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The frontier gambler Poker Alice lived for a time in Central City and several other Colorado mining communities. [ 12 ] Gold mining in the Central City district decreased rapidly between 1900 and 1920, as the veins were exhausted.
In May 1859, John H. Gregory found a gold-bearing vein (the Gregory Lode) in Gregory Gulch between Black Hawk and Central City. Within two months, many other veins were discovered, including the Bates, Gunnell, Kansas, and Burroughs. [5] Other early mining towns in the district included Nevadaville and Russell Gulch.
By the time the Territory of Colorado was formed on February 28, 1861, Central City was already the largest city in the entire territory, though Denver was made the state capital. The Central City/Black Hawk area was a basically continuous arc of mining camps and urban development, with a population of more than 3,000 at its height in 1870.
Central City-Black Hawk On July 5, J. D. Peregrine installed the first water powered arrastra at Gregory Diggings, near Black Hawk. [92] [93] 1859-05 gold Central City On May 6, John H. Gregory discovered the first lode vein at Gregory Diggings", [g] now in Central City, on Clear Creek's North Fork. When news of the find spread, the population ...
Black Hawk is located adjacent to Central City, another historic mining settlement in Gregory Gulch. The two cities form the federally designated Central City/Black Hawk National Historic District. The area flourished during the mining boom of the late 19th century following the construction of mills and a railroad link to Golden.
The Argo Tunnel is a 4.16-mile (6.69 km) mine drainage and access tunnel with its portal at Idaho Springs, Colorado, USA.It was originally called the Newhouse Tunnel after its primary investor, Salt Lake City mining magnate Samuel Newhouse, and appears by that name in many industry publications from the time period when it was constructed.
Uranium mining in Colorado, United States, goes back to 1872, when pitchblende ore was taken from gold mines near Central City, Colorado. The Colorado uranium industry has seen booms and busts, but continues to this day. Not counting byproduct uranium from phosphate, Colorado is considered to have the third largest uranium reserves of any US ...
The Argo Gold Mine and Mill is a former gold mining and milling property in Idaho Springs, Colorado, featuring an intact gold mill built at the entrance of the Argo Tunnel. The tunnel was built between 1893 and 1910 to drain the gold mines in Virginia Canyon, Gilpin Gulch, Russell Gulch , Quartz Hill, Nevadaville , and Central City and allow ...