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The Idaho Springs miners strike of 1903 was a labor strike by members of the ... After a highly successful strike in the Cripple Creek mining district in 1894, ...
Cripple Creek is a former gold mining camp located 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Colorado Springs near the base of Pikes Peak. The Cripple Creek Historic District, which received National Historic Landmark status in 1961, includes part or all of the city and the surrounding
The Cripple Creek Mine Owners' Association agreed to secretly finance the troops. [5] p.92-93 By the end of September 1903 nearly a thousand soldiers were guarding the Cripple Creek District mines and patrolling the roads. As in Colorado City, the civil authorities and a large number of citizens in the Cripple Creek District deplored the ...
The Cripple Creek Mine Owners' Association and an anti-union vigilante organization, the Cripple Creek District Citizens' Alliance, called a meeting at the Victor Military Club to formulate a response to the violence. A short time later Sheriff Robertson, whom the Mine Owner's Association deemed too tolerant of the union, was confronted and ...
The Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company began the first large-scale open pit mining in the district in 1994. [28] The Cresson mine open pits are located a few miles north of Victor. Mining continues today under the ownership of Newmont Corporation , which boosted gold production from 211,000 troy ounces (6.6 t) in 2014 to 451,000 troy ...
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.
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.
In January 1894, Cripple Creek mine owners J. J. Hagerman, David Moffat and Eben Smith, who together employed one-third of the area's miners, announced a lengthening of the work-day to ten hours (from eight), with no change to the daily wage of $3.00 (~$106.00 in 2023) per day. When workers protested, the owners agreed to employ the miners for ...