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Bill May adjusting the controls on the compressor at Belden; Harold Steinmeyer supervising.
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Quinton Sagrillo performing maintenance on the new zinc dryer. Sagrillo was a dryer operator for New Jersey Zinc. Sagrillo served in World War I and then lived in Telluride and Denver. He and his wife Rose then managed the State Agricultural Farm Experiment Station at Avon for four years. He accepted employment with New Jersey Zinc, working there for 20 years before retiring in 1959.
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Quinton Sagrillo or Frank Jones or Mike Chockie lubricating part of the zinc dryer at Belden.
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Entrance point of the zinc concentrate into the dryer.
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Harold Steinmeyer and Bill May in the compressor room at Belden. Compressor equipment in the background is Ingersoll-Rand. During the spring and summer months, power for the compressors was provided by using Pelton Wheels (turbines) situated in nearby Fall Creek to generate electricity.
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New dryer being put in place at Belden. Drying fins are seen in the inside of the dryer.
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Moving a dryer section into place by blocking and chaining. Small sections pf pipe were also used to move the dryer.
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Harold Steinmeyer (left) and Bill May in the compressor room at Belden. Prior to the electrical power plant at Gilman, much of the electricity for the mine (compressors) was supplied by the use of Pelton wheels (turbines) powered by the water from Fall Creek at Belden.