Colorado Silver Mines NPR's Mark Roberts reports on how one man's threat to destroy old silver mines on his property in Ouray County, Colorado prompted the National Trust for Historic Preservation ...

Leadville in Colorado was a bustling silver mining town in the 19th century but saw its population dwindle after its glory days ended.

which does gross injustice to the name of one of the best-known citizens of Colorado--Hon. William H. Cushman, President of the First National Bank of Georgetown--and is from beginning to end full ...

With plenty of outdoor activities, options for regional cuisine, and more to explore, you might want to stay in this Rocky Mountain Colorado town awhile.

According to History Colorado, the mines brought droves of people looking for gold, silver and other gems in the 1800s. While the mines brought an economic change to Colorado, it also came with an ...

Colorado Public Radio's Nathaniel Minor has ... got land that will help them better care for their defunct and polluting silver mine nearby. That deal was finalized this year.

The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board in 2022 imposed a cease-and-desist order at the gold-and-silver mines operated by Grand Island Resources LLC near 4400 Caribou Road. The board first ...

Sweet Home originally opened in the 1800s and was part of the Colorado Silver Boom, but when the price of the metal collapsed in 1893, the mine shut down. It remained shuttered until 1922 ...

Colorado School of Mines (Mines) is a public research university specialising ... When Mines opened in 1874, the focus of its early academic programmes was on gold and silver, and their extraction.