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Dick Sayers (left) and John Skinner discussing the adjustments to equipment. A good view of the headlamp attachment to the battery pack carried on one's belt.
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Dick Sayers (left) and John Skinner adjusting the valves on equipment.
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Dick Sayers (left) and John Skinner adjusting the valves on equipment.
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Albert Barlow with his daughter, Ann, and two granddaughters.
5) Assay office
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[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Standing above the cavern in the Gilman mine where the ball and rod mills are housed. The mills are on an incline for gravity feed down to the loading docks.
At the center right of the photo, steel rods are stacked for use in the rod mill.
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At 16 level, the ore train would dump rock into the large pit (Grizzly) at the bottom of which was located a jaw crusher. The crusher would send the ore into the ball mill and rod mill where the ore was pulverized to a fine powder.
Inside the ball mill, there would be ore and steel balls, approximately 10 in. in diameter. As the mill rotated, the ore was crushed by the balls. Eventually, the balls would wear down and Bob Riggle remembers his dad...
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At right is the ball mill. At left is the rod mill. The mills are on an incline for gravity feed down to the loading docks.
At the center right of the photo, steel rods are stacked for use in the rod mill.
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Lynn Kanakis (?) takes batting practice at Maloit Park. Many of the NJZ employees enjoyed playing baseball and formed teams that competed with neighboring towns.
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A letter to residents in the town of Gilman from Craig Nagler, President of Battle Mountain Corporation, as formal notification of their intention to discontinue services to the once-thriving company town. Battle Mountain Corporation offered relocation assistance to residents; the town had been built around jobs in the mine, making relocation more than a move for all involved. The town of Gilman sits perched on a hillside above the Eagle Mine and...
11) Belden
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Looking down the Eagle River toward Belden. Railroad tracks in foreground; Gilman buildings are visible at the top.
12) 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.
13) 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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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Buster Beck and Alan Albert.
16) Caddy's house
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Caddy's house with Marie Belina, two unidentified reporters from the Vail Trail, Bill Belina and Charlie Jude. The Belina's father worked at Gilman and they lived either in Caddy's or Maloit's home.
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Gilman, Colorado, is now an abandoned mining town perched on a high cliff viewable from Highway 24 between Red Cliff and Minturn, CO. Its history dates back to the beginning of the state and mining has always been its chief industry. The mining changed over the years as well, from silver and gold, to zinc, lead, and other precious metals. The 1930s through 1950s were years of prosperity for the small company town and its residents; at one time, Gilman...
18) Charlie Francis
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Charlie Francis (center), sent from the New York office during union negiotiations, at Maloit Park.
19) 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]
