Cripple Creek, Colorado
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Cripple Creek is the statutory city that is the county seat of Teller County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 1,155 at the 2020 United States census. Cripple Creek is a former gold mi
Entering Cripple Creek
Battle Mountain mines, Cripple Creek, in 1898
Sunset in Cripple Creek in 1899 with Mt. Pisgah – the conical peak at left
Looking east on Bennett Avenue, early 20th century
Stratton's Independence Mine and Mill is a historic gold mining site near Victor, Colorado on the south slope of Battle Mountain. Between late 1893 and April 1899, approximately 200,000 ounces of gold
Cripple Creek, Colorado
…first telephone was established in 1893. Thousands of prospectors flocked to the district, and before long Winfield Scott Stratton located the famous Independence lode, one of the largest gold strikes in history. In three years, the population increased from five hundred to ten thousand. The Palace Hotel and the Windsor…
Image from the George H. Stone Collection of Colorado geological features and views, Special Collections, Tutt Library, Colorado College.
North-south section showing stopes in the Independence vein.
Section showing the relationship of the mine levels, the veins, granite and breccia.