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Belden, at the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon, taken from the surface tram. The white building across the Eaagle River is the power plant. Drying facilities are on the left hand side.
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This is the bottom of 18 level where water has been allowed to infiltrate the lower levels beneath it.
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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...
84) Mucking machine
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Air operated mucking machine. The scoop goes over the mucking machine and empties the ore into the car behind. Miners also used these cars to move mining timbers throughout the mine. The machines and cars ran on rail tracks.
85) 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.
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View from the surface tram looking down toward Belden.
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1938: Main Street, Gilman, Colorado. Five people and dog in front of Empire Zinc Co. office at lower left. School house at end of street near top of hill.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
88) Tram at Belden
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Looking up the tram at Belden toward Gilman; railroad siding in foreground.
89) Jack Johnson
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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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Underground machine shop at the Gilman Mine with John "Smiles" Doyle on the left and Bob Enzenroth on the right. An open forge is on the left.
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Frank Jones using one of the lathes to cut centers on the shaft of a bucket elevator tail pulley used in the Milling Department.
93) Tram at Belden
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Close up looking up the tram at Belden toward Gilman; supports at midfield.
94) Belden
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Looking down the Eagle River toward Belden. Railroad tracks in foreground; Gilman buildings are visible at the top.
97) Flotation area
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Floation area for the zinc ore at Gilman. Flotation tables were used to seperate the zinc and lead from the waste in the mining process. Further processing separated the lead and the zinc.
99) Adjusting valves
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Dick Sayers (left) and John Skinner discussing the adjustments to equipment. A good view of the headlamp attachment to the battery pack carried on one's belt.
100) Rail ore cars
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Ore cars full of ore lined up on the rails, waiting to go to the crushers.
