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"Five o'clock at Gilman, Colorado." The company town of New Jersey Zinc in the afternoon sunlight. The main shaft entrance, the first building upon entering the town, is at the center of the photo; stacked mine timbers are directly to the right of the main shaft.

2. Gilman

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Looking down on Gilman housing; main shaft is left of center in the photo. Stacks of mine timbers are to the right of the shaft. A small section of U.S. Highway 24 can be seen at the upper left.
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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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Battle Mountain as seen from Gilman. The numerous streaks near the mid point of the mountain mark mine openings above Belden. These represented small mining claims from the late 1800's. The photo is oriented east toward Red Cliff with Windy Point in the top center. U.S. Highway 24 is toward the top of Battle Mountain.

5. Gilman

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Looking down on Gilman housing; main shaft is on the middle left of the photo. A small section of U.S. Highway 24 can be seen at the upper left.

6. Gilman

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Gilman from a distance. The main mine shaft is at left in the photograph with mine timbers stacked below and to its right. U.S. Highway 24 is at the top.
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Gilman taken from U.S. Highway 24 which curves around and continues at the upper left. The main shaft of the mine is at the far left.

8. Gilman

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Main entrance to Gilman, a company town of New Jersey Zinc Co., from Highway 24.
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Gilman taken from a mountainside perspective. U.S. Highway 24 is at the upper left; the main entrance to Gilman from Hwy 24 is below it.
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April 1952, the Gilman bus taking miners to and from the mine.
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With Battle Mountain in the background, the shaft house of the main entrance to the Gilman mine on Highway 24 is at midground. The waste dump from the mine is below the shaft house with the Rock Creek settlement to the left of the dump. [picture cut from magazine]
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Battle Mountain as seen from Gilman. The numerous streaks near the mid point of the mountain mark mine openings above Belden. These represented small mining claims from the late 1800's. The photo is oriented east toward Red Cliff with Windy Point in the top center. U.S. Highway 24 is toward the top of Battle Mountain.