Showing 1 - 17 of 17 , query time: 0.02s
Cover Image
Format:
Image
Using a level to make sure the mine tailings flume is canted to the right angle. Tailings were piped from Gilman as a slurry and, as the slurry dried, it became the same consistency as a fine sand.
Cover Image
Format:
Image
Wood framing used to support walls and overhead in the mine at Gilman, known as ”Mitchell Sets."
Cover Image
Format:
Image
Dick Sayers (left) and John Skinner, examining ore in the ore cars. Both men are wearing headlamps.
Cover Image
Format:
Image
Using a lift to move drums of chemicals in the Gilman mine.
Cover Image
Format:
Image
Machinery seen through railings.
Cover Image
Format:
Image
Air operated mucking machine. The scoop goes over the mucking machine and empties the ore into the car behind. Miners also used these cars to move mining timbers throughout the mine. The machines and cars ran on rail tracks.
Cover Image
Format:
Image
Dick Sayers (left) and John Skinner discussing the adjustments to equipment. A good view of the headlamp attachment to the battery pack carried on one's belt.
Cover Image
Format:
Image
Ore cars full of ore lined up on the rails, waiting to go to the crushers.
Cover Image
Format:
Image
Dick Sayers (left) and John Skinner adjusting the valves on equipment.
Cover Image
Format:
Image
The new dryer in place for the Gilman mine.
Cover Image
Format:
Image
Using a lift to move mine timbers at the Gilman mine. They are in bundles of 9 timbers which fit vertically in the main shaft cage for transport to lower levels. The Minturn bus is in the background.
Cover Image
Format:
Image
Dick Sayers (left) and John Skinner adjusting the valves on equipment.
Cover Image
Format:
Image
Blasting caps and cord station.
Cover Image
Format:
Image
Using a lift to move bags of chemicals in the Gilman mine.
Cover Image
Format:
Image
Men jockeying the new dryer from the flatbed rail car to the dryer building.
Cover Image
Format:
Image
Dick Sayers (left) and John Skinner, closely examining ore in the ore cars. Both men are wearing headlamps.
Cover Image
Format:
Image
Team installing a new dryer at the New Jersey Zinc Co. facilities at Belden. From Left: Don Ginther, Lynn Walker, [unknown], Homer Sultzer, Buck Hickman, Forrest Witthauer. [Courtesy of Theodore Beck]