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NPS Fam 10-NO4 OMBApo"No.1024MIS <br /> *W) <br /> United States Department of the interior <br /> National Park Service <br /> National Register of Historic Places <br /> Continuation Sheet <br /> Section number 7 Page 10 <br /> number of buildings with 1900 construction dates may also be the result of <br /> inaccurate recording.' <br /> IV. Contributing Mining and Industrial Buildings and Structures <br /> There are a variety of mining and industrial buildings, structures, and <br /> sites in and around the three towns of the historic district, but most are <br /> ruins and considered non-contributing individually. For mining operations, <br /> these include tailings, collapsed mining structures such as shafthouses, ore <br /> loaders and bins, cribbing, and wood frame buildings; in addition, there <br /> remains evidence of ore processing and other industrial components of the <br /> total mining operation of the district. Cuts and trestle ruins for the <br /> Colorado Central Railroad (BM-S6) and Gilpin Tramway (BCG-S7) are visible on <br /> the mountainsides surrounding the district, as well as the roofless stone <br /> walls of several millsites. Those ruins and remains inside the NHL district <br /> boundaries as indicated on the U.S.G.S. map and in the boundary description <br /> are a graphic record of the massive technology and natural resource <br /> exploitation that was the economic base and reason for existence of the <br /> historic mining district. Therefore, these ruins and remains contribute to <br /> the historic association and visible historic environment even though they <br /> are not identifiable as discrete structures and sites. <br /> Several significant industrial structures other than those connected to <br /> mining operations remain in Central City. These include the ruins of the <br /> McFarlane Foundry (C25-R) , built in 1861 as the oldest foundry and machine <br /> shop in Colorado, Mack's Rocky Mountain Brewery (CEG-R) dating from the mid <br /> 1870s, and the two historic city reservoirs (CEG-2, CG-1) from the mid <br /> 1880s. <br /> V. Contributing Sites and Objects <br /> Sites and objects that contribute to the Central City-Black Hawk NHL <br /> district include several sites with monuments (CG-S1, CC-S9, CGR-S8, C23-S5) <br /> erected by area residents to commemorate events significant in the historic <br /> development of the district, and/or sites (CG-R, BM-S6) on which there are <br /> sufficient remains of historic activity to illustrate this development. <br /> Also included are six cemeteries located west of Central City (CN-S2, CEG- <br /> S3, CEG-S4, CN-S10 and CN-Sll) which provide a record of town citizens as <br /> well as being a vital part of the functioning community in the historic <br /> period. <br />