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61. Gilman
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Verso of 2010.009.008, showing photographer's notes for the photo.
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The mineral mill [located at the head of Cross Creek] for the Treasure Vault Mine. The mill is adjacent to the mill pond, about 2 miles from the mine.
"The mill was at the pond...because a mill takes a lot of water. They hit one pocket of good ore, gold, and then it petered out."--Buster Beck
63. Boarding House
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Verso: "Boarding house in Gilman where Tom [Knight] stayed until we moved up from Canon City. Alan stayed there one summer while he worked to earn money for college."
64. Gilman School
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Verso: "Gilman school house where we went to school for a month. Later Mom and Perlita taught here -- Betty Jo Schmidt"
The Gilman School was in School District 6 in Eagle County, Colorado.
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Aerial photograph taken by Mayo Lanning on February 3, 1998. Residential housing is on the right. The main street is visible between rows of houses. The water tanks are adjacent to Hwy 24.
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The loading tipple at Belden, after a heavy snowfall.
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Remains of the cabin owned by Charles Eichaker at the mill at Cross Creek. The mill pond is visible in the right background. The cabin was used by the Knight and Beck families at various points in time.
[information from Buster Beck]
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1940: View looking down on the remaining buildings of the Fulford townsite.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Ellie (Elinora Williams) Beck [Mrs. Theodore] and Carol (Ginther) Beck [Mrs. Russell] chatting.
70. Gilman
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Gilman, Colorado, December 25, 1948, taken from the "u" turn in Hwy. 24.
Autobiography of Mayo W. Lanning, p. 30:
"Gilman was close to the top of Battle Mountain at 9,000 feet above sea level. Since a great deal of my day was spent in the mine I was several thousand feet lower, but the only time Trudie got below this was when we drove down off the mountain. Over the top and about 3-4 miles away (mostly down), was Red Cliff and Turkey Creek, both...
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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]
72. Bell's Camp
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Bell's Camp, Colorado, between Gilman and Red Cliff [sticker affixed to back: 0386]
Photo taken from above the camp showing six large structures and various outbuildings. A crowd of people are standing in right midground.
Myers, Rex. The Upper Eagle River Valley, 1964. p. 14:
" Celeveland, first called Bell's Camp, clustered around the Black Iron and Ground Hog Mines which provided the support for the settlement. The town was founded around...
73. Holy Cross City
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A cabin standing at the abandoned town of Holy Cross City, Colorado, taken in August 2001.
74. Gilman
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Aerial photograph taken by Mayo Lanning on February 3, 1998. Residences are on the left and town/community buildings are on the right. Hwy 24 is the curved road at the extreme left.
Autobiography of Mayo W. Lanning, p. 29:
"The mining camp was laid out in rows of houses along streets paralleling the highway above us on the slope of Battle Mountain. Our fist home was a little white bungalow just above the camp hospital. The previous tenant had...
75. 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.
[picture cut from magazine]
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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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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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A locomotive at Belden, after a heavy snowfall.
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Catching up, from left: Earline Paquette, Esther Mae Reed, Beth McIlnay, and Myra Garnett.