He was a mine manager in Leadville who developed a way to safely mine for gold deeper than before.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

In eighteen eighty-six, Maggie Tobin left home for the town of Leadville,Colorado, to join a sister and brother who already lived there.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Leadville had gold, silver and copper mines.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

For the roughly 2, 800 citizens of Leadville, the sudden reversal of fortune has proved disappointing.

NPR: The Best Laid Plans Of Mines And Men

The editor of the Leadville Herald Democrat, Marcia Martinek, says expectations swelled.

NPR: The Best Laid Plans Of Mines And Men

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