Re: Along The Gilpin Tramway - The Wood Mine.

Posted by Keith Pashina on Mar 23, 2025; 1:24am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Along-The-Gilpin-Tramway-A-Closer-Look-tp20380p20608.html

Kevin,

Thank you for posting the four photos of Gilpin County - they are very interesting!

The first photo you posted, the one of Prosser Gulch, is one of the very few photos showing track laid on the Gilpin Tram's Buckley Mine branch.  On the right hand margin, you can also see 2 or more ore cars on the spur to the Woods Mine, also on the branch.

The Gold Collar Mine is interesting, showing wooden board-and-batten siding. This would indeed make a very fine looking mine model.

As to the last photos, showing the "Haverhill Gold Mine" and the enlarged background photo - I have no idea where this mine was located. I could not locate the photo perspective, when trying to align the background mountain profiles with the photo. Further, I could find no reference to any mine named Haverhill in my typical resources - School of Mines, Western History Collection, etc.. I wonder where this was taken?  This photo shows a lot of interesting details of what appears to be a thriving mining area. My first thought was maybe upper Russell Gulch, but couldn't get it to align with any references that I have.

Anyway, wonderful images! Yet another subject to be searching for further information on.