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Supply warehouse at Belden. Supplies came by rail through the Eagle River canyon and went into this warehouse. Robert E. Riggle worked here.
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The loading tipple at Belden, after a heavy snowfall.

43. Belden

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A close-up of facilities at Belden, some abandoned.
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At right is the ball mill. At left is the rod mill. The mills are on an incline for gravity feed down to the loading docks. At the center right of the photo, steel rods are stacked for use in the rod mill.
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The surface tram from Belden to the top of the mine complex at Gilman during a tour of the Gilman mine. The Grass Mountain Nightrider Snowmobile Club organized the tour. Durbin McIlnay would have been mine superintendent at that time. There are 28 photos in this series taken by Bob Riggle, the only color series of which I'm aware. Should you question the captions or have further information, please let us know.

46. Belden

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Looking toward Belden in the Eagle River Canyon. Tram to Gilman visible at midground.

47. Lathes

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A closer look at the lathes.
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Men jockeying the new dryer from the flatbed rail car to the dryer building.
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A locomotive at Belden, after a heavy snowfall.
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The Belden facility showing the loading and processing facilities. Railroad cars waiting to be loaded are in the background. Directly above them are some of the old mines started in the late 1800s. The photo was taken from the dump at Gilman, looking down on Belden.
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Derailed railroad cars at Belden in the winter, circa 1951. The Eagle River is in the center of the photo.
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Rail cars knocked off the tracks in the winter, circa 1951-52 at Belden. Other cars are lined up in the background awating loading. The dryer is the large building behind the railroad cars.
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A surface tram used to move ore and equipment is on the left coming into Belden from Gilman at the top. Loading tippel, steam room and the dryer buildings are pictured in the lower right.
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A ground squirrel takes a lunch break on a wall near the compressor house in Belden. It seems that everyone had to work no matter what they were.
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Eagle Mine (New Jersey Zinc Co.) showing the rail access at Belden, looking down. Depot structures and mine buildings visible at the bottom of the canyon. The town of Gilman would be at the top of the escarpment.
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Bill May adjusting the controls on the compressor at Belden; Harold Steinmeyer supervising.
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Walkway to the compressor building from the dryer building. In the background are wrecked railroad cars. The Eagle River runs beneath the bridge, although hidden by ice and snow.
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Railroad engine of the Rio Grande Railroad at Belden in the winter. Wrecked railcars can be seen in the snow to the right.
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Ramond M. "Hap" Fletcher plowing snow after a slide at Belden in the winter. Fletcher was a heavy equipment operator for the New Jersey Zinc Co. The vehicle was tracked for better performance in the heavy snow in the Eagle Canyon near Belden.
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Hap Fletcher pushing snow with a dozer after a snow slide near Belden.