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From left to right, Joe Fear and Don Knight at the entrance to Knight's silver claim in Marble Joe Fear is putting loaded ore buckets on the aerial tram down to the loading area. Don Knight is readying a carbide lamp to go in the mine and drill for the next shot.
"Don Knight, the eternal prospector, approached Buster Beck and me, Joe Fear, at the beginning of mud season for the logging business. He could get some lease rights to xome silver claims...
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Buster Beck below the silver mine emptying the "ore buckets" into a dump truck.
"Since the mine was about 100 yards above the end of the road where we had to park the dump truck, we had to build an aerial tram to ge the ore down to the trucks. Don was able to find an old model A hand brake, some cable and some 5 gallon buckets and we were in business. We loaded our ore into the dump truck, hauled it off the mountain, down river to the railroad at...
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Wedding photo of Joseph Henry Fear (04-01-1904 to 11-12-1995) and Johanna Kolenc Fear (10-21-1901 to 10-03-1972). They were married on June 26, 1927, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Leadville, Colorado. Joseph was born in Salida; Johanna was born in Leadville. The couple moved to Red Cliff in 1929.
The groom is wearing a three-piece wedding suit and a boutonniere (the suit is now in the Red Cliff Museum). The bride is wearing a tea length beaded...
10. Silver Mine
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Don Knight's silver mine at Marble, Colorado. The dump truck is in the foreground with the aerial tram running between it and the mine portal at the tope of the photo. One of the prospectors is standing in the mine portal.
"We mined and hand picked for silver for 4 to 6 weeks. We worked on a fairly large portal with hand steel and powder until the ore vein gave out. Then we took a dishpan and a prospector's pick to a couple of small openings in...
13. Joe Fear
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Joe and Joanna fear at the home Mass in celebration of their 42nd wedding anniversary. Joanna is cutting the cake.
Eagle Valley Enterprise, July 3, 1969: "Father Thomas Stone offered the first home Mass in Red Cliff on June 27.
This beautiful Mass was offered in honor of the forty-second wedding anniversary for Joe and Johanna Fear.
Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fear and five children of Buena Vista; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fear and...