Gilman Mine, Gilman, Colorado Archive Search Results
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61. William A. Jude
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William A. Jude, Superintendent , Gilman Mine.
62. Flotation area
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Floation area for the zinc ore at Gilman. Flotation tables were used to seperate the zinc and lead from the waste in the mining process. Further processing separated the lead and the zinc.
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The main company office for New Jersey Zinc at Gillman.
64. 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.
65. Rail ore cars
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Ore cars full of ore lined up on the rails, waiting to go to the crushers.
66. Gilman
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Gilman taken from the other side of the Eagle River Canyon. The main mine shaft is at right of center.
67. Belden
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Facilities at Belden, some abandoned. Gilman is visible at the top of the cliff. Mine buildings are at right, midfield.
68. Repair shop
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More steel milling machiner in the repair shop. The lathe at center is approximately 20 feet long.
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Gilman taken from U.S. Highway 24 which curves around and continues at the upper left. The main shaft of the mine is at the far left.
70. Gilman
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Main entrance to Gilman, a company town of New Jersey Zinc Co., from Highway 24.
71. Gilman
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Gilman showing housing at left, mine buildings at right.
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Installing transformers and connecting terminals to main power line.
73. 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.
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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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Approaching Belden at the end of the surface tram. Mine facilities and equipment are visible as are the Eagle River and the railroad tracks across the river.
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Main Street in Gilman after a heavy snowfall. The license plate on the first car may read 1934. Storefronts show business names and products.
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Ramond M. "Hap" Fletcher plowing snow after a slide at Belden in the winter. Fletcher was a heavy equipment operator for the New Jersey Zinc Co. The vehicle was tracked for better performance in the heavy snow in the Eagle Canyon near Belden.
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Underground machine shop at the Gilman Mine with Carl Garner (l) and Gus Peterson.
79. Mill Repair Crew
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The mill repair crew at Gilman seated in front of cribbing next to the tram rail.
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A view of Gilman in the snow [1930s] with some mine facilities and housing.