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Gold mining takes a back seat to silver production, as places such as Leadville, Georgetown, and Aspen revive Colorado’s mining economy.

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The Matchless Mine

The Matchless Mine in Leadville, Colorado was one of many successful silver mines that helped propel Horace Tabor to fortune during the great silver boom. Silver prices plummeted and the Tabor's were financially ruined, but in 1899, as his dying wish,…
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