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21) Gilman
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Gilman taken from the other side of the Eagle River Canyon. The main mine shaft is at right of center.
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Gilman taken from U.S. Highway 24 which curves around and continues at the upper left. The main shaft of the mine is at the far left.
23) Gilman
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Main entrance to Gilman, a company town of New Jersey Zinc Co., from Highway 24.
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Gilman taken from a mountainside perspective. U.S. Highway 24 is at the upper left; the main entrance to Gilman from Hwy 24 is below it.
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Main Street in Gilman after a heavy snowfall. The license plate on the first car may read 1934. Storefronts show business names and products.
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Front: "Main Office E.Z.;" verso: "Mine office at Gilman, Healy's Grocery to the right"
E.Z. noted above was "Empire Zinc Co., formed in 1902 to search for and develop zinc mines in the west. The Eagle mine, operated by the Empire Zinc Division of the New Jersey Zinc Company at Gilman, Colorado, thirty miles west of the Continental Divide, was acquired in 1915." -- The First Hundred Years of the New Jersey Zinc Company, p.29
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A view of Gilman in the snow [1930s] with some mine facilities and housing.
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The town of Gilman showing the main shaft down into the mine in the left center of the picture. Mining timbers are stacked in the yard to the immediate right of the main shaft. Highway 24 is on the far left going toward Red Cliff.
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"D. & R.G. Railroad" - caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 16. The scrapbook was created as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
The railroad would haul zinc out of the mines at Gilman for several decades. Three buildings are visible, including one perched on the mountainside. At far right, a sign says "Eagle Mines of the Empire Zinc Co". A tailings pipe appears to be dumping into the Eagle River (midground). The town of...
33) Gilman
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The town of Gilman looking south toward Belden. Belden would be in the Eagle Canyon, which
is below the last buildings in the center of the photo. [related to negative 2012.006.062]
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The town of Gilman showing the main shaft down into the mine in the left center of the picture. Mining timbers are stacked in the yard to the immediate right of the main shaft. Highway 24 is on the far left going toward Red Cliff.
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The town of Gilman circa 1953. The majority of the population lived in company housing and paid rent to the New Jersey Zinc Company. The company was responsible for maintenance on the homes and had carpenters, etc., working on staff for the upkeep of these properties. [related to neg. 2012.006.076]
36) Gilman
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The town of Gilman taken in autumn of 1959. The Eagle Mine is located below the town and covered by trees.
37) Gilman
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The town of Gilman in autumn of 1959. The Eagle Mine can be seen below and to the left in the Eagle River Canyon.
