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1) Assay office
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Photo postcard of Gilman with Belden at the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon. Ore cars are lined up on the tracks and the surface tram is clearly visible.
"Eagle River Canyon and Gilman from Battle Mt. Highway Sanborn W-1102"
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Battle Mountain as seen from Gilman. The numerous streaks near the mid point of the mountain mark mine openings above Belden. These represented small mining claims from the late 1800's. The photo is oriented east toward Red Cliff with Windy Point in the top center. U.S. Highway 24 is toward the top of Battle Mountain.
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Battle Mountain as seen from Gilman. The numerous streaks near the mid point of the mountain mark mine openings above Belden. These represented small mining claims from the late 1800's. The photo is oriented east toward Red Cliff with Windy Point in the top center. U.S. Highway 24 is toward the top of Battle Mountain.
5) Belden
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Photo postcard [Sanborn] of Belden in the Eagle River canyon, below the town of Gilman. Caption: "Eagle River Canon as seen from Highway U.S. 24, Colo." Ore from the mines at Gilman was shipped out from Belden.
6) Belden
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New Jersey Zinc Co. mill and mining facility in Belden (Eagle River Canyon), August 1998. Both the mine and the railroad were out of operation by then. The surface tram is visible going up the incline of the cliff at right midground.
7) Belden
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Railroad tracks running through Belden in the Eagle River Canyon. The New Jersey Zinc Co. used the railroad to ship ore from the Gilman mines located above Belden.
"After the trains quit running, Buster and I walked the railroad tracks." -- Angela Beck Oct. 11, 2010; photo taken August 1998.
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The Belden facility showing the loading and processing facilities. Railroad cars waiting to be loaded are in the background. Directly above them are some of the old mines started in the late 1800s. The photo was taken from the dump at Gilman, looking down on Belden.
9) Double track
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"Double Track, Eagle River Canon, Colo." A passenger train in the Eagle River Canyon.
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"Eagle River Canon is between Leadville and Glenwood Springs, and is the center of considerable mining activity. One of the striking features of this Canon is in the fact that its walls are pierced near the summit with the shafts and tunnels of mines, and looking up the rugged heights, one catches glimpses of the shaft houses and...
10) Double tunnel
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A postcard of a double tunnel railroad track looking up at the mining town of Gilman. View from the Eagle River Canyon.
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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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Eagle Canyon, with Battle Mountain on the right. Belden and the Eagle River would be at the bottom of the canyon on the left.
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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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"On the western slope of the Rocky Mountains the Eagle River takes its rise, and gathering volume from hundreds of snow fed tributaries, rushes down to its junction with the Grand, pouring through the gorge known as Eagle River Cañon. One of the striking features of this cañon is in the fact that its walls are pierced near the summit with the shafts and tunnels of mines, and, looking up the rugged heights, one catches glim[p]ses of the shaft-houses...
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"On the western slope of the Rocky Mountains the Eagle River takes its rise, and gathering volume from hundreds of snow fed tributaries, rushes down to its junction with the Grand, pouring through the gorge known as Eagle River Cañon. One of the striking features of this cañon is in the fact that its walls are pierced near the summit with the shafts and tunnels of mines, and, looking up the rugged heights, one catches glim[p]ses of the shaft-houses...
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Verso of the Colortone postcard of the Eagle River Canyon and Gilman, sent to Pvt. Tom Fish, U.S. Army, from his mother.
Caption: "2307--Eagle River Canon Empire Zinc Mine, and Gilman as seen from Battle Mountain Highway, Colorado."
"C.T. Art-Colortone," Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo.
The postcard is from the collection of William W. Burnett and was used as the cover photo for the 2005 printing of his book, "The Eagle on Battle Mountain at...
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Colortone postcard of the Eagle River Canyon and Gilman, sent to Pvt. Tom Fish, U.S. Army, from his mother.
Caption: "2307--Eagle River Canon Empire Zinc Mine, and Gilman as seen from Battle Mountain Highway, Colorado."
"C.T. Art-Colortone," Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo.
The postcard is from the collection of William W. Burnett and was used as the cover photo for the 2005 printing of his book, "The Eagle on Battle Mountain at Gilman, Colorado...
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Verso: "City of Gilman from Windy Point 1 mile from Gilman going West; 1. Hotel Empire, 2. Rooming house; picture only shows ½ canon wall; + My House" [written by Tom Knight]
19) 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.
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Documenting the landslide onto the D&RG tracks in Eagle River Canyon. The numbers on the photo correspond to the descriptions below.
"1. Loading tipple; 2. Service tunnel to mill stope. Note how completely the slide buried it" [written by Tom Knight]
