Historic Photos of Colorado Mining Ancestry but those great events comprise

but those great events comprise only a small portion of the state’s fascinating history

Filled with brilliant legal maneuverings and surprise after surprise

—from Chapter 10

straightforward new book

Historic Photos of Colorado Mining Ancestry but those great events compriseIn 1859, 100,000 folks started the journey to the Pikes Peak goldfields, but only 50,000 completed the trip. An additional 25,000 soon gave up and went back home. The remainder not only brought statehood to the central Rocky Mountains, but they also brought the industrial world to isolated areas in the high mountains, where they mined mineral deposits for gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper, among others. This book, Historic Photos of Colorado