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Leadville,CO - Lake County - First National Consolidated Milling and Mining Co. Seal Stamp :

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Leadville,CO - Lake County - First National Consolidated Milling and Mining Co. Seal Stamp :
Incorporated Lexington, KY. First National had operations in the Iowa Gulch area of Leadville. Leadville has a rich history of mining first for gold then silver and eventually molybdenum. Eventually, the area would produce 75% of the world's molybdenm. This seal references the period of time prior to its silver and molybdenum mining when a vast reserve of gold was discovered. Dark sand filled the sluices and made mining difficult, though mining was central to the community's economy. Oscar Wilde was asked to visit Leadville while completing a lecture tour in 1882. He is noted to have also toured the opening of the newest lode of that year, named in his honor (the Wilde Lode) at the Matchless mine. Fine.