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Cripple Creek Historic District [3] is a historic district including Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States and is significant for its gold mining era history.It developed as a gold mining center beginning in 1890, with a number of buildings from that period surviving to this day.
The Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine, formerly and historically the Cresson Mine, is an active gold mine located near the town of Victor, in the Cripple Creek mining district in the US state of Colorado.
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 & 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 ...
The City of Victor is a Statutory City in Teller County, Colorado, United States.Gold was discovered in Victor in the late 19th century, an omen of the future of the town. With Cripple Creek, the mining district became the second largest gold mining district in the country and realized approximately $10 billion of mined gold in 2010 dollar
This led to the formation of the Cripple Creek Mining District on April 5, 1891. [1] Better transportation than wagons was urgently needed to access the newly formed mining district. During 1894 a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge line, known as the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad was built at a cost of $500,000.
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.
Stratton became the Cripple Creek District's first millionaire. [1] When Cripple Creek miners went on strike in 1894, Stratton's Independence mine and the Portland mine came to an agreement with them, against the wishes of other mine owners. [2] Stratton had incorporated the Portland company and was its first president and largest stockholder. [3]