Re: Rose-Walsh Smelter

There are more photos, and of the nearby Stoiber Sampling Works. Maybe I'll have time later to post some. The Rags to Riches model and narrative are very well done but no housing has been built yet on the site. I was out there yesterday painting the balance beam box on the scale track that lead into the smelter, and since then we've had a foot of snow. There is an interpretive sign in the works for the smelter site and we are waiting on a final proof before signing off on having them made--one for the Martha-Rose/Walsh Smelter, and the other for the Stoiber Sampling Works. Chris cut off the Silverton Brewery from the picture he posted of the smelter--in a touch of irony, the stone surround behind the Christ of the Mines statue overlooking Silverton was built using stone from the brewery buildings. And there are few pictures. This was an interesting site before it got bulldozed.