The Story of the World's Greatest Gold Camp Told by the Cripple Creek Times
Title | The Story of the World's Greatest Gold Camp Told by the Cripple Creek Times PDF eBook |
Author | Cripple Creek Times |
Publisher | |
Pages | 76 |
Release | 1904 |
Genre | Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904 |
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Cripple Creek Days
Title | Cripple Creek Days PDF eBook |
Author | Mabel Barbee Lee |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1984-01-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780803279124 |
Mabel Barbee Lee has written a rousing tale of early days in Cripple Creek, Colorado. She speaks with authority because she arrived there as a child in 1892, and with wide-eyed wonder saw the whole place turn to gold. With his divining rod, Mabel's father tapped gold ore on Beacon Hill but missed becoming a millionaire by selling his claim short. Nonetheless, life was rich for young Mabel in a booming town with points of interest like Poverty Gulch, the Continental Hotel, and a fantastic house called Finn's Folly; with characters around like the promoter Windy Joe and (seen from a distance) the madam Pearl De Vere; with something always going on, whether a celebration or a disastrous fire or train wreck or a no-nonsense miners' strike. Mabel Lee's book brings back a time and place with affection. The foreword is by Lowell Thomas, who was her pupil when she was a young schoolmarm in Cripple Creek. "One of the most fascinating accounts of a gold rush town."-Chicago Sunday Tribune. "More entertaining by far than the run of fictional westerns, more authentic, of course, and a great deal more moving."-W. M. Teller, Saturday Review
The Mining West
Title | The Mining West PDF eBook |
Author | Richard E. Lingenfelter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 866 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Mines and mineral resources |
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This two-volume set cites books, pamphlets, maps, music, directories, and other published materials (excluding materials from technical and popular magazines and newspapers) on the history of mining in the American and Canadian West. Topics covered include prospecting, mining rushes and camps, and mining finance, labor, technology, law, literature, and lore. The initial portion provides general information on mining and metalurgical technology. The subsequent regional sections are subdivided into refined historical studies, raw materials, fictional and poetic treatments, and bibliographical guides to further materials. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Cripple Creek, Bob Womack and The Greatest Gold Camp on Earth
Title | Cripple Creek, Bob Womack and The Greatest Gold Camp on Earth PDF eBook |
Author | Linda Wommack |
Publisher | |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2019-05-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781943829200 |
On October 20, 1890, Bob Womack struck gold and staked his El Paso mining claim at Poverty Gulch, which eventually ignited the greatest gold rush in Colorado's history. During Bob's lifetime, over two hundred and fifty million dollars worth of gold was mined from the Cripple Creek Mining District, which Womack was instrumental in establishing. The story of the man and the gold discovery are told through first-hand accounts from not only Womack's quotes but other legendary figures such as Irving Howbert, Horace Bennett, Leslie Doyle Spell and William, and Ida Womack. Today, over one hundred and twenty-five years after that historic gold discovery, gold is still mined in the mining district of Cripple Creek. The legacy of Robert "Bob' Miller Womack will forever remain as the discoverer of "The Greatest Gold Camp On Earth."
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Title | Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1266 |
Release | 1906 |
Genre | |
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Cripple Creek
Title | Cripple Creek PDF eBook |
Author | Leland Feitz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 54 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Cripple Creek (Colo.) |
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The Trail of Gold and Silver
Title | The Trail of Gold and Silver PDF eBook |
Author | Duane A. Smith |
Publisher | University Press of Colorado |
Pages | 297 |
Release | 2011-05-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1457109883 |
In The Trail of Gold and Silver, historian Duane A. Smith details Colorado's mining saga - a story that stretches from the beginning of the gold and silver mining rush in the mid-nineteenth century into the twenty-first century. Gold and silver mining laid the foundation for Colorado's economy, and 1859 marked the beginning of a fever for these precious metals. Mining changed the state and its people forever, affecting settlement, territorial status, statehood, publicity, development, investment, economy, jobs both in and outside the industry, transportation, tourism, advances in mining and smelting technology, and urbanization. Moreover, the first generation of Colorado mining brought a fascinating collection of people and a new era to the region. Written in a lively manner by one of Colorado's preeminent historians, this book honors the 2009 sesquicentennial of Colorado's gold rush. Smith's narrative will appeal to anybody with an interest in the state's fascinating mining history over the past 150 years.