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1930s: Front view of six coke ovens showing doors. Snow on the ground.
"Frying Pan Town got its start through Charcoal Industry. There was a demand for charcoal at the Wheeler Smelter at Aspen. To supply this demand, ten charcoal kilns were constructed at the foot of Red Hill on the outskirts of the town near the timber. They are still standing but are being used for granary and machine shops by the owner. The pinion wood from which the charcoal...
2) Kilns
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Remains of kiln at Shrine Pass, used to make charcoal for the smelters in Leadville.
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"Char-coal kiln used in making charcoal for smelter 1890 in Colo." -- verso
Three kilns located next to a railroad track and boxcar for the transportation of the finished charcoal. Wood stacked at left, prior to loading the kilns. A. P. Rundell is standing on top of the first kiln with four other men visible.
From Jimmy Blouch on location: "My first guess is Mitchell, on Tennessee Pass.
Mitchell is/was on the west side of Tennessee Pass. As one...
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Joel James Fitzgerald III, standing on a framer's pole at Warren's mill, near Cole Creek, up Shrine Pass, Forest Service Rd. no. 709. The kiln in the background was used to make charcoal for the smelters in Leadville.
Joel was the son of Loryne Fitzgerald, a teacher at Red Cliff Union High School. They lived next door to the Beck family in Red Cliff.
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A view of the coke ovens near Mitchell.
"Mitchell is/was on the west side of Tennessee Pass. As one drives east, after passing Pando a few miles, the highway is right next to the railroad. Right at that location, on the other side of the track, are some kiln ruins. During 1890 there would have been a track beside the kilns. Assuming that the location is Mitchell that would be where Camp Hale was located in later years." -- Jimmy Blouch
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