Belden, Colorado
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Approaching Belden via surface tram which operated between Gilman (at the top) and Belden, at the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon.
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Box cars moved off D&RG tracks at Belden after the 1919 landslide.
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Mr. Spear shoveling debris and mud from the platform at Belden, below Gilman in the Eagle River Canyon. Tram tracks are at the right; railroad tracks are in the foreground.
24) Derailment
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Rail cars knocked off the tracks in the winter, circa 1951-52 at Belden. Other cars are lined up in the background awating loading. The dryer is the large building behind the railroad cars.
25) Derailment
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Walkway to the compressor building from the dryer building. In the background are wrecked
railroad cars. The Eagle River runs beneath the bridge, although hidden by ice and snow.
26) Derailment
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Railroad engine of the Rio Grande Railroad at Belden in the winter. Wrecked railcars can be seen in the snow to the right.
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Derailed railroad cars at Belden in the winter, circa 1951. The Eagle River is in the center of the photo.
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Eagle Mine (New Jersey Zinc Co.) showing the rail access at Belden, looking down. Depot structures and mine buildings visible at the bottom of the canyon. The town of Gilman would be at the top of the escarpment.
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"Eagle River Canon, Colo., D. & R. G. Ry." Tinted photo postcard shows mine cribbing and mine buildings above Belden with the rail tracks and Eagle River at the bottom.
Verso: No. C8708 Published by The Colorado News Company, Denver, Colo., Dresden-Leipzig-Berlin. Trademark [Corson #632] for American News Co., New York, NY, Litho-chrome process.
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Looking down at the Eagle River in Eagle Canyon, at a portion of the railroad tracks at Belden.
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Two engines meet head-on between Belden and Red Cliff in the Eagle River Canyon. Groups of men in the foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A view of the Eagle River Gorge, showing Belden at the bottom of the gorge and Gilman on the cliff above the gorge. The Belden tram is in the mid field of the photo.
[One of a series of ten photographs included in postal mailer: Frashers Quality Photos, Ten Scenic Views souvenir from Canon City to Leadville, Colo. Frashers, Inc., Pomona, Calif. Required 2 cents postage.]
33) Iron Mask Mill
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The Iron Mask Mill at Belden, at the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon. The Eagle River is in the foreground; Gilman is at the top of the canyon.
35) Loading tipple
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The loading tipple is at far left where products would be transferred to railroad cars for shipment. The "Bull Gang" managed loading and maintenance in the Eagle River canyon. Robert E. Riggle was Bull Gang chief at one point.
The stairway at center goes into a mine entrance at about the 17 level. There are 80 feet between levels in the Gilman mine.
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Verso: "D&RG RR train passing through Belden in the Eagle Canyon 1930s"
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View from the surface tram looking down toward Belden.
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Looking south along the railroad tracks at Belden towards the Belden mill. Destroyed cribbing on the left and debris on the tracks in the background.
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The Belden mill and tram in Eagle Canyon, below Gilman. Railroad tracks at bottom right in photo. Taken after the 1919 landslide.
