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Gold Hits Peak Value

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Gold reaches its highest value ever in Colorado.

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Victor Avenue, 1900

The Teller County town of Victor was home to dozens of mining ventures during the Cripple Creek Gold Rush of the 1890s. This photo shows Victor Avenue at Third Street, as it appeared a year after the great Victor fire, which destroyed much of…
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