Prospectors first discovered silver in 1873 and settled where several streams met to form the Animas River, 12 miles northeast of present-day Silverton, in Colorado’s San Juan County. Originally called Three Forks of the Animas, the mining community’s name was changed to Animas Forks by the Post Office in 1875. Colorado transportation magnate Otto Mears …
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