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1951 Map of Cripple Creek South

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Cripple Creek South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Cripple Creek and Victor anchor a landscape defined by industrial gold extraction in the mid-20th century. This 1951 survey, photorevised in the 1970s, reveals a dense network of shafts, hills, and gulches that formed the heart of the district. Significant operations like the Golden Cycle Mine, Vindicator Mine, and Cresson Mine are surrounded by worker settlements such as Altman, Goldfield, and Anaconda.

Subterranean infrastructure is critical to the drainage and operation of these heights, noted by the Roosevelt Tunnel and Carlton Tunnel traversing the granite. Beyond the high-elevation mining camps, the terrain drops steeply toward Helena Canyon and Fourmile Canyon near the Teller and Fremont county line. The transition from the urban mining centers to the isolated peaks of Little Pisgah Peak and Nipple Mountain illustrates the localized nature of the boom, where industrial density gave way to the steep canyons of the southern drainage.