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1. Prospecting at Glengarry

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Verso: "Don, Tom, Sam Anderson, and Harold Stoner at Gold Park cabin loading ore from the Glengarry Mine to be hauled to the Leadville smelter."

2. Prospecting at Glengarry

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Front: "Don single jacking, Glengarry mine" MacDonald knight using a hammer and drilling steel to create holes in rock. From the USDA Forest Service website: "Single jacking involves an individual holding a drilling steel in one hand and hitting it with a hammer held in the other. The single jacks have 3- or 4-pound heads and 10-inch handles. The short handle helps you place blows accurately and resists breaking better than longer handles. Engineer's...

3. Prospecting at Glengarry

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Front: " '40, miners Glengarry June 1st, 1940" Removing ore in an ore cart at the Glengarry [Glengary] Mine tunnel, June 1, 1940. Macdonald Knight is at left. Snow on the ground on June 1 is not that unusual for Cross Creek, given the altitude.

4. Ore car at Glengarry

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An ore car sitting on mine tracks at the Glengarry Tunnel at Cross Creek, 1939.

5. Tom Knight

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Verso: "Tom and Hound on rock at the head of Cross Creek about 1941"

6. Eichaker cabin at Cross Creek

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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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