Entry ID: 1648
Institution: San Juan County Historical Society
Medium(s): Audio
Access: Contact Institution
Narrator: James R. Bell; Louis Dalla; Fenrick Sutherland; George L. "Leach" Zanoni; Ernest Thomas Zanoni
Date: June 22, 1978
Location Tags: Silverton, San Juan County
Topic Tags: Mining
Description: ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE - MINING-OLD TIMERS. Participants discuss their varied involvement with the mineral industry in San Juan County and recall experiences working for mining companies. "Across the Great Divide" was planned in 1976 by Irene Epp, then Director of the Silverton Public Library, The San Juan County Commissioners, the San Juan County Historical Society, and San Juan Regional Planning Commission. The series of nine weekly programs was designed to promote discussion regarding the planning of future development in San Juan County. The first four meeting were concerned with history of the county during its first century. Sessions five thru eight focused on current issues. The final session was a summing up of the issues addressed throughout the county. Each program involved local residents, humanities scholars and technical experts.
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