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The New Jersey Zinc Company office in Gilman, Colorado. The cinder block portion, which was the newer portion of the office, was constructed in approximately 1953. [license plate 1953]
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Dick Sayers (left) and John Skinner adjusting controls at the pump station on 20 level at the mine in Gilman.
123) Signal pulleys
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Signal pulleys to let the hoistman, who operated the cage, know when to raise or lower the cage.
124) Moving mining timber
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Moving mining timber at the surface level near the main shaft at Gilman. Timber was stored outside until needed in the mine and loaded vertically into the main cage for unloading on 16 level.
125) Mucking machine
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Air operated mucking machine. The scoop goes over the mucking machine and empties the ore into the car behind. Miners also used these cars to move mining timbers throughout the mine.
126) Mucking machine
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Mucking machine picking up a load of ore at Gilman. The machine ran on rails and pulled ore cars behind for loading.
128) Battle Mountain
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Battle Mountain as seen from Gilman. The numerous streaks near the mid point of the mountain mark mine openings above Belden. These represented small mining claims from the late 1800's. The photo is oriented east toward Red Cliff with Windy Point in the top center. U.S. Highway 24 is toward the top of Battle Mountain.
129) Derailment
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Rail cars knocked off the tracks in the winter, circa 1951-52 at Belden. Other cars are lined up in the background awating loading. The dryer is the large building behind the railroad cars.
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The Gilman Mine "tailings pond" in the back center. Tailings were waste products from processing ore and were piped down Battle Mountain approximately four to five miles to the tailings pond. Some eight million cubic feet have been estimated to have been dumped in this area, which was west of the Gilman Mine.
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A surface tram used to move ore and equipment is on the left coming into Belden from Gilman at the top. Loading tippel, steam room and the dryer buildings are pictured in the lower right.
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A ground squirrel takes a lunch break on a wall near the compressor house in Belden. It seems that everyone had to work no matter what they were.
133) Soda ash machine
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Inside the mill at the Gilman Mine. Chemicals are stored in pallets in the left forefront and a battery operated fork lift is parked in the center background. The soda ash mixing machine
area is at the top of the platform. 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.
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Staging area in the mill at Gilman for the chemicals used to process the mined ore. The fork lift was used to lift pallets of the chemicals for use in the mixing machines. [Similar to 2007.008.072]
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Part of the soda ash mixing machine at the Gilman Mine. Soda ash was used in processing the ore along with copper sulfate. An electric motor to power the mixer sets atop the mixing
bucket.
136) Ore conveyor belt
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A mine conveyor used for transporting the zinc ore from level to level and to the crusher in the mine. Conveyors were used extensively in the mine. [related to photo 2007.008.067]
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Crane at Gilman power plant moving transformers. The building in the left background housed the post office, mercantile, and grocery store.
139) Setting transformers
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Transformers being lifted into place by a Weicker crane at Gilman. The main power line came over Turkey Creek (near Red Cliff) to Gilman.
140) Weicker crane
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Weicker crane being "blocked" during transformer unloading operations at the Gilman power plant. Smiling onlookers at right.
