Located on a lonely mountain plain in Colorado ski country, the silver-rush-era town of Leadville holds secrets as deep as ...

Located on a lonely mountain plain in Colorado ski country, the silver-rush-era town of Leadville holds secrets as deep as its tunnels and old mine workings. The highway climbs through aspen ...

While some became ghost towns, others still stand today, offering a glimpse into the past. From historic saloons to Victorian ...

Add in sprawling wildflower meadows and the fact that Mount Sherman is only about seven miles from Leadville, one of Colorado's famous mining towns, and this could turn sweet old Meemaw into a ...

Jordan Borek takes his dirt bike up to his topaz mine, shimmying down a mining shaft to retrieve cuts of the stones which ...

A bipartisan group of Colorado lawmakers on Wednesday, March 5, held the first meeting of its newly formed outdoor recreation ...

In his mining history column for Mining the West magazine, UNR mining history professor Eric Nystrom looks at the history of ...

Based out of Vail Mountain School and visiting Booth Creek and nearby local public lands, campers should be prepared to be outside all day and ready to get dirty as they explore Colorado mining ...

An African mine that once drove the country's economy became a ghost town, but now it is enjoying a huge recovery.

A recent book chronicling Aspen’s history repeated the mythology that Aspen’s mining industry tanked after the Panic of 1893.