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Steve Rich unloading mining timber at the bottom of the main shaft, level 16. The mining timbers were loaded vertically by the surface crew to fit the main cage that transported them down into the mine. A timber truck can be seen in the foreground and a "stern" warning sign is in the background.
342) Unloading new dryer
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Men jockeying the new dryer from the flatbed rail car to the dryer building.
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Conveyor unloading zinc from the dryer at Belden. The zinc was then taken to the loading tippel to be loaded on railcars. Durbin McIlnay is monitoring the process.
344) Uranium mining
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Mining camp for the Red Cliff contingent, Wilson Mesa, Utah, 1953. They were mining uranium. Two jeeps, several trucks, a tractor, tent and cookhouse are visible.
345) Used transformers
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Transformers that were replaced being hauled by Weicker at Gilman.
346) Vanance Favre home
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The Vanance Favre home is on part of what once was the H. B. Gillespie ranch. Gillespie made his fortune at the Molly Gibson Mine at Aspen, Colorado.
347) Warehouse at Belden
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Supply warehouse at Belden. Supplies came by rail through the Eagle River canyon and went into this warehouse. Robert E. Riggle worked here.
348) Warren Sawmill
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Warren Sawmill on Turkey Creek in Red Cliff. Warren provided some of the mining timber for the mine at Gilman. The timber is being moved through the saw on a cart riding on tracks. The saw had an attachment used to make a special cut that allowed the mining timbers to quickly be put together in the mine. Ike Dump is closest to the camera on the right, feeding logs into the saw.
349) Weicker crane
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Weicker crane being "blocked" during transformer unloading operations at the Gilman power plant. Smiling onlookers at right.
351) Zinc dryer
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The dryer building for zinc is at the far right. The zinc slurry would be heated and dried, leaving a very fine zinc powder. The powder was shipped in sealed box cars as it was so fine it would blow away in an open car. The rail line for shipping runs through the Eagle River Canyon (Belden area) so the final products for shipping were finished at this level.
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Moving the zinc dryer from a railroad car into the dryer building at Belden. A wall section approximately 60 feet long has been removed in the dryer building to move this equipment
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353) Zinc dryer system
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Part of the zinc dryer system at the mill in Gilman. The dryer was heated by a firebox under the rotating cylinder. Tumbling action of the dryer coupled with full length fins dried the zinc for loading into rail cars.
