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Caption by O.W. Randall: "The CCC camp on my ranch. You can see Gilman in the distance. Two companies of CCC boys were on the Holy Cross Project parts of three years."
numbered on front; 281261; stamp on verso: 4400
The ranch was located between Cross Creek and Fall Creek on the south side of the Eagle River, southeast of Minturn. The CCC camp was called Camp Tigiwon.
Earl Beck was hired by the Forest Service as a foreman for the Civilian Conservation...
62) Caddy's house
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Caddy's house with Marie Belina, two unidentified reporters from the Vail Trail, Bill Belina and Charlie Jude. The Belina's father worked at Gilman and they lived either in Caddy's or Maloit's home.
63) Cap Lamp Room
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From left, Bill Burnett, Hawkeye (Gordon) Flaherty, and Ella Burnett are standing in front of cap lamp units at 16 level in the Gilman mine. Alberta Limatta is at far right.
The shaft house had a 2 cage lift system, taking miners between levels. It could work with one cage going up and the other down, or with just one isolated cage moving. Cap lamps were put on before going into the mine and returned upon coming out.
64) Cap lamp room
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Berniece Chadwick, Alberta Limatta, and Ella Burnett with Hawkeye and Jean Flaherty behind them in the cap lamp room. The belts visible on Berniece and Ella hold a battery pack on the back with a power cord attaching to the lamp. Each lamp had 2 filaments so that if one burned out, the power could be switched to the second.
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Carl Garner reconstructing a mine hoist used for moving ore and supplies in the mine.
66) Carl Thomas
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Studio photo of Cpl. Carl Thomas in U.S. Army uniform.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Casts for pouring bearings in the mill. The idea of the machine shop and mill was to make the Gilman Mine as self sufficient as possible in terms of repair and renovation of equipment.
68) Chemical storage
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Lime, soda ash and copper sulfate (used in the zinc ore processing) stored beneath the mill at Gilman. Tracks used by timber trucks and ore cars run down the center of the picture. [Same as 2007.008.123]
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Staging area in the mill at Gilman for the chemicals used to process the mined ore. The fork lift was used to lift pallets of the chemicals for use in the mixing machines. [Similar to 2007.008.072]
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A Chevrolet parked on a street in Gilman. The cover of the spare tire in the running board has a Chevrolet emblem and "Glenwood Springs, Colo." lettered on it.
71) Christmas 1938
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Gilman, Colorado, on Christmas morning 1938, taken from the Knight family's front door. Stacks of mine timbers are visible at right foreground and left midfield.
Verso: "view from our front door on Xmas AM, Gilman 1938"
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Bill May adjusting the controls on the compressor at Belden; Harold Steinmeyer supervising.
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Harold Steinmeyer and Bill May in the compressor room at Belden. Compressor equipment in the background is Ingersoll-Rand. During the spring and summer months, power for the compressors was provided by using Pelton Wheels (turbines) situated in nearby Fall Creek to generate electricity.
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Harold Steinmeyer (left) and Bill May in the compressor room at Belden. Prior to the electrical power plant at Gilman, much of the electricity for the mine (compressors) was supplied by the use of Pelton wheels (turbines) powered by the water from Fall Creek at Belden.
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Installing new transformers at Gilman. The tanks at the back of the unit are for cooling purposes.
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Crane at Gilman power plant moving transformers. The building in the left background housed the post office, mercantile, and grocery store.
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The cyanide injecting machine inside the mill at Gilman. Cyanide was used to clean the ore for processing. A pressure gauge is seen at the top of the injectors.
78) Cyanide mixing
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Cyanide mixing machine in the mine at Gilman. Cyanide was shipped to the mine in 50 gallon drums and required the use of rubber gloves in handling.
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Denny Doyle and Emmett Flaherty.
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This photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Station in Gilman, Colorado was taken around 1896. The photographer is identified as C. W. Erdlen.
