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Moving the zinc dryer from a railroad car into the dryer building at Belden. A wall section approximately 60 feet long has been removed in the dryer building to move this equipment into the facility.
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Part of the zinc dryer system at the mill in Gilman. The dryer was heated by a firebox under the rotating cylinder. Tumbling action of the dryer coupled with full length fins dried the zinc for loading into rail cars.
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Moving a dryer section into place by blocking and chaining. Small sections pf pipe were also used to move the dryer.
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Section of the zinc dryer being fitted into place at Belden. Chains and blocks are used to move the equipment into the building.
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Bill Jude (hat and glasses, on the left) and Alberta Jude (smoking), standing in the shelter at Maloit Park. Bill May is looking toward Alberta. Madeline Steinmeyer and Phyllis Jenkins (r) are in the foreground.
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Romain Stein (at left) and Frank Maloit at a company picnic at Maloit Park. Romaine was the purchasing agent for NJZ, Gilman. Frank was the Western Manager of Mines for New Jersey Zinc.
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John Caddy (center) ready to catch a fastball; others are unidentified (boy could be John Bowman).
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Ida Doyle (far left), Mary Duffy and Ed Duffy at Maloit Park........others are unidentified.
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Enjoying a beverage at a New Jersy Zinc Company picnic. Bill May is in the right center foreground with the hat, looking at camera.
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Bill Jenkins, (center seated) , Alberta Jude (far right standing) at Maloit Park with others from New Jersey Zinc Company. They're gathering at the park shelter for lunch.
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Albert Barlow with his daughter, Ann, and two granddaughters.
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Shirley Wenziker Washburne with Lawrence and Pauline Chockie.
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Willie Bowman, Virginia Caddy Bowman and Marjory Caddy.
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Denny Doyle and Emmett Flaherty.
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Dick Sayers (l) and John Skinner (r) at the pumping station on 20 level at Gilman. "Water for the mine came directly from the Eagle River from the pump house, which was just across the ramp coming down the mill incline. About 50 tons of ore per hour went through the mill during each eight-hour shift." Eagle River Valley, p.38
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Emmet Flaherty preparing to pre-heat two blank pieces of hollow drill steel. In the background is an automatic oil-fired forge which will bring these blanks to an exact temperature for forging. From the hollow drill blanks, finished pieces of lugged steel are formed for use in rock drills.
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Team installing a new dryer at the New Jersey Zinc Co. facilities at Belden. From Left: Don Ginther, Lynn Walker, [unknown], Homer Sultzer, Buck Hickman, Forrest Witthauer. [Courtesy of Theodore Beck]
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Verso of the Colortone postcard of the Eagle River Canyon and Gilman, sent to Pvt. Tom Fish, U.S. Army, from his mother. Caption: "2307--Eagle River Canon Empire Zinc Mine, and Gilman as seen from Battle Mountain Highway, Colorado." "C.T. Art-Colortone," Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo. The postcard is from the collection of William W. Burnett and was used as the cover photo for the 2005 printing of his book, "The Eagle on Battle Mountain at...
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Colortone postcard of the Eagle River Canyon and Gilman, sent to Pvt. Tom Fish, U.S. Army, from his mother. Caption: "2307--Eagle River Canon Empire Zinc Mine, and Gilman as seen from Battle Mountain Highway, Colorado." "C.T. Art-Colortone," Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo. The postcard is from the collection of William W. Burnett and was used as the cover photo for the 2005 printing of his book, "The Eagle on Battle Mountain at Gilman, Colorado...
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Harold Steinmeyer (left) and Bill May in the compressor room at Belden. Prior to the electrical power plant at Gilman, much of the electricity for the mine (compressors) was supplied by the use of Pelton wheels (turbines) powered by the water from Fall Creek at Belden.