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61) Belden
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Facilities at Belden, some abandoned. Gilman is visible at the top of the cliff. Mine buildings are at right, midfield.
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Red Cliff with Ft. Arnett and the railroad bridge visible at right midground.
[One of a series of ten photographs included in postal mailer: Frashers Quality Photos, Ten Scenic Views souvenir from Canon City to Leadville, Colo. Frashers, Inc., Pomona, Calif. Required 2 cents postage.]
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"Eagle River Canon, Colo., D. & R. G. Ry." Tinted photo postcard shows mine cribbing and mine buildings above Belden with the rail tracks and Eagle River at the bottom.
Verso: No. C8708 Published by The Colorado News Company, Denver, Colo., Dresden-Leipzig-Berlin. Trademark [Corson #632] for American News Co., New York, NY, Litho-chrome process.
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Documenting the landslide onto the D&RG tracks in Eagle River Canyon. The numbers on the photo correspond to the descriptions below.
"1. Loading tipple; 2. Service tunnel to mill stope. Note how completely the slide buried it" [written by Tom Knight]
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Documenting the landslide onto the D&RG tracks in Eagle River Canyon. The numbers on the photo correspond to the descriptions below. The old mill is at far right.
Verso: "1. New House Station on tram; 2. Eagle River; 3. Slide on D&RG; 4. An old mill, note the cribbing underneath the building" [written by Tom Knight]
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Documenting the landslide onto the D&RG tracks in Eagle River Canyon. The numbers on the photo correspond to the descriptions below.
Verso: "1. Compressor house; 2. Tram landing; 3. New House tunnel station on tram; I am working on a level with the New House Tunnel, but about ½ miles in the Mtn. Notice how steep the tram is; it's steeper yet before it reaches Gilman." [written by Tom Knight]
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Steve Rich loading mining timber onto a timber truck at the 16 level in the Gilman mine. After the timbers were removed from the shaft, they were turned horizontally for loading. Safety signs at left.
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Ed Koch welding a repair on a "yellow car", a rocker dump car, which dumped ore to the side. The frame and wheels can be seen in the lower front foreground.
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Ed Koch welding a repair on a "yellow car", a rocker dump car, which dumped ore to the side. The frame and wheels can be seen in the lower front foreground.
71) Ore cart
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An ore car at right, going out to the main pit (Grizzly). Once it arrives at the pit, the rocker wheel on the cart is elevated by the track and dumps the contents of the cart into the pit.
72) 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.
73) 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.
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Front: " '40, miners Glengarry June 1st, 1940"
Removing ore in an ore cart at the Glengarry [Glengary] Mine tunnel, June 1, 1940. Macdonald Knight is at left. Snow on the ground on June 1 is not that unusual for Cross Creek, given the altitude.
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An ore car sitting on mine tracks at the Glengarry Tunnel at Cross Creek, 1939.
76) 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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Looking across the railroad tracks at Belden, the tram house is white, midground; the surface tram cable is running up the cliff on the right. Cribbing visible at center.
78) Mucking machine
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Air operated mucking machine. The scoop goes over the mucking machine and empties the ore into the car behind. Miners also used these cars to move mining timbers throughout the mine.
79) Mucking machine
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Mucking machine picking up a load of ore at Gilman. The machine ran on rails and pulled ore cars behind for loading.
80) Mucking machine
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Air operated mucking machine preparing to load material. The scoop would go over the mucking machine and empty the ore into the cart behind. Operator controls were at the left side of the machine.