Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill

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caption =
nearest_city= Silverton, Colorado
lat_degrees = 37
lat_minutes = 49
lat_seconds = 2.44
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 107
long_minutes = 37
long_seconds = 36.37
long_direction = W
locmapin = Colorado
area =
built =1928
architect= Arthur J. Weinig, Metallurgy
architecture=
designated_nhl= February 16, 2000cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-1747977341&ResourceType=Building
title=Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill |accessdate=2007-10-09|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = February 16, 2000cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=00000262

The Shenandoah-Dives Mill, also known as the Mayflower Mill, is an inactive ore mill two miles east of Silverton, Colorado, United States. The mill was built in 1929 to recover gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper from ore mined at the Mayflower mine and brought to the mill by an aerial tramway.

The mill recovered metals from the ore by gravity separation and by selective flotation. [http://coloradohistory-oahp.org/programareas/register/1503/cty/sa.htm Colorado History] ] . The sulfide ore minerals were concentrated by froth flotation, an innovative method in the early twentieth century that allowed processing of ores that would previously have been too difficult for feasibility. The original mill equipment is still in working order. It is the only intact and functional mill of its kind in Colorado.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2000.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/00000262.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: Shenandoah-Dives Mill / Mayflower Mill] |1.04 MB|date=August 25, 1999 |author=Dawn Bunyak |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/00000262.pdf Accompanying 32 photos, exterior and interior, from 1932, 1960, and 1995.] |6.42 MB] The mill is owned by the Silverton Historic Society, which staffs an information and gift shop at the mill. The mill is open for self-guided tours in the summer months.

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External links

* [http://www.silvertonhistoricsociety.org/index_files/page0017.htm Silverton Historic Society description of Mayflower Mill]
* [http://www.9news.com/advertorial/exploreco/2008/nm-story.aspx?storyid=70686 9news description of mill]
* [http://www.silvertonmagazine.com/MayflowerMine.htm Silverton magazine description of Mine and Mill]