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When photographed in the mid-1980s, this mine shack was still standing on the east side of New York Mountain, above New York Lake and the timberline. The building was made of milled wood. In recent years, the structure has collapsed.
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The town of Elkhorn, Colorado, south of Eagle, Colorado.
In 1912, George Guenon found some rock samples around Horse Mountain that promised silver and showed them to Ocar Kempf. Kempf staked the area behind Guenon's back and a rush to prospect was started. "Rows of cabins, houses, a saloon, and a boarding and rooming house were built on land belonging to Charles Zartman. A mine, named for Mrs. Kempf --the "Lady Bell"--became the main scene of...
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Jack and Ella Layton standing in front of their house in Eagle, Colorado. Jack arrived in Eagle County [then part of Summit County] in 1879. He prospected, hunted and fished on Brush Creek, arriving "early enough to see Indians." [Eagle County History, 1940] He married his wife, Ella, on August 5, 1891. Together, they ranched and lived in Eagle.
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Walter Hyde cabin at Gold Park, which is up Homestake Creek, south of Gilman.
Walter was born on September 4, 1872, in Fairplay, Colo. In the early 1880s, the Hyde family settled at the mouth of Lake Creek. Water was a prospector and was a miner in Utah for many years. In the 1930s, he lived in Gold Park, mining in that region. When his health deteriorated, he spent most of his time in Red Cliff. He died in Denver in 1942.
His sisters were Laura...
