Trail workers found a brass survey pin stamped 1894 Tuesday on a switchback above Illinois Gulch, where town trail workers were resetting a washed-out crib. The marker sat under a few inches of duff, still upright, still stamped with a faded “U.S. MIN. SURV.” line that sent two people from the museum down the hill before lunch. THanks City public works director Mara Ellison said the crew was not hunting relics. They were trying to keep the lower Peak 8 connector from sliding into the creek after last week’s rain. “We hit metal, we stopped,” she said. “That’s the rule. We don’t pry first and ask later.” Summit County Historic Preservation staff photographed the pin in place and recorded GPS before anyone moved it. Preliminary notes tie the stamp to a mineral-survey grid laid out when the gulch still had active claims, not to a town boundary. The pin will st...