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Using a lift to move drums of chemicals in the Gilman mine.
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Gold Park and Holy Cross City were the major mining camps in the Holy Cross Mining District.
"Apparently, there were two mills at Holy Cross City. The first, located just below the town, on the west side of the road, was called simply the Holy Cross Mill. It was owned by the Gold Park Mining and Milling Co. which also maintained a similar installation down below. ... Both mills were connected by a direct 2 1/2 mile long flume that bypassed the...
23. Silver Mine
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Don Knight's silver mine at Marble, Colorado. The dump truck is in the foreground with the aerial tram running between it and the mine portal at the tope of the photo. One of the prospectors is standing in the mine portal.
"We mined and hand picked for silver for 4 to 6 weeks. We worked on a fairly large portal with hand steel and powder until the ore vein gave out. Then we took a dishpan and a prospector's pick to a couple of small openings in...
24. Stamp Mill
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Verso: "Upper Cross Creek stamp mill 1939"
25. Machinery
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Machinery seen through railings.
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Front: " '40, miners Glengarry June 1st, 1940"
Removing ore in an ore cart at the Glengarry [Glengary] Mine tunnel, June 1, 1940. Macdonald Knight is at left. Snow on the ground on June 1 is not that unusual for Cross Creek, given the altitude.
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MacDonald Knight on left with Harold Stoner and pack burros. This was the first prospecting trip in 1939. Knight taught school during the year and had his summers free to prospect.
Front: "1st trip in '39 Gold Park, Don, Stoner"
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Verso: "Pete Mann who ran the pack string 12 miles from the Glengary mine to Gold Park; 22 tons packed out summer 1939"
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An ore car sitting on mine tracks at the Glengarry Tunnel at Cross Creek, 1939.
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Verso: "Burro and friends at Holy Cross City '30's"
31. 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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MacDonald Knight and friends, prospecting in Gold Park.
Front" "H.C.City gold rush '41;" Verso: "shot in Gold Park"
33. Mill
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The mill building at Holy Cross City.
Gold Park and Holy Cross City were the major mining camps in the Holy Cross Mining District.
"Apparently, there were two mills at Holy Cross City. The first, located just below the town, on the west side of the road, was called simply the Holy Cross Mill. It was owned by the Gold Park Mining and Milling Co. which also maintained a similar installation down below. ... Both mills were connected by a direct 2...
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Pete Mann using burros to pack ore out of the Glengarry Mine [standardized spelling from GNIS]. The Glengarry Mine (Holy Cross Mining District) is .76 mile from Holy Cross City and at an elevation of 11,414 ft. The mining season was short at this elevation.
Verso: "Pete Mann with Burro string packing ore from Glengary mine, Summer 1940, Missouri Pass Summit"
35. 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.
36. Rail ore cars
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Ore cars full of ore lined up on the rails, waiting to go to the crushers.
37. Stamp Mill
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MacDonald Knight standing at the stamp mill house at Cross Creek in 1940.
Verso: "stamp mill house Cross Creek 1940;" stamp: "Empire Zinc Div, the New Jersey Zinc Co., Gilman, Colorado"
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Gold Park and cabin with burros tethered under the trees. The burros were used to pack ore out of the Glengarry Mine.
Verso: "Gold Park and burros 1939, packing ore from Glengary"
39. Mine Shaft
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Charles Eichaker, posed at a mine shaft at Homestake Creek. The ore car rails run up to the shaft.
Front: "C. Iaker;" verso: "Mine shaft across Homestake Creek at Gold Park; we never worked it. Don"
40. 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.