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Three miners stand in a tunnel of a gold mine in the Eagle River Canyon. It's possible this is the California Mine, which was located in the Eagle River Canyon. Their only source of light appears to be the candles they are holding.
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"At the Copper King mine in 1910: Fred Norquist, John LaForce, Emmett Quinlan, Warren Gibson and Frank Groh. For some unknown reason, the various individuals and companies who had operated the mine up to 1950 never bothered to have it patented." -- McCoy Memoirs p. 12
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Verso: "Boarding house in Gilman where Tom [Knight] stayed until we moved up from Canon City. Alan stayed there one summer while he worked to earn money for college."
4) Bus lines
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Photocopy of a postcard, the photo for which was taken by R. R. Cooper. Miners arriving for "Ole's Shift," standing in front of the bus.
From Ted Beck:
The Red Cliff bus line was probably started away back, probably in the 1930s, by Mickey Walsh. He got hold of a big old sedan, probably a Cadillac or Pierce-Arrow, that 7 or 8 men could crowd into and started hauling miners to Gilman. I don't think it was much of a success as it kept breaking down....
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“Dismant Brothers were miners. Robert or Voss helped open the Iron Mask- the big mine in Gilman.”
The Dismant family and Robert Vossburg sit on a rock holding their fishing poles. The faint numbers on the photo correspond to these names, from left to right: 1) John Merritt “Merritt” Dismant 2) John Dismant (son of John Merritt) 3) Merritt V. Dismant (son of John Merritt) 4) Robert Vosburg “Voss”, John Merritt’s brother.
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Two miners hammer away at ore in a gold mine in the Eagle River Canyon. It's possible this is the California Mine. Their only source of light appears to be a small candle.
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Ethel Boies was born and rasied in Red Cliff, Colorado. In 1918, she married Howard G. Bayer, well-known in Minturn and Red Cliff through his involvement with many youth organizations. Ethel's typescript focuses on early days of Red Cliff and the surrounding areas of Eagle and Lake County (Leadville). Many mines, miners, mine benefactors, assay numbers, and mine locations are also mentioned.
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Tommy Reed repairing a foot valve for one of the mine pumps at the Gilman Mine.
9) Frank Maloit
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Studio portrait of Frank Maloit, superintendent of the Gilman Mine beginning in 1922. Maloit Park in Minturn is named after Mr. Maloit.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Harold Stoner in Treasure Vault Valley, Holy Cross Mining District, late 1930s. Lots of individual prospectors continued to look for various minerals long after the hey-day of the Colorado mining rush.
Verso: "Harold Stoner & pack burros in Treasure Vault Valley BJS"
12) Hoist house
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Verso: "The head-house or hoist house at the Eagle Mine and Gilman looking East" [Tom Knight's writing]
Taken on the main road into Gilman.
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Joe S. Sandoval standing next to Jack Elliott [neighbors on Turkey Creek (Red Cliff)]. The men are at the Ground Hog Mine, Nottingham Incline, on Battle Mountain.
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Underground machine shop at the Gilman Mine with Carl Garner (l) and Gus Peterson.
15) Mill Repair Crew
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The mill repair crew at Gilman seated in front of cribbing next to the tram rail.
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Mine Safety Meeting ("Fundamentals of Accident Prevention for Supervisors") at the Gilman Mine. Participants are standing and seated around a table with a table sign: "United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Mines." Other signs visible say, "Think," and "Attitude."
Pictured, (l-r, standing) Bureau of Mines instructor, Vernon Andrews, Darrell Barnes, Bernard Schlegel, Jack Johnson, Harold Stienmier, Thomas Jeffries, (safety manager)...
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Scenic view near Holy Cross City, Colorado, approximately twelve miles from Red Cliff. Holy Cross City and Gold Park were the major mining camps in the Holy Cross Mining District. There were two mills in the area to service the mines.
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Gold Park and cabin with burros tethered under the trees. The burros were used to pack ore out of the Glengarry Mine.
Verso: "Gold Park and burros 1939, packing ore from Glengary"
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Pete Mann using burros to pack ore out of the Glengarry Mine [standardized spelling from GNIS]. The Glengarry Mine (Holy Cross Mining District) is .76 mile from Holy Cross City and at an elevation of 11,414 ft. The mining season was short at this elevation.
Verso: "Pete Mann with Burro string packing ore from Glengary mine, Summer 1940, Missouri Pass Summit"
20) Poorman Mine
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Verso: "Don [MacDonald Knight] at the Poorman Mine which we once owned below Gilman."
