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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.
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Photograph taken by E.R. Lepley. Yeoman Park Ranger Station barn and a side view of the shed. Many of the structures at Yeoman Park were built as part of the CCC Program, or Civilian Conservation Corps, during the Great Depression.
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Tearing down the existing tailings pipe and stands at the tailings pond below Gilman. Once enough sediment had been released through the bottom of the pipe, new stands were erected to lift the pipe to a higher elevation. Harv Collins is in the center of the photo wearing light colored coveralls.
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New section of pipe and stands for the tailings pond. Trusses with new sections of pipe are being built. Later a safety cable was added along a catwalk , which was used by employees to remove the plugs in the pipe and drain the tailings. Tailings were piped from Gilman as a slurry and, as the slurry dried, it became the same consistency as a fine sand.
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Marker for Helen Frances Eiswerth Cain, Mar. 6, 1895-June 1, 1945, in Fairview Cemetery, Basalt. Marker is engraved with a Bible, rosary and flowers.
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Marker for Pauline A. Blake (Mar. 15, 1904-Dec. 30, 1982) and Bruce Blake (Nov. 8, 1901-Mar. 31, 1983), Fairview Cemetery, Basalt, Colorado
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Photo of Rabbit Ears Peaks from Rabbit Ears Pass on October 15, 1945. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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From left: Jack Oleson, Charlotte (Nottingham) Oleson, Imogene (Nottingham) Doll, and Frank Doll stand for a picture. Both couples were celebrating either their 47th or 50th wedding anniversaries. Imogene and Frank were married on April 10, 1948. Jack and Charlotte were also married in 1948. Imogene and Charlotte were sisters. There are two conflicting years on the photograph, 1995 and 1998.
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Minnie "Min" Borah sits atop a wagon full of wood logs. Two horses are hitched to the wagon. Minnie Borah was the wife of Jake Borah. She was born in 1871 and passed away in 1908, at the age of 37.
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Stanley McHatton stands on the steps of the Eagle County High School in Gypsum. Taken in the 1910s. The caption states that Stanley McHatton was a professor at the school. This cannot be verified. Stanley attended the Eagle County High School through at least 1913.
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Willis Staup (left) and Kenneth Gerard prepare for a horseback ride near the Doll Brothers Ranch in Gypsum. They have a pack horse with them. A dog is visible in the bottom right corner.
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This photograph, dated ca. 1886, was taken along the tracks of the Colorado Midland Railway where it passes through Hell Gate in Pitkin County. The photographer is identified as J.L. Clinton. In the canyon below is Ivanhoe Creek, which feeds into the Fryingpan River. The man holding onto the electrical pole is unidentified. The tracks in this area have since been removed and the path turned into Frying Pan Road.
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This photograph was taken from a car on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad sometime around 1899. The photographer is presumed to be Prof. Charles Peter Berkey. Professor Berkey was in Colorado as part of a school trip from the University of Minnesota. He came with mining students from that university to study the "practical science of mining."
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This stereoscopic view of Gilman, Colorado was taken around 1895 by A. E. Dickerson. Gilman proper is off to the left of this image. With the main focus being on the cliffside south of the town. What are likely mining buildings can be seen in the top left corner of the image with what appears to be waste rock coming down the cliffside towards the tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. The man in the center of image is unidentified.
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This photograph of the Eagle River Canon was taken around 1885 by Alexander Martin. At the center-bottom of the image, you can see the tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. In the cliffs above, you can see various structures and buildings that are no doubt related to mining activities in the area.
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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.
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This stereoscopic view of Red Cliff, Colorado (facing southeast) was taken by William Henry Jackson some time in the late 1800s. It's likely this image is from before 1883, since the caption states that the image is of Red Cliff, Summit County, Colorado. Red Cliff was a part of Summit County for a few years before 1883. In 1883, Eagle County was formed and Red Cliff became the county seat.
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8498) Klatt barn
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The Klatt barn "now moved intact to grassy spot across the Eagle River. Museum suggested."
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The 1937 graduating class of Eagle High School, lined up for class photo. From left: John Robertson, Cornelia Steel, Johnnie Clark, Dorothy Lea, Joe Walters, June Zellers, Helen Brooks, Jim Nimon, Adele Jones, Mildred Eaton, Elmer Rochford, Yvonne Savage, Rosella Brown, Edna Andre, Duane Larsen. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Eagle High School basketball team, 1937. Back, from left: John Robertson, Elmer Rochford, Duane Larsen, Jim Nimon, Robert McDivvitt Front, from left: Bill Nimon, Joe Walters, Donald Knupp, Donald Van Horn [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]