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A view of Belden in the snow [1930s] with mine facilities. A man and a dog are walking the railroad tracks; the Eagle River is almost frozen over.
3) Bus in snow
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A Battle Mountain Transportation bus in the snow at Gilman. The license plates reads 1936.
4) Collins home
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One of the old homes in what was once named Poverty Flats, but now part of Bells Camp. The James Collins family lived here and Tom Collins was born here. The Collins family relocated to Red Cliff.
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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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"D. & R.G. Railroad" - caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 16. The scrapbook was created as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
The railroad would haul zinc out of the mines at Gilman for several decades. Three buildings are visible, including one perched on the mountainside. At far right, a sign says "Eagle Mines of the Empire Zinc Co". A tailings pipe appears to be dumping into the Eagle River (midground). The town of...
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Hap Fletcher pushing snow with a dozer after a snow slide near Belden.
9) Gilman
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Gilman taken from the other side of the Eagle River Canyon. The main mine shaft is at right of center.
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A view of Gilman in the snow [1930s] with some mine facilities and housing.
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Gilman, Colorado, in the snow, looking north towards the Shaft-house.
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Ramond M. "Hap" Fletcher plowing snow after a slide at Belden in the winter. Fletcher was a heavy equipment operator for the New Jersey Zinc Co. The vehicle was tracked for better performance in the heavy snow in the Eagle Canyon near Belden.
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Ramond M. "Hap" Fletcher plowing snow after a slide at Belden in the winter. Fletcher was a heavy equipment operator for the New Jersey Zinc Co. The vehicle was tracked for better performance in the heavy snow in the Eagle Canyon near Belden.
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Three two-horse teams pulling a sled loaded with mine timbers on Battle Mountain. One man driving the teams, seated on the timbers. Snow on ground.
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Verso: "Don headed for Evening Star Mine at Gilman"
Behind Don [wearing his head lamp] is a stack of mining timbers.
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Red Cliff, Colorado, showing the portion of Horn Silver Mountain where Greiner and DaLee made their first silver strike. The old dump is marked with an X.
