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To: E. Charters who wrote (81163)	1/26/2002 10:45:42 PM
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Colorado gold rush - Pikes Peak or Bust money.org coloradoadventure.net web.uccs.edu The first "gold rush" of Colorado seems to have been beaver not metal but: "Gold Rush In 1858 gold was discovered in Cherry Creek in what is now downtown Denver by a party of prospectors led by William Green Russell. Mining camps appeared at Denver and Auraria, now a part of Denver, that same year. Thousands of hopeful prospectors flocked to Colorado. By the spring of 1859 the Colorado gold rush was at its height, and “Pikes Peak or Bust” was the slogan for many westbound adventurers. In 1859 John Gregory made an even richer strike at Clear Creek, and nearby Central City quickly became a boomtown. Mining camps also developed at Fairplay, Georgetown, Gold Hill, and Breckenridge. But by 1861 the gold rush was over, and thousands of luckless miners left the mountains.(cont)" home-1.tiscali.nl

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