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Gold Park and Holy Cross City were the major mining camps in the Holy Cross Mining District. "Apparently, there were two mills at Holy Cross City. The first, located just below the town, on the west side of the road, was called simply the Holy Cross Mill. It was owned by the Gold Park Mining and Milling Co. which also maintained a similar installation down below. ... Both mills were connected by a direct 2 1/2 mile long flume that bypassed the...
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When photographed in the mid-1980s, this mine shack was still standing on the east side of New York Mountain, above New York Lake and the timberline. The building was made of milled wood. In recent years, the structure has collapsed.
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View of fields on Haas Ranch, Sandstone Creek. Water tank, farm machinery and chickens in foreground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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View facing south of the Shelter House walls going up. Ten men are working on the building; one horse visible on left along with the top of the tent. Photo labeled: 281247 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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c.1920: Lover's Leap near Red Cliff, Colorado, with Eagle River in foreground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Verso: "Upper Cross Creek stamp mill 1939"
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Standing on Hilltop Street [Sunset View Cemetery] looking north down Howard St., toward Castle Peak in Eagle, Colorado. Photo was developed April 1963.
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Stump in the snow. The trail where logs have been dragged through the snow is to the right of the stump.
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Abandoned cabins of Holy Cross City in the foreground, mountains in background. [photo damaged with ink]
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A view of the McCoy area, looking north east, taken from the south side of the Colorado River. Old stage road is in the foreground. Photo taken August 23, 1975. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Lower end of Sheephorn Creek 1915. -- verso caption [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Theisen Cabin at Black Mountain Ranch in 1966. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A group at the portal of the Polar Star Mine adit, or entrance, in July of 1967. From left to right, Clarence, Barbara, Helen, Olive, Joan, Sean.
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Bernard "Spike" Doyle on left and Robert Maloit during the second Holy Cross Pilgrimage (1928). They are at Camp Tigiwon with the large assembly tent and the uncompleted Tigiwon Post Office in the background. The boys were allowed to join the Pilgrimage without being accompanied by an adult. They are standing near Rock Circle, made by the members of the First Pilgrimage by chipping their initials and date on a rock and placing them in this formation....
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Woman walking along right-hand of snowy highway, dog ahead of her. Two figures also walking along the road in the distance. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Photo taken from Plateau Peak of Little Trappers Lake on August 4, 1888. A part of Trappers Lake is in the background. Both lakes are found in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area. Caption on verso:; "The small lake is Trappers lake or just the upper part of same. The other Lake lies at foot of Platteau Peak. North side. View was taken from top of Platteau Peak Aug. 4, 1888. It's a fine picture considering a small camera. Notice the clouds in the sky."...
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A group of Holy Cross pilgrims posed next to a cairn.
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Twin Lakes, Colorado, in Lake County about 20 miles south of Leadville on State Highway 82. Verso: "Twin Lakes. On O to O [Ocean to Ocean] highway, the grandest thing I ever seen. To the West lies the Cont. Divide with its snowcapped peaks, apparently held in place by the large Lodge Pole pine forest at their base." [written by Tom Knight] "Tom on his way to Gilman BJS"
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MacDonald Knight on left with Harold Stoner and pack burros. This was the first prospecting trip in 1939. Knight taught school during the year and had his summers free to prospect. Front: "1st trip in '39 Gold Park, Don, Stoner"
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Marker for: "Jose B. O. Martinez, A3C US Air Force, Korea, July 2, 1936--Sept. 25, 2010," in River View Cemetery. Engraved on the marker is Battle Mountain, the Red Cliff Bridge and a hunter.