In 1859, 100,000 folks started the journey to the Pikes Peak
goldfields, but only 50,000 completed the trip. An additional
25,000 soon gave up and went back home. The remainder not only
brought statehood to the central Rocky Mountains, but they also
brought the industrial world to isolated areas in the high
mountains, where they mined mineral deposits for gold, silver,
lead, zinc, and copper, among others. This book, Historic
Photos of Colorado Mining, provides an introduction to
Colorado's mining history through photographs from the nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries. Accompanying captions provide
specific contexts for the photos and tell the story of the
prospectors, miners, engineers, teamsters, railroaders, and
townspeople who served as entrepreneurs and workers in
industrializing the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Many ruins from the
mining days are now recognized as historic landmarks. But the
stories behind the ruins are often as fascinating as the ruins
themselves—the struggle to survive and thrive in the wilderness
is always a compelling tale.
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