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Derailed railroad cars at Belden in the winter, circa 1951. The Eagle River is in the center of the photo.
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Rail cars knocked off the tracks in the winter, circa 1951-52 at Belden. Other cars are lined up in the background awating loading. The dryer is the large building behind the railroad cars.
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A ground squirrel takes a lunch break on a wall near the compressor house in Belden. It seems that everyone had to work no matter what they were.
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Eagle Mine (New Jersey Zinc Co.) showing the rail access at Belden, looking down. Depot structures and mine buildings visible at the bottom of the canyon. The town of Gilman would be at the top of the escarpment.
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Bill May adjusting the controls on the compressor at Belden; Harold Steinmeyer supervising.
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Walkway to the compressor building from the dryer building. In the background are wrecked railroad cars. The Eagle River runs beneath the bridge, although hidden by ice and snow.
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Railroad engine of the Rio Grande Railroad at Belden in the winter. Wrecked railcars can be seen in the snow to the right.
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Ramond M. "Hap" Fletcher plowing snow after a slide at Belden in the winter. Fletcher was a heavy equipment operator for the New Jersey Zinc Co. The vehicle was tracked for better performance in the heavy snow in the Eagle Canyon near Belden.
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Hap Fletcher pushing snow with a dozer after a snow slide near Belden.
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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.
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Entrance point of the zinc concentrate into the dryer.
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Belden as seen from Gilman. On the left are the loading tippel, steam room and dryer. Loading tippel is extended over the railroad cars to be filled with ore. A surface tram carrying ore ready for loading is visible behind the loading tippel.
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Harold Steinmeyer and Bill May in the compressor room at Belden. Compressor equipment in the background is Ingersoll-Rand. During the spring and summer months, power for the compressors was provided by using Pelton Wheels (turbines) situated in nearby Fall Creek to generate electricity.
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New dryer being put in place at Belden. Drying fins are seen in the inside of the dryer.
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Moving a dryer section into place by blocking and chaining. Small sections pf pipe were also used to move the dryer.
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Harold Steinmeyer (left) and Bill May in the compressor room at Belden. Prior to the electrical power plant at Gilman, much of the electricity for the mine (compressors) was supplied by the use of Pelton wheels (turbines) powered by the water from Fall Creek at Belden.