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Article: COLORADO GOLD.
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- Rocks & Minerals
- Article date:
- September 1, 1997
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Part 2: The Discovery, Mining History, Geology, and Specimen Mineralogy of Selected Occurrences in Central Colorado and the San Juans
Part one of this article (July/August issue, pages 218-239, 280) dealt with the discovery of gold in Colorado and the mining history and geology/mineralogy of the Front Range mining districts. In part two we discuss the gold deposits found throughout the rest of the state.
As previously mentioned, each new gold discovery was followed by an immediate rush and the staking of the most promising locations. When the ground was claimed-up, latecomers were forced to move on, continuing their search by pushing ever deeper into the ...