Re: Along The Gilpin Tramway - The Wood Mine.
Posted by Kevin Fall on Mar 20, 2025; 9:03pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Along-The-Gilpin-Tramway-A-Closer-Look-tp20380p20593.html
With apologies, I'm a little out of sequence with the following photos as they relate to Keith's Gilpin journey. Since I haven't posted before I thought I'd give it a try.
The first photo is another view of Prosser Gulch. The lower bridge across the gulch is the road bridge. The next bridge above that is the lower Gilpin Tram bridge on the Buckley Mine branch with a partial view of the Wood shaft house and three Gilpin tram cars on the siding. The mainline is the next bridge above that with Gold Collar Mine to the above right. Just to the left of the Gold Collar across the gulch is the Concrete mine. At the top left of the photo are the Gunnell and Whiting mines with a tram car below the Gunnell Mine waste rock trestle. The Grand Army shaft house with the large waste dump is to the right of those two mines with four tram cars on the tracks. Hope I got that correct.
I am not sure of the date on this photo but it must be an earlier photo of the Gold Collar mine with its board and batten siding. It doesn’t seem to have any of the additions that were added on later. The Concrete Mine is to the right further up the hill and you can barely see the lettering on the side of the mine. You can barely see the Gilpin Tram grade going across the top of the Gold Collar Mine as it travels to the end of track at the Concrete Mine. I’m not sure of what the mines on the ridge are. The mine at this size would make a great model.
Not sure where the Haverhill Mine was in relation to the other mines as I cannot find any reference to it on the internet, but it was in the batch with the previous two photos and the terrain appears to be from the same area. Maybe Keith can identify the mines in the distance and that would help with identification of the area. I see no Gilpin trackage.
An enlargement of the mines in the distance below.
I forgot I even had these photos and came across them yesterday. I was a follower of Keith's when he was on FreeRails so am glad to see the series revived.
Kevin Fall
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Along-The-Gilpin-Tramway-A-Closer-Look-tp20380p20593.html
With apologies, I'm a little out of sequence with the following photos as they relate to Keith's Gilpin journey. Since I haven't posted before I thought I'd give it a try.
The first photo is another view of Prosser Gulch. The lower bridge across the gulch is the road bridge. The next bridge above that is the lower Gilpin Tram bridge on the Buckley Mine branch with a partial view of the Wood shaft house and three Gilpin tram cars on the siding. The mainline is the next bridge above that with Gold Collar Mine to the above right. Just to the left of the Gold Collar across the gulch is the Concrete mine. At the top left of the photo are the Gunnell and Whiting mines with a tram car below the Gunnell Mine waste rock trestle. The Grand Army shaft house with the large waste dump is to the right of those two mines with four tram cars on the tracks. Hope I got that correct.
I am not sure of the date on this photo but it must be an earlier photo of the Gold Collar mine with its board and batten siding. It doesn’t seem to have any of the additions that were added on later. The Concrete Mine is to the right further up the hill and you can barely see the lettering on the side of the mine. You can barely see the Gilpin Tram grade going across the top of the Gold Collar Mine as it travels to the end of track at the Concrete Mine. I’m not sure of what the mines on the ridge are. The mine at this size would make a great model.
Not sure where the Haverhill Mine was in relation to the other mines as I cannot find any reference to it on the internet, but it was in the batch with the previous two photos and the terrain appears to be from the same area. Maybe Keith can identify the mines in the distance and that would help with identification of the area. I see no Gilpin trackage.
An enlargement of the mines in the distance below.
I forgot I even had these photos and came across them yesterday. I was a follower of Keith's when he was on FreeRails so am glad to see the series revived.
Kevin Fall
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