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Eagle Bird Mine Eagle Canon

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Call NumberWHJ-1350CreatorJackson, William Henry, 1843-1942Date1882-1900SummaryView of a mine identified as the Eaglebird Mine on the Eagle River near Gilman on Battle Mountain (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows a foot bridge, a wood frame aerial tram house and assay office, log supports buttressing a tailings pile, and a mine tramway buttressed with logs and built on the side of the rocky gorge. Above the steep rock walls of the gorge a painted frame house sits on a rock outcrop. Frame buildings in the distance at the top of the gorge are in the town of Gilman.Physical Description1 photoprint : albumen ; 17 x 23 cm (6 1/2 x 9 in.) mounted on album page.Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectBattle Mountain (Eagle County, Colo.)--19th centuryEagle County (Colo.)--19th centuryBridges--Colorado--Eagle County--19th centuryMine buildings--Colorado--Eagle County--19th centuryMining--Colorado--Eagle County--19th centuryGeographic AreaEagle County (Colo.)Related MaterialImage File: ZZR700301350Type of MaterialSample booksAlbumen printsPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromW. H. Jackson sample album. Colorado Book VI, no. 229Original Material Found in CollectionW. H. Jackson sample album. Colorado Book VINotesAttribution to Jackson based on inclusion in bound W. H. Jackson sample album. Condition: corners of print are worn; print is stained and discolored. Hand-lettered title reproduced in print. Illegible number hand lettered on negative and reproduced in print. Mounted on verso of album page: WHJ-1349. R7003013507.

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