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    mountains above the Silverton in 1860, near the end of the Colorado Gold Rush and when the land was still controlled by the Utes. Silverton was established...
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    operates on 45.2 mi (72.7 km) of track between Durango and Silverton, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The railway is a federally-designated National Historic...
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    to reach Silverton, Colorado, and service the San Juan mining district, the goal of their "San Juan Extension" built from Alamosa Colorado. The D&RG...
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    from Bernalillo, New Mexico to Montrose, Colorado in the western United States. The section from Silverton to Ouray is frequently called the Million...
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    (Mayflower) Mill Silverton National Historic District Uncompahgre National Forest Weminuche Wilderness Alpine Loop National Back Country Byway Colorado Trail Continental...
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    an environmental disaster that began at the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado, when Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) personnel, along with...
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    Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, U.S. Rhodochrosite with fluorite, tetrahedrite and quartz. Rhodochrosite from Silverton, Colorado, U.S. The Alma King is...
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    located in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. Storm Peak is situated 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of the town of Silverton on land administered by the...
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    Backyard Ultra: The Last Man Standing". YouTube. 2018-11-13. Scacco, Justin. "Colorado ultrarunners shatter Tahoe 200 course records". www.sierrasun.com. Retrieved...
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  • Silverton Mountain is a ski area near Silverton, Colorado, United States that opened on January 19, 2002. Popular with skiers and snowboarders, Silverton...
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    Robert Baer (category People from Silverton, Colorado)
    never to see them again – you send them to Egypt." He retired to Silverton, Colorado. In January 2002, Baer wrote about the events of the September 11...
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    an extinct mining town in San Juan County, Colorado, United States, along the Animas River, between Silverton and Animas Forks. The town derives its name...
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    extinct mining town located 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. The area is managed by the Bureau of Land...
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    San Juan Mountains (category San Juan Mountains (Colorado))
    and silver mining industry of early Colorado. Major towns, all old mining camps, include Creede, Lake City, Silverton, Ouray, and Telluride. Large scale...
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    Vol. 4, no. 41. Silverton Standard. August 19, 1893. Retrieved November 28, 2020. "Colorado Revised Statutes 2017" (PDF). Colorado General Assembly....
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    Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (category Heritage railroads in Colorado)
    being the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG), which runs between the communities of Durango and Silverton, Colorado. The railroad has a...
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    Catholic church in Silverton, Colorado. Located at 1005 Reese street, the church was built in 1905. Arave, Lynn (7 May 2005). "Silverton shrine reminder...
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    Edward G. Stoiber (category People from Silverton, Colorado)
    mining engineer and owner of the Silver Lakes Mines and Mills near Silverton, Colorado. Stoiber went to Germany and completed a mining degree program. When...
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    visit Colorado's Durango & Silverton". Trains. Kalmbach Media. Archived from the original on October 13, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2019. "Colorado railroad...
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    Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run (category Foot races in Colorado)
    The race is directed by Dale Garland. The run starts and ends in Silverton, Colorado and travels through the towns of Telluride, Ouray, and the ghost...
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    The Silverton Railroad, now defunct, was an American 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad constructed between Silverton, Colorado and mining districts near...
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  • Emil Fischer (cartographer) (category People from Silverton, Colorado)
    Saxony – September 23, 1898 in Silverton, Colorado) published six detailed maps of the San Juan area of southwestern Colorado between 1883 and 1898. A surveyor's...
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    Otto Mears (category Colorado Mining Boom)
    Mears. Silverton, CO: San Juan County Book Co. ISBN 0-9608000-6-9. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Otto Mears. Durango RV Park web site Colorado State...
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    Old Hundred Gold Mine (category Gold mines in Colorado)
    is a gold mine in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. The mine is about five miles east of Silverton, Colorado, near the ghost town of Howardsville...
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    1928. On January 31, 1876, the Territory of Colorado created San Juan County, Colorado Territory with Silverton as the county seat, and since statehood on...
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    located in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. Dome Mountain is situated five miles (8 km) northeast of the town of Silverton on land administered by...
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    Colorado, and Chama, New Mexico, in 1970. The last D&RGW narrow-gauge line, from Durango to Silverton, was sold in 1981 to the Durango and Silverton Narrow...
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  • Corporate headquarters were in Englewood, Colorado. In 1986 the company purchased Sunnyside Gold Mine in Silverton, Colorado, and operated it for five years before...
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  • and Lawmen Complete List of Old West Lawmen at LegendsofAmerica.com Portals:  History  United States  Arizona  Colorado  Nevada  New Mexico  Utah  Lists...
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