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Portland Mine, Cripple Creek postcards

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 250.00 USD
Portland Mine, Cripple Creek postcards
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This item SOLD at 2015 Apr 10 @ 11:16UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Lot of fifteen. Eleven are postmarked. Includes a striking Includes a striking 1909 Manitou 'Cave of the Winds.' Also Denver, Lajunta, Cripple Creek, Seven different views. 1900 was a pivotal year from the Cripple Creek Mining District. Gold worth more than $18 million was mined that year in nearly 500 mines. Eight-thousand miners worked there, including 700 men at the Portland Mine alone. The Cripple Creek community was home to over 50,000 that year, many seeking their fortunes in the hillside mines. (Prag Collection)

City: Cripple Creek
State: Colorado,
Date: c1906-1923

FHWAC#: 26740