LEADVILLE AND MT. MASSIVE

This wonderful city first became known to fame in 1859 as California Gulch, one of the richest placers in Colorado, yielding in five years over five millions in gold dust. The camp was afterwards nearly abandoned until the discovery of the carbonate beds in 1876. Immediately a great rush ensued to the great carbonate camp, which was named "Leadville." Leadville is walled in on all sides by towering mountains whose summits are crowned with eternal snow, prominent among which is Mount Massive, shown in the picture. Altitude, 14,368 feet.

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