“RIVERS OF SILVER, RIBBONS OF STEEL” DURANGO, COLORADO & RIO GRANDE STEAM RAILROAD XD44964

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Consider becoming a channel member This seldom seen 1975 color film by William L. Loeffler discusses the history of gold and silver mining in and around Durango and Silverton, Colorado. It is narrated by Peter Thomas. Photomontage is employed to recall the Gold Rush days of the Wild West, while live-action documentary footage of the region shows how modern tourism and the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (formerly known as the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad or DRGW) have kept the would-be “ghost towns” alive (TRT: 25:40). Opening titles: “A Colour Images Unlimited Presentation, Rivers of Silver Ribbons of Steel: A Panorama of the Colorado Mining Frontier” (0:08). Photos of Colorado mountains and forests in montage. Wyoming, New Mexico (0:25). The remains of a silver mining operation from afar and closeup (0:51). Title overlay: “Durango, Colorado” and the Dura