Four employees of the Ouray Silver Mines have tested positive for COVID-19, in the first workplace outbreak of the virus in Ouray County.

The positive cases were confirmed through workplace testing, according to Ouray Silver Mines CEO Brian Briggs. They involve a man in his 60s, who does not live in the county, as well as a 35-year-old man, a 28-year-old man and a 27-year-old man who are Ouray County residents. Briggs said they all worked in the same office. The cases were discovered when two of...