Cripple Creek gold rush

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The Cripple Creek gold rush was a late 19th-century mining boom in Colorado that transformed the Cripple Creek area into one of the most productive gold-mining districts in the United States.

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instanceOf gold rush ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
associatedWith Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company (later era operations) ⓘ
Cripple Creek mining district ⓘ
Victor mining district ⓘ
cause discovery of gold near Cripple Creek in 1890 ⓘ
comparedTo California Gold Rush ⓘ
Colorado Gold Rush of 1859 ⓘ
linked to: Colorado Gold Rush
country United States ⓘ
demographicImpact influx of prospectors and miners from across the United States ⓘ
economicImpact development of mining infrastructure in Colorado ⓘ
rapid economic growth in the Cripple Creek district ⓘ
endTime early 20th century ⓘ
environmentalImpact land disturbance from underground and surface mining ⓘ
followedBy decline of small-scale underground mining in the district ⓘ
heritage Cripple Creek Historic District ⓘ
Victor Historic District ⓘ
industry hard rock mining ⓘ
influenced development of railroads to Cripple Creek district ⓘ
laborConflict Colorado Labor Wars ⓘ
Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 ⓘ
ledTo creation of Victor, Colorado as a mining town ⓘ
founding of the city of Cripple Creek ⓘ
rapid population growth in Cripple Creek area ⓘ
legacy modern Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine operations ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
Cripple Creek, Colorado ⓘ
Teller County, Colorado ⓘ
mainResource gold ⓘ
miningMethod underground mining ⓘ
oreType telluride gold ores ⓘ
partOf Colorado Mineral Belt ⓘ
peakPeriod 1890s ⓘ
precededBy Colorado Gold Rush (Pikes Peak Gold Rush) ⓘ
linked to: Colorado Gold Rush
region Pikes Peak region ⓘ
resultedIn creation of Teller County in 1899 ⓘ
significance one of the most productive gold-mining districts in the United States ⓘ
transformed Cripple Creek into a major gold-mining district ⓘ
socialImpact boomtown development in the Pikes Peak region ⓘ
growth of labor union activity among miners ⓘ
startTime 1890 ⓘ
timePeriod late 19th century ⓘ
transportInfrastructure Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway ⓘ
Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad ⓘ
Midland Terminal Railway ⓘ
urbanDevelopment construction of hotels, saloons, and businesses in Cripple Creek ⓘ

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Cripple Creek, Colorado → developedDuring → Cripple Creek gold rush ⓘ
Cripple Creek Historic District → significantEvent → Cripple Creek gold mining boom ⓘ
linked to: Cripple Creek gold rush