National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum

The building was the Leadville High School, then the junior high. Since 1988 it has held the only national mining museum with a Congressional charter — approved by President Reagan on November 14, 1988. Inside: a walk-through replica of an underground hardrock mine, the Gold Rush room with its native gold, mineral specimens, and a hall of fame that inducts the industry's greats. The criticism is in the record too — James Loewen faulted the hall for honoring executives and owners over the miners who did the dying.