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140 Years Ago From the February 7, 1885 edition of the (Rico) Dolores News: THE SILVERTON STRIKE.
Friday of last week J.A. Porter, the manager of the Aspen mine, arrived in Silverton, visited the Aspen mine and called a meeting of the miners. He offered as a compromise a reduction in price of board of 25 cents a day, if the men would forego canned fruit an...