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About Matchless Mine

Matchless Mine is the place where one of Leadville’s most notorious silver kings, Horace Tabor, struck it rich and where his mistress-turned-wife died alone and penniless in 1935.It made Horace Tabor's fortune. His wife, Baby Doe Tabor, died in the superintendent's cabin. The mine is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is part of the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum.
Address : Matchless Mine, Colorado 80461, USA

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Leadville mining districtLeadville's Historic Mining District is located immediately east of downtown, at the ends of Fifth Street and Seventh Street. It is an architectural testament to the silver boom in Colorado. It is arguably on e of the most important cultural landscapes that remains from Colorado’s frontier mining days. The area has been designated a National Historic Landmark District. It was the location to one of the richest placer gold strikes in Colorado.
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Healy House Museum & Dexter CabinHealy House looks out over historic and scenic treasures of the storied mining town of Leadville. A majestic home built in 1878 by mining engineer and city father August R. Meyer for his bride, Emma. Currently it is a Colorado State Historic Site and is operated as a Victorian era museum by the state under History Colorado, together with Dexter Cabin. The restored house serves as an example of the "Elegant Eighties".
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Tabor Opera HouseThe Tabor Opera House was built in 1879 by Horace Austin Warner Tabor, one of Colorado’s most well known mining magnates. It was one of the most costly and most substantially built structures in Colorado history. The massive three-story opera house, constructed of stone, brick, and iron, was called "Leadville's finest brick structure". There are currently fourteen theatre collections identified at the Tabor Opera House, scenery and stage machinery dating from 1879 to 1902.
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National Mining Hall of Fame and MuseumThe National Mining Hall of Fame is a museum located in Leadville, Colorado. It holds more than 250 stories of men and women who achieved lasting greatness in mining and natural resources. Major exhibits include an elaborate model railroad, a walk-through replica of an underground hardrock mine, the Gold Rush room, with many specimens of native gold,[5] a large collection of mineral specimens, a mining art gallery and a gift shop.
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Temple Israel MuseumTemple Israel was erected at 201 West 4th Street in Leadville, Colorado, during the summer of 1884 in less than two months. The Temple Israel building is a rare example of a frontier synagogue. It is a mesmerizing tribute to a nearly forgotten Jewish generation. Situated at the front of the building, the Museum displays an array of personal, festive, communal, and everyday artifacts documenting Jewish life in a late-1800 mining town.
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California GulchThe California Gulch site consists of approximately 18 square miles in Lake County, Colorado. It is a unique thorn-scrub vegetated canyon, has been identified as an IBA in Arizona. It is accessed from Ruby Road by a rugged road south into the drainage. The canyon is unique with its dense shrub layer on its steep sides, and a perennial spring-fed stream draining into Mexico.

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Lake County
Lake County is one of 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. As originally defined, Lake County included a large portion of western Colorado to the south and west of its present boundaries. The county was named for Twin Lakes.

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