100 years ago: There was a return of $200 a ton received from a shipment of ore made by the Rico Mining Co. from the Syndicate Tunnel.
75 years ago: The Silverton Miners “romped away” with another win against the “scrappy” Durango team at Smiley Junior High gymnasium.
50 Years Ago: Fort Lewis College freshman Jim Miller represented the Durango Ski Club in the national 30 kilometer cross-country ski race and finished second. He finished 4 minutes behind Mike Gallagher of Killington, Vermont.
25 years ago: A survey was distributed to 1,000 middle-schoolers and 500 high-schoolers to evaluate whether a community recreation center would help change the opinion expressed by teens that “Durango is a boring town for teens short on cash.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
