Leadville
a city and county-seat of Lake co., Col.; on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé, the Denver and Rio Grande, and the Colorado Midland railroads; 80 miles S. W. of Denver, the State capital. Leadville is one of the most important localities in the world for the mining and reduction of the ores of the precious metals, some of the mines being 700 feet deep. It is the mining, farming and grazing trade center for an extensive region; contains a court house, jail, hospital, and almshouse; has rich deposits of gold, silver and lead, large sampling, refining and reduction works, smelting furnaces, etc. The city is lighted by electricity and gas; has an excellent water supply, well organized fire and police departments, daily and weekly banks. Pop. periodicals, National banks. Pop. (1910) 7,508; (1920) 4,959. a