about the town. Mitchel continues to talk about the theatre and saloons in the area. 00:07:20 Mitchel talks about the intricate designs of the homes in Central City. The designs could still be seen on the abandoned structures. [Cataloger’s note: video skips in the middle of topics periodically]. 00:08:30 Mitchel talks about "The Great Glory Hole” consisting of several small open-pit mines. Mitchel also talks about the aerial transportation system used to transport ore from the mountain; 09:39 Mitchel talks about the laws of Central City and miners’ court; 10:30 Mitchel talks about the abandonment of mining camps; 11:58 End credits appear and read “The End – A Simmel-Meservey Production.” 00:12:19 End of recording.
Note Type:
Segment sequence
Note:
Collection of origin: Continuing Education and Extension Center papers
Subject Topic:
Mines and mineral resources
Subject Topic:
Pikes Peak Gold Rush
Subject Topic:
Ghost towns
Subject Topic:
Gold mines and mining--Social aspects
Subject Name:
John H. Gregory
Subject Name:
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Subject Geographic:
Colorado--Central City
Subject Temporal:
Eighteen fifties
Identifier:
U183049111301_narv_cuExtension_ghostTownsRockies_a.mp4
Physical Location:
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Shelf Locator:
COU: 2495
Date Captured:
2022
Internet Media Type:
video/mp4
Digital Origin:
reformatted digital
Access Condition:
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