Money Mountain: The Story of Cripple Creek Gold

by Marshall Sprague

Money Mountain , first published in 1953, is the story of the fantastically rich Cripple Creek gold mines of Colorado. Detailed are the discovery of the lode and the first mining claims, the development of the town, the incredible wealth generated by the gold, the inevitable labor strife, disasters such as fires and floods; all well-researched and presented in an entertaining style. Included are 13 pages of maps and photographs. Marshall Sprague (1909-1994) authored a number of books and articles on the American West.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Historical

Kindle Edition

First published February 5, 1987

Reviews

[Chrome Dynamo]

A fun read. The town is still pretty small and mining is done by strip mining

Bigger than life characters and more violence that I knew had happened. Just good history. The writing takes you back to those times. Still a lot of those times remain in the area.

[Jonathan Beigle]

A really cool book about the history of Cripple Creek. I work for the company that now owns the mines and it was really interesting to learn about how it all began.

[Mckinley]

This does read like an exciting novel verse a dry history of gold mining.

[Danny Schlegel]

Informative and laced with humor.

[Judy]

The crazy days of the Colorado gold rush and the diggings on the west side of Pikes Peak.