The gold rush of 1891 turned the citizens of Cripple Creek, Colorado, into overnight millionaires and set off a mining bonanza that is still producing gold today."Crazy" Bob Womack discovered the first "float" and then sold for $300 his half of a claim that would eventually produce $3 million in gold. This vivid chronicle recounts the impact wealth had on the town and its people in one of history's most fascinating and colorful eras.
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- PublisherRowman & Littlefield
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 1556223994
- ISBN 13 9781556223990
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208