Quotes
"Gold is where you find it." Prospector's Proverb
“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.” - J. R. Tolkien
“Everything has its limit – iron ore cannot be educated into gold”– Mark Twain
Colorado Gold
In 1848 a group of Cherokee Indians wintered at the confluence of the Platte River and Cherry Creek – what is now in downtown Denver, and found a little gold there. A decade later, a Georgia gold miner named William Greenberry Russell, who was married to a Cherokee woman, learned of the find and decided to organize a mining party.
In 1858 Russell, his two brothers, a fellow miner named Sam Bates and several dozen other white and Cherokee prospectors traveled to what is now Confluence Park in Denver. They began prospecting there, but with limited success most of the miners returned home. The Russell brothers, Bates, and nine other men stayed,
The smaller group that stayed continued to set up placer operations upstream along Big Dry Creek from there, in an area including at what’s now Cherry Knolls and the Knolls our neighborhood.. In July 1858 they reported “good diggings” at the mouth of Big Dry Creek on the South Platte, It is amazing to think the Colorado Gold Rush started from a site that is within walking distance (a long walk) from where we live.
The “Big Dry Creek Placer Mine” in our neighborhood was actually owned by William Greenberry Russell and Sam Bates.
"Gold is where you find it." Prospector's Proverb
“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.” - J. R. Tolkien
“Everything has its limit – iron ore cannot be educated into gold”– Mark Twain
Colorado Gold
In 1848 a group of Cherokee Indians wintered at the confluence of the Platte River and Cherry Creek – what is now in downtown Denver, and found a little gold there. A decade later, a Georgia gold miner named William Greenberry Russell, who was married to a Cherokee woman, learned of the find and decided to organize a mining party.
In 1858 Russell, his two brothers, a fellow miner named Sam Bates and several dozen other white and Cherokee prospectors traveled to what is now Confluence Park in Denver. They began prospecting there, but with limited success most of the miners returned home. The Russell brothers, Bates, and nine other men stayed,
The smaller group that stayed continued to set up placer operations upstream along Big Dry Creek from there, in an area including at what’s now Cherry Knolls and the Knolls our neighborhood.. In July 1858 they reported “good diggings” at the mouth of Big Dry Creek on the South Platte, It is amazing to think the Colorado Gold Rush started from a site that is within walking distance (a long walk) from where we live.
The “Big Dry Creek Placer Mine” in our neighborhood was actually owned by William Greenberry Russell and Sam Bates.
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