The year was 1931.
Robert Elder\'s original photographs bring the story of a small, hard-working mining company in the Great Depression to life..
They, and the men who worked for them, endured violence bank closures, mine accidents, and the forbidding conditions of 13, 185-foot-high Mosquito Pass.
The father and son team put their savings and their sweat into the London Mountain Gold Mining Company, working devotedly to coax a bonanza from the old Oliver Twist Tunnel.
George and Robert Elder were two of those investors, and this is the story of their role in Colorado\'s Great Depression Gold rush.
A few courageous local investors saw a ray of hope in the old Gold mines high atop Mosquito Pass, and bet that they could make the old workings pay.
The Great Depression was settling in for a prolonged stay while Leadville\'s mining district struggled to stay afloat.
The year was 1931