Re: Dillon / Keystone Operations Revisited

Posted by Jim Courtney on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Freight-trains-at-Dillon-or-Keystone-tp1868p6598.html

So now I'm wondering about that powerhouse located at the end of Sterne's spur, northeast of Dillon, on the Blue River. Why was it there, what industry did it power?

A DPL search for "Sterne" showed no hits.

But a few interesting things came up in "Dillon":

http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/26623/rec/1



This photo is captioned as "Dillon Dredge, Public Service Co.. July 29, 1924", written on the print.  Was there  a dredge on the Blue River north of Dickey, or below (north of) Dillon?  To me, this looks like one of the dredges on the Swan or Blue Rivers in the Breckenridge vicinity. Perhaps the photo is mislabeled.

Anyone know? Any dredge experts out there? Darel, you're the "Along the Blue" guy; or maybe Roper knows.


And then there is this:

http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/14926/rec/2



This photo is captioned: "An old mine in Summit county, near Dillon, Colo., July, 1925".  

Any ideas as to what this tram operation was and whether it was really near Dillon?