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21. Adjusting valves
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Dick Sayers (left) and John Skinner discussing the adjustments to equipment. A good view of the headlamp attachment to the battery pack carried on one's belt.
22. Rail ore cars
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Ore cars full of ore lined up on the rails, waiting to go to the crushers.
23. Jude residence
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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.
24. Return to Gilman
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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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Installing transformers and connecting terminals to main power line.
26. Zinc dryer
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The dryer building for zinc is at the far right. The zinc slurry would be heated and dried, leaving a very fine zinc powder. The powder was shipped in sealed box cars as it was so fine it would blow away in an open car. The rail line for shipping runs through the Eagle River Canyon (Belden area) so the final products for shipping were finished at this level.
27. Caddy's house
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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.
28. Surface tram
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Unidentified man [Tom Knight?] standing on the surface tram, looking from Belden toward Gilman.
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Frank Maloit, holding a hula hoop, conversing with guests at his retirement party from New Jersey Zinc Co.
"Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maloit were guests of honor at a cocktail-dinner party in Gilman Saturday, when 115 guests--employees of the New Jersey Zinc Company and other friends gathered to extend their best wishes to the Maloits who are leaving Gilman Nov. 20 to make their home in Grand Junction." -- Leadville Herald Nov. [?] 1958.
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30. Soda ash machine
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Platform leading to the soda ash machine at the Gilman Mine. Soda ash (also called washing soda, sodium carbonate Na2CO3) was one of the chemicals used to clean the ore. The large pipe on the left is for ventilation of the soda ash work area.
31. Adjusting valves
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Dick Sayers (left) and John Skinner adjusting the valves on equipment.
32. New dryer
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The new dryer in place for the Gilman mine.
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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.
34. Gilman School
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. The Gilman grade school yard fence, with outbuilding at left.
35. Gilman
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Mine buildings at Gilman, ca. 1915. Cribbing employed in an effort to stabilize the slope.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
36. Adjusting valves
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Dick Sayers (left) and John Skinner adjusting the valves on equipment.
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Ed Miller with a small horse. Ed was a chef and he, with his wife, Julia, managed the staff house at Gilman, in addition to doing some catering. His sister was Ruth Miller Caddy of Eagle.
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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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At right is the ball mill. At left is the rod mill. The mills are on an incline for gravity feed down to the loading docks.
At the center right of the photo, steel rods are stacked for use in the rod mill.
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Blasting caps and cord station.