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Agnes Duffy seated on a rock at Gilman.
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Studio portrait of Frank Maloit, superintendent of the Gilman Mine beginning in 1922. Maloit Park in Minturn is named after Mr. Maloit. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Robert Maloit, kneeling in the yard with a string of trout taken on East Homestake Creek.
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Front: "Eagle Bird Canon Prospecting for US 40;" verso: "Highway scene near Gilman, mid- winter"
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Looking up toward Gilman from Belden after a heavy snowfall.
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From far left: Chuck Colby, Berniece Chadwick and Davy Burnett. Jean Flaherty is at far right.
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Art Anderson in his underground office at the Gilman Mine circa 1958. The large faced clock was typical of clocks found at Gilman.
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Gilman, Colorado, on Christmas morning 1938, taken from the Knight family's front door. Stacks of mine timbers are visible at right foreground and left midfield. Verso: "view from our front door on Xmas AM, Gilman 1938"
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Students standing in rows in front of the doorway of the Gilman School, 1890. The school included grades one through high school. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Front: "timber yard 'Hound' on duty; verso: "Gilman on Little Chief Mine dump, Fraysur [Froysur, Frasier?] in picture

51. Belden

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Facilities at Belden, some abandoned. Mine buildings are at right, midfield. The Eagle River is at the right and railroad tracks are at the bottom
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Verso: "our home on the Chief Mine dump, Gilman 1941" Marked with an arrow, the house sits next to a garage. Mine timbers are stacked to right and left. "Dump" refers to the disposal of earth left after ore is extracted. Additional housing is located above the Knight home.
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Robert Maloit and his mother, Pearl Maloit, sitting on the boardwalk that led from the doorway of their house in Gilman to the coal shed. At the right are the 56 steps that lead up to the main road through Gilman. The photo was taken after Robert graduated from Colorado School of Mines and before WW II.
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Storage shelves in the repair area.
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Verso: "D-158. Mining Town in the Rockies. Perched on the side of Battle Mountain above the deep and narrow Eagle River Canyon, the modern mining community of Gilman is a picturesque sight along U.S. 24 between Leadville and Minturn, Colorado."
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The main shaft house for the New Jersey Zinc Co. is the tall building at far right. The stacked lumber is for mine stoping. This view is facing north.
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The Iron Mask Mill at Belden, at the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon. The Eagle River is in the foreground; Gilman is at the top of the canyon.
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Approaching Belden via surface tram which operated between Gilman (at the top) and Belden, at the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon.
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1921: Explosion during the blasting while constructing the road near Gilman, Colorado. Steam shovel in right mid-ground with explosion at the left. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Aerial view of Gilman, Colorado, in the 1950s, looking down Rock Creek. The nose of the point was locally known as "Rocky Point," and for many years was the town dump. Rocky Point aims at Fall Creek, giving an idea of the terrain between Belden, in the Eagle River Valley below, and Lake Constantine..