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Standing on the dam after the dedication, John P. "Jack" Elliott Dam, Homestake Project, on June 18, 1967. Standees were the Beck children and their grandparents, Joe H. and Johanna Fear.
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From left to right, Joe Fear and Don Knight at the entrance to Knight's silver claim in Marble Joe Fear is putting loaded ore buckets on the aerial tram down to the loading area. Don Knight is readying a carbide lamp to go in the mine and drill for the next shot.
"Don Knight, the eternal prospector, approached Buster Beck and me, Joe Fear, at the beginning of mud season for the logging business. He could get some lease rights to xome silver claims...
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Buster Beck below the silver mine emptying the "ore buckets" into a dump truck.
"Since the mine was about 100 yards above the end of the road where we had to park the dump truck, we had to build an aerial tram to ge the ore down to the trucks. Don was able to find an old model A hand brake, some cable and some 5 gallon buckets and we were in business. We loaded our ore into the dump truck, hauled it off the mountain, down river to the railroad at...
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Wedding photo of Joseph Henry Fear (04-01-1904 to 11-12-1995) and Johanna Kolenc Fear (10-21-1901 to 10-03-1972). They were married on June 26, 1927, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Leadville, Colorado. Joseph was born in Salida; Johanna was born in Leadville. The couple moved to Red Cliff in 1929.
The groom is wearing a three-piece wedding suit and a boutonniere (the suit is now in the Red Cliff Museum). The bride is wearing a tea length beaded...
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Studio portrait of sisters Angela Fear [Beck] (born May 4, 1930) and Johanna Fear (born September 4, 1927; died January 1, 1937). Johanna, almost 4 yrs. old, is holding Angela's hand. Angela is 14 months old.
6) Silver Mine
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Don Knight's silver mine at Marble, Colorado. The dump truck is in the foreground with the aerial tram running between it and the mine portal at the tope of the photo. One of the prospectors is standing in the mine portal.
"We mined and hand picked for silver for 4 to 6 weeks. We worked on a fairly large portal with hand steel and powder until the ore vein gave out. Then we took a dishpan and a prospector's pick to a couple of small openings in...
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Marie Warren, her daughter-in-law, Lorna Hargreaves Warren (married to Everett), and Johanna Fear, posing in a front yard. Marie Warren worked as a postal clerk in Red Cliff from 1946 to 1959. She also reported news of the Red Cliff community for the Eagle Valley Enterprise.
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Joe and Joanna fear at the home Mass in celebration of their 42nd wedding anniversary. Joanna is cutting the cake.
Eagle Valley Enterprise, July 3, 1969: "Father Thomas Stone offered the first home Mass in Red Cliff on June 27.
This beautiful Mass was offered in honor of the forty-second wedding anniversary for Joe and Johanna Fear.
Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fear and five children of Buena Vista; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fear and...
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The front of Fear's Standard Service station in Red Cliff, Colorado. Gas pumps are visible at left and there is snow on the ground.
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Studio portrait of the Joseph H. Fear family of Red Cliff.
Back from left: Angela Fear (Beck), Lawrence Fear, Joseph A. Fear
Front from left: Johanna Kolenc Fear, Christine Fear, Joseph H. Fear, Gloria Fear (Hennen)
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The wedding dinner following the marriage of Angela Fear and Buster Beck, July 24, 1949. They are in the home of Marie Edwards Marshall.
Standing in back, from left: Joe Fear, Quinn Beck, Rev. John C. Walsh, Alber Reader, Christine Petschauer
In front: Johanna Fear, Buster Beck, Angela Fear Beck, Ruby Dump (Crye)
12) Joe H. Fear
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Joe H. Fear standing in front of Fear's Standard Service Station in Red Cliff, Colorado.
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Cement curb work at Fear's Standard Service. Joe Fear is fourth from the left.
14) The Beck Clan
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From left, Bud and Ellie Beck, Quinn Beck, Buster and Angela Beck at the 1992 Red Cliff Union High School reunion. The dinner was held in the high school auditorium.
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Angela Fear Beck and Beth Gilmer Squires at the 1992 Red Cliff Union High School reunion. The dinner was held in the high school auditorium.
