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64. Derailment
65. Derailment
68. New zinc dryer
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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.
73. Belden
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The Belden processing and shipping area for the ore that was mined at Gilman Mine. The loading tippel is the first building on the left (white); next is the steam room and then the dryer.
Box cars are lined up on the tracks by the loading tippel. The box cars at the center of the photo are underneath the Ben Butler Mine.
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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.
79. Transportation
80. Cap lamp room
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Berniece Chadwick, Alberta Limatta, and Ella Burnett with Hawkeye and Jean Flaherty behind them in the cap lamp room. The belts visible on Berniece and Ella hold a battery pack on the back with a power cord attaching to the lamp. Each lamp had 2 filaments so that if one burned out, the power could be switched to the second.