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Numerous mining claims were filed and prospected. <br /> Exploration holes, mine shafts, mine dumps and spoils dotted the <br /> mining district. Principal mineral products were gold, silver, <br /> lead and zinc. <br /> Railroads <br /> Two railroads pushed into the Tenmile District during <br /> the early 1880` s. The Denver and Rio Grande Western RR came <br /> north from Leadville and crossed Fremont Pass in 1881. The <br /> Denver, South Park and Pacific RR (now "Colorado and Southern <br /> RR" ) came - south from Frisco and crossed Fremont Pass enroute to <br /> Leadville in 1883. Both lines placed additional strains on the <br /> area resources, requiring native timber for cross ties and land <br /> clearance for maintaining suitable grades and rights-of-way. <br /> • The railroad located a section house and wye at the <br /> summit of Fremont Pass on ground that presently is the site of <br /> the main entrance to the Climax plant. The railroad named this <br /> point "Climax Station" (commemorating the first point that <br /> narrow-gauge rails had crossed the Continental Divide within the <br /> borders of Colorado) . Thirty-five years later, the mining com- <br /> pany organized to develop the deposit in Bartlett Mountain elected <br /> to call itself "Climax Molybdenum Company" . <br /> Eagle Valley <br /> On the drainage to the west of the Climax Mine site, <br /> the settlement of Eagle City was founded in 1879 . Its population <br /> 3-2 <br />