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The Matchless Mine is a historic mine located in Lake County, Colorado. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, [ 1 ] and is part of the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum . History
The Matchless Mine in Leadville, originally owned by Horace Tabor, known as "The Silver King". The Colorado Silver Boom was a dramatic expansionist period of silver mining activity in the U.S. state of Colorado in the late 19th century. The boom started in 1879 with the discovery of silver at Leadville.
Matchless mine and Baby Doe Tabor cabin Tabor ran without success for governor of Colorado throughout the 1880s. Then, in 1893, the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in the administration of President Grover Cleveland caused the value of silver to drop, which devastated Tabor's fortune.
He ran successfully for Lieutenant Governor of Colorado in 1878 [2] and established the Little Pittsburg Consolidated Mining Company, which quickly gained a worth of about $20 million ($631 million today). He bought the Matchless Mine, which for many years produced large amounts of silver.
Matchless Mine: Matchless Mine. December 28, 2010 : East 7th Road Leadville (Mining ... History Colorado; Lake County, Colorado This page was last edited on 19 ...
Tour guide identified as victim who died in Colorado gold mine elevator malfunction. Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY. October 12, 2024 at 10:07 AM.
Matchless mine and Baby Doe Tabor cabin Horace Tabor divorced his wife of 25 years and married Baby Doe McCourt on September 30, 1882, [ 17 ] who was half his age. Tabor was by then a US senator , and the divorce and marriage caused a scandal in Colorado and beyond.
A tour guide died at a Colorado gold mine after an elevator experienced a mechanical issue hundreds of feet below ground, trapping a dozen tourists for several hours, authorities said. The ...