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1957 Map of Gold Hill

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Gold Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

Mining heritage and mountain settlement define this mid-century survey of the Front Range. The landscape is densely marked by the legacy of the Colorado Gold Rush, with dozens of individual shafts and tunnels such as the Snowbound Mine, Slide Mine, and Melvina Mine concentrated around the historic mining camp of Gold Hill. These workings are interspersed with family-named terrain like Hoosier Hill and Walker Mountain, illustrating how the search for ore shaped the local nomenclature and human geography.

Water and recreation also play a vital role in this high-altitude environment. From the Tahosa Boy Scout Camp and Ogalalla Lodge in the north to the Sugarloaf community in the south, the map documents a transition from extractive industry to seasonal residency. Deep gulches like Lick Skillet Gulch and Slaughterhouse Gulch channel runoff into Lefthand Creek and Fourmile Creek, while the Roosevelt National Forest boundary underscores the area's protected wilderness character.