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Fork lift loading soda ash onto a platform for use in the soda ash machine. The fork lift was battery operated.
42) Chemical storage
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Lime, soda ash and copper sulfate (used in the zinc ore processing) stored beneath the mill at Gilman. Tracks used by timber trucks and ore cars run down the center of the picture. [Same as 2007.008.123]
43) Ore conveyor
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A mine ore conveyor being loaded from another level down a chute that had chains for filtering out large rocks. A miner stood near the conveyor and picked out pieces of wood and other debris.
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Steam control valves at the mill in Belden. These were located between the dryer and the loading tippel.
45) Steam controls
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Steam room controls located between the dryer building and loading tippel at Belden.
46) Mucking machine
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Air operated mucking machine preparing to load material. The scoop would go over the mucking machine and empty the ore into the cart behind. Operator controls were at the left side of the machine.
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Closeup of the flume used to dump "muck' onto the conveyor. This conveyor carried the ore to a series of crushing machines. Conveyors were used extensively in the mine. [related to photo 2007.008.090]
48) Tamping dynamite
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Miner's helper assisting with tamping dynamite prior to blasting the exposed rock face. Both miners have the battery powered safety lights connected by the long cord to a pouch on their waists.
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Lead flotation cell separating the lead from the crushed rock. Lead and gold were removed from the muck before the zinc was separated.
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Gilman power plant under renovation. The house in the immediate left background is where the Enzenroth family lived. Directly behind and to the left of the Enzenroth house is the Hess house. The Schlegel house is to the right of the Hess house. The school fence is visible at upper right.
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Power station upgrade in Gilman. The long house in the background is where the Schlegel family lived. The school yard fence is visible at upper right.
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Installing transformers and connecting terminals to main power line.
54) Bill Williams
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Bill Williams, geologist, cutting paper in the Gilman Mine office. A "table top" calculator is in the background.
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Carl Garner reconstructing a mine hoist used for moving ore and supplies in the mine.
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Tom Reed repairing a foot valve for one of the pumps which pumped water from the mine. The ever present miner's lunch bucket is in the background on the floor. Most miners used the same lunch bucket for many years until it became too dented to close. It was often hammered back or bent back into shape.
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O.A. McClain and Jesse Belt shearing bar steel for timber truck reinforcement. The shearing machine saved many tedious hours of sawing and cutting bar steel.
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Ed Koch starting the repair and reconditioning of a rocker dump mine car. This mine car has become unserviceable since the bottom and end are worn through. The car will receive new steel section plates and be completely reconditioned.
59) Machine Shop
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Bob Enzenroth in the machine shop at the Gilman Mine repairing and overhauling a jackhammer.
60) Shaft house
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An unknown miner oils the main cage mechanism in the shaft house. A grease gun can be seen on the floor in the right center of the picture.
