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The Shenandoah-Dives Mill or Mayflower Mill is an intact and functional but inactive historic ore mill 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Silverton, Colorado, United States.The mill was built in 1929 to recover gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper from ore mined at the Mayflower mine and brought to the mill by an aerial tramway.
Silverton is a statutory town that is the county seat, the most populous community, and the only incorporated municipality in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. [ 1 ] [ 8 ] The town is located in a remote part of the western San Juan Mountains , a range of the Rocky Mountains .
The Old Hundred Gold Mine 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. The property is no longer mined, but is open for tours in the summer. High on the mountain above the main entrance is the former boarding house for the miners.
Colorado: Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. ... former mining camps, and mountains more than 14,000 feet high. ... The Boot Hill Museum is the town's must-see, with 60,000 artifacts, a ...
The Amethyst Mine, near Creede, Colorado Remains of an abandoned mine near Silverton, Colorado, in July 2020. Beginning in 1889, Creede, Colorado was the site of another big silver boom. The first discovery was made at the Alpha mine in 1869, but the silver could not be extracted at a profit from the complex ores.
This list of museums in the U.S. State of Colorado identifies museums (defined for this context as institutions including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
A few shops sell generic Sasquatch merchandise, and locals talk of a one-time, short-lived museum, all of it par for the course for any high-elevation resort town. ... The tiny town of Silverton ...
October 15, 1966 (Right-of-way between Durango and Silverton: Silverton: 4: Frisco-Bagley Mine and Tunnel: Frisco-Bagley Mine and Tunnel: June 1, 2020 (820 Cty Rd. 9