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Boyle Brothers drill on hole PR-7 on Porphyry Ridge above Lower Fulford in the Fulford Mining District.
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A group at the portal of the Polar Star Mine adit, or entrance, in July of 1967. From left to right, Clarence, Barbara, Helen, Olive, Joan, Sean.
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Robin C.[?] pulls Olive Gabelman in an old buggy at Fulford. The photograph is viewing southeast and may be reversed. Photo is dated July 1948.
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July 1957: Clarence Dubach riding out to cut timber. His horse, the aptly named "Red", is pulling him on a skid that will also carry back his load.
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July 1965 in Upper Town, Fulford, Colorado. View is NE of cabin.
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October 1956: John Gabelman poses with the day's kill: a large buck. He is in front of the Bent House in Triangle Park at Fulford, Colorado.
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The Boyle Bros. diamond drill on Hole PR-3 in Upper Town, Fulford, Colorado.
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Main Street looks a bit different these days. From left to right, Joan, Olive, Barbara, and Helen stand on Main Street of Fulford, Colorado in October 1964.
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John Gabelman is loaded up for a climb up Craig Park to perform triangulation.
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A rainbow over Fulford makes for a great view. Charles "Heimie" Hemberger's cabin is in the foreground; view towards New York Mountain.
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The cabins of Forest Cave, right, and Charles "Heimie" Hemberger, left, at Fulford, Colorado. Cave served as Eagle County Treasurer from 1937-1963. Heimie would serve as Clerk and Recorder for one year before a successful run to the Colorado State House of Representatives (1926-1930). Hemberger acquired many properties at Fulford by paying the back taxes on them.
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July 1956: The Mott Brothers core drill is on location in Upper Town, Fulford, Colorado. The view here is "about east".
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View east along road in "Upper Town" of Fulford, Colorado toward cabin with large ridgepole. "Cabin with pool table on right" (John Gabelman)
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October 1956: Clarence Dubach shows off his buck head in front of the New Cabin in Triangle Park, Fulford, Colorado.
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July 1956: Olive Gabelman & Barbara watch Clarence Dubach scythe hay for his horses in Triangle Park at Fulford, Colorado. Triangle Park is a mark of the interesting geologic feature of this area. When viewed from above, it is a singular near-perfect triangle among the mountains of the Fulford Mining District.
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View west of Lower Fulford from Windy Point.
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October 1955: Snow is deep. Viewing west near Windy Point in Upper Town, Fulford, Colorado. Harry Morgan's "Portadrill" is a large structure in center right, with a lean-to and other equipment in the area.
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The old hotel and store in Fulford, Colorado. At its peak, Fulford once supported its own newspaper, post office, and school. The mines never did produce as expected and the town soon dwindled as its residents moved down the mountain.
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A view up-valley of Fulford, Colorado looking east to the Hotel and the store. (Note that this photograph is reversed.) Fulford, Colorado sits approximately 18 miles southeast of Eagle and was once the site of an early 20th century mining boom. The town once supported a post office, school, its own newspaper, and a community of ranchers and miners. This photograph was captured by John Gabelman, who completed a geology project of the Fulford Mining...