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1. Packtrain
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Pack animals loaded with supplies or possibly ore on Missouri Pass. The rider may be Pete Mann.
2. Burro train
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Verso: "burro train on Missouri Pass 1939"
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Looking north, the Shelter House rock walls are approximately 4' up with the wooden framework visible. The pack horses carrying the framing are at the right in the photo. Construction workers' tent stands to the right of the Shelter House. Man sawing timber is at the far left. Photo is labeled: 281253.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
4. Jack
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Part of the MacDonald Knight prospecting team.
Verso: " 'Jack' the male member of the pack string 1939"
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"Packstring with Pete Mann on Missouri Pass"
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MacDonald Knight on left with Harold Stoner and pack burros. This was the first prospecting trip in 1939. Knight taught school during the year and had his summers free to prospect.
Front: "1st trip in '39 Gold Park, Don, Stoner"
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Verso: "Pete Mann who ran the pack string 12 miles from the Glengary mine to Gold Park; 22 tons packed out summer 1939"
9. Camp Tigiwon
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Caption: "Camp Tigiwon alt. 10,000 ft. Pilgrimage to the Nount of the Holy Cross. V. T. Brown photo, Denver, Colo."
47 "pilgrims," most on horseback, posing in front of the Camp Tigiwon post office. The Post office was established June 5, 1929 and discontinued September 30, 1942 [from Colorado Post Offices 1859-1989, by Bauer, Osment and Willard, 1990].
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Verso: "Burro and friends at Holy Cross City '30's"
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July 1957: Clarence Dubach riding out to cut timber. His horse, the aptly named "Red", is pulling him on a skid that will also carry back his load.
12. Holy Cross City
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Tom Doran (on left) of Eagle, Colorado, and Chuck Shaw of Minturn, Colorado, with pack horses at Holy Cross City. Six buildings and the remains of other structures are visible in the background.
"By 1881, Holy Cross City was, itself, a reality. In a meadow, 11,407 feet above sea level, were "'two rows of houses facing each other with other buildings wherever a level spot could be found.' ...Between 1881 and 1883, Holy Cross City could boast...
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Pete Mann using burros to pack ore out of the Glengarry Mine [standardized spelling from GNIS]. The Glengarry Mine (Holy Cross Mining District) is .76 mile from Holy Cross City and at an elevation of 11,414 ft. The mining season was short at this elevation.
Verso: "Pete Mann with Burro string packing ore from Glengary mine, Summer 1940, Missouri Pass Summit"
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Gold Park and cabin with burros tethered under the trees. The burros were used to pack ore out of the Glengarry Mine.
Verso: "Gold Park and burros 1939, packing ore from Glengary"
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"Lewis and the mules on Piney Ridge at the head of Metcalf creek." [verso]
16. Sophie Knight
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Sophie Hamrick Knight, on the divide between Cross Creek and West Cross Creek. She is posed with the dog, "Hound," and burros Lucky and The Kid. She and Tom Knight were prospecting at the time.
Verso: "Mom on the divide between Cross Creek and West Cross Creek with burros, Lucky and The Kid, and dog, The Houn'. 1938[?] Prospecting"
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Man resting in the shade of an overhang with pack mules and dog at the top of Fancy Pass.
"I recall that little mine way up on Middle Mountain, I think it was the Blossom. I know that when you stuck your head up over Fancy Pass that little mine was staring your right in the face although at some distance. As most of the places we looked into, there was no trace of any mineral on the premises." -- Bud Beck Jan. 2010
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Pack train going up Notch Mountain (north side). At least ten animals and several riders are visible. The horses are transporting timber for the framing of the Shelter House. Eagle River valley and Gore Range are in right background. Photo labeled: 281248
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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George Burgess Jr. with a pack horse on the rim of Gold Dust Basin viewing east. Photo is dated September of 1948.