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"Five o'clock at Gilman, Colorado." The company town of New Jersey Zinc in the afternoon sunlight. The main shaft entrance, the first building upon entering the town, is at the center of the photo; stacked mine timbers are directly to the right of the main shaft.
2. Mine office
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Office of the New Jersey Zinc Company at Gilman, Colorado.
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Aerial photograph taken by Mayo Lanning on February 3, 1998. Gilman is at the top of the photo with the tram from Gilman Mine going down to Belden at the bottom, next to the Eagle River.
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Verso of 2010.009.005, showing photographer's notes for the photo.
5. Gilman
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Looking down on Gilman housing; main shaft is left of center in the photo. Stacks of mine timbers are to the right of the shaft. A small section of U.S. Highway 24 can be seen at the upper left.
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A view of Belden in the snow [1930s] with mine facilities. A man and a dog are walking the railroad tracks; the Eagle River is almost frozen over.
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Aerial view of Gilman, Colorado, in the 1950s, looking down Rock Creek. The nose of the point was locally known as "Rocky Point," and for many years was the town dump. Rocky Point aims at Fall Creek, giving an idea of the terrain between Belden, in the Eagle River Valley below, and Lake Constantine..
8. Gilman
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Looking down on Gilman housing; main shaft is on the middle left of the photo. A small section of U.S. Highway 24 can be seen at the upper left.
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Maloit Family home in Gilman, Colorado, taken in 1989, eight years after the town was closed. The house has ice flashing and a shingle roof, replacing the tar paper of the 1930s. Previously a 15-ft. high metal smoke stack sat on top of the chimney to improve draft for the kitchen range and space heater. Asbestos siding takes the place of tongue and groove siding.
Robert's sisters stand in front of the house, from left, Frances Maloit Nelson and...
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MacDonald Knight sitting on a parked car in the snow at Gilman. He's holding a camera and is underneath a sign for Coca-Cola.
Front: "sitting on top a parked car" [Gilman]
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View of Gilman, Colorado, from the highway in winter. Company housing is visible in the center of the photo.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
12. Gilman
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Gilman from a vantage point across the Eagle River.
13. Gilman
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Gilman from above U.S. Highway 24, showing entrance into the town. The main mine shaft is left of center in the photograph, with mine timbers stacked to the right of the shaft. The Eagle River and Eagle River Canyon are on the right.
14. Gilman
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Photographic postcard of the main street in Gilman. Two men are at left, in front of a storefront. A team of horses is tethered in front of a building at midfield.
15. Road into Gilman
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Road into Gilman with the Eagle River Canyon at far right. Main mine shaft is at left center with mine timbers stacked to its right. Housing in the background.
16. Hoist house
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Verso: "The head-house or hoist house at the Eagle Mine and Gilman looking East" [Tom Knight's writing]
Taken on the main road into Gilman.
17. Gilman
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Gilman from a distance. The main mine shaft is at left in the photograph with mine timbers stacked below and to its right. U.S. Highway 24 is at the top.
18. Gilman
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Gilman from above U.S. Highway 24, showing entrance into the town. The main mine shaft is at left in the center of the photograph. There are no stairs up to the road for the bottom row of houses so this may be during their construction.
19. Gilman Christmas
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Christmas night on Main Street in Gilman, Colorado.
20. Gilman
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Looking down at Gilman and Windy Point, with the Eagle River Canyon below.