Smuggler Mine, Aspen

A silver mine on Smuggler Mountain at the north edge of Aspen, Colorado, the oldest still operating in the Aspen mining district. At its peak, around 1890, it produced nearly a fifth of the world's silver, and in 1894 it gave up the largest silver nugget ever mined, 2,340 pounds (1,060 kg).

Dated events and their evidence

1879 CE mainstream
June: prospectors find the Smuggler claim, probably Edward Fuller and Con Allbright, who are said to have sold it at once; the first recorded claimant is Charles Bennett source
1880 CE mainstream
Bennett sells his claims and ranch to B. Clark Wheeler and Charles Hallam, whose company lays out and sells the lots that bring the city of Aspen into existence source
1890 CE mainstream
the Sherman Silver Purchase Act lifts silver; Aspen peaks at over 10,000 people, and Smuggler produces about one-fifth of the world's silver source
1893 CE mainstream
the Sherman Act is repealed after the economic crisis; silver falls, Smuggler stops most work and lays off 70 miners source
1894 CE mainstream
the largest silver nugget ever mined comes out of Smuggler, 2,340 pounds (1,060 kg); too large to bring out whole, it is broken into three pieces, the largest 1,840 pounds source
1984 CE mainstream
the mine is designated a Superfund site after tests find high levels of lead and cadmium in the soil; the clean-up takes the EPA 12 years source
1987 CE mainstream
the Smuggler Mine is listed on the National Register of Historic Places source

Where

39.1925° N, 106.8064° W

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