Tag: cripple creek & victor gold mine
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Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine resumes tours
Fully appreciating the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine requires some scale. You can see the classic photo of a person being half the height of a tire on one of the mine’s haulers and know that’s a big truck. You can see a photo of that truck looking like a toy at the bottom…
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Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine resumes tours
Fully appreciating the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine requires some scale. You can see the classic photo of a person being half the height of a tire on one of the mine’s haulers and know that’s a big truck. You can see a photo of that truck looking like a toy at the bottom…
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Cripple Creek gold mine is part of Colorado’s past, present and future
Gold mining has played an integral role in shaping the history of Colorado, going back to before it officially became a state 150 years ago. The Pikes Peak Gold Rush, started in 1858, brought tens of thousands of prospectors to the region, inspired by dreams of striking it rich. The mining boom led to the…
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Mine for sale brings a ‘here we go again’ feeling
The announcement that Newmont Corp was planning sell the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine was like the refrain of an old, sad song for employees of the mine and residents of the historic mining district. Jeff Mosher, special projects director for the city of Cripple Creek said last week that a mine representative told him…
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Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine to be sold again, Newmont announces
One of Teller County’s largest employers is poised to change hands again. Greenwood Village, Colo.-based Newmont Corp, billed as the world’s largest gold mining company, announced at a recent investors’ meeting that it will divest of lower-producing holdings, including the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine in Victor. In last month’s 2023 year-end earnings’ call,…