50 YEARS AGO · ABOVE: Tom Zanoni, front, and Zeke Zanoni in the drilling competiton at the Hardrockers Holidays in August 1974. This was the first year the Hardrockers was held since 1953, when it had been discontinued during a mining slump. RIGHT: The Standar Metals Mine Rescue and Disaster Team. Standing, from left, George Zanoni, team leader, Jerry Crawford, Tom Zanoni and Rick Ernst. Kneeling are D.K. Slade, Louie Valdez, and Jack Switzler Silverton Standard file photos
Way Back!
Way Back!
From the August 2, 1946 Silverton Standard & the Miner: MEARS TOLL ROAD COACH IN FIESTA SHOW.
The stage coach which carried travelers between Ouray and Silverton in the days of Otto Mears’ toll road will roll again in the Spanish Trails Fiesta parade at Durango two weeks hence, Aug. 10 and 11. Mrs. Fred Clark last weekend announced that the Jackson H...
