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21) Maloit Park
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Maloit Park showing the playground area in the back left. The park is east of Minturn on Highway 24 approximately two miles.
The New Jersey Zinc Co. recreation grounds were renamed Maloit Park in November of 1958. The park was dedicated on July 4th, 1959, becoming a public facility. Frank Maloit retired in the spring of 1959 after being affiliated with the Company at Gilman since 1922.
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Dick Sayer (l) and Charlie Francis at Maloit Park during a New Jersey Zinc company picnic.
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Ed Miller checking the food. Bill Jude to Ed's left. George Gillian (center), Ed Chockie (baseball cap) and Ed Duffy, enjoying the afternoon.
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Frank Sherwood, Jr. (left), unknown lady, Ed Miller, Ronnie Jenkins, Don Webb and Harold Steinmeyer at Maloit Park. Little Donna Webb is at far right with her twin brother, Bobby, sitting to her left on the ground.
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Slide installed by New Jersey Zinc Company along with other playground equipment at Maloit Park. The slide was the favorite gathering place for the children.
26) Mercantile
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John E. Kavanaugh, 10 or 12 years old, standing between two men in a store, possibly in Minturn. John was born in Salida, Colorado, December 6, 1910. His parents were Henry O. Anderson and Hilma Lindgren Anderson. His name was later changed from Anderson to Kavanaugh when he was adopted by his mother's second husband, William "Billy" Kavanaugh, an engineer on the D&RG Railroad.
Many products are visible, such as bananas hanging in the center...
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Maloit Park picnic area reserved for a New Jersey Zinc Company picnic on August 9. Maloit Park was owned by the New Jersey Zinc Company, but was open to the public.
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Bill Jenkins, (center seated) , Alberta Jude (far right standing) at Maloit Park with others from New Jersey Zinc Company. They're gathering at the park shelter for lunch.
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Enjoying a beverage at a New Jersy Zinc Company picnic. Bill May is in the right center foreground with the hat, looking at camera.
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New section of pipe and stands for the tailings pond. Trusses with new sections of pipe are being built. Later a safety cable was added along a catwalk , which was used by employees to remove the plugs in the pipe and drain the tailings. Tailings were piped from Gilman as a slurry and, as the slurry dried, it became the same consistency as a fine sand.
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Pearl Maloit and her son-in-law, Jack Nelson, at a New Jersey Zinc Company picnic at Maloit Park.
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Bill Jude (hat and glasses, on the left) and Alberta Jude (smoking), standing in the shelter at Maloit Park. Bill May is looking toward Alberta. Madeline Steinmeyer and Phyllis Jenkins (r) are in the foreground.
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Romain Stein (at left) and Frank Maloit at a company picnic at Maloit Park. Romaine was the purchasing agent for NJZ, Gilman. Frank was the Western Manager of Mines for New Jersey Zinc.
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Tearing down the existing tailings pipe and stands at the tailings pond below Gilman. Once enough sediment had been released through the bottom of the pipe, new stands were erected to lift the pipe to a higher elevation. Harv Collins is in the center of the photo wearing light colored coveralls.
35) Tailings pond
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The tailings pond below Gilman (south east of Maloit Park). Mine wastes were piped approximately four miles down into the settlement area. The tailings pond kept mine wastes from flowing into the Eagle River.
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Ed Chockie (with baseball hat), Bill Jude (holding cup), Ed Miller (right), and Frank Sherwood with his back to the camera, at Maloit Park.....others are unidentified.
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Charlie Francis (right center), Bill Jude (left center), and others at a NJZ picnic at Maloit Park.
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Corrine Chockie helps Frank Sherwood unload food from a station wagon, while Dorothy Sherwood (center) and Bill Jude assist. Jude is holding a camera.
