Mount Harvard and Mount Columbia dominate this high-altitude landscape in the Colorado Rockies, where mining history and alpine hydrology intersect. This survey documents a rugged network of drainage basins, including the Missouri Basin and Horn Fork Basin, which feed into major water bodies like Twin Lakes and Bear Lake. Evidence of the region's extractive past is preserved through several identified sites such as the Silver King Mine and Magdalene Mine, while the Windfield Cemetery in the northwest corner provides a direct link to the early communities that once worked these slopes.
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1889 · Leadville
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1891 · Leadville
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1935 · Mount Elbert
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1938 · Mount Elbert
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1939 · Mount Elbert
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1942 · Leadville
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1955 · Buena Vista
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1955 · Mount Harvard
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1956 · Montrose
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Leadville
USGS Topo · 1:250,000