Leadville, a mining-town of Colorado, capital of Lake county, stands in a valley 10,200 feet above the sea, 70 miles (151 by rail) SW. of Denver. Its mines produce gold, silver, and lead (see page 544). The town, which was incorporated in 1878, contains numerous smelting-furnaces and stamp-mills. Pop. (1880) 14,820; (1890) 10,384.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 546
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