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The Cripple Creek District Gold Fields 

HE now famous Cripple Creek District was for many years a cattle-grazing country. I:i- 1S91 
"Bob" Womack, a ranchman, found some good looking gold ore and after considerable 
difficulty, succeeded in interesting a few Colorado Springs men with capital who journeyed 
over the hills with him and located the El Paso Gold King Mine, a property that has paid its 
owners hundreds of thousands of dollars. This "strike" induced hundreds of men to flock 
to the new camp, who, by their efforts, proved the value of the new field as a gold-producing 
area. The richness of the ore found in the district was soon heralded over the country, and a 
grand rush began. To-day the Cripple Creek District is the greatest gold producing camp in the world. 

The production of gold ore has steadily increased from a valuation of l520o,ooo in 1891, to more than 
$24,000,000 in 1901, while the production in 1902 will approximate $25,000,000. The total production in eleven 
years, since the first discovery of gold in the district in 1891, approximated $142,000,000, and total dividends 
paid in same period about $30,000,000. 

The district is composed of numerous thriving towns, covering an area about six square miles with a total 
population of 60,000 people. 

The principal towns are Cripple Creek and Victor, both modern, up-to-date municipalities, with splendid 
business blocks, hotels, residences and public institutions. The free public school system of the district is second 
to none in this country, and is the pride of the people. 

Other towns in the district are Goldfield, Independence, Altraan, Elkton, Anaconda, Cameron, Eclipse and 
Arequa. 

The various towns are connected by an excellent electric street car system, the " High Line " Division hav- 
ing the distinction of being the highest electric road in the world. 

Three steam railroads furnish comfortable and expeditious transportation to and from the district, a trip which 
no visitor to Colorado fails to take on account of the unusual attractions of the World's Greatest Gold Camp. 

THE RAILROAD VIEW PUBLISHING CO., BOX 541, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 



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