degg13 Wrote:
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> The lower image, I really believe, has long been
> mis-identified. I believe it actually is Alpine
> (later Fisher). Note the station overhang on the
> left but the water tank is missing...it burned in
> the late '80s.
>
> I've given a lot of thought about that Kiercy
> Collection Murphy's Switch photo in the past
> month. I think this is around 1883. It IS where
> Romley would be, and the Eating House sits almost
> exactly where the Hancock depot would be moved in
> 1887 when the place was renamed Romley. The
> sidings were much expanded (to nearly 30 car
> capacity) around 1886/87. The Mary Murphy ore
> house is the big building in the background and
> the trestle and spur arrangement by it has been a
> bit perplexing. The near spur services a
> powerhouse for the mine. The Pomeroy Gulch bridge,
> just the iron bridge at that time, is beyond the
> ore house. Half a mile down in the distance is the
> Lady Murphy ore house, spurs (coal and ore) and a
> water tank, the original water tank in the area
> until it disappears around 1889 and the GSL&P
> Crisman water tank is moved into Grizzly Gulch.
>
> The spur into St Elmo did exist, there are at
> least three photos of it. It was in at least by
> 1893 to service the Pawnee and very possibly as
> early as 1886/87 to provide a link into town at a
> better level. It started just west of Grizzly
> Gulch, where the Aspen Mill spur is on the ICC
> map, and extended about 1000' or so to get it to
> Poplar Street. It would be a slight downgrade, no
> switchback necessary. The mainline was climbing
> steeply at that point but the switch was fairly
> close to the level of the upper end of Main
> Street.
>
> I just found an article that may push the date of
> your photo back a few years to 1885 when the South
> Park was trying to grab the Aspen traffic business
> and upgraded St Elmo station grounds for it,
> building a freight building and expanding the
> spur. It could very well be the freight shed seen
> in the photos.
i know what you mean now, i didn't notice the lower line , missed it out on two images i have ,( or had , I seem to have deleted one of my scans from the mineral line book. so was not aware it actually existed.I thought you meant it was an extension of the spur that drops down from the depot. My bad. now Ive remembered these mining works, I started to make them,fortunately I have a flume and some tanks ( which just happen to be the right size, but which are empty, that will have to be rectified eventually ) , do you have any idea just where the flume started ? , I presume there must have been a dam or weir to feed the flume itself ?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/13/2022 06:15AM by dan gavel.
