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Call Number	K-331
Title	Site of Bailey Mill Dam, Eldora 1900
Creator(s)	Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975.
Summary	began operating in the summer of 1899 but was forced to close down a few months later when Bailey's main financial backer in New York City was killed in a fire. In desperation, Bailey turned to his family for financial backing. The treatment process he employed at the mill was found to be inefficient and the funds dwindled quickly. The employees of the mill started to be concerned about not getting paid for their work. On Nov. 18, 1899, after rumors spread through the ; down.; infection set in and finally killed him. Nine people, including John F. Rowell, were arrested and charged with murder. After a preliminary hearing in Boulder Justice Court, four of the nine men were released for lack of evidence. The remaining men were found not guilty. The Bailey Mill was never operated for any extended periods after Bailey's death. Several owners tried varying ore treatments, but none were successful. In 1916, the mill was sold for salvage and torn ; region that Bailey was planning to skip town, a group of mill workers went to Bailey's house to demand their money. Someone set the house on fire and as Bailey worked to extinguish the flames, his house was reportedly riddled with bullets and stones. Bailey was shot in the arm, but his house and family were saved when Town Marshal Ed Sperry and Constable John Quinn helped douse the flames and disbanded the crowd. However, within a few days, Bailey's arm worsened and ; Several small log structures remain at the site of the Bailey Mill Dam on a creek west of the Bailey Mill about one mile west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Water to turn the Pelton turbine that activated the mill was drawn from the log-cribbing dam and carried from there in a wooden flume to the penstock above the mill. Construction of the ore reduction mill was started in 1898 by Neil B. Bailey, president of the Bank of Eldora, at a cost of $75,000. The mill
Date	[between 1935 and 1950?]
Notes	See also "K-422."; Title from inventory prepared by Western History Department, Denver Public Library; words "Kemp #E-91 Happy Valley Eldora 1900 Site of Bailey Mill Dam Eldora photog unknown" penciled on negative envelope; image is a copy of an earlier photograph taken by unknown photographer.; R7001253313
Physical Description	1 copy photonegative ; 9 x 12 cm. (3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Subject	Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910. Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910. Eldora (Colo.)--1900-1910. Log buildings--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Film negatives.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Filename	00125331.tif

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