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101. Drilling
102. Ball and rod mills
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At 16 level, the ore train would dump rock into the large pit (Grizzly) at the bottom of which was located a jaw crusher. The crusher would send the ore into the ball mill and rod mill where the ore was pulverized to a fine powder.
Inside the ball mill, there would be ore and steel balls, approximately 10 in. in diameter. As the mill rotated, the ore was crushed by the balls. Eventually, the balls would wear down and Bob Riggle remembers his dad...
104. Machinery
105. Hoist house
106. Gilman
108. Bottom of 18 level
109. Mary Belding
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Mary Belding standing behind the counter of the Gilman store. Items for sale are displayed in the case on which she is leaning. There is a cash register behind her. Mary was the daughter of John and Josephine Forest of Eagle.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
112. Fire at Gilman 1899
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Mayo and Trudie Lanning, Christmas Day 1947, standing on the road in back of their house at Gilman.
Autobiography of Mayo W. Lanning, p. 33: "I could not hold alcohol in the radiator of my 1933 Chevvy at the 9,000 foot altitude. (Leadville was over 10,000'). The solution was to drain the radiator. Then on Saturday fill it with boiling water and also put some on the rear wheel brakes which were always frozen. After a few minutes we were ready to...