Silverton is linked to Durango by the
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, a National Historic Landmark.
Silverton no longer has active mining, but subsists by tourism, maintenance of
US 550 (which links Montrose with Durango via Silverton), mine pollution
remediation, and retirees. In 2002 an extreme ski mountain, Silverton Mountain,
opened near the town
