Kendrick Gelder Smelter
Silverton's smaller smelter was above Cement Creek at the north end of town. It was served by the SG&N and it appears that at least two of the boxcars in this picture bear RGS lettering. There are about 10 people at work in this picture. Fine granular slag from this site was mixed into the concrete used to lay Silverton's sidewalks in 1912, only problem being that it is somewhat radioactive. Opened in 1900, closed by 1908, per the Rainbow Route. And some nasty looking black stuff is inching its way down the hill to the edge of what are labeled "waters of the United States" by our newly found friends in the EPA who have taken up a strong presence in our little burg..
Kendrick Gelder Smelter
Silverton's smaller smelter was above Cement Creek at the north end of town. It was served by the SG&N and it appears that at least two of the boxcars in this picture bear RGS lettering. There are about 10 people at work in this picture. Fine granular slag from this site was mixed into the concrete used to lay Silverton's sidewalks in 1912, only problem being that it is somewhat radioactive. Opened in 1900, closed by 1908, per the Rainbow Route. And some nasty looking black stuff is inching its way down the hill to the edge of what are labeled "waters of the United States" by our newly found friends in the EPA who have taken up a strong presence in our little burg..