Pike's Peak A Mining Saga |
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Author:
| Waters, Frank |
ISBN: | 978-0-8040-0503-6 |
Publication Date: | Dec 1987 |
Publisher: | Ohio University Press
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Imprint: | Swallow Press |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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During the fabulous reign of Colorado Silver, innumerable prospectors passed by Pike's Peak on their way to the silver strikes at Leadville, Aspen, and the boom camps in the Saguache, Sangre de Cristo, and San Juan mountains. Then, in 1890, a carpenter named Winfield Scott Stratton discovered gold along Cripple Creek.
During the fabulous reign of Colorado Silver, innumerable prospectors passed by Pike's Peak on their way to the silver strikes at Leadville, Aspen, and the boom camps in the Saguache, Sangre de Cristo, and San Juan mountains. Then, in 1890, a carpenter named Winfield Scott Stratton discovered gold along Cripple Creek.