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	LEADVILLE - LoveToKnow Article on LEADVILLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Leadville was already a chartered city, with the usual organization and all public facilities.
		In early years Leadville was one of the most turbulent, picturesque and in all ways extraordinary, of the mining camps of the West.
		The ores of the Leadville District occur in a blue limestone formation overlaid by porphyry, and are in the form of heavy sulphides, containing copper, gold, silver, lead and zinc; oxides containing iron, manganese and small amounts of silver and lead; and siliceous ores, containing much silver and a little lead and gold.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LE/LEADVILLE.htm (850 words)

	Leadville, Colorado -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Leadville is the (The town or city that is the seat of government for a county) county seat of (Click link for more info and facts about Lake County, Colorado) Lake County, Colorado.
		Leadville had a brief (Click link for more info and facts about gold boom) gold boom in 1860, and when lead was found with high silver content in 1877, it received its first silver boom.
		The town is the site of the Leadville Trail 100 and other events for (Device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along) runners and (Click link for more info and facts about mountain bicyclists) mountain bicyclists.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/le/leadville,_colorado.htm (739 words)

	Leadville
		Leadville is one of those places that pretty much everyone in the west has probably visited, passed through, or at least heard of.
		Leadville is located in the geographic center of the state of Colorado on US Highway 24, approximately 103 miles west of Denver and 129 miles northwest of Colorado Springs.
		Leadville is situated in a high mountain valley in which the headwaters of the Arkansas River originate.
	faculty.coloradomtn.edu /orl/leadville.htm (533 words)

	Leadville residents mine its high charm
		"Leadville will never die because living here becomes the most important thing in your life," said Stephanie Olson, who gave up her law practice to care for her kids and run a small scenic railroad in Leadville, at 10,430 feet the nation's highest incorporated city.
		Part of Leadville's rebirth can be attributed to the success – and sheer expense – of the nearby Aspen and Copper Mountain ski resorts, where home prices start at $300,000.
		Leadville was once part of the biggest silver-mining district in the country.
	www.th-record.com /1999/01/23/leadvill.htm (698 words)

	The Ted Kierscey Photo Collection -- Early Photos of the Denver South Park and Pacific Railroad - Leadville Colorado
		Leadville was the greatest of all the Colorado mining regions.
		The history of Leadville is a series of boom and bust periods following the fortunes of the mining industry.
		As a result of this explosive growth, the city of Leadville was incorporated in January 1878.
	www.narrowgauge.org /ncmap/ted/dspp2_leadville.html (2044 words)

	Jewish Obituaries, Leadville, Colorado, USA
		Julius Kahn of Leadville, who interested himself in arranging Loeb's funeral, wished it understood that Loeb's brother at Dallas never sent any money for his brother's funeral, which was paid for by a subscription among Leadville men.
		One of the most unfortunate shootings in Leadville's history resulted in the death of young Henry Miller through the accidental discharge of Merchant Police James McDonnell's revolved while using the weapon as a club in trying to separate two dogs which were fighting in the city jail courtyard.
		Born in Leadville in 1894, she taught school in Leadville for many years before being named to the welfare post.
	www.jewishleadville.org /obituaries.html (1620 words)

	Leadville, Colorado - Photography by Dave Nance
		Even though we were on vacation, we had a perfectly good cabin and a perfectly good wood stove and a perfectly good icebox and a perfectly good sink with running water piped in from the spring up the hill, so we could eat at home.
		Leadville averages over 300 inches of snow per season; people have been killed by snow falling off the roofs of regular houses.
		According to information at the www.leadville.com walking tour of Leadville, the building was built in 1887 as the Breene Block, named from Lt. Governor and State Treasurer of Colorado, Peter W. Breene, who provided the funding.
	webpages.charter.net /dnance/colorado/leadville.htm (1894 words)

	LEADVILLE - Online Information article about LEADVILLE
		early years Leadville was one of the most turbulent, picturesque and in all ways extraordinary, of the mining camps of the See also:
		mined at Leadville amounted to about one-third the total mined in the state in 1906.
		Irving, The Downtown District of Leadville, Colorado, Bulletin 320, United States Geological Survey (1907), particularly for the discussion of the origin of the ores of the region.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /LAP_LEO/LEADVILLE.html (1104 words)

	Leadville Info
		Nestled at 10,152 ft. elevation in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, St. Vincent General Hospital is known as the highest hospital in North America’s highest city of Leadville, Colorado.
		Leadville is a unique city and, because of it’s location, St. Vincent General Hospital has provided a base for many researchers from around the world to study high altitude and its effects.
		Leadville is located a short distance south of Interstate 70 on Hwy 91 (from Copper Mountain) or Hwy 24 (from Vail) and is within an easy drive of many other ski areas.
	www.svghd.org /html/leadville_info.html (182 words)

	Welcome to Leadville, Colorado!
		Leadville is situated in a high mountain valley near the junction of U.S. Hwy 24 and State Hwy 91.
		Leadville is one of the main gateways to recreation in the 1,109,782 acre San Isabel National Forest and is the northern gateway to the 148-mile long Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area.
		The town is an excellent base of operations for exploring the northern sections of the forest and nearby Twin Lakes and Turquoise Lake recreation areas.
	www.centralcolorado.com /leadville/leadville.htm (269 words)

	After WWII -- Leadville Today -- Introduction
		Leadville's life and economy have been historically tied to the mining industry.
		As miners rushed to the area, Leadville boomed, and in the 1880s, it was the second largest city in Colorado with 30,000 residents.
		In the postwar period, the military's decision to dismantle Camp Hale was a significant blow to the town, and the Climax Molybdenum Mine became its mainstay as the major employer and the bedrock of the town's economy and the county's tax base.
	www.mscd.edu /~history/camphale/lvt_001.html (1146 words)

	Leadville - Colorado Ghost Town
		At the juncture of highways 21 and 94 is the city of Leadville.
		By no means a ghost town except by the definition "a shadowy semblance of its former self", Leadville has a storied history equal to any early mining town anywhere.
		Leadville has much to see which will give the visitor "a shadowy semblance of its former self." Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.
	www.ghosttowns.com /states/co/leadville.html (234 words)

	Leadville loaded with lore - Travel: Cincinnati.Com
		Leadville is booming again, a growingmiddle-class community of charming Victorian homes.
		The weather tends to be stable, mosquitoes are gone and fewer vacationers occupy the highways.
		Leadville, Colorado & Southern Railroad: From the Tuesday after Labor Day through the end of September, daily departures are at 1 p.m.
	www.cincinnati.com /travel/stories/081201_leadville.html (2108 words)

	Home Stake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Leadville and the surrounding Lake County area are rich in both history and natural beauty, and offer countless recreational opportunities for the outdoor enthusiast.
		Leadville is just a short commute from Eagle and Summit Counties and boasts amenities such as a municipal airport,
		Leadville is also less than 1 hour from 5 world class ski resorts.
	www.homestakecolorado.com (166 words)

	JCS Leadville/Fremont Pass/Climax Photos, 2003
		Leadville was founded as a mining camp in a spot that is now known as California Gulch.
		Leadville, and the areas surrounding it, have extensive deposits of Silver, Gold, and lead, to name several economically important minerals.
		Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad-Operates seasonally from Leadville, to near the top of Fremont Pass, on the original right of way of the Denver, South Park, and Pacific, later known as the Colorado and Southern.
	home.att.net /~jcspers/leadvillefremontclimaxtop.html (1607 words)

	Leadville, Colorado
		Seventy square blocks of Victorian architecture and the adjoining twenty square mile Leadville mining district - a fascinating graveyard of frontier mining - distinguish Leadville as having maintained its character without exploiting its treasures.
		One of America's last remaining authentic mining towns, Leadville's wealth of historical attractions range from the federally chartered National Mining Hall of Fame Museum to the Healy House and Dexter Cabin State Museum, a three-story Victorian boarding house.
		Leadville is an excellent choice for an extended base of operation from which to explore Colorado, offering superior lodging, full-service camping, a vast array of dining choices and unique shopping.
	www.fourteenernet.com /leadvill (372 words)

	Attractions in the Leadville, Colorado area
		Leadville is one of Colorado’s largest historic districts.
		Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad Company, offers a two and one-half hour scenic narrated railroad trips through the Colorado mining country from Leadville to Climax.
		Leadville is minutes from the San Isabel National Forest.
	www.centralcolorado.com /leadville/attractions.htm (686 words)

	Cool Running :: Carpenter sets mark in Leadville ultramarathon
		Leadville, CO Courtesy of the Colorado Springs Gazette
		In last year's Leadville 100, Carpenter, stricken with leg pain, was forced to walk the final 33 miles.
		Jeffrey Tiegs of Fort Carson was eighth in 20:37:55, and Harry Harcrow of Woodland Park was 10th in 21:07:54.
	www.coolrunning.com /engine/3/3_6/carpenter-sets-mark-in-le.shtml (309 words)

	Temple Israel Foundation, Leadville, Colorado, USA
		Leadville, Colorado, from the late 1870s through the First World War and on deep into the 20th Century has developed as one of the best examples of a classic western American mining boom town.
		Leadville's culture and commerce were quickly absorbed into the rapidly growing structure of America's industrial economy, supplying not just precious metals but also, ultimately, metals for the production of steel and other fundamental uses.
		The Temple Israel Foundation was incorporated in April, 1987, "to acquire, historically rehabilitate, and maintain" the Temple Israel building and to research the history of the Jewish community in Leadville as a whole without losing sight of the particulars of individual lives.
	www.jewishleadville.org (372 words)

	4WD - Mosquito Pass - Fairplay / Leadville area
		The people of Leadville got their news from Denver and when the telegraph lines were out, the newspaper people would come up and try to repair them no matter what the weather (usually a blizzard).
		The trip down to Leadville is just as steep, if not more, than the trip to the summit of Mosquito Pass from the Fairplay side.
		Leadville has a lot of good Ore still in the ground and never really ever stopped being a mining town.
	www.colomar.com /ColoradoPlaces/mosquito_pass.html (1020 words)

	Cheap ski Colorado discount coupons-Leadville-Ski Cooper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Leadville is home to one of the best preserved historic building districts in the state.
		Leadville, Lake County and the Twin Lakes Area offer both winter and summer visitors a wealth of vacation options.
		In the winter the draw is, of course, skiing at Ski Cooper where the men of the 10th mountain division trained and where skiing is still the way it use to be.
	www.skicoupons.com /groups.cfm/r/9/g/15 (319 words)

	Leadville. Fly Drive USA. Colorado destination
		Leadville has a wonderful facisnating history and is one of America's best kept secrets.
		Sitting at well over 10,000 ft altitude, Leadville is a town you don't want to miss.....Visit the old mines, including THE MATCHLESS where the Silver King Horace Tabor made his millions, and where his widow, Baby Doe lived alone in poverty and then died in the winter of 1935.
		Leadville is also the home to The national Mining Hall of Fame and Museum opened in 1988.
	www.uk-2-usa.com /Colorado/leadville.html (174 words)

	AllRefer.com - Leadville, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The camps were virtually deserted until 1877, when the discovery of carbonates of lead with a high silver content again transformed Oro City into a boomtown.
		By 1880, two years after its incorporation, Leadville had become one of the greatest silver camps in the world.
		The spectacular history of Leadville is epitomized in the life of Horace Tabor.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/Leadvill.html (293 words)

	SledCity.com - Colorado State Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Leadville snowmobile trails are located in the San Isabel National Forest in and around Leadville.
		Leadville is located in the Central Colorado Mountains, approximately 85 West of Denver (21 miles South of Copper Mountain Ski area off Highway 24).
		Alternately, Leadville can be accessed from the South from Buena Vista located approximately 35 miles South of Leadville.
	www.sledcity.com /states/colorado/trail_areas/leadville.cfm (259 words)

	Leadville : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		Today, Leadville is one of the best places to rediscover the West's mining heritage.
		Founded in 1860 on the gold that glimmered in prospectors' pans, Leadville and nearby Oro City quickly attracted 10,000 miners who dug $5 million in gold out of a 3-mile stretch of the California Gulch by 1865.
		When the riches were gone, Leadville was deserted, although a smaller lode of gold-bearing quartz kept Oro City alive for another decade.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/leadville/1465010001.html (326 words)

	TrekEarth \| Colors in Leadville Photo
		Leadville is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing over 70 square blocks.
		Leadville was incorporated in 1878 and is the highest incorporated city in the continental United States at 10,152 feet above sea level.
		The history of Leadville is filled with dramatic stories of real people who made, and lost, fortunes in this frontier mountain town spiced with Victorian flavor.
	www.trekearth.com /gallery/North_America/United_States/photo119319.htm (434 words)

	Leadville, Colorado information - including mining camps, ghost towns, Doc Holliday, Horace Tabor, Baby Doe Tabor, The ...
		The area exploded and thousands flocked to it for their share, and the volume of prospectors working the area had literally exhausted all the gold reserves by the mid-1860’s and were moving on to areas like Alma and Buckskin Joe, located over Mosquito Pass.
		Leadville quickly became the second largest city in the state and the Carbonate Camp was clearly the most important mining center in Colorado.
		If you are planning on visiting Leadville, and would like more information about it, including lodging facilities, tours and other places to visit and things to do, please visit www.ArkansasValleyLiving.com.
	www.leadville.org (541 words)

	U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service-Leadville National Fish Hatchery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Leadville National Fish Hatchery, established in 1889, is the second oldest Federally operated fish hatchery in existence today.
		Located on 3,072 acres near the city of Leadville, the hatchery's subalpine forest surroundings with its cold, clean water supply and nearby source of native cutthroat trout populations provide the ideal spot for trout production.
		Originally, the hatchery produced trout that were distributed over the entire Rocky Mountain region.
	leadville.fws.gov (130 words)

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