Brief by Central Staff
Mining – November 1999 – Colorado Central Magazine
When the Black Cloud Mine closed this year, it meant the end of about 140 years of mining in and around Leadville — a long tradition that goes back to before there was a Leadville, or indeed a Colorado.
However, there’s tradition, and then there’s tradition — perhaps as many as 2,500 years of mining, and at least 407 years.
