Historically, the mining industry has not given its towns a second chance. When ore runs out or metal prices head south, as both always do, the industry waves good-bye and leaves mining towns to ...

It takes strength and sinew to go far in the mining business. Robert Kendrick epitomized that grit. Kendrick, a lifelong Leadville local and pioneering leader at Climax Molybdenum mine for decades, ...

When: Friday, Aug. 5, through Sunday, Aug. 7. Where: Leadville. Cost: Most activities are free to spectate More information: Visit http://www.leadvilleboomdays.com ...

“OnSite,” on loan from artist Laszlo Bencze, opens Feb. 17. Bencze will be in the exhibit gallery and available to talk to people attending the museum’s annual Wine at the Mine event that evening from ...

Nick Michael thinks he has got a great idea. Collect ore and tailings from the slag piles scattered around Leadville, extract bits of silver and gold in a vat of chemicals and then store the waste in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LEADVILLE — Millions of tons of waste from decades-old mining operations sit in the hills east of town. The brown and orange piles of abandoned ore rise 30 ...

LEADVILLE, Colo. — At 10,152 feet above sea level, this is the highest incorporated city in North America, and it should be a ghost town. It was once at the center of the richest mining district in ...

The Leadville Trail 100, set this year for August 17, is renowned around the world for its elevation (10,200 feet to start, with a 3,500 foot gain), sweeping views and difficult terrain. But the road ...

Thousands of Irish miners fleeing famine risked it all for a better life in Colorado. Tens of thousands of Irish miners fleeing famine risked it all for a better life in the mining boom of 1880’s ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Leadville – A cold wind whistled down from the summit of 13,400-foot Bartlett Mountain, blowing dust past the earth-colored buildings that have stood ...

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, was Aspen’s first sister city. With global outreach in mind, the Sister Cities program is unique in sharing ideas and cultures through international exchange of ...