Mines of Clear Creek County

by Ben M. Dugan

Overview

In 1859, "Pikes Peak or bust!" spread across America and brought men and their families from all over to the Kansas goldfields seeking a new beginning. Thousands came to Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties and eventually settled all of Colorado. The mining communities of Idaho Springs, Georgetown, Empire, Silver Plume, Dumont, and Lawson all exist because of the pursuit of gold and silver. Gold was initially easy to get to, but in time, underground mineral development was necessary. New technologies and the Industrial Revolution made mining easier, but there was still work to be done to establish local fire departments, churches, schools, and governments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467130349
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	09/09/2013
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,031,746
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

Local historian Ben M. Dugan has researched and gathered photographs since he was a youth. He grew up in Empire—an important gold-mining community in Clear Creek County—five miles from the major silver-producing mining center of Georgetown.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 Pikes Peak or Bust! 9

2 Idaho Springs, Lamartine, and Alice 13

3 Georgetown, Silver Plume, and Waldorf 53

4 Empire and North Empire 83

5 Dumont, Lawson, and Silver Creek 103

6 Climax, URAD, and Henderson Mine 109