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Frank Figgins, with the pipe in his mouth, stands with another man in Breckenridge. Frank is holding a bucket and wearing a work jumpsuit and hat. The unidentified man is wearing a suit, and leaning against a beam. There is various equipment in the building and around the men including two wheels and a bucket.
Frank & Birdie Figgins ranched in the Sweetwater Valley before Frank took work in Breckenridge at a gold mine as the Dredge Master. The couple...
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Mine Safety Meeting ("Fundamentals of Accident Prevention for Supervisors") at the Gilman Mine. Participants are standing and seated around a table with a table sign: "United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Mines." Other signs visible say, "Think," and "Attitude."
Pictured, (l-r, standing) Bureau of Mines instructor, Vernon Andrews, Darrell Barnes, Bernard Schlegel, Jack Johnson, Harold Stienmier, Thomas Jeffries, (safety manager)...
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This stereoscopic view of Gilman, Colorado was taken around 1895 by A. E. Dickerson. Gilman proper is off to the left of this image. With the main focus being on the cliffside south of the town. What are likely mining buildings can be seen in the top left corner of the image with what appears to be waste rock coming down the cliffside towards the tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. The man in the center of image is unidentified.