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"Patricia and Susan Riggle, Gilman Colorado, April 1952." -- verso Patricia is the older child in back of her sister.

Looking up toward Gilman from Belden after a heavy snowfall.

The main shaft house for the New Jersey Zinc Co. is the tall building at far right. The stacked lumber is for mine stoping. This view is facing north.

Frank Maloit and an executive from the New Jersey Zinc Co., standing in the snow at Gilman, Colorado. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]

MacDonald Knight sitting on a parked car in the snow at Gilman. He's holding a camera and is underneath a sign for Coca-Cola. Front: "sitting on top a parked car" [Gilman]

Road into Gilman with the Eagle River Canyon at far right. Main mine shaft is at left center with mine timbers stacked to its right. Housing in the background.

Mayo and Trudie Lanning, Christmas Day 1947, standing on the road in back of their house at Gilman. Autobiography of Mayo W. Lanning, p. 33: "I could not hold alcohol in the radiator of my 1933 Chevvy at the 9,000 foot altitude. (Leadville was over 10,000'). The solution was to drain the radiator. Then on Saturday fill it with boiling water and also put some on the rear wheel brakes which were always frozen. After a few minutes we were ready to...

Gilman taken from the other side of the Eagle River Canyon. The main mine shaft is at right of center.

Aerial photograph taken by Mayo Lanning on February 3, 1998. Housing for workers at the Gilman Mine is shown in the center of the photograph. The Lanning family lived in the center of the top row of houses, just below Hwy 24, which curves into the background. Water tanks are visible adjacent to Hwy 24.

Main Street in Gilman after a heavy snowfall. The license plate on the first car may read 1934. Storefronts show business names and products.