London, South Park

and Leadville

Railroad Company

Leadville, Colorado

The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company - Stock certificate dated 1909.

When Silver was found at a high camp near the headwaters of the Arkansas River, the entire state began to change.  Silver was the new precious metal getting attention! Leadville and other districts throughout the state were producing huge amounts of silver ore and there was a dire need for infrastructure to get that ore from the mines to the processing mills.  Railroads sprung up all over the state to fill this need.  Many  served very narrow markets and, for this reason,  were short-lived.   The LSP&L RR is just one example.