Call Number:

C1362

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.4 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Stratton Cripple Creek Mining and Development Company Correspondence, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1907-1908 (bulk) and 1907-1940 (inclusive)

Creator:

Stratton Cripple Creek Mining and Development Company

Form:

Commercial correspondence -- 20th century.

Abstract:

Consists of selected correspondence of the Stratton Cripple Creek Mining and Development Company concerning development and production work on specific properties in the Cripple Creek District. (Colo.) covering chiefly during the years 1907 and 1908.

W. S. Stratton (1848-1902) was the first millionaire to emerge from the Cripple Creek district, near Pikes Peak, in th early 1890s. His Independence Mine made him a fortune, and he became a huge landowner in the area and a great benefactor of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Stratton Cripple Creek Mining and Development Company was created by Stratton near the end of his life and career in Cripple Creek. Its primary purpose was to purchase and consolidate properties on Gold, Globe, Ironclad, and Bull hills and for Stratton to carry out his quest for the "Bowl of Gold."--his idea that the major veins of ore merged underground in the form of a goblet. Later, this was proven to be false.

The collection consists of selected company correspondence, mostly between F. M. Keeth of Cripple Creek and William Lloyd of Colorado Springs, from 1907 to 1940, concerning development and production work on specific properties in the Cripple Creek District.