Matchless Mine - Leadville, CO - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"The Matchless Mine is on the National Register of Historic Places and is located on the fabulously mineral-rich, Fryer Hill in Leadville's Historic Mining District. The Matchless mining claim, estimated to have produced 7.5 million dollars, contributed greatly to the wealth of its owner, silver baron Horace Tabor and his wife Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor. Once extraordinarily wealthy, the Tabor fortune vanished with the depletion of high-grade silver ore. After Tabor's death, "Baby Doe" Tabor returned frequently to the Matchless where she stayed in a one room cabin. It is in this cabin that she passed away in 1935, at the age of 81. Their tragic love story was made into an opera "The Ballad of Baby Doe."" (from (visit link) )

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Street address: 1 1/4 miles east on 7th Street Leadville, CO USA 80461 County / Borough / Parish: Lake Year listed: 2010 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture; Industry; Social Periods of significance: 1875-1935 Historic function: Industry: Mining Current function: Tourism; Education Privately owned?: yes Hours of operation: From: 12:00 PM To: 4:45 PM Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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