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101) Drilling
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Miner using a compressed air rock drill at the Gilman Mine. A battery operated miner's light is attached to his helmet, with the cord running to the light.
102) Ball and rod mills
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At 16 level, the ore train would dump rock into the large pit (Grizzly) at the bottom of which was located a jaw crusher. The crusher would send the ore into the ball mill and rod mill where the ore was pulverized to a fine powder.
Inside the ball mill, there would be ore and steel balls, approximately 10 in. in diameter. As the mill rotated, the ore was crushed by the balls. Eventually, the balls would wear down and Bob Riggle remembers his dad...
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Main street in Gilman, Colorado, with cars and buildings covered in snow.
105) Hoist house
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Verso: "The head-house or hoist house at the Eagle Mine and Gilman looking East" [Tom Knight's writing]
Taken on the main road into Gilman.
106) Gilman
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Gilman from a distance. The main mine shaft is at left in the photograph with mine timbers stacked below and to its right. U.S. Highway 24 is at the top.
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Belden, at the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon, taken from the surface tram. The white building across the Eaagle River is the power plant. Drying facilities are on the left hand side.
108) Bottom of 18 level
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This is the bottom of 18 level where water has been allowed to infiltrate the lower levels beneath it.
109) Mary Belding
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Mary Belding standing behind the counter of the Gilman store. Items for sale are displayed in the case on which she is leaning. There is a cash register behind her. Mary was the daughter of John and Josephine Forest of Eagle.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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First Gilman fire in 1885. People are trying to save their possessions and are lined up on the road below Gilman.
"Smitherums hand," written on verso.
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Children and teachers from School District #6 at Gilman in October 1891.
112) Fire at Gilman 1899
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The morning after the 1899 fire in Gilman, which destroyed approximately half of the town. The Fleck Clothing Store is at the left of the photo and is marked with an "X". People standing survey the damage.
Caption on verso: "Shots to stop fire broke windows across the street."
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Mayo and Trudie Lanning, Christmas Day 1947, standing on the road in back of their house at Gilman.
Autobiography of Mayo W. Lanning, p. 33: "I could not hold alcohol in the radiator of my 1933 Chevvy at the 9,000 foot altitude. (Leadville was over 10,000'). The solution was to drain the radiator. Then on Saturday fill it with boiling water and also put some on the rear wheel brakes which were always frozen. After a few minutes we were ready to...
114) 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. The machines and cars ran on rail tracks.
115) Gilman
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Gilman from above U.S. Highway 24, showing entrance into the town. The main mine shaft is at left in the center of the photograph. There are no stairs up to the road for the bottom row of houses so this may be during their construction.
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View from the surface tram looking down toward Belden.
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1938: Main Street, Gilman, Colorado. Five people and dog in front of Empire Zinc Co. office at lower left. School house at end of street near top of hill.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
118) Tram at Belden
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Looking up the tram at Belden toward Gilman; railroad siding in foreground.
119) Jack Johnson
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Jack Johnson, surveyor, checking calculations at his desk. Survey crews worked both in the Gilman Mine and at Belden, as well as on the general property of New Jersey Zinc, Gilman.
