Every person, firm, or corporation who performs labor or furnishes machinery, material, fuel, explosives, or supplies to a contractor or subcontractor shall have a lien upon the properties and premises mentioned in section 38-24-101 to the same extent and in the same manner as the original contractor for the amount due for such machinery, material, fuel, explosives, or supplies furnished or labor performed. All liens created by virtue of this article in any particular case shall be of equal rank and validity, except liens for labor which shall be preferred.
C.R.S. § 38-24-102