Re: Looking for info Maude Monroe mine aka The Hukill Mine

Very interesting photo, Ken's colour view shows the Alma Lincoln Mill intact with the Maud Monroe adit Orebin and trestle over the new Hwy 6&40.
Harry Brunk in the Gazette series in a later issue, had questioned his belief if the new Headframe was initially orange.

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I wondered same given this 1950 photo of the destroyed Alma Lincoln Mill. It looks Black to me. Finding photos of this area hasn't been easy.


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As close as I can date this picture is at the very end of the C&S or soon after abandonment. The dump trestle from the old Headframe to the dump on the right that straddled the C&S mainline has gone as has the Salisbury Mill.

In either iteration, I have yet to see anything that shows the C&S had a siding to this Mine.


EDIT: After examining another earlier picture taken from above the Stanley Shafthouse looking towards Idaho Springs.
It is apparent that the new highway 6&40 in the above enlarged DPL picture was actually built on the grade of the C&S at the location seen in the background therefore confirming my thoughts that the picture was taken post-abandonment.
More on this subject can be found in the following thread Stanley Mills: Part Two. Salisbury Mill and Donna Juanita Mine. over at the [c-sn3-discussion-forum.41377.n7.nabble.com]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/22/2015 04:50AM by Chris Walker.