Leadville C&S at French Gulch Sawatch Range Ceramic Art Tile — ceramic art tile

Leadville C&S at French Gulch Sawatch Range Ceramic Art Tile

Keepsake · 2 in / Glossy / Loose
$22.00
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Leadville C&S at French Gulch Sawatch Range Ceramic Art Tile — ceramic art tile

Leadville C&S at French Gulch Sawatch Range Ceramic Art Tile

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Leadville sits at 10,152 feet, the highest incorporated city in North America. The Sawatch Range rises to its west, and includes Mount Elbert and Mount Massive, the two highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains, both above 14,400 feet. French Gulch drained the silver and lead carbonates that built the town after 1877. The Colorado & Southern Railway worked the district for decades after the boom. The colour the page holds is the colour the gulch wears on a clear October morning: frost in the willows along the creek, snow already on the peaks, the rails dark against the grade. A working railroad still leaves town for the mine at Climax.

Slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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