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🔥 The Leyden Mine Fire — A Forgotten Chapter of Colorado History ⛏️ Just west of Arvada sits the old Leyden Mine, once a booming coal operation that helped power the Front Range. It opened around 1903 under the Leyden Coal Company and for nearly five decades supplied coal to homes and industries across Colorado. The nearby town of Leyden was built specifically for the miners and their families — a true company town. 🏠 On December 14, 1910, tragedy struck when an explosion sparked a fire in Sha