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Silverton, Colorado History
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Belcher mine near Silverton Colorado
Silverton's first smelter
This photo is titled "1st smelter at Silverton, San Juan county." This could be either the E.C. Holmes & Co.'s smelter or the Greene Smelter. Although the Greene smelter is considered to be the first smelter at Silverton, newspaper articles indicate that the Holmes smelter began operations a few months earlier in September of 1874.
Shenandoah-Dives mine near Silverton ca. 1935
