![Belsaw House Belsaw House](inyob03cerro_gordo_cgmc_pictures/cgmc2411a.jpg)
Mortimer Belshaw, who built the Yellow Grade Road to the Cerro Gordo silver and lead mines and set up an efficient smelter near the Union Mine, built this two-bedroom, 1-bathroom house in the mining camp in 1868. Today it's a bed-and-(cook-your-own)-breakfast that sleeps up to 5.
![Belshaw House under full moon Belshaw House under full moon](inyob03cerro_gordo2/friends_of_cerro_gordo_belshaw%20house%20full%20moon%20halloween%20oct%202010bcw450hq.jpg)
Belshaw House under full moon
![Back side of the Belshaw House, built in 1868 by Mortimer Belshaw in the Cerro Gordo mining camp. Seen at top are the tailings and tramway associated with the Union Mine. Below it is the assay office. To the right of it are the remaining cribs from Lola's brothel Back side of the Belshaw House, built in 1868 by Mortimer Belshaw in the Cerro Gordo mining camp. Seen at top are the tailings and tramway associated with the Union Mine. Below it is the assay office. To the right of it are the remaining cribs from Lola's brothel](inyob03cerro_gordo_cgmc_pictures/cgmc2411b_belshaw_house_w450hq.jpg)
Back side of the Belshaw House, built in 1868 by Mortimer Belshaw in the Cerro Gordo mining camp. Seen at top are the tailings and tramway associated with the Union Mine. Below it is the assay office. To the right of it are the remaining cribs from Lola's brothel
![Living room of the Belshaw House Living room of the Belshaw House, looking back toward the front door](inyob03cerro_gordo_cgmc_pictures/cgmc2411d_belshaw_house_w450hq.jpg)
Living room of the Belshaw House, looking back toward the front door
![Master bedroom of the Belshaw House Master bedroom of the Belshaw House](inyob03cerro_gordo_cgmc_pictures/cgmc2411f_belshaw_house_w450hq.jpg)
Master bedroom of the Belshaw House
![Kitchen of the Belshaw House Kitchen of the Belshaw House](inyob03cerro_gordo_cgmc_pictures/cgmc2411h_belshaw_house_w450hq.jpg)
Kitchen of the Belshaw House
![Cerro Gordo's resident caretaker/historian Robert Desmarais points to a drawing in the anteroom of the Belshaw House, built in 1868 by Mortimer Belshaw in the mining camp Cerro Gordo's resident caretaker/historian Robert Desmarais points to a drawing in the anteroom of the Belshaw House, built in 1868 by Mortimer Belshaw in the mining camp](inyob03cerro_gordo_cgmc_pictures/cgmc2411c_belshaw_house_w450hq.jpg)
Cerro Gordo's resident caretaker/historian Robert Desmarais points to a drawing in the anteroom of the Belshaw House, built in 1868 by Mortimer Belshaw
![Living room of the Belshaw House, looking toward the master bedroom on the right and the second bedroom on the left Living room of the Belshaw House, looking toward the master bedroom on the right and the second bedroom on the left](inyob03cerro_gordo_cgmc_pictures/cgmc2411e_belshaw_house_w450hq.jpg)
Living room of the Belshaw House, looking toward the master bedroom on the right and the second bedroom on the left
![Workers display the 18-inch-long, 85-pound silver-lead ingots that were shipped by wagon from the Cerro Gordo mines to Los Angeles. Photograph hangs on a wall inside the Belshaw House Workers display the 18-inch-long, 85-pound silver-lead ingots that were shipped by wagon from the Cerro Gordo mines to Los Angeles. Photograph hangs on a wall inside the Belshaw House](inyob03cerro_gordo_cgmc_pictures/cgmc2411j_belshaw_house_w450hq.jpg)
Workers display the 18-inch-long, 85-pound silver-lead ingots that were shipped by wagon from the Cerro Gordo mines to Los Angeles. Photograph hangs on a wall inside the Belshaw House
![Second bedroom of the Belshaw House. Mortimer Belshaw Second bedroom of the Belshaw House](inyob03cerro_gordo_cgmc_pictures/cgmc2411g_belshaw_house_w450hq.jpg)
Second bedroom of the Belshaw House
![Bathroom of the Belshaw House Bathroom of the Belshaw House](inyob03cerro_gordo_cgmc_pictures/cgmc2411i_belshaw_house_w450hq.jpg)
Bathroom of the Belshaw House