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"April 3, 1966, Leadville, Colo. Homestake Dam. M-K Co., Inc. [Morrison-Knudsen]. Coyote Shot, 850,000 cubic yards."
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"Red line [midfield, left], estimated shot area; 3,800' of coyote hole explosives in 4 months."
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Remains of the Sherwood quarry drum and pulley structure on the Horn Ranch property in Red Canyon. The drum is visible from I-70. Stone from this quarry was used to build the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver.
"The archive of the Colorado Historical Museum offers a bit more information about the quarry site. A typewritten transcript titled 'Memories of Eagle County in the 1880s,' authored by Amy M. Bowen, the daughter of Avon area homesteader John...
4) Old quarry
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Steam engine of the Colorado Midland Railroad, passing the old quarry at Thomasville. Thomasville was/is located east of Basalt.
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Remains of the Sherwood quarry drum and pulley structure on the Horn Ranch property in Red Canyon. The drum is visible from I-70. Stone from this quarry was used to build the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver.
"The archive of the Colorado Historical Museum offers a bit more information about the quarry site. A typewritten transcript titled 'Memories of Eagle County in the 1880s,' authored by Amy M. Bowen, the daughter of Avon area homesteader John...
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"Homestake Dam. The material from the last Coyote-hole blast is about cleaned up. The shovels are working on the far end of the blast zone. The lower quarry bench and ramp is now covered with water. The upper two benches have been dug out by working from 2 headings on each level and now are used as the haul roads for the far end. Aug. 1966."
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Verso: top=north; road goes to homesite; south the gravel pit in action; taken from little hill end of run way to the right"
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"Homestake Dam first coyote-hole blast to open the quarry for the dam's rock fill material; consumed 13 ton of explosives."
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Leonard Horn Ranch cliff viewed from Hwy 6, looking northeast. The cliff is where Easter services were held. On the north side of the cliff would be the Sherwood Quarry.
