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Dick Sayers (left) and John Skinner adjusting the valves on equipment.
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The new dryer in place for the Gilman mine.
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An ore car at right, going out to the main pit (Grizzly). Once it arrives at the pit, the rocker wheel on the cart is elevated by the track and dumps the contents of the cart into the pit.
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Remains of the mineral mill at the head of Cross Creek . The mill serviced the Treasure Vault Mine.
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MacDonald Knight standing at the door of his cabin at Gold Park. To the left and behind the cabin is the ore bin. Ore was packed out on burros from the Glengary [Glengarry] mine to the ore bin and then transported by truck from there to Leadville. Verso: "our shack at Gold Park, ore bin in back of it; end of the line for pack string from the Glengary 1940 Don"

46. Pickup

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Pickup for ore removal.
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Belden as seen from Gilman. On the left are the loading tippel, steam room and dryer. Loading tippel is extended over the railroad cars to be filled with ore. A surface tram carrying ore ready for loading is visible behind the loading tippel.
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Dick Sayers (left) and John Skinner adjusting the valves on equipment.
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Blasting caps and cord station.
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Using a lift to move bags of chemicals in the Gilman mine.
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"At the Copper King mine in 1910: Fred Norquist, John LaForce, Emmett Quinlan, Warren Gibson and Frank Groh. For some unknown reason, the various individuals and companies who had operated the mine up to 1950 never bothered to have it patented." -- McCoy Memoirs p. 12 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Dick Sayers (left) and John Skinner, closely examining ore in the ore cars. Both men are wearing headlamps.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.