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[Information taken from "The Margaret A. Downing Branch of the Lauffer Family," prepared by Blanche Tracy Kyes in June 1989, and provided by John Flynn.]
Ma: Margaret A. Lauffer, married on Sept. 20, 1872, to James Madison Downing in Guthrie County, Iowa.
Pa: James "Jim" Madison Downing, born in Cedar County, Iowa, and died March 21, 1937, in Marble, Colorado. "Jim Downing, considered to be one of the 'most fearless' bear hunters in the Rockies."...
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From left to right, Joe Fear and Don Knight at the entrance to Knight's silver claim in Marble Joe Fear is putting loaded ore buckets on the aerial tram down to the loading area. Don Knight is readying a carbide lamp to go in the mine and drill for the next shot.
"Don Knight, the eternal prospector, approached Buster Beck and me, Joe Fear, at the beginning of mud season for the logging business. He could get some lease rights to xome silver claims...
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Buster Beck below the silver mine emptying the "ore buckets" into a dump truck.
"Since the mine was about 100 yards above the end of the road where we had to park the dump truck, we had to build an aerial tram to ge the ore down to the trucks. Don was able to find an old model A hand brake, some cable and some 5 gallon buckets and we were in business. We loaded our ore into the dump truck, hauled it off the mountain, down river to the railroad at...
4) Silver Mine
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Don Knight's silver mine at Marble, Colorado. The dump truck is in the foreground with the aerial tram running between it and the mine portal at the tope of the photo. One of the prospectors is standing in the mine portal.
"We mined and hand picked for silver for 4 to 6 weeks. We worked on a fairly large portal with hand steel and powder until the ore vein gave out. Then we took a dishpan and a prospector's pick to a couple of small openings in...
5) Frank Tracy
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"Frank Tracy riding in a carriage in marble, Colorado. The picture was taken with a camera that used coated glass plates." -- John Flynn
[submitted by John J. Flynn, Jr.]
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Small pamphlet describing the history of the Crystal River Valley in Redstone Colorado. 39 pages. Includes black and white photographs. Written by Alvin Foote .
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A postcard of the Yule Marble quarry at Marble. Several individuals are pictured standing in the quarry. Marble from this quarry has been used to make historic monuments and structures in Washington D.C., San Francisco, and New York City,
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A copy of a paper written by Elizabeth Jane Snair in 1961 for the University of Denver.
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Small pamphlet describing the history of Marble mining and life in Marble, Colorado. 4 pages. Written by Ruby Isler.
