Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine

Ore bin at the Mollie Kathleen mine.

The Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine is a historic vertical shaft mine near Cripple Creek, Colorado.[1] The mine shaft descends 1,000 feet (300 m) into the mountain, a depth roughly equal to the height of the Empire State Building in New York City.[2] The mine currently gives tours, and is visited by around 40,000 people annually.[3] The addition of the mines and subsequent tours of this mine and others in the area had considerable effect on the economies of both Victor, Colorado and Cripple Creek.[4][5][6][7][8]

History

The mine was started in 1891 on a mining claim staked by Mary Catherine Gortner, after whom the mine was named.[9][10] Other than a government-ordered hiatus during World War II, the mine operated continuously until 1961; since then it has continued as a tourist attraction.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mining with monster trucks Tours of Victor mine give passengers golden ticket to region's rich history".
  2. ↑ "Go deep in the Molly Kathleen Mine".
  3. ↑ "Man's fund-raising idea is a gold mine Leasure may reside for a year in shaft beneath Cripple Creek". 27 June 1992.
  4. ↑ "CITY OF VICTOR".
  5. ↑ "Cripple Creek sees gold in mining town's history". 22 July 1998.
  6. ↑ http://www.web-xpres.com/stcfgeagles.htm
  7. ↑ http://www.coloradoadventure.net/attractions/southeast/molly-kathleen-gold-mine-tour-cripple-creek-colorado.html
  8. ↑ . 17 October 1999 http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=CSGB&d_place=CSGB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F34B8AFA9C8A49A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ Jan MacKell, Cripple Creek District: Last of Colorado's Gold Booms, Charleston, S. Car.: Arcadia, 2003, p.134, ISBN 0-7385-2413-1, accessed 14 November 2009.
  10. ↑ Curtis Casewit and Eric Lindberg, Colorado Off the Beaten Path, 9th ed., Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7627-4412-1, p.129-130, accessed 14 November 2009.
  11. ↑ Loretta Hall, Underground Buildings: More Than Meets the Eye, Sanger, Cal.: Quill Driver Books, ISBN 1-884956-27-0, p.189, accessed 14 November 2009.

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Coordinates: 38°45′11″N 105°09′38″W / 38.75306°N 105.16056°W / 38.75306; -105.16056

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