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  • A Silverton Northern Railroad train hauls 10 carloads of zinc concentrates into Silverton, around 1925, pulled by SN #4, with two men on the third boxcar. San Juan County Historical Society photo
    A Silverton Northern Railroad train hauls 10 carloads of zinc concentrates into Silverton, around 1925, pulled by SN #4, with two men on the third boxcar. San Juan County Historical Society photo
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135 YEARS AGO From the November 23, 1889 edition of the Silverton Standard: HARRY DUG OUT FROM SLIDE ABOVE EUREKA. As Harry White was coming down from Mineral Point on Wednesday with his team, he was caught in a snowslide above Eureka and completely covered up. Charles Adams happened to pass and with the assistance of two men dug him out. Harry says he thought his time had come. The post office…

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