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Tom Garnett and his cousin, Shirley, standing on the boardwalk in a backyard. An automobile is visible in the background.
362) Transportation
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A sideview of the mantrip. Barry and Shirley Evans are at the back, Lucille Riggle in blue is facing the camera in front of them. Pete and Ella Burnett and Terry Pierson are in front.
363) Cap lamp room
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Berniece Chadwick, Alberta Limatta, and Ella Burnett with Hawkeye and Jean Flaherty behind them in the cap lamp room. The belts visible on Berniece and Ella hold a battery pack on the back with a power cord attaching to the lamp. Each lamp had 2 filaments so that if one burned out, the power could be switched to the second.
364) Mantrip
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Loading up for transportation to lower levels in the mine. The 16-10 incline goes down to the 18 level (at one time it went all the way to the 24 level). Transporting people was called a mantrip.
In the front seat are Terry Pierson, Ella and Pete Burnett. Victor Pierson is standing at left in the yellow helmet.
365) Cap Lamp Room
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From left, Bill Burnett, Hawkeye (Gordon) Flaherty, and Ella Burnett are standing in front of cap lamp units at 16 level in the Gilman mine. Alberta Limatta is at far right.
The shaft house had a 2 cage lift system, taking miners between levels. It could work with one cage going up and the other down, or with just one isolated cage moving. Cap lamps were put on before going into the mine and returned upon coming out.
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Joel Fitzgerald, shop foreman, boring a bearing for an electric motor which operates Marcy Mill in the Milling Department.
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Returning to Gilman for a tour on July 26, 1997. Denny Doyle and Emmett Flaherty.
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Dick Sayers (l) and John Skinner (r) at the pumping station on 20 level at Gilman.
"Water for the mine came directly from the Eagle River from the pump house, which was just across the ramp coming down the mill incline. About 50 tons of ore per hour went through the mill during each eight-hour shift." Eagle River Valley, p.38
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Emmet Flaherty preparing to pre-heat two blank pieces of hollow drill steel. In the background is an automatic oil-fired forge which will bring these blanks to an exact temperature for forging. From the hollow drill blanks, finished pieces of lugged steel are formed for use in rock drills.
371) Gilman Post Office
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The Gilman Post Office in 1948. A van for the Vienna City Laundry and Dry Cleaners can be seen on the right. This company was based out of Leadville, Colorado.
372) Gilman in the winter
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Buildings covered in snow in the town of Gilman. Taken in 1943. The building on the left is possibly the Gilman Post Office.
378) Gilman
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A view of the company houses at Gilman. Mining buildings can be seen on the right. Taken between 1917 and 1919.
379) Gilman
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A view of Gilman from around the 1890s. Many buildings are visible on the mountainside.
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A view of mountains located near the mining town of Gilman. Taken in 1919.
