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Vast Colorado Gold Romance Draws Prospectors to Lost Mines
The article recounts a Colorado gold boom mythos with tales from Idaho Springs Chicago Creek gulch Cripple Creek Leadville and the western slope. It highlights a Canadian prospector near Chicago Creek earning about 50 dollars monthly and notes a possible 5 million dollar value from a vast 5 000 acre gold field. It traces a legendary Oro California genesis, Chief Colorow interactions, and a map linked to the Norgeard farm that spurs renewed search efforts by Robert F. Smith of Kremmling, amid long searches for the lost mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Idaho Springs
Chicago
George Jackson
F. N.clarke
W. ©. Renshaw
Tdsho
Chicago Creek
Cripple Creek
Leadville
Ifrene Edwards
Rbagie
Oro
California
Gale
Eagles
Colorow
Robert F. Smith
Kremmling
Smith
James N. Norgeard
Creamery Gulch
Orig