Re: Pitkin to Mt Princeton. DSPP, DL&G & C&S . Pitkin Mill
| June 08, 2022 11:43AM |
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dan gavel Wrote:
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> ...There was a large
> mill in Pitkin, but even the ICC report doesn't
> state what it actually processed , does anyone
> have any info on this or any other mill or mine on
> this section of the route ?
It probably processed silver. The book The Gunnison Country by Vandenbusch makes several references to Pitkin as a sliver mining town. The mill in question was on the tail of the wye on the west side of Pitkin, and shows up on the far left of this photo. I made this by stitching together scans from two glass plate negatives in Bob Schoppe's collection. The original photographer was nice enough to provide just enough overlap between the two photos to allow this to be done, but I doubt he even dreamed it would be possible to make such a seamless panorama from his two shots. The depot is at the far right.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/08/2022 05:14PM by Todd Hackett.
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> ...There was a large
> mill in Pitkin, but even the ICC report doesn't
> state what it actually processed , does anyone
> have any info on this or any other mill or mine on
> this section of the route ?
It probably processed silver. The book The Gunnison Country by Vandenbusch makes several references to Pitkin as a sliver mining town. The mill in question was on the tail of the wye on the west side of Pitkin, and shows up on the far left of this photo. I made this by stitching together scans from two glass plate negatives in Bob Schoppe's collection. The original photographer was nice enough to provide just enough overlap between the two photos to allow this to be done, but I doubt he even dreamed it would be possible to make such a seamless panorama from his two shots. The depot is at the far right.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/08/2022 05:14PM by Todd Hackett.
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