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1) Packtrain
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Pack animals loaded with supplies or possibly ore on Missouri Pass. The rider may be Pete Mann.
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Boyle Brothers drill on Hole PR___, in road just North of 1913 adit (entrance). Dated July 1966.
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The arrastra has been used since the Phoenicians to grind ores, most often gold or silver. The construction involves a circular pit paved with flat stones. Large flat-bottomed drag stones are connected to a center post by a long arm. Using horse, mule or human power, the arm drags the large stones over the ore, crushing it. This arrastra at the Gold Bug Mine was powered by a waterwheel, clearly evident in the photograph. It is a cheap but effective...
5) Jack
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Part of the MacDonald Knight prospecting team.
Verso: " 'Jack' the male member of the pack string 1939"
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Front: "Eagle Bird Canon Prospecting for US 40;" verso: "Highway scene near Gilman, mid- winter"
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From left, Paul Roebling, Clarence and Helen Dubach examining ore core by barn in Triangle Park. Photograph is dated November/December 1966.
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Scenic view near Holy Cross City, Colorado, approximately twelve miles from Red Cliff. Holy Cross City and Gold Park were the major mining camps in the Holy Cross Mining District. There were two mills in the area to service the mines.
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Charley Horn and Harry Groh, with horses, preparing to go prospecting.
"When their [Frank and Mary Groh's] first child, Harry, was born in 1891 he had what was always considered a fine distinction in a new settlement. He was the first white child born in a new pioneer community. Olive was born in 1893 and Frank Jr. in 1901." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 125
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Tom Knight, leading a pack burro. Sam Anderson is mounted, riding behind Tom. Holy Cross City and mill are in the background.
Front: "Me and my ------- Holy Cross City, me, Sam Anderson 1940"
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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...
13) Poorman Mine
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Verso: "Don [MacDonald Knight] at the Poorman Mine which we once owned below Gilman."
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"When placer gold was found in the banks of Homestake Creek, history repeated itself with a rush of people seeking quick wealth from precious metals. Although the Mount of the Holy Cross was some distance away from those points where gold had been discovered, it was still the best know, and the closest landmark of any consequence and, therefore, its name was adopted. The Holy Cross Mining District became a reality in 1880. Most Colorado mining...
15) Locating Claims
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Sean Whelan with Clarence Dubach and Barbara Gabelman, locating claims at the New York cabins, in July 1966.
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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...
17) Tom Knight
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Tom Knight, standing on the foot bridge that crosses Homestake Creek in Gold Park.
Front: "on the foot bridge across Homestake Gold Park;" verso: "Tom."
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Verso: "Tom & Anderson at Gold Park cabin"
Tom Knight, on left, and Sam Anderson at the Gold Park cabin. To the right and behind the cabin is the ore bin. Ore was packed out on burros from the Glengary [Glengarry] mine to the ore bin and then transported by truck from there to Leadville.
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MacDonald Knight standing on abandoned lumber on Francy Pass. The lumber was intended for the Gold Bug Mine gold mill building. When the bottom dropped out of mining in the area, supplies and equipment were abandoned in place.
Front: "lumber on Fancy Pass;" verso: "lumber was for Gold Bug gold mill building. Don in picture."
20) 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...
