Local History Photo Archive
The Eagle Valley Library District and the Eagle County Historical Society work together to bring you thousands of photographs, artifacts, and many other items from historical Eagle County and the surrounding areas on the Western Slope.
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- Tailings pipe maintenance
- Tearing down the existing tailings pipe and stands at the tailings pond below Gilman. Once enough sediment had been released through the bottom of the pipe, new stands were erected to lift the pipe to a higher elevation. Harv Collins is in the center of the photo wearing light colored coveralls., Byron Stanley Collection
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- Tailings pond
- The tailings pond below Gilman (south east of Maloit Park). Mine wastes were piped approximately four miles down into the settlement area. The tailings pond kept mine wastes from flowing into the Eagle River., Byron Stanley Collection