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Using a level to make sure the mine tailings flume is canted to the right angle. Tailings were piped from Gilman as a slurry and, as the slurry dried, it became the same consistency as a fine sand.
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At the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon below Gilman, Belden is situated on the railroad. Ore was loaded on train cars here. The surface tram ran from Gilman down to Belden. The debris from the downpour covers the railroad tracks at midfield. The water was 8 ft. deep between the compressor house and the loading tipple during the cloudburst.
The compressor house had been at Belden for many years. "There was one huge Ingersoll-Rand piston-type...
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Shared marker for: Vasquez, father Rojerio, July 28, 1909--Apr. 6, 1986; mother Emilia M., May 7, 1906--Dec. 1, 1989; married Aug. 24, 1936; son George, Feb. 22, 1944--Apr. 13, 1944, in Riverview Cemetery. A pick and shovel are engraved next to Rojerio's name; a flower is engraved next to Emilia and George's names. At the upper corners, crosses with rosaries and flowers are engraved.
