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A Silverton Northern Railroad train hauls 10 carloads of zinc concentrates into Silverton, around 1925, pulled by SN #4, with two men on the third boxcar. San Juan County Historical Society photo
SILVERTON NORTHERN, 1925
135 YEARS AGO From the November 23, 1889 edition of the Silverton Standard: HARRY DUG OUT FROM SLIDE ABOVE EUREKA.
As Harry White was coming down from Mineral Point on Wednesday with his team, he was caught in a snowslide above Eureka and completely covered up. Charles Adams happened to pass and with the assistance of two men dug him out. Harry says he thought his time had come.
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