New Jersey Zinc, Co.
Showing
141 - 160
of 333
, query time: 0.01s
142) Belden
Format:
Image
Railroad tracks running through Belden in the Eagle River Canyon. The New Jersey Zinc Co. used the railroad to ship ore from the Gilman mines located above Belden.
"After the trains quit running, Buster and I walked the railroad tracks." -- Angela Beck Oct. 11, 2010; photo taken August 1998.
143) Gilman
Format:
Image
Aerial photograph taken by Mayo Lanning on February 3, 1998. Residences are on the left and town/community buildings are on the right. Hwy 24 is the curved road at the extreme left.
Autobiography of Mayo W. Lanning, p. 29:
"The mining camp was laid out in rows of houses along streets paralleling the highway above us on the slope of Battle Mountain. Our fist home was a little white bungalow just above the camp hospital. The previous tenant had...
144) Surface tram
Format:
Image
The surface tram from Belden to the top of the mine complex at Gilman during a tour of the Gilman mine. The Grass Mountain Nightrider Snowmobile Club organized the tour. Durbin McIlnay would have been mine superintendent at that time.
There are 28 photos in this series taken by Bob Riggle, the only color series of which I'm aware. Should you question the captions or have further information, please let us know.
Format:
Image
Using a lift to move bags of chemicals in the Gilman mine.
146) Mitchell Sets
Format:
Image
Wood framing used to support walls and overhead in the mine at Gilman, known as "Mitchell Sets"
148) Frank J. Maloit
Format:
Image
Frank J. Maloit, Western Manager of Mines for the New Jersey Zinc Company.
Format:
Image
Verso: "D&RG RR train passing through Belden in the Eagle Canyon 1930s"
150) Hupmobile in Gilman
Format:
Image
Frank Maloit's 1930 Hupmobile during spring mud season. The road from Red Cliff to Leadville wasn't paved until the mid-1930s. [The Hupmobile was produced from 1909-1940 by the Hupp Motor Company in Detroit.--Wikipedia]
Over the left rear of the Hupmobile is the roof of the old Powder House. Beyond that is the Mine Warehouse where Jim Walsh was storekeeper. Beyond that is the head frame for the mine hoist.
152) Unloading new dryer
Format:
Image
Men jockeying the new dryer from the flatbed rail car to the dryer building.
Format:
Image
The town of Gilman showing the main shaft down into the mine in the left center of the picture. Mining timbers are stacked in the yard to the immediate right of the main shaft. Highway 24 is on the far left going toward Red Cliff.
154) Examining ore
Format:
Image
Dick Sayers (left) and John Skinner, closely examining ore in the ore cars. Both men are wearing headlamps.
156) Cordilia Lovato
Format:
Image
Cordilia "Cordy" Lovato standing in her yard in Red Cliff, November 2012. She was 90 years old at the time. She and her husband, Virgilio "Red" Lovato, moved to Red Cliff from New Mexico.
"Virgilio worked at the New Jersey Zinc Mine in Gilman for 30 years. He doubled as an amateur barber at the mine, cutting of of his co-workers' hair. ... He married the former Cordilia Leyba Lovato in 1940. The couple raised nine children." -- Vail Daily Oct....
157) Ida and Joe Trujillo
Format:
Image
Ida and Joe Trujillo celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary at Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in Red Cliff. Joe worked for New Jersey Zinc Co. at Gilman for 46 years, 1930-1976. Ida was a cook in Vail. They had two children, Jerry Trujillo, Avon, and Donna Jean Duran, Thornton,Colorado.
158) Bachelors' quarters
Format:
Image
An unidentified man standing at the back door of the bachelors' quarters in Gilman. Behind him [follow the arrow] is the Gilman Hospital. Both Alan Knight and Patricia Knight Hoffman were born in that hospital.
Front: "Hospital where Trish and Alan were born, Gilman looking north"
Verso: "Back door of bachelor house in Gilman"
159) Digging out
Format:
Image
The stairway leading up from the bachelors' quarters at Gilman. It had to be cleared routinely in the winter.
160) Jack Johnson
Format:
Image
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.
