Leadville is a small community of
2,821 in central Colorado.
It is located 40 miles (64 kilometers)
southwest of Breckenridge,
43 miles (69 kilometers) south of
Vail,
and 101 miles (163 kilometers) southwest
of Denver.
Leadville is the seat of Lake
County.
The community was named after the
silver-lead ore discovered here in
1874. More silver deposits were discovered
in...
