Parah Gold Mining Company stock certificate c1898 (Colorado)

Cripple Creek gold mining. Great vignette of an underground mining scene with 3 miners working. Unissued and cancelled. Circa 1898 from issued examples. Measures approximately 10 x 8 inches.

The Parah Gold Mining Company is a historical minor mining enterprise, established 1898 during the gold rush era in the Cripple Creek Mining District of Colorado. Parah Gold Mining Company had mines at Victor.

Historical Context:
Like hundreds of speculative ventures formed during the Cripple Creek boom, it was part of the region's intense gold-mining promotional era, though it is not a major active commercial producer today.

Modern District:
The active large-scale operation in the area is the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine (historically the Cresson Mine), operated by SSR Mining.

Victor CO is a historic mountain town in Teller County, Colorado, known as the "City of Gold Mines".

Founding:
Settled in 1891 after gold discoveries by Winfield Scott Stratton and the Woods family; incorporated in 1894.

Boom & Bust:
Reached a peak population of 8,000 to 18,000 around 1900 during the Cripple Creek Gold Rush. Rebuilt with brick after a devastating 1899 fire.

Labor History:
Central location for the militant Western Federation of Miners strikes (1894 and 1903–1904).

Modern Era:
Underground mining faded mid-century, and open-pit gold mining resumed in 1994 via the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company.

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