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MacDonald Knight standing on trailer attached to his jeep. He's looking at lumber in front of an abandoned cabin at Holy Cross City. There are wildflowers in the foreground.
"The one picture of Don Knight's jeep shows some boards. Buster [Beck] said there was two piles of boards on this side of Francy Pass. Why & from where he does not know. SInce they are on this side of Fancy Pass he is sure they did not come from the saw mill at Cross Creek."...
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From left to right, Joe Fear and Don Knight at the entrance to Knight's silver claim in Marble Joe Fear is putting loaded ore buckets on the aerial tram down to the loading area. Don Knight is readying a carbide lamp to go in the mine and drill for the next shot.
"Don Knight, the eternal prospector, approached Buster Beck and me, Joe Fear, at the beginning of mud season for the logging business. He could get some lease rights to xome silver claims...
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Buster Beck below the silver mine emptying the "ore buckets" into a dump truck.
"Since the mine was about 100 yards above the end of the road where we had to park the dump truck, we had to build an aerial tram to ge the ore down to the trucks. Don was able to find an old model A hand brake, some cable and some 5 gallon buckets and we were in business. We loaded our ore into the dump truck, hauled it off the mountain, down river to the railroad at...
4) Silver Mine
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Don Knight's silver mine at Marble, Colorado. The dump truck is in the foreground with the aerial tram running between it and the mine portal at the tope of the photo. One of the prospectors is standing in the mine portal.
"We mined and hand picked for silver for 4 to 6 weeks. We worked on a fairly large portal with hand steel and powder until the ore vein gave out. Then we took a dishpan and a prospector's pick to a couple of small openings in...
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Don Knight, seated in front of a tent, putting on his boots. Campfire with utensils in foreground. Caption on verso: "French Creek 1939"
"Access Gold Park, Holy Cross City on Forest Service Road 703. Holy Cross City via Gold Park is a one-way road. Or, from the Missouri Lake Trail head to French Creek, use Forest Service Road 727. The road to Holy Cross City used to be a good road. We drove up it all the time. Now, Buster [Beck] said, it is...
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Remains of the cabin owned by Charles Eichaker at the mill at Cross Creek. The mill pond is visible in the right background. The cabin was used by the Knight and Beck families at various points in time.
[information from Buster Beck]
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Two hikers on Fancy Pass, no doubt one of the Beck boys and Don Knight, on a prospecting trip.
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From left, Ray tippett, Buster Beck, Bud Beck, and Don Knight, resting on the Holy Cross City Road. Wuinn Beck may be seated just above Buster in the photo [difficult to see].
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Climbing Fancy Pass to the Holy Cross Mining District. From left: Harold Stoner, Buster Beck and MacDonald Knight. The Holy Cross District covered 100 square miles of the intervening country between the headwaters of Cross and Homestake Creeks. Gold Park and Holy Cross City were the major mining camps.
Verso: "Big'un Stoner, Buster Beck, Don Knight climbing Fancy Pass 1939"
"Harold Stoner was known by his Missouri Family as 'Big'un.' He had...
