Cottonwood 2004

From So. Cal. to Cottonwood is a long jaunt, so it's nice to take some side trips. Here's some stuff from Robson's Mining World. Charles and Jeri Robson have assembled a nice collection of mining artifacts and have them on display in a town that they built in the Harcuvar Mountains.

• Kelley sitting between a rock crusher and a mucker, with a stampmill in the background.
• Some guy waving around a big wrench. The engine is a Fairbanks Morse
• Fairbanks Morse Type Z hoist and Fairbanks Morse Type N hoist
• The Hotel
• Rob and National Compressor
• The Chapel
• Root & Vandervoort, 2 h.p.
• Fairbanks Morse, Type N
• Foos, 60 h.p.
• Heer, 35 h.p., opposed
• Commercial, Type B, 60 h.p.
• Marion, 25 h.p.
• Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company
• Large halves of drum from mine hoist
• Kelley posing with a wooden drill rig
• Elevators are in my blood
• Small Western engine, about four h.p.
• The Falk Corporation
• Galion Roller
• Super-Sized drag bucket
• Pancho and Marie

Finally, we made it to the show!

• Fairbanks Morse Standard, 4 h.p., belonging to the Workmans
• Ralph Workman showing his Union
• Starting the Alamo
• Lowell Wagner and his hot air engines. The two on the left were built by Kessler and Heap in Chicago, Illinios. The two on the right were built by Heinrici in Germany.
• Hercules, Model S, 3 h.p.
• Fairbanks Morse, Type YH
• Allan Brothers, owned by Sam Curry
• Scotch yolk compressor and Schramm compressor
• Kelley Garcia starting her 3 h.p. Jaeger, Model FW, with 3 h.p. Lorenz in foreground
• Buster Brown with his Thomas & Smith hot air engine model
• The Maytag Repairman knows his business
• Dempster
• Wiscona Pep
• Hayes
• Galloway, 5 h.p.
• Gothic styled steam engine model
• Double acting Stirling cycle engine, with flame licker in foreground. Both of these engines were built by Charlie Bethards.
• All good trips must come to an end... the road home.
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