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42. Broken track
43. Ranch
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"Clyde (C.F.) Lloyd and his wife Adele, owners of the Red Mountain Ranch, were Chicago residents who spent their summers in Eagle. Late in the 1920s, Lloyd obtained a special-use permit from the Forest Service that allowed him to develop a mountain camp at Lake Charles, a high-county lake on East Brush Creek. Lloyd and other family members built half a dozen cabins, including a cook's cabin and a 'honeymoon' cabin on unpatented mining claims at...
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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...
46. Deer hunters
47. Don at the peak
48. Jack
50. Upper Black Lake
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Shared marker for: "Adams, Charlie Earl, July 2, 1889--Feb. 23, 1973; Inez Riggs, Nov. 21, 1883--Mar. 30, 1973," in the McCoy Cemetery. A mountain scene with a cross engraved at the top of the marker. Columbines are engraved at the center of the marker. At bottom, the inscription reads: "Married Aug. 31, 1912."