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San Juan Federation: 1940

September 1940. "Miners' union hall. Silverton, Colorado." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1940. "Miners' union hall. Silverton, Colorado." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

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At the corner

It looks too big, too heavy duty, to be a ledger press. Given the location, I suspect that it is used to crush ore samples for assay.

Still serving!

I had a beer there in 2002, there weren’t many miners left, but it was very congenial.

We found a survivor, but not the restaurant next door.

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