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61. Mine on hillside
64. Bus lines
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Photocopy of a postcard, the photo for which was taken by R. R. Cooper. Miners arriving for "Ole's Shift," standing in front of the bus.
From Ted Beck:
The Red Cliff bus line was probably started away back, probably in the 1930s, by Mickey Walsh. He got hold of a big old sedan, probably a Cadillac or Pierce-Arrow, that 7 or 8 men could crowd into and started hauling miners to Gilman. I don't think it was much of a success as it kept breaking down....
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Harry Mize standing next to a 1954 Jeep. There is an elk draped over the hood.
Harry (1908-1980) retired as a Maintenance Foreman for the New Jersey Zinc Co. in 1973 and moved to Salida. He was an avid hunter/family guide.
The Jeep is still running in Arizona.
The photo is looking toward Highway 24. The white house was a New Jersey Zinc company house rented by Foster and Virginia Witthauer. Virginia was a nurse and Foster was head of the mill...
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Sallie Enzenroth, Myra Squires Enzenroth Garnett, Elmer Ottens and Tom Garnett, at the Garnett home in Boulder, Colorado.
Tom Garnett, Sir., Albert W. Enzenroth, and Victor Squires all worked for the New Jersey Zinc Co.
Sallie Enzenroth is Tom Garnett's stepdaughter.
Elmer was an electrician with New Jersey Zinc Co., first in New Jersy and then at Gilman, Colorado. He retired in 1988. He was married to Virginia Lewis, daughter of Pearl Henderson,...
67. Gold Dust Basin
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"It is a 1948 view looking east into Gold Basin from the trail on the rim where George Burgess and I studied the cliffs to spot the trail down and judge if the pack horse could handle it. The Morgan cabin we stayed in is well portrayed.
It was here we tied the horse to a boulder with an insufficient knot while we went down and tested it out. The trail was largely obliterated by rock creep and fall, but we thought the horse could do it with our...
68. Examining ore
71. 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...
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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...
73. Elmer Ottens
75. Gilman
77. Gilman
78. Gilman
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Gold Park and Holy Cross City were the major mining camps in the Holy Cross Mining District.
"Apparently, there were two mills at Holy Cross City. The first, located just below the town, on the west side of the road, was called simply the Holy Cross Mill. It was owned by the Gold Park Mining and Milling Co. which also maintained a similar installation down below. ... Both mills were connected by a direct 2 1/2 mile long flume that bypassed the...