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MacDonald Knight standing at the door of his cabin at Gold Park. To the left and behind the cabin is the ore bin. Ore was packed out on burros from the Glengary [Glengarry] mine to the ore bin and then transported by truck from there to Leadville.
Verso: "our shack at Gold Park, ore bin in back of it; end of the line for pack string from the Glengary 1940 Don"
42. Pickup
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Pickup for ore removal.
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Walter Hyde cabin at Gold Park, which is up Homestake Creek, south of Gilman.
Walter was born on September 4, 1872, in Fairplay, Colo. In the early 1880s, the Hyde family settled at the mouth of Lake Creek. Water was a prospector and was a miner in Utah for many years. In the 1930s, he lived in Gold Park, mining in that region. When his health deteriorated, he spent most of his time in Red Cliff. He died in Denver in 1942.
His sisters were Laura...
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Climbing Fancy Pass to the Holy Cross Mining District. From left: Harold Stoner, Buster Beck and MacDonald Knight. The Holy Cross District covered 100 square miles of the intervening country between the headwaters of Cross and Homestake Creeks. Gold Park and Holy Cross City were the major mining camps.
Verso: "Big'un Stoner, Buster Beck, Don Knight climbing Fancy Pass 1939"
"Harold Stoner was known by his Missouri Family as 'Big'un.' He had...
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Wayne Farley, a geophysicist who was involved in the Western Slope’s uranium boom, talks about methods of prospecting for uranium, including the use of airplanes and helicopters, and describes the characteristics of rocks that contains the element. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society.
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Commemorative marker for Ray Kelley at his cabin site in Homestake Valley, Colorado.
"Ray Kelley had three mining claims staked out in the national forest on Homestake Creek and had built his own little town of cabins by hand. Four cabins were at the top end of a meadow, about a half-mile off the road, and one was hidden in a grove up the steep hills to the west. That one was called the upper claim." p. 52, "Walking Without Footprints," by Connie...
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Commemorative marker for Ray Kelley at his cabin site in Homestake Valley, Colorado.
"Ray Kelley had three mining claims staked out in the national forest on Homestake Creek and had built his own little town of cabins by hand. Four cabins were at the top end of a meadow, about a half-mile off the road, and one was hidden in a grove up the steep hills to the west. That one was called the upper claim." p. 52, "Walking Without Footprints," by Connie...
48. Homestake Valley
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The view looking upvalley from Ray Kelley's memorial in Homestake Valley, Colorado. Kelley prospected and lived in the Homestake Valley from 1947 until his death in 1978.
49. Homestake Valley
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The view looking upvalley from Ray Kelley's memorial in Homestake Valley, Colorado. Kelley prospected and lived in the Homestake Valley from 1947 until his death in 1978.
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Four radio programs written by Wilson Rockwell, based in part on short histories he wrote for his book Sunset Slope, and broadcast in the Grand Junction area on KREX in the late 1950’s or early 1960’s. The programs include: Episode 25 – The Price of Hay (0:00), Episode 26 – Friends Fall Out (13:20), Episode 27 - The Diamond Peak Story (27:47), Episode 28 – A Race for Justice (37:50). These broadcasts are made available via signed release...
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Four radio programs written by Wilson Rockwell, based in part on short histories he wrote for his book Sunset Slope, and broadcast in the Grand Junction area on KREX in the late 1950’s or early 1960’s. The programs include: Episode 9 – The Maneater (0:00), Episode 10 – The Maneater (14:00), Episode 11 – The Hog Pen Murder (29:16), Episode 12 – The Manhunt (42:43). These broadcasts are made available via signed release by the Mesa County...
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Harold Stoner in Treasure Vault Valley, Holy Cross Mining District, late 1930s. Lots of individual prospectors continued to look for various minerals long after the hey-day of the Colorado mining rush.
Verso: "Harold Stoner & pack burros in Treasure Vault Valley BJS"
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Siblings Ella O'Brien and Earl Foster talk about the history of their pioneer family in the Paradox Valley area of Montrose County, Colorado, about living near and working in the mines, about their father John "Peg-leg" Foster and his involvement with labor issues in Telluride's mines, and the murder of Henry "Indian Henry" Huff by their stepfather John Keski. They also discuss the discrimination that Utes and other Native Americans faced from whites...