Colorado+Gold+Mines

=The Value of Gold... =

= = For thousands of years, gold has been a sign of wealth and status - coveted by emperors and kings of the old world. You, too, can share in this precious metal's timeless value by settling in the great land of Colorado and joining ranks of fellow adventurers and fortune seekers in the rich mountain mines. A number of gold and silver veins have been discovered all over the state's geography, most notably at Pike's Peak (gold rush - 1859) and, most recently, in Clear Creek, and Cherry Creek, and other minor loads. [|miners1.bmp]May 6th, 1859 – John H. Gregory discovers gold in Colorado. The Gregory Mining District becomes the first of its kind in the state. [|miners2.bmp] Mining Camp The state of California has experienced some major gold rushes in its time. As result, immigrants from other states and countries migrated to those gold-rich regions, stimulating the growth of cities and a burgeoning state economy. Already, Colorado's mining communities are becoming bustling cities full of enterprising young men who took the chance and traveled west in search of glory and riches. Still more became successful by starting general stores and laundries and other services in these mining boomtowns.

The Mining Building at the Chicago World's Fair, 1893

(Cecilia Sanders, Beth Stephens, Nathan Rafalowsi, Pd. 3)

__**CALL FOR MINERS ** __ __** DENVER GOLD MINES**


 * HELLO, THERE, ABLE BODIED GENTLEMAN! YES,** **YOU****.**
 * ARE YOU LOOKING FOR**
 * GLORY****?**
 * RICHES****?** **ADVENTURE****?**


 * COME TO DENVER, COLORADO BY WAGON OR TRAIN AND FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE PIONEERS BEFORE YOU!**

Cherry Creek - Denver Clear Creek - Central City Pike's Peak __ 

Success Stories

 * My name is Charles Thaddeus Newton. ** Charlie will do. In 1859, when I was just ten years old, my father left home to seek fortune in the great Pike’s Peak gold rush all the way over in Colorado. He sent the money he didn’t need for living back to us, and told us that soon, the scruffy little mining towns where he and the other amateur prospectors were living and laboring would grow into prosperous cities. People were finding gold dust and nuggets all of the time back then. Things quieted down, and my father returned to us. In 1876, when Colorado became an official state and I was 27 years old, I left my family at home in much the same way and traveled to Colorado. There was plenty of business going on, and I sought the adventure that the journey would present. Eventually, I made enough money to bring my family – my wife, Clementine and our two surviving children, Francis (Frank) and Abigail – out to Colorado on a real train. By 1892, when another gold rush spiked Colorado’s economy, we had been living there for a fair while. The houses in our community were made of logs. I work in the mines near Colorado Springs, panning for gold and then picking out veins of valuable metal in more promising areas of the foothills/mountains. On average, I can pan $75 in dust from the water in about two days, and on any given day, I can mine from $5 to $15. It is a profitable industry.

(Cecilia Sanders, Pd. 3) 
 * I am Victor Baxter **, and I have worked as the owner of a general store in Colorado for most of my life. I came during the Pike’s Peak Colorado is built entirely upon mining. Tracks were laid out here for easier transport of gold. More people come over to mine, which in turn brings over merchants, which in turn builds up towns. So just think, if you don’t want to mine, nothing can stop you from making a bundle as a merchant. And if you want to mine for gold, that works too. Just make sure you remember to come to my store! gold rush. Turned out owning a general store was a pretty lucrative job to take. The miners needed supplies and we would supply them. Sure it doesn’t give you gold, but the work is easier and business is assured.

(Nathan Rafalowski, Pd. 3)  ** Hey there! I’m Cuthbert **, Bert for short. I moved out to Colorado from a small town in Pennsylvania a couple years ago. Colorado is just so much more fun. There’s people coming and going all the time, and not to mention the chance to become rich and famous! One day you could be a small-town boy from Pennsylvania, and the next you could be rolling in gold and partying with the rich! My mother was really mad that I came out here, though… She went on and on telling me about different things she heard. Exploding mines; cave-ins; an invisible gas that can suffocate you sometimes found in mines… Well, all that is just part of the adventure, ain’t it? You pan and pan until you find gold…then we move upstream and start intrusively mining. This is where the “danger” begins. It’s a thrill, really. Never knowing what’s going to happen next, never knowing where we’ll find gold, whether we’ll be okay or not. If you’re looking for adventure, Colorado is the place to be.

(Beth Stephens, Pd. 3)   __    [|miners6.bmp] __

Aunt Clara Brown – A freedwoman who traveled west as a cook on a wagon train, settled in Central City, Colorado and established her own laundry. Her story is just one success story of many linked to the Colorado mines.

(Cecilia Sanders, Pd. 3)

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Not looking to stay permanently? Denver has plenty of hotels!

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(Beth Stephens, Pd. 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;"> [|miners3.bmp]

Miners, "looking for the color" in the bed of a mountain stream

<span style="background-color: #ffb100; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">Work in the Mines


 * Mining Methods **

Invasive Mining - drills and powerful machines such as the Freiberg Pan, invented in Freiberg, Germany) are used for pulverizing the quartz and gold ore. The Freiberg Pan, a revolutionary machine, is comprised of a huge, wooden tub attached to four stone or iron “mullers,” like great, round grinding wheels or pestles. The tub is filled with smashed quartz, mixed with gold dust. Water is let in and drained out with the dust through small holes. The entire contraption is housed in a mill where workers separate the valuable gold out from the common quartz. Other machines include the Howell Crusher.

Hydraulic Mining - rocks and quartz are blasted with water and washed down wooden chutes. Workers then sift and pan the gold dust from the pulverized minerals.

Panning - Panning is an effective way to locate profitable loads. If gold dust is found in a riverbed, it's likely that it will be worth your while to try more invasive methods in the foothills upstream. (Cecilia Sanders, Pd. 3)

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light'; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"> While mining for gold is a profitable and satisfying job, there are certain risks that this advertising booth will not take responsibility for. Quicksilver, which is used to separate gold from quartz, has been known to poison people. Mine machinery and pulverizes could cause much harm. Mines could potentially cave in and crush miners. An invisible gas may also suffocate miners or cause mine explosions. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
 * __ Disclaimer: __**

(Beth Stephens, Pd. 3)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Hydraulic Mining

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Examining a specimen in the North Star Mountains of Colorado

<span style="background-color: #ffb100; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 126%; text-align: left;">**Money Makes the World Go 'Round** <span style="background-color: #ffb100; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Knowing that your hard work and sacrifice is going to profit the state as a whole or enrich the bank accounts of a wealthy gold investor isn't enough incentive for most discriminating Americans to make the journey west. There has to be some form of personal gain, and in the Colorado gold mines, there definitely is. When John H. Gregory first found gold back in 1859, the secret of his discovery was made known when he paid for supplies in genuine gold dust. Reports from the wealthier lodes showed miners panning up to $75 in gold dust in two average days of labor with naught but "pan and pick." That's about $37.50 in a day. It cost about $10 to $15 to be housed in a log cabin in places like Platte Canyon, which was nestled in the Rocky Mountains. <span class="paraclass" style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Whiskey, flour, and bacon, part of the basic diet were priced respectively at $12-$15 per hundred, 25 cents per pound, and $5 per gallon/25 cents per drink. $37.50 was nothing to sneer at for a daily wage at that cost of living, and this is without considering the additional wealth one could earn in salary as a mill worker, merchant, craftsman, or other member of the Colorado "boomtown" society...

(Cecilia Sanders, Pd. 3)

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