100 years ago: “Staver and Miller, practical mining men and lessees on the Incas Mines, are making good headway with development work that is calculated to open some large ore bodies in virgin ground on these mines.”
75 years ago: “Summertime in Silverton will be enjoyed by Mrs. Alfred Harrison, who, after spending the winter in Durango and Denver left to open her home there.”
50 years ago: Durango –“Some Southwest Coloradoans are buying as many as 40 cartons of cigarettes before the new state cigarette and liquor taxes go into effect June 1.”
25 years ago: “Many Purgatory Ski Area employees laid off May 16 are still waiting for their jobs, although a two-week layoff period has been extended another 10 days as negotiations for funding the resort continue. Purgatory laid off about 90 of its 120 employees with the promise that they would be hired back once funding for summer operations was secured.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
