Cripple Creek
Here are Todays Great Cripple Creek Deals
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 GOLD TONE CC-100R Cripple Creek Bluegrass 5-string resonator BANJO w/ CASE - new $457.50 Time Remaining: 28d 6h 17m Buy It Now for only: $457.50 |
 4 String Cripple Creek Dulcimer With Extras $86.00 (17 Bids) Time Remaining: 16h 3m |
 CRIPPLE CREEK PROFESSIONAL DULCIMER #170915 *WALNUT OR CHERRY WOOD??* 80"S *MINT $249.99 Time Remaining: 4d 9h 40m Buy It Now for only: $249.99 |
 BRAND NEW GOLD TONE CC OT CLAWHAMMER 5 STRING BANJOW WARRANTY (BLEM ITEM) $299.00 Time Remaining: 16d 5h 13m Buy It Now for only: $299.00 |
 GOLD TONE CC-OT+ OLD TIME OPEN BACK BANJO UPGRADED WITH PLANETARY TUNERS $426.00 Time Remaining: 25d 9h 36m Buy It Now for only: $426.00 |
 My First Banjo Picking Songs Book/CD Set, Book/CD Set $16.19 Time Remaining: 2d 7h 16m Buy It Now for only: $16.19 |
 Brand new Gold Tone CCIT Cripple Creek Irish Tenor banjo (blem) w full warranty! $349.00 Time Remaining: 21d 12h 22m Buy It Now for only: $349.00 |
 5-STRING BANJO BOOK AND CD FOR BEGINNERS - SCRUGGS STYLE PICKING - FAST SHIPPING $15.99 Time Remaining: 23d 6h 30m Buy It Now for only: $15.99 |
 Favorite Old-Time American Songs (Mountain Dulcimer) $24.95 Time Remaining: 13d 16h 44m Buy It Now for only: $24.95 |
 GOLD TONE CC-OT OPEN BACK BANJO W/CLAWHAMMER GUIDE $388.50 Time Remaining: 18d 11h 18m Buy It Now for only: $388.50 |
 Brand New Gold Tone CC 100 R + (Blem) with warranty!!! $449.00 Time Remaining: 14d 14h 33m Buy It Now for only: $449.00 |
 New Gold Tone CC 4 string Plectrum banjo blem item with full warranty!! $385.00 Time Remaining: 22d 7h 8m Buy It Now for only: $385.00 |
 Absolute Beginners: Fiddle Sheet Music NEW $17.30 Time Remaining: 29d 8h 27m Buy It Now for only: $17.30 |
 First Jams: Banjo Book/CD Set, Book/CD Set, Melbay $12.55 Time Remaining: 4d 5h 39m Buy It Now for only: $12.55 |
 First Lessons Banjo 5-String TAB Tutor Book with CD Learn How to Play Method $9.37 Time Remaining: 3h Buy It Now for only: $9.37 |
 Gold Tone CC-100+ Banjo Cripple Creek Open Back $221.93 Time Remaining: 4d 16h 33m |
 New Gold Tone 6 string Cripple Creek Banjitar Banjo guitar (blem) w warranty!! $399.00 Time Remaining: 21d 12h 36m Buy It Now for only: $399.00 |
 Bluegrass Banjo method Hatfield $7.77 Time Remaining: 4d 9h 58m Buy It Now for only: $7.77 |
 GOLD TONE CC-100R Cripple Creek Bluegrass 5-string resonator BANJO new w/ CASE $457.51 Time Remaining: 18d 7h 17m Buy It Now for only: $457.51 |
 GOLD TONE CC-Tenor Cripple Creek TENOR banjo NEW w/ Hard Case $457.50 Time Remaining: 26d 16h 20m Buy It Now for only: $457.50 |
 GOLD TONE CC-MINI CRIPPLE CREEK TRAVEL BANJO $375.00 Time Remaining: 3d 8h 21m Buy It Now for only: $375.00 |
 GOLD TONE CC-50 CRIPPLE CREEK 5 STRING OPEN BACK BANJO AND GIG BAG $298.50 Time Remaining: 21d 7h 25m Buy It Now for only: $298.50 |
 GOLD TONE CC-100R+ Cripple Creek Bluegrass 5-string resonator BANJO w/ CASE new $599.98 Time Remaining: 5d 13h 3m Buy It Now for only: $599.98 |
 GOLD TONE CC-Mini Cripple Creek Mini openback BANJO new w/ Gig Bag - Short Scale $375.00 Time Remaining: 27d 16h 15m Buy It Now for only: $375.00 |
 GOLD TONE Cripple Creek CC-50 5-String Bluegrass Banjo, Gig Bag, Open Back $299.00 Time Remaining: 2d 10h 33m Buy It Now for only: $299.00 |
 American Banjo: Three-Finger and Scruggs Style $16.19 Time Remaining: 2d 7h 16m Buy It Now for only: $16.19 |
 GOLD TONE CC-100+ Cripple Creek Open Back Plus BANJO new w/ Gig Bag $508.50 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 23m Buy It Now for only: $508.50 |
 Beginner Banjo lesson DVD Video learn play instruction $14.95 Time Remaining: 1d 10h 48m Buy It Now for only: $14.95 |
 Gold Tone CC-100 Openback Banjo with Heavily Padded Gig Bag $434.00 Time Remaining: 13d 16h 12m Buy It Now for only: $434.00 |
 Beginner Banjo lesson DVD Video learn play instruction $14.95 Time Remaining: 16h 48m |
 Mel Bay "FIRST JAMS-UKULELE" BOOK/CD $14.99 Time Remaining: 1d 13h 20m Buy It Now for only: $14.99 |
 A Guide to Non-Jazz Improvisation: Banjo Edition Book/C $20.92 Time Remaining: 2d 7h 16m Buy It Now for only: $20.92 |
 GOLD TONE CC-100R Cripple Creek Bluegrass 5-string resonator BANJO new w/ CASE $457.50 Time Remaining: 22d 12h 22m Buy It Now for only: $457.50 |
 Mel Bay's Cripple Creek Dulcimer Book $16.90 Time Remaining: 9d 10h 49m Buy It Now for only: $16.90 |
 GOLD TONE CC-50TR CRIPPLE CREEK OPEN BACK TRAVEL BANJO $298.50 Time Remaining: 25d 9h 3m Buy It Now for only: $298.50 |
 GOLD TONE CC-OT Cripple Creek open-back BANJO w/ GIG BAG, Strap, Spike, DVD -NEW $388.50 Time Remaining: 7d 17h 28m Buy It Now for only: $388.50 |
 Gold Tone CC-Mini Banjo (Cripple Creek mini version) with Gig Bag $275.00 Time Remaining: 28d 13h 27m Buy It Now for only: $275.00 |
 GOLD TONE CC-BG Cripple Creek Bluegrass 5-string BANJO PACK w/ BAG STRAP DVD new $418.50 Time Remaining: 9d 15h 30m Buy It Now for only: $418.50 |
 Gold Tone Cripple Creek Irish Tenor Banjo with Resonator Natural $458.00 Time Remaining: 16d 22h 54m Buy It Now for only: $458.00 |
 GOLD TONE CC- PLECTRUM CRIPPLE CREEK BANJO MAPLE $457.50 Time Remaining: 23d 8h 45m Buy It Now for only: $457.50 |
 GOLD TONE Cripple Creek CC-50RP 5-String Bluegrass Banjo, Gig Bag, Planetary Tun $434.00 Time Remaining: 25d 11h 49m Buy It Now for only: $434.00 |
 GOLD TONE CC-OT Cripple Creek open-back BANJO w/ GIG BAG, Strap, Spike, DVD $388.50 Time Remaining: 20d 15h 28m Buy It Now for only: $388.50 |
 GOLD TONE CC-50RP CRIPPLE CREEK 5 STRING BANJO $433.50 Time Remaining: 4d 8h 17m Buy It Now for only: $433.50 |
 Beginner Banjo lesson DVD Video learn play instruction $14.95 Time Remaining: 22h 5m |
 GOLD TONE CC- BANJITAR 6 STRING GUITAR BANJO $508.50 Time Remaining: 1d 11h 38m Buy It Now for only: $508.50 |
 NEW GOLD TONE LEFT-HANDED LEFTY CRIPPLE CREEK CC-Plectrum-Lefty 4-STRING BANJO $458.00 Time Remaining: 6d 13h 5m Buy It Now for only: $458.00 |
 GOLD TONE CC-50RP Cripple Creek bluegrass resonator BANJO w/ Gig Bag - NEW $433.50 Time Remaining: 21d 11h 13m Buy It Now for only: $433.50 |
 GOLD TONE CC-OTA Cripple Creek A-scale open-back BANJO w/ GIG BAG, DVD, STRAP $388.50 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 32m Buy It Now for only: $388.50 |
 NEW GOLD TONE CRIPPLE CREEK OLD-TIME OPENBACK BANJO TUNED TO A PACKAGE w CASE $389.00 Time Remaining: 6d 8h 44m Buy It Now for only: $389.00 |
 GOLD TONE CC-BG Cripple Creek Bluegrass 5-string BANJO PACK new w/ BAG STRAP DVD $418.50 Time Remaining: 15d 18h 47m Buy It Now for only: $418.50 |
 GOLD TONE CC-100 Cripple Creek Open Back BANJO new with Gig Bag $433.50 Time Remaining: 19d 9h 20m Buy It Now for only: $433.50 |
 Gold Tone CC Plectrum Natural $458.00 Time Remaining: 11d 5h 46m Buy It Now for only: $458.00 |
 GOLD TONE CC-OT 5-String Openback Banjo Package, DVD, Strap, Padded Gig Bag $389.00 Time Remaining: 2d 10h 33m Buy It Now for only: $389.00 |
 GOLD TONE CC-100 CRIPPLE CREEK OPEN BACK BANJO AND GIG BAG $433.50 Time Remaining: 28d 9h 35m Buy It Now for only: $433.50 |
 Cripple Creek Conductor Score & Parts $39.20 Time Remaining: 21d 10h 49m Buy It Now for only: $39.20 |
 GOLD TONE CC-100R+ Cripple Creek 5-string Bluegrass resonator BANJO w/ CASE new $599.99 Time Remaining: 5d 13h 6m Buy It Now for only: $599.99 |
 BANJO PRIMER by Geoff Hohwald $14.95 Time Remaining: 3d 9h 5m Buy It Now for only: $14.95 |
 GOLD TONE CC-100R/P 5 STRING RESONATOR BANJO~PLANETARY TUNERS~DELX GOLD TONE BAG $495.00 Time Remaining: 4d 8h 27m Buy It Now for only: $495.00 |
 learn FIDDLE tab notation book CD OLD-TIME FIDDLING $14.99 Time Remaining: 5d 7h 31m Buy It Now for only: $24.95 |
 GOLD TONE CC-100R+ CRIPPLE CREEK RESONATOR BANJO WITH DELUXE GIG BAG $599.99 Time Remaining: 2d 7h 11m Buy It Now for only: $599.99 |
 GOLD TONE CC-50TR LEFT-HANDED lefty Traveler child size BANJO new w/ GIG BAG $344.00 Time Remaining: 5d 9h 51m Buy It Now for only: $344.00 |
 GOLD TONE CC TENOR CRIPPLE CREEK BANJO & GOLD TONE HEAVY GIG BAG $457.50 Time Remaining: 13d 8h 24m Buy It Now for only: $457.50 |
 Gold Tone Cripple Creek Irish Tenor Banjo with Resonator Natural $458.00 Time Remaining: 3d 7h 40m Buy It Now for only: $458.00 |
 GOLDTONE CC MINI CRIPPLE CREEK MINI W FREE SHIPPING 5 STRING CC-MINI $375.00 Time Remaining: 1d 10h 43m Buy It Now for only: $375.00 |
 GOLD TONE Cripple Creek CC-100R+ 5-String Banjo, 24 Brackets, w/ Gig Bag $600.00 Time Remaining: 25d 11h 49m Buy It Now for only: $600.00 |
 GOLD TONE CC-100RP Cripple Creek 5-string resonator BANJO w/ CASE - Planets $495.00 Time Remaining: 7d 17h 14m Buy It Now for only: $495.00 |
 GOLD TONE CC-100+ Cripple Creek Open Back Plus BANJO new with Gig Bag $508.50 Time Remaining: 7d 16h 31m Buy It Now for only: $508.50 |
 BANJO SONGS BOOK WITH 2 AUDIO CDs BY GEOFF HOHWALD ! $19.95 Time Remaining: 3d 18h 49m Buy It Now for only: $19.95 |
 Gold Tone CC-Traveler Banjo - For Travel or Children with Heavily Padded Bag $458.00 Time Remaining: 28d 13h 8m Buy It Now for only: $458.00 |
 GOLD TONE Cripple Creek CC-50 5-string open back BANJO new w/ Gig Bag CC50 $298.50 Time Remaining: 4d 16h 44m Buy It Now for only: $298.50 |
 GOLD TONE CC-50RP Cripple Creek Banjo NEW w/ Gig Bag $433.50 Time Remaining: 11d 8h 51m Buy It Now for only: $433.50 |
 Learn to Play Introduction to Mandolin DVD Bluegrass $14.95 Time Remaining: 7d 4h 59m Buy It Now for only: $14.95 |
 Vintage dulcimar cedar creek hearts w/carry case and books very good condition $199.99 Time Remaining: 5d 12h 35m |
 GOLD TONE CC-50RP LH LEFTY CRIPPLE CREEK 5 STRING BANJO $434.00 Time Remaining: 21d 8h 56m Buy It Now for only: $434.00 |
 GOLD TONE CC-100R LEFTY Cripple Creek Bluegrass 5-string resonator BANJO w/ CASE $457.50 Time Remaining: 18d 5h 47m Buy It Now for only: $457.50 |
 GOLD TONE Lefty CC-100R+ Cripple Creek Resonator BANJO w/ HARD CASE - new $600.00 Time Remaining: 18d 5h 36m Buy It Now for only: $600.00 |
 GOLD TONE CC-OTA Cripple Creek BANJO w/ Gold Tone BAG, Strap & Tuner NEW $388.50 Time Remaining: 21d 13h 7m Buy It Now for only: $388.50 |
 Gold Tone CC-OT Banjo - (Complete Old Time Package) $389.00 Time Remaining: 5d 14h 45m Buy It Now for only: $389.00 |
 Gold Tone CC Plectrum Natural $458.00 Time Remaining: 11d 6h 45m Buy It Now for only: $458.00 |
 Gold Tone CC-100R Resonator Banjo $458.00 Time Remaining: 19d 7h 26m Buy It Now for only: $458.00 |
 NEW GOLD TONE 4-STRING CRIPPLE CREEK IRISH TENOR BANJO w/ ROLLED BRASS TONE RING $458.00 Time Remaining: 13h 24m Buy It Now for only: $458.00 |
 NEW GOLD TONE CRIPPLE CREEK CC-PLECTRUM 4-STRING BANJO w ROLLED BRASS TONE RING $458.00 Time Remaining: 2d 11h 14m Buy It Now for only: $458.00 |
 GOLD TONE CC-Plectrum 4-string Cripple Creek banjo NEW w/ Gig Bag $457.50 Time Remaining: 5d 7h 34m Buy It Now for only: $457.50 |
 Ukulele Bluegrass Solos $15.78 Time Remaining: 26d 7h 4m Buy It Now for only: $15.78 |
 GOLD TONE CC-Mini Cripple Creek LEFTY BANJO new $375.00 Time Remaining: 24d 13h 4m Buy It Now for only: $375.00 |
 GOLD TONE CC IRISH TENOR BANJO CRIPPLE CREEK WITH GOLD TONE DELUXE GIG BAG $457.50 Time Remaining: 13d 8h 24m Buy It Now for only: $457.50 |
 learn FIDDLE tab notation book CD OLD-TIME FIDDLING $14.99 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 30m Buy It Now for only: $24.95 |
 GOLD TONE CRIPPLE CREEK CC-IRISH TENOR BANJO + GIG-BAG $457.50 Time Remaining: 26d 18h 26m Buy It Now for only: $457.50 |
 Gold Tone CC-100R+ Banjo (Deluxe Model) with Gig Bag $600.00 Time Remaining: 28d 13h 26m Buy It Now for only: $600.00 |
 GOLD TONE CC-Traveler child size Banjo NEW w FREE Gig Bag CC-100R/TR $457.50 Time Remaining: 14d 13h 45m Buy It Now for only: $457.50 |
 NEW GOLD TONE CRIPPLE CREEK SERIES CC-MINI-LEFTY LEFT-HANDED 4-STRING BANJO $375.00 Time Remaining: 4d 8h 35m Buy It Now for only: $375.00 |
 Gold Tone CC-100+ Openback Banjo w/heavily padded bag $509.00 Time Remaining: 28d 13h 21m Buy It Now for only: $509.00 |
 NEW GOLD TONE CRIPPLE CREEK OPENBACK CC-100 BANJO $434.00 Time Remaining: 2d 10h 44m Buy It Now for only: $434.00 |
 NEW GOLD TONE CRIPPLE CREEK PRO CC-100+ 5-STRING BANJO w/ ROLLED BRASS TONE RING $509.00 Time Remaining: 3d 11h 23m Buy It Now for only: $509.00 |
 New Gold Tone CC-100R+ Cripple Creek Banjo Resonator Five String Vintage Brown $499.97 Time Remaining: 14d 13h 18m Buy It Now for only: $499.97 |
 GOLD TONE CC-BG 5-STRING BLUEGRASS BANJO PACKAGE+ GIG-BAG TUNER STRAP DVD PICKS $418.15 Time Remaining: 24d 17h 41m Buy It Now for only: $418.15 |
 Gold Tone Cripple Creek CC-OT 5 String Openback Banjo Package with Gigbag $389.00 Time Remaining: 24d 10h 39m Buy It Now for only: $389.00 |
 Gold Tone Cripple Creek CC-50RP 5 String Bluegrass Resonator Banjo with Gigbag $434.00 Time Remaining: 24d 10h 39m Buy It Now for only: $434.00 |
 LEARN TO PLAY BLUEGRASS MANDOLIN DVD TUTOR NEW & SEALED $28.36 Time Remaining: 3d 3h 8m Buy It Now for only: $28.36 |
 Goldtone CC-100R Banjo $458.00 Time Remaining: 25d 10h 38m Buy It Now for only: $458.00 |
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A Love Affair With Mining
Gold was discovered in Colorado in 1859, and drew over 100,000 men and women to the state in hope of finding their fortune. These became the gold rush days of Colorado; the days of the instant millionaire, like Horace and Baby Doe Tabor, the Glory Days of Colorado. My Dad followed in the footsteps of those pioneers.
The earliest gold deposits found were the placer deposits in the gravels along the streams. Gold was mixed among the stream alluvium and in some cases could be literally picked from the streambed. At first, the gold was washed from the gravels by using a shallow gold pan. Later, the sections of streams that yielded gold from panning were staked as placer claims under the Mining Law of 1872. To wash larger amounts of gravel and find more gold, water was diverted from the stream for use with sluice boxes. Large amounts of gravel were put into the upper end of the sluice box and water washed the gravels down the sluice box back into the stream. As in the smaller gold pan, the heaver gold settled out of the gravels into the bottom of the sluice box along boards on the bottom called riffles. Many of these placer deposits played out quickly.
Later, minerals like lead, zinc and silver, as well as gold, were discovered in mineralized outcrops, ledges and small surface veins in the higher peaks of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. These mineral outcrops were often the source of the downstream placer deposits, and when the miners found this out, the race to find the mother-lode was on. With each discovery, boom towns like Central City, Georgetown, Leadville, Cripple Creek, Chihuahua and Telluride sprang up overnight. Populations swelled and then rapidly fell as the veins were found and then played out.
Small mines and prospect holes dot almost every high peak in Colorado. Each one is the result of the dream of finding wealth under the ground. The work was often brutal and back breaking. Many were at high elevation, where the weather was both cold and snowy much of the year. John L. Jerome Hart notes in his 1931 booklet entitled Fourteen Thousand Feet, A History of the Naming and Early Ascents of the High Colorado Peaks;
"Miners will go to any place where they think they will find ore; A fact which is shown by the finding of prospect holes on almost every mountain in the state."
Many of these small workings and prospects were not accessible by road. Developed before automobiles, the miners used horses, mules or walked to their claims. Because of the transportation difficulty, they spent a lot of lonely hours at a small cabin or tent near their mines. Some of the more productive mines had the money to upgrade the transportation to allow wagons to access the mine and haul the valuable ore to a mill or smelter.
Despite the difficult working and living conditions at many of these small mines and prospects in the high peaks, the beauty was often spectacular. Shaped by wind, water or glaciers, these high mountain basins were very rocky, steep and rugged. The gray granite slopes are resplendent with red and yellow streaks indicating the presence of valuable minerals below the surface. The high mountain peaks shine in the sun under a clear blue sky. The air was crisp and clean and the silence was deafening. Many of these prospects were located above timberline or on very steep, rocky slopes and the views were incredible. In the spring, summer and fall, the high mountain meadows were alive with the color of mountain flowers like the Colorado columbine, Indian paintbrush and primrose.
As a geologist and mining engineer, my dad came to Colorado after World War II. Looking for mining opportunities, he and a partner discovered one of the many small mines in the Rocky Mountains which was discovered in the 1880s. This small mine was located at 12,000 feet in a small, glaciated mountain basin near the Continental Divide. The first year, Dad and his partner walked into the mine, just like many of the prospectors of Colorado gold rush days. They wanted to make sure the ore values were as described by earlier reports prior to spending limited capitol resources on rebuilding the old wagon road. Once they reopened the old workings, they found a very rich vein of lead, zinc and silver and rebuilt the original wagon road so trucks could haul the ore to smelters in Leadville or Denver. Reopening the mine, Dad and his partner worked the Orphan Boy for 4 years amid some of the most spectacular scenery in the world.
My family and I visit this mine during the summer or fall each year. It is a way of reconnecting with a past generation as well as being an excellent day trip into the Colorado mountains. Looking out from the dump of the Orphan Boy, a camera just does not reflect the true beauty I see with my eyes and my soul.
I worked with my dad for over 20 years, and we visited the Orphan Boy numerous times. Our discussions about his days working at the mine conveyed his true love of mining. He visited most of the small prospects and mines in the area because of his fascination with mining. Dad loved life and the Colorado mountains, and like many before him, felt at peace in them. My dad and his partner, while working the Orphan Boy mine, were able to experience some of the same feelings, emotions and joys the first miners did who came to Colorado during the Glory Days of Colorado.