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GOLD KING TRAM, 1906 Photo courtesy San Juan County Historical Society The Gold King Mill Tramway and ore buckets near Gladstone around 1906. Buildings in Gladstone include multi-story boarding houses and Mogul Mill buildings. The Silverton, Gladstone & Northerly railroad tracks can be seen near dirt roads and Cement Creek.
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135 YEARS AGO From the Sept. 27, 1890 edition of the Silverton Standard: ELECTRIC LIGHTS COME TO SILVERTON.
At about six o’clock last Saturday evening, the electric light was turned on for the first time in Silverton. The street lamps were used to try the light and to find out if the machinery worked to the company’s satisfaction. The lights were left ...
