World''s Greatest Gold Camp: Cripple Creek, Part 2
World''s Greatest Gold Camp: Cripple Creek, Part 2 THE MINES . In 1900, gold worth more than 18,000,000 was mined in the Cripple Creek District. That was the peak year. Then almost 500 mines were operating with some 8,000 miners creating a monthly payrol l of 900,000. The Portland Mine, alone, employed 700 men and