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A survey crew standing at the section house at Kent in 1918.
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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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John Gabelman is loaded up for a climb up Craig Park to perform triangulation.
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Surveyors' tents at Wolcott in 1918. Wagon at midfield.
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William Henry Lea surveying property. He was Eagle County Surveyor from 1903-1905; 1907-1929; 1937- . Lea died Jan. 6, 1955.
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William Henry Lea, in a suit, sitting in a yard with his hat in his hand. He was born on May 17, 1869, in London, England. Educated in civil and mining engineering at London Polytechnic Institute, he came to Leadville, Colorado, in 1890, and soon after moved to Gypsum. He was county surveyor for many years. He married Urdine Messersmith in 1902. He was active in town affairs and served on both district school boards for a number of years. He...
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Tom Pearch looks through aladaide on a plane table, a common tool of surveyors, on New York Mountain looking south. Plane table surveying is a graphical method of survey in which the field observations and plotting are done simultaneously.
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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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Charles Walker, surveyor for all mines on Salt and Brush Creek in Eagle County, Colorado - as remembered by Alda Borah. The photograph appears as though it was once adhered to a frame and has been removed.
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"Charles Walker's home, Mining surveyor for us many times in Colo" - from Alfred Borah. The photo also points out a pack sack, bottom left corner, that is sitting on a stove. A table is at the foreground with many things sitting on it. A wall covered in newspapers or photographs and a small bed/cot below.