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1. Knight home
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Tom Knight with his grandson, Jack Schmidt, in Minturn. Parked next to the house is the pickup Tom bought from Frank "Frenchy" Tetrault.
Eagle Valley Enterprise, Oct. 30, 1942, p.5:
”Frank Tetreault and son, John, of Gilman and Red Cliff, were business visitors in town Tuesday and paid this office a pleasant visit. Frank is one of the old time miners on Battle Mountain, for years working leases in the canon, sometimes getting out a car of ore...
3. Poorman Mine
4. Hoist house
7. Surface tram
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Verso: "Tramway from Gilman to Belden. Tom took me down it when I was about 10 and scared me to death." [BJS: Betty Jo Schmidt]
"The surface tram on the east side of Gilman was just below the carpenter shop and the surface electric shop. The tram was operated by a hoist just like in the inclines in the mill with bell signals for the hoist man to go up or down with the car. You could ride the tram from Gilman to Belden, or they used it to bring machinery,...