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MacDonald Knight standing on trailer attached to his jeep. He's looking at lumber in front of an abandoned cabin at Holy Cross City. There are wildflowers in the foreground. "The one picture of Don Knight's jeep shows some boards. Buster [Beck] said there was two piles of boards on this side of Francy Pass. Why & from where he does not know. SInce they are on this side of Fancy Pass he is sure they did not come from the saw mill at Cross Creek."...
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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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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. The coal shed (on right) at the Garnett family's residence; the steps lead to the yard where Shirley Wenziker is standing.,
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Photo of the May's residence. Shirley Winziker Washburne is standing on the boardwalk in front of the house. Behind the house, there is a coal shed and steps leading up to a street.
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Abandoned cabins of Holy Cross City in the foreground, mountains in background. [photo damaged with ink]
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1952: Carbonate, Colorado, showing two of the old mining cabins in the left background. Man walking across field in middleground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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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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"Holy Cross City August 1949"
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Photo of the William Jude residence, occupied by the Jude family during the late 1930s to the early 1940s.
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On the left is the cabin at Holy Cross City, used by Don Knight. Two burros are visible. On the right, Don Knight is preparing soil for panning.
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. From left, Alex and Mary Frances Baldo, Tom Garnett, Charlie Jude, Shirley Wenziker Washburne, Marie and Bill Belina. The white house on the right behind the groups was occupied by Bob and Myra Enzenroth when they were first married.
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Caddy's house with Marie Belina, two unidentified reporters from the Vail Trail, Bill Belina and Charlie Jude. The Belina's father worked at Gilman and they lived either in Caddy's or Maloit's home.
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Remains of the mineral mill at the head of Cross Creek . The mill serviced the Treasure Vault Mine.
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. The Gilman grade school yard fence, with outbuilding at left.
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The mineral mill [located at the head of Cross Creek] for the Treasure Vault Mine. The mill is adjacent to the mill pond, about 2 miles from the mine. "The mill was at the pond...because a mill takes a lot of water. They hit one pocket of good ore, gold, and then it petered out."--Buster Beck
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1940: View looking down on the remaining buildings of the Fulford townsite. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Ellie (Elinora Williams) Beck [Mrs. Theodore] and Carol (Ginther) Beck [Mrs. Russell] chatting.
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A cabin standing at the abandoned town of Holy Cross City, Colorado, taken in August 2001.
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Catching up, from left: Earline Paquette, Esther Mae Reed, Beth McIlnay, and Myra Garnett.