Quotes
Don't try to mine gold when you can sell shovels.”
― Anonymous
“Every settlement with two shacks and a saloon gave itself a name: Helltown, Fair Play, Grizzly Flats, Piety Hill, Whiskey Flat, You Bet, Nary Red, Lousy Ravine, Petticoat Slide.”
― Donald Dale Jackson
Cripple Creek, Colorado
On 20 October, 1890, Robert Miller "Bob" Womack, known as "Cowboy Bob" Womack spent nine years searching for gold in the Pikes Peak region. And then he discovered a rich ore at "Poverty Gulch" and the last great Colorado gold rush began. Thousands of prospectors flocked to the region, and before long Winfield Scott Stratton located the famous Independence lode, one of the largest gold strikes in history. In three years, the population increased from five hundred to ten thousand
During the 1890s, many of the miners in the Cripple Creek area joined a miners' union, the Western Federation of Miners (WFM). A significant strike took place in 1894, marking one of the few times in history that a sitting governor called out the national guard to protect miners from anti-union violence by forces under the control of the mine owners
Although $500 million worth of gold ore was dug from Cripple Creek, Womack who was living with his sister died penniless on 10 August 1909
Don't try to mine gold when you can sell shovels.”
― Anonymous
“Every settlement with two shacks and a saloon gave itself a name: Helltown, Fair Play, Grizzly Flats, Piety Hill, Whiskey Flat, You Bet, Nary Red, Lousy Ravine, Petticoat Slide.”
― Donald Dale Jackson
Cripple Creek, Colorado
On 20 October, 1890, Robert Miller "Bob" Womack, known as "Cowboy Bob" Womack spent nine years searching for gold in the Pikes Peak region. And then he discovered a rich ore at "Poverty Gulch" and the last great Colorado gold rush began. Thousands of prospectors flocked to the region, and before long Winfield Scott Stratton located the famous Independence lode, one of the largest gold strikes in history. In three years, the population increased from five hundred to ten thousand
During the 1890s, many of the miners in the Cripple Creek area joined a miners' union, the Western Federation of Miners (WFM). A significant strike took place in 1894, marking one of the few times in history that a sitting governor called out the national guard to protect miners from anti-union violence by forces under the control of the mine owners
Although $500 million worth of gold ore was dug from Cripple Creek, Womack who was living with his sister died penniless on 10 August 1909
Golden Rule
I had a gold fish who could breakdance on the carpet
After years of digging, two gold rush enthusiasts finally found a small amount of the precious metal
It was a miner success…
Why don't mining towns have hospitals? Because everyone there only ever suffers from minor injuries.