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The tailings pond below Gilman (south east of Maloit Park). Mine wastes were piped approximately four miles down into the settlement area. The tailings pond kept mine wastes from flowing into the Eagle River.
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Standing at the Treasure Vault Mill, looking downstream at Cross Creek.
Front: "Cross Creek from Treasure Vault;" verso: "Treasure Vault Mill looking down stream"
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"D. & R.G. Railroad" - caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 16. The scrapbook was created as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
The railroad would haul zinc out of the mines at Gilman for several decades. Three buildings are visible, including one perched on the mountainside. At far right, a sign says "Eagle Mines of the Empire Zinc Co". A tailings pipe appears to be dumping into the Eagle River (midground). The town of...
4. Bell's Camp
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Bell's Camp, Colorado, between Gilman and Red Cliff [sticker affixed to back: 0386]
Photo taken from above the camp showing six large structures and various outbuildings. A crowd of people are standing in right midground.
Myers, Rex. The Upper Eagle River Valley, 1964. p. 14:
" Celeveland, first called Bell's Camp, clustered around the Black Iron and Ground Hog Mines which provided the support for the settlement. The town was founded around...
5. Jack Johnson
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Jack Johnson, surveyor, checking calculations at his desk. Survey crews worked both in the Gilman Mine and at Belden, as well as on the general property of New Jersey Zinc, Gilman.
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Steam control valves at the mill in Belden. These were located between the dryer and the loading tippel.
7. Shaft house
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An unknown miner oils the main cage mechanism in the shaft house. A grease gun can be seen on the floor in the right center of the picture.
8. Ore conveyor
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A mine ore conveyor being loaded from another level down a chute that had chains for filtering out large rocks. A miner stood near the conveyor and picked out pieces of wood and other debris.
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Moving new transformers into place at Gilman, using a combination of crane lifting and human placement.
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Using a lift to move mine timbers at the Gilman mine. They are in bundles of 9 timbers which fit vertically in the main shaft cage for transport to lower levels. The Minturn bus is in the background.
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Distant view of the Peterson Creek tramway, used to transport lumber from the Peterson Creek sawmill to the railroad at the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon. The picture was taken from the Champion Mine at Bell's Camp. The steep terrain is testimony to the difficulty in logging in this area.
12. Pearl Mize
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Pearl Mize in the reception area of the Gilman Mine office. Pearl worked in the office for many years and was noted for her professionalism.
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Harold Steinmeyer and Bill May in the compressor room at Belden. Compressor equipment in the background is Ingersoll-Rand. During the spring and summer months, power for the compressors was provided by using Pelton Wheels (turbines) situated in nearby Fall Creek to generate electricity.
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Front: "Don single jacking, Glengarry mine"
MacDonald knight using a hammer and drilling steel to create holes in rock.
From the USDA Forest Service website:
"Single jacking involves an individual holding a drilling steel in one hand and hitting it with a hammer held in the other. The single jacks have 3- or 4-pound heads and 10-inch handles. The short handle helps you place blows accurately and resists breaking better than longer handles. Engineer's...
15. Benjamin A. Hart
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Studio portrait of Benjamin A. Hart, father of Helen Hart Allen.
"His work was centered around some of the most famous gold producers on Battle Mountain--the Champion, Ground Hog, Mable, Percy Chester and Tram Lode groups. For years the Hart properties were the heaviest producers of ore in the district, and the recovery of gold and silver from these properties under Mr. Hart's management over the years ran into six figures." -- EVE Nov. 6, 1931...
16. Mine on hillside
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Mine on hillside, possibly Salida.
17. Uranium mining
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Mining camp for the Red Cliff contingent, Wilson Mesa, Utah, 1953. They were mining uranium. Two jeeps, several trucks, a tractor, tent and cookhouse are visible.
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Men jockeying the new dryer from the flatbed rail car to the dryer building.
19. Bonnie Hastings
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Bonnie Hastings in the office at the Gilman Mine. Note the large office equipment, typewriter and calculator, that were used .
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The road into Bell's Camp in the summer time. The second house from the left was Eben Young's family house. Eben's father, Eben P. Young, Sr., and Fanny M. Young were very early settlers in Gold Park, before living at Bell's Camp. The Youngs moved to Red Cliff where they are included in the 1910 Federal Census. Eben P. Young Jr. married Virginia Rockwood, the granddaughter of John Wesley Phillips, who built the Gore Creek School, and daughter of...