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"Five o'clock at Gilman, Colorado." The company town of New Jersey Zinc in the afternoon sunlight. The main shaft entrance, the first building upon entering the town, is at the center of the photo; stacked mine timbers are directly to the right of the main shaft.
2) Gilman
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Looking down on Gilman housing; main shaft is left of center in the photo. Stacks of mine timbers are to the right of the shaft. A small section of U.S. Highway 24 can be seen at the upper left.
3) Belden
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A close-up of facilities at Belden, some abandoned. Across the Eagle River, the power plant is visible at left.
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Lucille Riggle is seated at Bob Riggle's desk in the warehouse. Bill Burnett is at left rear; Alberta Limatta is at far right.
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A view of Belden in the snow [1930s] with mine facilities. A man and a dog are walking the railroad tracks; the Eagle River is almost frozen over.
7) Repair area
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From far left: Chuck Colby, Berniece Chadwick and Davy Burnett. Jean Flaherty is at far right.
8) Belden
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Facilities at Belden, some abandoned. Mine buildings are at right, midfield. The Eagle River is at the right and railroad tracks are at the bottom
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The main shaft house for the New Jersey Zinc Co. is the tall building at far right. The stacked lumber is for mine stoping. This view is facing north.
10) Gilman
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Looking down on Gilman housing; main shaft is on the middle left of the photo. A small section of U.S. Highway 24 can be seen at the upper left.
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Automobiles parked at Gilman along the main road into the town. Housing in left background. The building at the far right is the one-story part of the shaft house. Stacked mine timbers can barely be seen above the roofline. This appears to be taken prior to the bus line that ran from Minturn.
Notch Mountain is visible at the upper left.
12) Assay office
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[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
14) Gilman
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Gilman from above U.S. Highway 24, showing entrance into the town. The main mine shaft is left of center in the photograph, with mine timbers stacked to the right of the shaft. The Eagle River and Eagle River Canyon are on the right.
15) Gilman
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Gilman from a distance. The main mine shaft is at left in the photograph with mine timbers stacked below and to its right. U.S. Highway 24 is at the top.
16) Mucking machine
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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.
17) Gilman
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Gilman from above U.S. Highway 24, showing entrance into the town. The main mine shaft is at left in the center of the photograph. There are no stairs up to the road for the bottom row of houses so this may be during their construction.
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Service tram going from upper level, Gilman, to Belden in Eagle River Canyon. Cribbings visible, holding hillside in place. Train tracks in foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
