Jack Beck standing on logs at Benson's sawmill, Shrine Pass. Benson's barn in is the background. Bensons had a saw mill at Pando but after they moved their logging operation up Shrine Pass, they hauled their logs to Smith's Lumber Co. in Leadville.
Logging in that area was done at Shrine Pass, Tates Gulch, WIllow Creek, Lime Creek and Wearyman. Names of people involved in logging: Alfred Benson; Gus Benson (no relation); John Magunson (a blacksmith who bought the first chain saw); Algot Nelson; Walter Owen; Bert Anderson; Chuck Gilmer; Tad Collins (worked for Warren Bros. & Robinson; he was also Postmaster in Minturn)