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From the March 22, 1890 edition of the Silverton Standard: NO ONE SHOWS UP FOR WORK ON ST. PAT’S DAY AT RED MTN. St. Patrick’s day passed off very quietly in Silverton. The only place in this neighborhood where it was extensively celebrated appeared to be Red Mountain. Not a solitary man at the Red Mountain end of the Silverton railroad showed up for work Tuesday morning and the presumption was…