Gilman Mine, Gilman, Colorado
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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.
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Wood framing used to support walls and overhead in the mine at Gilman, known as ”Mitchell Sets."
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The 10 x 10 in. timbers above the tour group show a typical means of support in a drift. These timbers are probably from the Fleming Lumber Co. in Red Cliff, which produced a great deal of mine timber.
5) 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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Road into Gilman with the Eagle River Canyon at far right. Main mine shaft is at left center with mine timbers stacked to its right. Housing in the background.
7) Drilling
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Miner using a compressed air rock drill at the Gilman Mine. A battery operated miner's light is attached to his helmet, with the cord running to the light.
8) 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.
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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.
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Gilman taken from a mountainside perspective. U.S. Highway 24 is at the upper left; the main entrance to Gilman from Hwy 24 is below it.
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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.
12) Mitchell Sets
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Wood framing used to support walls and overhead in the mine at Gilman, known as "Mitchell Sets"
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The town of Gilman showing the main shaft down into the mine in the left center of the picture. Mining timbers are stacked in the yard to the immediate right of the main shaft. Highway 24 is on the far left going toward Red Cliff.
14) Assay office
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The distinctive roofline of the Assay Office at Gilman (midfield) pinpoints the identification of this photo. Mining timbers are stacked at right. Other buildings are at left.
Stamp on verso: "Quality BB Print Guaranteed Not to Fade May 23, 1928"
15) Loading timber
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Harold Steinmeyer at the Warren Sawmill on Turkey Creek near Red Cliff and Gilman.
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Moving mining timber at the surface level near the main shaft at Gilman. Timber was stored outside until needed in the mine and loaded vertically into the main cage for unloading on 16 level.
17) Timber truck
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John Mignone (left) and Jesse Belt preparing a completely reconditioned timber truck for return to service in the mine. Sufficient timber and timber trucks were vital to the operation of the mine.
18) Mine stope
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Mine stope showing the reinforcing timbers used. On the left side of the picture is a thermometer used to monitor temperatures.
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Steve Rich unloading mining timber at the bottom of the main shaft, level 16. The mining timbers were loaded vertically by the surface crew to fit the main cage that transported them down into the mine. A timber truck can be seen in the foreground and a "stern" warning sign is in the background.
20) Timber cars
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Timbers on timber cars ready for rail transfer to various locations in the mine. Steve Rich is in the background left.
