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"Five o'clock at Gilman, Colorado." The company town of New Jersey Zinc in the afternoon sunlight. The main shaft entrance, the first building upon entering the town, is at the center of the photo; stacked mine timbers are directly to the right of the main shaft.
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Ed Koch starting the repair and reconditioning of a rocker dump mine car. This mine car has become unserviceable since the bottom and end are worn through. The car will receive new steel section plates and be completely reconditioned.
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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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Looking at Belden, at the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon, below Gilman, from the surface tram. The railroad siding was where chemicals were off loaded and ore was loaded into freight cars. The power plant sits across the Eagle River, accessible by a foot bridge. A group of men are gathered at the center of the photo.
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The main shaft house at Gilman, midfield at left, with employee housing at right.
6. Repair shop
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Beth McIlnay, Lucille Riggle and Everett Limatta (far right) are standing in the repair shop in the Gilman mine.
7. Stalagtites
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Stalagtites in an abandoned drift in the Gilman mine at 16 level.
8. Belden
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The railroad siding at Belden, with a view up the Eagle Canyon to Gilman.
9. Gilman
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Looking down on Gilman housing; main shaft is left of center in the photo. Stacks of mine timbers are to the right of the shaft. A small section of U.S. Highway 24 can be seen at the upper left.
10. Pool hall
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Inside of a pool hall, possibly at Gilman.
11. Belden
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A close-up of facilities at Belden, some abandoned. Across the Eagle River, the power plant is visible at left.
12. Mitchell sets
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Wood framing used to support walls and overhead in the mine at Gilman, known as ”Mitchell Sets."
13. Assay office
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Photo postcard of Gilman with Belden at the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon. Ore cars are lined up on the tracks and the surface tram is clearly visible.
"Eagle River Canyon and Gilman from Battle Mt. Highway Sanborn W-1102"
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Lucille Riggle is seated at Bob Riggle's desk in the warehouse. Bill Burnett is at left rear; Alberta Limatta is at far right.
15. 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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Sign at the entrance of Gilman, Colorado, for the Eagle Mine, Empire Zinc Division, New Jersey Zinc Co.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Water action has created stalagtites in this drift.
18. Support timbers
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The 10 x 10 in. timbers above the tour group show a typical means of support in a drift. These timbers are probably from the Fleming Lumber Co. in Red Cliff, which produced a great deal of mine timber.
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Looking down the surface tram rails to Belden. The railroad tracks across the Eagle River are visible at the bottom.
20. Frank Maloit
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Studio portrait of Frank Maloit, superintendent of the Gilman Mine beginning in 1922. Maloit Park in Minturn is named after Mr. Maloit.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]