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Golden Cycle Mining and Reduction Company was a mining company in Colorado City (now Old Colorado City) in El Paso County, Colorado. The company was incorporated in West Virginia and was listed on the Colorado Springs Exchange. [1] Albert E. Carlton was part owner of the Golden Cycle. [2]
The Western Museum of Mining & Industry is a museum at 225 North Gate Boulevard in Colorado Springs, Colorado, dedicated to the mining history and industrial technology of the western United States. The museum was founded in 1970, and has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums since 1979. [ 1 ]
Mining exchange businesses were established in downtown Colorado Springs. [7] Colorado Springs Mining Stock Association was founded about 1886 to trade stock of Cripple Creek mines, some of which grew between 1,000% and 10,000% by 1893. It traded stocks "in almost every state and country in the world." John W. Proudfit & Co., founded in 1890 ...
The Argo Gold Mine and Mill is a former gold mining and milling property in Idaho Springs, Colorado, featuring an intact gold mill built at the entrance of the Argo Tunnel. The tunnel was built between 1893 and 1910 to drain the gold mines in Virginia Canyon, Gilpin Gulch, Russell Gulch , Quartz Hill, Nevadaville , and Central City and allow ...
Carnotite was discovered in western Montrose County, Colorado in late 1897 or early 1898 and named [c] by Charles Poulet, who built an 1899 mill in the McIntyre mining district of San Miguel County. [44] [43] 1896-09 gold Cripple Creek Cripple Creek ores were processed through a new Colorado-Philadelphia chlorination mill installed at Colorado ...
This 6.5 mile long tunnel drained the district down to 3,000 feet. The roasting-cyanidation Carlton Mill opened in March 1951. This mill also tested the first carbon adsorption-desorption process. [17]: 110–111, 113 The Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad was opened in 1967 and continues to serve as a tourist attraction. [18]
JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in the basement of her family's Colorado home in December 1996. Reuters 2 months ago U.S. housing affordability to worsen even as price rises slow: Reuters poll.
The Argo Tunnel is a 4.16-mile (6.69 km) mine drainage and access tunnel with its portal at Idaho Springs, Colorado, USA.It was originally called the Newhouse Tunnel after its primary investor, Salt Lake City mining magnate Samuel Newhouse, and appears by that name in many industry publications from the time period when it was constructed.