Way Back!

From the September 19, 1975 edition of the Silverton Standard & the Miner: 50 Years Ago DEPOT BOMBED! INVESTIGATORS SIFT THROUGH CLUES.

Looking Back!

25 Years Ago September 21, 2000 What was that in the eastern sky Wednesday morning? A bird? A plane? A UFO? Superman? No, it was a NASA weather balloon floating some 20 miles in the sky somewhere over Lake City.

In Brief

Bear With Us Here at The Silverton Standard and the Miner Newspaper We are putting THE back into the name!

SJC Roads & Bridge Crew Made Major Repairs to County Road

The San Juan County Roads and Bridge crew undertook a road rebuild on Arrastra Gulch off SJC Road 52, also known as Little Giant Basin Road (SJC Road 21A). Little Giant Basin Road is a narrow, rocky former mule trail for the mines.

Mornings with frost have started

September is off to a very different pattern than we have seen previously. Seasonal adjustment is now with us in the high country. Wednesday, Thursday, and again on Monday and Tuesday, we experienced frost.

Mountain Happenings

Ongoing • Move Yoga Schedule Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 pm Gym Hours: 5:30 am- 9pm, 7 days a week (closed during yoga class).Please reach out to move. silverton@gmail.com. if you would like to join the Silverton’s community gym space. • Free...

Fifty years! Where has the time gone?

Ironically, September 1975 and September 2025 share the same calendar configuration. Fifty years ago this Friday I arose early in our Wheaton, Illinois home and drove to O’Hare Airport. There I boarded a plane for Denver and the ultimate destination of Durango, Colorado.