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1) Packtrain
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Pack animals loaded with supplies or possibly ore on Missouri Pass. The rider may be Pete Mann.
3) Jack
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Part of the MacDonald Knight prospecting team.
Verso: " 'Jack' the male member of the pack string 1939"
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Tom Knight, leading a pack burro. Sam Anderson is mounted, riding behind Tom. Holy Cross City and mill are in the background.
Front: "Me and my ------- Holy Cross City, me, Sam Anderson 1940"
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MacDonald Knight on left with Harold Stoner and pack burros. This was the first prospecting trip in 1939. Knight taught school during the year and had his summers free to prospect.
Front: "1st trip in '39 Gold Park, Don, Stoner"
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Verso: "Pete Mann who ran the pack string 12 miles from the Glengary mine to Gold Park; 22 tons packed out summer 1939"
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Tom Doran (on left) of Eagle, Colorado, and Chuck Shaw of Minturn, Colorado, with pack horses at Holy Cross City. Six buildings and the remains of other structures are visible in the background.
"By 1881, Holy Cross City was, itself, a reality. In a meadow, 11,407 feet above sea level, were "'two rows of houses facing each other with other buildings wherever a level spot could be found.' ...Between 1881 and 1883, Holy Cross City could boast...
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Pete Mann using burros to pack ore out of the Glengarry Mine [standardized spelling from GNIS]. The Glengarry Mine (Holy Cross Mining District) is .76 mile from Holy Cross City and at an elevation of 11,414 ft. The mining season was short at this elevation.
Verso: "Pete Mann with Burro string packing ore from Glengary mine, Summer 1940, Missouri Pass Summit"
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Gold Park and cabin with burros tethered under the trees. The burros were used to pack ore out of the Glengarry Mine.
Verso: "Gold Park and burros 1939, packing ore from Glengary"
12) Sophie Knight
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Sophie Hamrick Knight, on the divide between Cross Creek and West Cross Creek. She is posed with the dog, "Hound," and burros Lucky and The Kid. She and Tom Knight were prospecting at the time.
Verso: "Mom on the divide between Cross Creek and West Cross Creek with burros, Lucky and The Kid, and dog, The Houn'. 1938[?] Prospecting"
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Harold Stoner in Treasure Vault Valley, Holy Cross Mining District, late 1930s. Lots of individual prospectors continued to look for various minerals long after the hey-day of the Colorado mining rush.
Verso: "Harold Stoner & pack burros in Treasure Vault Valley BJS"
