Holden Photo Gallery by Monte Dodge at pbase.com

Holden

Holden Was A Mostly Big Copper Mine That Ran From 1938 To 1957 About 11 Miles West Of Lucerne 38 Miles Up Lake Chelan. Ore Was Then Barged To Chelan And Loaded On Rail To Be Smelted In Tacoma. The Old Town Site Is Now Owned And Operated By The Lutheran Church And Folks Can Sign Up To Stay. Great Views And Lots Of History Still In This Awesome Mining Area

Info on " Town of Holden"	Old Rails at Holden Mine	Old Holden Mine	Bonanza Peak as viewed from Holden Mine
Old Mining Town Of " Holden" Now Named Holden Village	Holden Post Office	Old " Ore Dock" In Town Of Chelan Top Transfer Ore For Trip By Rail To Tacoma	Fall Along The 11 Mile " Haul Road" From Lake Chelan To Holden
New Footbridge In Holden Across " Railroad Creek"	Snow Cat Retired Lays Silently In Holden's " Graveyard Of Machinery"	Machinery Left From Holden " Heyday"	Old Bunk House In Holden
Fall Along Railroad Creek Which Runs Through Holden	Fall on Railroad Creek Near Lucerne And Beginning Of " Old Haul Road " To Holden	Holden Village Cement Truck ( Bought From Alaska For One Dollar)	Scrap Yard Near Old Mine.
Photo From Holden Mining Past	Piano In Dining Hall	Yesterday's Mission Was Copper, Today It's Souls	Fellow Hiker " Monty Tam " With His Salad From Diining Hall
Coffee Anyone??	Our Bus Driver And Holden Village Volunteer " Jack "	Dining Hall Of Old Copper Mine Now Serves Village	Lunch At Holden ( Ran By Luthuran Church )

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Frank W. Millsaps		21-Dec-2013 23:54
Frank Millsaps, 4050 Olyumpic Way, Salt Lajke city, Ut. 84124, phone 801 277 0750, I was metallurgist at the milol in 1955, 56. Our second child wasss born Dec 11, 1955 in Holden Washington, supposedly the ri5rst child born there. That was the winter of the big snow, we had to climb over the snow banks and entetr the hospitalo on the second floor, tyhrough a window. The doctor came down and also came throughh a window;. We lived in the last house on the circle. I have slides of the big snow. I would enjoy hearing from you Frank W. Millsaps email; fmillsapsd@ao;.com

DAWN DAVIDSON		29-Mar-2010 03:23
My name is Dawn Davidson, granddaughter to Anna and D A Rogers, daughter of Bob and Gayle Davidson. I was born in Holden Village in 1957. My sister was born there in 1956. We are two of six children born in the village, most mothers opting to give birth at the hospital in Chelan. My parents met at a dance in Holden. We attend as many reunions as possible, always looking forward to more shared memories of the miner's lives in idyllic Holden.

DAWN DAVIDSON		29-Mar-2010 03:20
My name is Dawn Davidson, granddaughter to Anna and D A Rogers, daughter of Bob and Gayle Davidson. I was born in Holden Village in 1957. My sister was born there in 1956. We are two of six children born in the village, most mothers opting to give birth at the hospital in Chelan. My parents met at a dance in Holden. We attend as many reunions as possible, always looking forward to more shared memories of the miner's lives in idyllic Holden.

Bob & Gayle Davidson		29-Mar-2010 00:18
My wife and i were with the mining company in Holden Wa We had to Move when the price of Copper dropped in 1957

Dan Greenberg		24-Jan-2009 22:21
Monte - thanks for both the pictures and the history. I love old mining towns like this and hope I get a chance to visit this one. Excellent job of telling its story. ~V~

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