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Resurrection Creek was the site of Alaska's first gold rush in the late 1890s, [60] and placer mining continues today. The Resurrection Creek watershed drains 161 square miles (420 km 2 ) on the north side of the Kenai Peninsula, and the community of Hope, Alaska is located at the mouth of Resurrection Creek. [ 61 ]
This would later become known as the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine. [16] Most of the Cripple Creek properties were consolidated into the Golden Cycle Mining and Reduction Company, and the Carlton Tunnel was completed in 1941. This 6.5 mile long tunnel drained the district down to 3,000 feet.
Winfield Scott Stratton (July 22, 1848 – September 14, 1902) was an American prospector, capitalist, and philanthropist.He discovered the Independence Lode near Victor, Colorado on July 4, 1891, and became the Cripple Creek Mining District's first millionaire in 1894.
Bear Creek and Colorado still are actively mined (2006). Mining of tailings was underway at Cripple in 2010. There were at least eight mining operations near Ophir in 1949, including two dredges, but $35 gold winnowed them down to none by about 1955. Ophir's population was (an estimated) 18 in 1960. [1]
[1] [nb 1] Latching on to the 1891 gold boom in Cripple Creek, Carlton started a freight hauling business from Colorado Midland at Divide with his brother, Leslie. The Colorado Trading and Transfer Company served the mining communities, and "eventually gained control of much of the freight business" serving the mining towns.
The tourists became stuck in the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine attraction in Cripple Creek on Thursday, according to officials. The deceased victim was identified Friday as Patrick Weier, 46, who was ...
(Reuters) -The Biden administration took steps on Friday to limit both oil and gas drilling and mining in Alaska, angering state officials who said the restrictions will cost jobs and make the U.S ...
Fred "Dakota" Hurt, the rugged white-water gold miner who appeared on Discovery's Alaska-set docuseries "Gold Rush: White Water," has died. He was 80.