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1) Art Anderson
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Art Anderson in his underground office at the Gilman Mine circa 1958. The large faced clock was typical of clocks found at Gilman.
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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.
3) Belden
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The Belden processing and shipping area for the ore that was mined at Gilman Mine. The loading tippel is the first building on the left (white); next is the steam room and then the dryer.
Box cars are lined up on the tracks by the loading tippel. The box cars at the center of the photo are underneath the Ben Butler Mine.
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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.
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Betty Jo Knight (Schmidt) seated on a rock with a backpack in front of her. Given her boots and pants, she may have had a horse in the vicinity.
Caption: "Betty Jo on some jaunt into the hills at Gilman."
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Bill Burnett clamping 4" x 6" x 3/8" heavy angle iron and 1/2" plates into an exact postiton prior to welding. This will make a base for a battery charging generator in one of the mine charging stations.
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Bill Burnett squares up a frame prior to welding it at the Gilman mine. "C" clamps hold the frame in place. A welder's mask and ball peen hammer are to Bill's right. Suction vent hanging at far right.
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Bill Williams, geologist, cutting paper in the Gilman Mine office. A "table top" calculator is in the background.
9) Bob Ashlock
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Bob Ashlock of the engineering department of the Gilman Mine at work on the tool table. Two core sample containers can be seen to Mr. Ashlock's right.
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Bob Enzenroth repairing and overhauling a jackhammer. All rock drills not working properly were sent to the machine shop to be cleaned, repaired and returned to the mine for service.
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Bob Radabaugh, mine geologist, at the Gilman Mine. The geologists determined areas of optimum ore yield through various methods of inquiry. Bob is shown with one of the low tech methods, the rock hammer, checking the rock formation.
12) Bonnie Hastings
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Bonnie Hastings in the office at the Gilman Mine. Switchboard equipment is to her immediate
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13) Bonnie Hastings
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Bonnie Hastings in the office at the Gilman Mine. Note the large office equipment, typewriter and calculator, that were used .
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Carl Garner reconstructing a mine hoist used for moving ore and supplies in the mine.
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Casts for pouring bearings in the mill. The idea of the machine shop and mill was to make the Gilman Mine as self sufficient as possible in terms of repair and renovation of equipment.
16) Chemical storage
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Lime, soda ash and copper sulfate (used in the zinc ore processing) stored beneath the mill at Gilman. Tracks used by timber trucks and ore cars run down the center of the picture. [Same as 2007.008.123]
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Staging area in the mill at Gilman for the chemicals used to process the mined ore. The fork lift was used to lift pallets of the chemicals for use in the mixing machines. [Similar to 2007.008.072]
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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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The cyanide injecting machine inside the mill at Gilman. Cyanide was used to clean the ore for processing. A pressure gauge is seen at the top of the injectors.
