Discover some of Colorado’s local gold mining towns. I dive in deep to explore the reason why people flock to these mining areas for a wide variety of reasons. Local counties include Boulder, Gilpin, ...

The world’s richest gold rush that began in 1891 in what became the Cripple Creek Mining District created endless lines of mined ore carts slogging down the mountain to smelting and milling operations ...

Rust-colored piles of mine waste and sun-bleached wooden derricks loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville—a legacy of gold and silver mines polluting the Arkansas River basin more ...