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1. Rex Flats
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The Gilman Mine "tailings pond" in the back center. Tailings were waste products from processing ore and were piped down Battle Mountain approximately four to five miles to the tailings pond. Some eight million cubic feet have been estimated to have been dumped in this area, which was west of the Gilman Mine.
4. Maloit Park
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Maloit Park showing the playground area in the back left. The park is east of Minturn on Highway 24 approximately two miles.
The New Jersey Zinc Co. recreation grounds were renamed Maloit Park in November of 1958. The park was dedicated on July 4th, 1959, becoming a public facility. Frank Maloit retired in the spring of 1959 after being affiliated with the Company at Gilman since 1922.
6. Frank Maloit
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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...
13. Charlie Francis
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Group at the shelter in Maloit Park. Standing on the left is Rosie Marfitano holding her son. Seated on the left is Madeline Steinmeyer, then Virginia Caddy Bowman, Pearl (Dump) Mize, Pearl Murley (looking left and standing) and Blanch Sundburg standing far right and looking to the left.
Ladies standing with their backs to the camera are unidentified.
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The Gilman Mine "tailings pond" in the back center. Tailings were waste products from processing ore and were piped down Battle Mountain approximately four to five miles to the tailings pond. Some eight million cubic feet have been estimated to have been dumped in this area, which was west of the Gilman Mine.