This photo from the San Juan County Historical Society Archives is totally unidentified. It is likely a mining camp in the San Juans, but the date and location are unknown. If anyone has any idea, email us at the Standard. Photo courtesy of San Juan County Historical Society
Way Back!
130 YEARS AGO From the September 23, 1893 edition of the Silverton Standard: POSTOFFICE CLOSES AT IRONTON.
The post office at Ironton has been discontinued entirely, and people there must now get their mail at Guston, two miles away. Two years ago Ironton was one of the most promising mining camps in the mountains, a system of waterworks was put in, business and dwelling houses...
