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Red Cliff with Ft. Arnett and the railroad bridge visible at right midground.
[One of a series of ten photographs included in postal mailer: Frashers Quality Photos, Ten Scenic Views souvenir from Canon City to Leadville, Colo. Frashers, Inc., Pomona, Calif. Required 2 cents postage.]
22) Loading timber
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Harold Steinmeyer at the Warren Sawmill on Turkey Creek near Red Cliff and Gilman.
23) Battle Mountain
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Battle Mountain as seen from Gilman. The numerous streaks near the mid point of the mountain mark mine openings above Belden. These represented small mining claims from the late 1800's. The photo is oriented east toward Red Cliff with Windy Point in the top center. U.S. Highway 24 is toward the top of Battle Mountain.
24) Warren Sawmill
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Warren Sawmill on Turkey Creek in Red Cliff. Warren provided some of the mining timber for the mine at Gilman. The timber is being moved through the saw on a cart riding on tracks. The saw had an attachment used to make a special cut that allowed the mining timbers to quickly be put together in the mine. Ike Dump is closest to the camera on the right, feeding logs into the saw.
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Ike Dump banding mining timber at Warren Sawmill in Red Cliff. Safety "chaps" were worn to prevent cuts when working with the saws and the timber. Harold Steinmeyer is supervising.
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Cutting mining timber with a horizontal blade at the Warren Sawmill in Red Cliff. Extra blades are stored on the cutting arm to the right.
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Roy Tippett (L) and Buster Beck on horseback, posed in front of stacked mine timbers for the Gilman Mine. The house in the background belongs to the framer who worked for Fleming Lumber Company.
28) Red Cliff
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An image of Red Cliff, taken between 1879 and 1883. Red Cliff was founded in 1879 by miners from Leadville. Red Cliff served as the county seat of Eagle County until 1921, when it was moved to Eagle. Notice the description on the image which reads, "Red Cliff, Summit Co, COL," indicating that this photograph was taken between 1879 and 1883, when Eagle County was founded.
29) The Herald Lode
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Four miners stand and sit outside the entrance to the Herald lode. Located on Battle Mountain near Red Cliff, the Herald lode was discovered around 1880. The Herald lode was short lived, and by 1886, it was no longer producing ore.
According to an article published in the "Rocky Mountain News" on May 12, 1880, "The strike recently made in the Herald lode at Red Cliff, promises to be a veritable bonanza on development. An expert … proclaims it...
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This stereoscopic view of Red Cliff, Colorado (facing southeast) was taken by William Henry Jackson some time in the late 1800s. It's likely this image is from before 1883, since the caption states that the image is of Red Cliff, Summit County, Colorado. Red Cliff was a part of Summit County for a few years before 1883. In 1883, Eagle County was formed and Red Cliff became the county seat.
