Engine 459 leans badly in deep snow with five men standing in the snow. This train derailed on the wye below Silverton on March 15, 1941. Photo: Courtesy of the Silverton Standard & the Miner files.
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Richard Perino, a longtime San Juan County commissioner, is pictured in the main line tram at Sunnyside Mine, American Tunnel level in June 1977. He died of natural causes on March 20, 2011. Perino was a local historian, mining proponent, county commissioner. Photo: Courtesy of the Silverton Standard & the Miner files.
From the March 24, 1900 edition of the Silverton Standard: BASE BALL NINE KEEP THE SABBATH HOLY.The base ball nines were out in all their glory last Sunday afternoon. Evening text at the Congregational church was: “Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.”Five dollars reward is offered by Wm.Trubind for the identification of the person hanging out the...
