The Silver Boom

Did you know...

• John L. Routt  became the first states governor.
• He helped build strong industries.
• Like mining and ranching.
• John L. Routt was a good man.

Mines

• Mines crushed ore into smaller and smaller pieces
• This process is called smelting.
• Smelting near the mines helped mining companies.
• They helped miners earn more money.

Silver

• Gold was not the only metal buried in Colorado.
• Silver  lay there too.
• Silver was different for colorado
• Soon silver was famous for Colorado.

Leadville

• Later,silver mines opened in Boulder country.
• But the biggest silver find happened in Leadville.
• Leadville soon became the second largest city in Colorado.

Cloud city

• People called it cloud city.
• They called it cloud city because it was 2 ...
• miles above sea level.

Evergreen forest

• The Evergreen forest was cut down for buildings and mines.
• Mines and smelters moved in where  mountain meadows once stood.
• The Evergreen forest was beautiful place until it was cut down.

The Town

• Leadville was a dirty and ugly town.
• People did not clean up their garbage.
• They do not have pluming.
• Like we do today.

Clean town

• In time,the people in Leadville began to clean up.
• They raised money to remove the garbage.
• They built water systems to carry away waste.
• They also built churches,hospitals and schools.
• Life started getting better in Leadvillle.

The Silver King

• When Horace tabor and his wife,Augusta moved to Leadville.
• They bought a store. Life changed for the Tabors,
• when Horace agreed to grubstake.
• To grubstake means to give supplies in return for whatever  the prospectors
• dig up.