Fire in town
The mans voice on the fire phone said “Lamberts Blacksmith is on fire,” and Dolores firemen turned out in the early morning hours of Thursday to save what they could of that building and the adjoining Remuda gallery building and Ye Olde Curiosity Shop. The blacksmith was a total loss and the gallery building was declared virtually useless with Mary Akin’s shop being largely undamaged. The Remuda building was the old Dolores Star building and one of the oldest in town having been moved to that site from where the Del Rio Hotel now stands in the 1930s when the late Billy Brumley build the new hotel.
Montezuma Plywood
Montezuma Plywood Co. continues to have trouble keeping open and has now been closed temporarily for an indefinite period starting last Thursday due to a natural gas shortage. The plant has used propane and diesel fuel to fire their equipment for some time since the supply of natural gas was cut off when cold weather arrived. Over 300 persons are involved in the work at the plant and in associated logging operations.
Book published
The Dolores Star Press published a book on George Menefee, an old timer in the Montezuma Valley. His tales start from the time when he first came here with his family as a child, traveling in a covered wagon to settle near Mancos. The book includes maps of wagon trails and roads from Durango to the San Juan River and another of the Mancos area in 1905.
Silver coins
Medallions die struck on sliver .999 fine recovered from Newman Hill Mines by a leaching process are available at Rico Argentine Mining office. The silver exchange unit has an embossed replica of the Dolores County courthouse and the insignia, “Pioneer Mining District, Rico, Colo. 76.” The medallions are on troy ounce in weight and the courthouse came from ore from the Syndicate mine and the Liberty Bell came from ore from the Group Tunnel, a part of the famous Enterprise group of mines.
