(Photo by Nina Riggio/Special to The Denver Post) Scott Fetchenhier, San Juan county commissioner, stands in the Silverton Mining Museum, a building he had a hand in creating, in Silverton on Wednesday, Nov. SILVERTON - In a town of fewer than 700 people perched at 9,300 feet in Colorado’s San Juan mountains, Scott Fetchenhier isn’t shy about expressing his repugnance for U.S.