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单词 cripple creek
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Cripple Creek


Crip·ple Creek

C0749900 (krĭp′əl) A city of central Colorado in the Rocky Mountains southwest of Colorado Springs. After 1891 it was the center of a thriving gold-producing area but declined as deposits were exhausted.

Cripple Creek

n (Placename) a village in central Colorado: gold-mining centre since 1891, once the richest in the world

Crip′ple Creek′


n. a town in central Colorado: gold rush 1891. 655; 9600 ft. (2925 m) above sea level.

Cripple Creek


Cripple Creek,

village (1990 pop. 584), alt. 9,375 ft (2,858 m), seat of Teller co., central Colo.; inc. 1892. Primarily a summer resort, it was once a gold-mining boomtown. The discovery of gold (1891) on a cattle ranch created one of the richest camps of a major gold-producing area. In 1901 the district had an estimated population of 50,000. Gold production declined after that year, but the opening of a drainage tunnel in 1941 reactivated formerly flooded mines and led to the discovery of new veins. Violence marked miners' strikes in 1893 and 1904. The old mines and casino gambling are tourist attractions.

Cripple Creek

a village in central Colorado: gold-mining centre since 1891, once the richest in the world
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