Way Back!

Way Back!
The abandoned Silverton Brewery on Mineral Creek in an undated photo. Photo Courtesy of the Silverton Historical Society
The abandoned Silverton Brewery on Mineral Creek in an undated photo. Photo Courtesy of the Silverton Historical Society

120 YEARS AGO From the June 11, 1904 edition of the Silverton Standard: PROGRESS ON RAIL LINE TO EUREKA.

A new and powerful locomotive, recently acquired by the Silverton Eureka rail road people, rolled in early in the week.

Otto Mears’ railroad gang, consisting of rockbreakers, graders, etc., comprising very nearly 200 people, extending the Eureka Northern Branch, ran against a pay day on Friday, t…