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Submitted: August 15, 2011
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They Came For Riches and Gloryby *catch---22

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...and the cemeteries filled with young men.

this is the Durango - Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad looking from mineral creek towards Silverton, Colorado. (so named because they were pulling silver out of those mountains by the ton) I ambushed two of the morning trains several times along their route... a fun morning of chase.

I think I was 8 or 9 years old the first time I rode it with my grandfather. lol, I also remember my fly rod was about 2 and a half times taller than I was on that trip.

Mining began in 1860... then in 1875 legal mining began after a treaty with the Ute. the railroad came to town in 1881 and has been in operation ever since. It began carrying supplies and people to and silver and gold ore from mines in the San Juan Mountains. now it carries tourists between Durango and Silverton.

......Statistics from Silverton's cemetery note causes of death in early Silverton as 117 from snowslides, 143 from miner's consumption, 161 from pneumonia, 138 from influenza (10% of the population in the 1918 epidemic) and 202 from mine accidents."

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~Dance0927 Feb 25, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

Nostalgia! Beautiful!

*catch---22 Feb 26, 2013

thank you Gaby!

*Bojkovski Nov 5, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Good shot and contrasts
Nice ride you have

*catch---22 Nov 5, 2012

thank you brother

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*Corvidae65 Nov 4, 2012

"sing: Here comes the Silverton up from Durango! Here comes the Silverton a shovelin' coal!

C.W. sang it better than I

Very cool capture, Dennis and it would be a fun trip to ride the narrow gauge for sure!

Now all you need is a gen-u-ine U-Drive-Um San Ju-an Army Jeep car to get up Black Bear Road