From the Jan. 18, 1890 edition of the Silverton Standard: NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS.
The pleasures of running a newspaper in the San Juans are never better appreciated than at the present time.
The spring crop of mining items has not commenced to sprout. The circle tourists are hibernating in some colder climates. A great many San Juaners are freezing to death in the east or bucking cyclones in the middl…
