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Attorney William J. Meehan is seated at his desk in his office. His back is to the desk and his right ankle is crossed over his left knee. He is wearing a 3-piece suit. He was District Attorney for many years. The photo of the baby on the desk behind him is Jody. Calendar on the wall says "January."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
42) Minturn Bus Line
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Abandoned Minturn Bus Line bus parked on the old road between Bells Camp and Red Cliff, October 1996. The Minturn Bus Line ran between Minturn and Gilman, taking workers to the Gilman mines. The Minturn Line was owned by Bert Winters.
"The bus line between Red Cliff and Gilman was a separate entity, for a long time owned by Mr. Neff and, eventually, by Ralph Henderson." -- Bud Beck
"Bud, Buster, our grandson, Conrad, and I walked the old road from...
43) Uranium mining
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Several Red Cliff residents prospected uranium on Wilson Mesa, Utah, in 1953. Sitting around the breakfast table in the camp are, from front left: Jeff Taylor, Vic Chitwood, and Johnny Tetreault. At front right, Buster Beck, with two unidentified men standing. Jeff Taylor's grandsons currently [2010] mine uranium in Moab, Utah.
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Studio portrait of sisters Angela Fear [Beck] (born May 4, 1930) and Johanna Fear (born September 4, 1927; died January 1, 1937). Johanna, almost 4 yrs. old, is holding Angela's hand. Angela is 14 months old.
46) Sarah Ellis
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Studio portrait of Sarah Jane Arthur Ellis, Mrs. Charles Ellis, who died on Dec. 28, 1920. She was grandmother to Earl Beck.
47) Earl Beck
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Photo postcard of Earl Beck holding onto the reins of two horses. Fence in background. Earl was an employee of the Empire Zinc Company and a veteran of World War I.
49) Bus lines
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Photocopy of a postcard, the photo for which was taken by R. R. Cooper. Miners arriving for "Ole's Shift," standing in front of the bus.
From Ted Beck:
The Red Cliff bus line was probably started away back, probably in the 1930s, by Mickey Walsh. He got hold of a big old sedan, probably a Cadillac or Pierce-Arrow, that 7 or 8 men could crowd into and started hauling miners to Gilman. I don't think it was much of a success as it kept breaking down....
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Harry Mize standing next to a 1954 Jeep. There is an elk draped over the hood.
Harry (1908-1980) retired as a Maintenance Foreman for the New Jersey Zinc Co. in 1973 and moved to Salida. He was an avid hunter/family guide.
The Jeep is still running in Arizona.
The photo is looking toward Highway 24. The white house was a New Jersey Zinc company house rented by Foster and Virginia Witthauer. Virginia was a nurse and Foster was head of the mill...
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The Booze Brothers softball team from Red Cliff, Colorado, playing in Denver on Cinco de Mayo (1980s).
Back, from left: Mike Beck, Jerry Trujillo, Mike Madero, Joe Beck, Tom Padilla, Lemeul Montoya, [----], Larry Medina, Jim Carreon
Front, from left: Ben Padilla, Tony Aiello, John Duran, Joe Manzanares
52) Bob McDougal
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Bob McDougal in a Red Cliff Union High School letter sweater standing at the side of a road.
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California fire fighters parked their trucks at Benson's sawmill on Turkey Creek to fight a fire around Shrine Pass, September 2, 1996.
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Two engines meet head-on between Belden and Red Cliff in the Eagle River Canyon. Groups of men in the foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Sallie Enzenroth, Myra Squires Enzenroth Garnett, Elmer Ottens and Tom Garnett, at the Garnett home in Boulder, Colorado.
Tom Garnett, Sir., Albert W. Enzenroth, and Victor Squires all worked for the New Jersey Zinc Co.
Sallie Enzenroth is Tom Garnett's stepdaughter.
Elmer was an electrician with New Jersey Zinc Co., first in New Jersy and then at Gilman, Colorado. He retired in 1988. He was married to Virginia Lewis, daughter of Pearl Henderson,...
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Mining equipment on wagon being moved by horse teams; eight horses in front, two at rear of wagon. Inscription on back of original photo [held by Town of Red Cliff]: "Cripple Crick; picture owned by Will McCune, great-uncle of Mary Barber Albert, showing how large equipment was moved to remote mining areas such as Holy Cross City, etc. 78-2-20; 0388"
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
58) Benjamin A. Hart
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Studio portrait of Benjamin A. Hart, father of Helen Hart Allen.
"His work was centered around some of the most famous gold producers on Battle Mountain--the Champion, Ground Hog, Mable, Percy Chester and Tram Lode groups. For years the Hart properties were the heaviest producers of ore in the district, and the recovery of gold and silver from these properties under Mr. Hart's management over the years ran into six figures." -- EVE Nov. 6, 1931...
59) Elmer Ottens
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Elmer Ottens behind the wheel of his RV, visiting friends in Boulder, Colorado. Elmer was an electrician with the New Jersey Zinc Co., first in New Jersy and then at Gilman, Colorado. He retired in 1988. He was married to Virginia Lewis, daughter of Pearl Henderson, of Red Cliff.
