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Robert Maloit and his mother, Pearl Maloit, sitting on the boardwalk that led from the doorway of their house in Gilman to the coal shed. At the right are the 56 steps that lead up to the main road through Gilman. The photo was taken after Robert graduated from Colorado School of Mines and before WW II.
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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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Mayo and Trudie Lanning, Christmas Day 1947, standing on the road in back of their house at Gilman. Autobiography of Mayo W. Lanning, p. 33: "I could not hold alcohol in the radiator of my 1933 Chevvy at the 9,000 foot altitude. (Leadville was over 10,000'). The solution was to drain the radiator. Then on Saturday fill it with boiling water and also put some on the rear wheel brakes which were always frozen. After a few minutes we were ready to...