Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO
Summary
The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin.
Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early twentieth-century American flotation mills. The building is a multi-level, wood-and-metal structure housing an intact collection of equipment that exemplifies flotation-milling practice during the twentieth century.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1119
Survey number: HAER CO-91
Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1934-1937 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1943-1945 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1960-1962 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1972-1978 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1985 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 00000262
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