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61) Cyanide mixing
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Cyanide mixing machine in the mine at Gilman. Cyanide was shipped to the mine in 50 gallon drums and required the use of rubber gloves in handling.
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Bill May adjusting the controls on the compressor at Belden; Harold Steinmeyer supervising.
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The cyanide injecting machine inside the mill at Gilman. Cyanide was used to clean the ore for processing. A pressure gauge is seen at the top of the injectors.
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Electrically activated shaft weights in the mill section at Gilman Mine.
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Flotation area for the zinc ore. Water valves are shown at the bottom of the table.
67) 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.
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Staff meeting at the Gilman Mine. Left to right, Harold Steinmeyer, Gordon Craig, Frank Maloit, Bob Radabaugh, Dick Sayers, Bill Jude.
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Flotation stations in the zinc section of the mill at Gilman. The flotation stations were part of the process of refining the zinc ore.
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Moving transformers into place at Gilman. The power plant was located near Hwy 24 and was on the southeast edge of Gilman, above the town.
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Power station upgrade at Gilman. New "arms" can be seen for transformer placement.
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Moving new transformers into place at Gilman, using a combination of crane lifting and human placement.
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Power company employees supervising the installation of transformers at Gilman.
77) New zinc dryer
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Quinton Sagrillo performing maintenance on the new zinc dryer. Sagrillo was a dryer operator for New Jersey Zinc.
Sagrillo served in World War I and then lived in Telluride and Denver. He and his wife Rose then managed the State Agricultural Farm Experiment Station at Avon for four years. He accepted employment with New Jersey Zinc, working there for 20 years before retiring in 1959.
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Quinton Sagrillo or Frank Jones or Mike Chockie lubricating part of the zinc dryer at Belden.
80) Mucking machine
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A compressed air-driven mucking machine at Gilman. The bucket has just been dumped into the ore car behind and is preparing to recover and pick up another load of ore.