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Robert Maloit and his mother, Pearl Maloit, sitting on the boardwalk that led from the doorway of their house in Gilman to the coal shed. At the right are the 56 steps that lead up to the main road through Gilman.
The photo was taken after Robert graduated from Colorado School of Mines and before WW II.
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The loading tipple is at far left where products would be transferred to railroad cars for shipment. The "Bull Gang" managed loading and maintenance in the Eagle River canyon. Robert E. Riggle was Bull Gang chief at one point.
The stairway at center goes into a mine entrance at about the 17 level. There are 80 feet between levels in the Gilman mine.
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The stairway leading up from the bachelors' quarters at Gilman. It had to be cleared routinely in the winter.