(Adapted from the December 2006 and the March 2007 Mining History News) CLICK HERE FOR PROGRAM Oral History Workshop, Barbara Sommer, National Mining Hall of Fame, June 7, 2007
“The Leadville Silver Deposits,” Ed Raines, National Mining Hall of Fame, June 9, 2007
SOCIAL EVENTS (See Photo Gallery Below) Welcoming Reception, National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum, June 7, 2008“An Evening with Horace Tabor,” Featuring Duane Smith, Tabor Opera House, June 7, 2007Awards Banquet, National Mining Hall of Fame, June 8, 2007“All Roads Lead to Leadville,” Stan DempseyPresidential Luncheon, National Mining Hall of Fame, June 9, 2007
TOURS AND FIELD TRIPS (PHOTO GALLERIES) Matchless Mine (On Your Own), June 8, 2007 Leadville Mines Tour, June 10, 2007
Leadville Mines Tour Update, 2014 VISITOR INFORMATION Colorado Tourism Office
Leadville, Lake County Chamber of Commerce
Lake County, Colorado Visitors’ Center
National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
Mineral Belt Trail
READINGS AND REFERENCES Samuel F. Emmons, W. F. Hillebrand, and Antony Guyard, “Geology and Mining Industry of Leadville, Colorado, with Atlas, “ U. S. Geological Survey, Monograph 12, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1886).G. F. Loughlin, “Guide to Ore in the Leadville District, Colorado,” U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 779, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1826). Samuel F. Emmons, John D. Irving, and G. F. Loughlin, “Geology and Ore Deposits of the Leadville Mining District, Colorado,” U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 148, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1827).Caroline Bancroft, “Tabor’s Matchless Mine and Lusty Leadville,” (Boulder: Johnson Publishing Company, 1964).Ogden Tweto, “Leadville District, Colorado,” Ore Deposits of the UnitedStates, 1933-1967 (John D. Ridge, ed.), (New York, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME), 1968), 681-705.Edwin Blair and E. Richard Churchill, “Everybody Came to Leadville,” (Leadville, CO: Timberline Books, 1971).Don L. Griswold and Jean Harvey Griswold, “History of Leadville and Lake County, Colorado,” (Denver: Colorado Historical Society in cooperation with the University Press of Colorado, 1996).Duane A. Smith and John Moriarty, “The Ballad of Baby Doe: I Shall Walk Beside My Love,” (Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2002).Gillian Klucas, “Leadville: The Struggle to Revive an American Town,” (Washington: Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2004). Glenn R. Scott, “Historic Trail Map of the Leadville 1º x 2º Quadrangle, Central Colorado,” U. S. Geological Survey, Scientific Investigations Map 2820, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 2004). ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Ed Raines Duane SmithPHOTO GALLERY CLICK ON A PHOTO TO DISPLAY A LARGER IMAGE  The Tabor Opera House on Harrison Street is still a performance and concert venue. |  H. A. W. Tabor (AKA reenactor, Duane Smith) and Gay Smith walking to “his” opera house. |  | 
(Above) MHAers enjoying “An Evening with Horace Tabor” featuring Duane Smith, in the Tabor Opera House. (Left) Close-up of Tabor/Smith spinning tall tales of the Leadville’s Silver Boom Days. |  Jim McBride, MHA Chairman (left), congratulates Ed Raines (right) for his leadership in organizing the Leadville Conference. |  Bob Weldin (right) presents the Cherry Hunter Award to Ted Mullings (left). | 
Christine Bradley (left), Barbara Leyendecker (center, wife of Liston Leyendecker, deceased), and Duane Smith (right) are recipients of the Clark Spence Award. | 
Ed Raines (left) presents the MHA Distinguished Service Award to Bob Sorgenfrei, outgoing MHA Membership Chairman (right). |
Photo Credits: Johnny Johnsson, Mike Kaas, Mark Langenfeld, and Mark Vendl |