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81) Maloit Reunion
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Maloit Family photo at Belden by the old Mill dryer building, 1980. From left to right: Jean Maloit Bisschoff, Angat Maloit, Frances Maloit Nelson, Robert Maloit.
Jack Nelson, Frances' husband, was the New Jersey Zinc representative on site during the Superfund cleanup.
82) Mantrip
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Loading up for transportation to lower levels in the mine. The 16-10 incline goes down to the 18 level (at one time it went all the way to the 24 level). Transporting people was called a mantrip.
In the front seat are Terry Pierson, Ella and Pete Burnett. Victor Pierson is standing at left in the yellow helmet.
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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.
84) Mill area
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Part of the mill area in the Gilman mine, showing separation tanks for lead, copper and zinc.
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Moving a dryer section into place by blocking and chaining. Small sections pf pipe were also used to move the dryer.
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Section of the zinc dryer being fitted into place at Belden. Chains and blocks are used to move the equipment into the building.
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New dryer being put in place at Belden. Drying fins are seen in the inside of the dryer.
88) New zinc dryer
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Quinton Sagrillo performing maintenance on the new zinc dryer. Sagrillo was a dryer operator for New Jersey Zinc.
Sagrillo served in World War I and then lived in Telluride and Denver. He and his wife Rose then managed the State Agricultural Farm Experiment Station at Avon for four years. He accepted employment with New Jersey Zinc, working there for 20 years before retiring in 1959.
89) Ore cart
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An ore car at right, going out to the main pit (Grizzly). Once it arrives at the pit, the rocker wheel on the cart is elevated by the track and dumps the contents of the cart into the pit.
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Path of the mud flow from the 1919 landslide at Belden. The cribbing at the top left of the photo is broken and the mud flows around some buildings, over additional cribbing, over the railroad tracks, and into the Eagle River at the bottom. The flow parallels the path of the tram to Gilman, which was not damaged.
91) Railroad bridge
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Verso: "railroad bridge down below Belden and Gilman"
The bridge crosses the Eagle River in the Eagle River Canyon.
92) Repair area
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From far left: Chuck Colby, Berniece Chadwick and Davy Burnett. Jean Flaherty is at far right.
94) Repair shop
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Beth McIlnay, Lucille Riggle and Everett Limatta (far right) are standing in the repair shop in the Gilman mine.
95) Repair shop
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All repairs to equipment were done in the mine's repair shop. In this photo there is milling machinery to work steel. A rack of steel bars is at far right.
97) Repair shop
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More steel milling machiner in the repair shop. The lathe at center is approximately 20 feet long.
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Service tram going from upper level, Gilman, to Belden in Eagle River Canyon. Cribbings visible, holding hillside in place. Train tracks in foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
