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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"
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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"
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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"
