Climax, Colorado
The Climax mine, located in Climax, Colorado, United States, was a major molybdenum mine in Lake and Summit counties, Colorado. In its heyday, the Climax mine was the largest molybdenum mine in the world, and for many years it supplied three-fourths of the world's supply of the metal. The mine is currently (2010) inactive, but may reopen when the economy recovers
—the milling part of the operation is being rebuilt and they are advertising for miners-—if I wasn’t seventy I’d go back in a minute—worked there 17 years-—