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Remains of the mill and adjacent structures at Holy Cross City, which is ten miles south of Minturn or eleven miles north of Tennessee Pass. By the time this photo was taken, Fleming Lumber Co. had removed the main steam engine and one of the boilers from the mill to use in a saw mill. [Courtesy of Ted Beck]
63) Belden
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Looking toward Belden in the Eagle River Canyon. Tram to Gilman visible at midground.
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With Battle Mountain in the background, the shaft house of the main entrance to the Gilman mine on Highway 24 is at midground. The waste dump from the mine is below the shaft house with the Rock Creek settlement to the left of the dump.
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Frank Maloit's 1930 Hupmobile during spring mud season. The road from Red Cliff to Leadville wasn't paved until the mid-1930s. [The Hupmobile was produced from 1909-1940 by the Hupp Motor Company in Detroit.--Wikipedia]
Over the left rear of the Hupmobile is the roof of the old Powder House. Beyond that is the Mine Warehouse where Jim Walsh was storekeeper. Beyond that is the head frame for the mine hoist.
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Men jockeying the new dryer from the flatbed rail car to the dryer building.
67) Assay office
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The distinctive roofline of the Assay Office at Gilman (midfield) pinpoints the identification of this photo. Mining timbers are stacked at right. Other buildings are at left.
Stamp on verso: "Quality BB Print Guaranteed Not to Fade May 23, 1928"
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Derailed railroad cars at Belden in the winter, circa 1951. The Eagle River is in the center of the photo.
70) Derailment
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Rail cars knocked off the tracks in the winter, circa 1951-52 at Belden. Other cars are lined up in the background awating loading. The dryer is the large building behind the railroad cars.
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A surface tram used to move ore and equipment is on the left coming into Belden from Gilman at the top. Loading tippel, steam room and the dryer buildings are pictured in the lower right.
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Eagle Mine (New Jersey Zinc Co.) showing the rail access at Belden, looking down. Depot structures and mine buildings visible at the bottom of the canyon. The town of Gilman would be at the top of the escarpment.
73) Derailment
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Walkway to the compressor building from the dryer building. In the background are wrecked
railroad cars. The Eagle River runs beneath the bridge, although hidden by ice and snow.
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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.
75) Belden
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The Belden processing and shipping area for the ore that was mined at Gilman Mine. The loading tippel is the first building on the left (white); next is the steam room and then the dryer.
Box cars are lined up on the tracks by the loading tippel. The box cars at the center of the photo are underneath the Ben Butler Mine.
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New dryer being put in place at Belden. Drying fins are seen in the inside of the dryer.
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Team installing a new dryer at the New Jersey Zinc Co. facilities at Belden.
From Left: Don Ginther, Lynn Walker, [unknown], Homer Sultzer, Buck Hickman, Forrest Witthauer. [Courtesy of Theodore Beck]
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Verso of the Colortone postcard of the Eagle River Canyon and Gilman, sent to Pvt. Tom Fish, U.S. Army, from his mother.
Caption: "2307--Eagle River Canon Empire Zinc Mine, and Gilman as seen from Battle Mountain Highway, Colorado."
"C.T. Art-Colortone," Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo.
The postcard is from the collection of William W. Burnett and was used as the cover photo for the 2005 printing of his book, "The Eagle on Battle Mountain at...
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Colortone postcard of the Eagle River Canyon and Gilman, sent to Pvt. Tom Fish, U.S. Army, from his mother.
Caption: "2307--Eagle River Canon Empire Zinc Mine, and Gilman as seen from Battle Mountain Highway, Colorado."
"C.T. Art-Colortone," Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo.
The postcard is from the collection of William W. Burnett and was used as the cover photo for the 2005 printing of his book, "The Eagle on Battle Mountain at Gilman, Colorado...
80) 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.
