About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 79. Chapters: Pike's Peak Gold Rush, Central City, Colorado, Cripple Creek, Colorado, Winfield Scott Stratton, Gold Hill, Colorado, Summitville mine, Marble, Colorado, Black Hawk, Colorado, Georgetown, Colorado, Victor, Colorado, Colorado Labor Wars, Ludlow Massacre, Western Federation of Miners, Leadville Miners' Strike, Uranium mining in Colorado, Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894, Gold mining in Colorado, William Gilpin, Stratton's Independence Mine and Mill, Horace Tabor, Chief Niwot, Old Colorado City, Golden Fleece Mine, Silver mining in Colorado, Edward M. McCook, Columbine Mine massacre, Mine Owners' Association, Leadville mining district, Como, Colorado, Coal mining in Colorado, Charles L. Tutt, Sr., Tarryall, Colorado, John Evans, Robert Williamson Steele, Georgetown Loop, John Long Routt, Otto Mears, William J. Barney, Midland Terminal Railway, Clara Brown, Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine, Manhattan, Colorado, Bulkeley Wells, Auraria, Denver, Samuel Hitt Elbert, Colorado Silver Boom, Western Federation of Miners union hall, Ralston Creek, William Greeneberry Russell, Alexander Cummings, Como Roundhouse, Railroad Depot and Hotel Complex, Alexander Cameron Hunt, Camp Bird Mine, Mary Murphy Mine, Little Dry Creek, The Pinkerton Labor Spy, Fifty-Niner, George W. Riddell, Tarryall Creek, Victor Downtown Historic District, Joseph E. Bates, Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster, Champion Mill. Excerpt: Colorado's most significant battles between labor and capital occurred primarily between miners and mine operators. In these battles the state government, with one clear exception, always took the side of the mine operators. Additional participants in Colorado's labor struggles have included the National Guard, often informally called the militia; private contractors such as the Pinkertons, Baldwin-Felts, and Thiel detective agen...
