100 years ago: SILVERTON – “At the Gold King, work is going right along full blast, and from reports the mine never looked better than it does now. While we are glad to welcome new operations and producers, from time to time, yet the best news is that the old producers continue to do good work.”
75 years ago: SILVERTON – “More than 200 striking miners, whose walk out closed the Shenandoah-Dives gold and silver properties here, made a field day of their layoff as they maintained picket lines about the company holdings.”
50 years ago: ARBOLES – “Navajo Reservoir, near Arboles in Archulta County, has become Colorado’s 17th State Recreation Area following receipt of a signed agreement for management of recreation, fish and wildlife there from the Bureau of Reclamation.”
25 years ago: “The La Plata County commissioners will pay at least an extra $12,020 – and possibly double that amount – to ensure proper closure of the Van-Dal Landfill.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
