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Three Colvig Silver Camp signs valued at $300 stolen

Police want information about missing wooden signs

A thief recently took three signs from the Colvig Silver Camps in the 9000 block of Florida Road (County Road 240). The signs disappeared sometime Feb. 17 and were valued at $300, said La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Spokesman Dan Bender.

The three wooden signs with white lettering hung vertically from a pole on the road and read “Colvig Silver the Camp.”

The two-sided signs were crafted by the founder of the camp the year it opened, said Clay Colvig, owner of the camp.

“Forty-five years ago my dad got his router out, and routed his letters into the sign,” he said.

The sign was stolen once before – 25 years ago. It turned up in a college dorm room, he said.

He suspects that someone took the sign again as a prank or memento.

“I’m hoping they just put it back,” he said.

He hopes to have it back for the camp’s anniversary celebrations this summer.

Anyone with information can call the 24-hour tip line at 247-1112.

mshinn@durangoherald.com



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