The City of Victor is a Statutory City in Teller County, Colorado, United States. Gold was discovered in Victor in the late 19th century, an omen of the future of the town. With Cripple Creek, the mining district became the second largest gold mining district in the country and realized approximately 10billionofminedgoldin2010dollars.Itreacheditspeakaroundtheturnofthecenturywhentherewereabout18,000residentsinthetown.Depletedoreinmines,laborstrifeandtheexodusofminersduringWorldWarIcausedasteepdeclineinthecity′seconomy,fromwhichithasneverrecovered.Thepopulationwas379atthe2020census.ThereisaresumedminingeffortonBattleMountain.Victorwasfoundedin1891,shortlyafterWinfieldScottStrattondiscoveredgoldnearby.ThetownwasnamedaftertheVictorMine,whichmayhavebeennamedforanearlysettler,VictorAdams.In1892,Harry,FrankandWarrenWoodsfoundedtheMt.RosaMining,MillingandLandCompany.BattleMountain,locatedjustaboveVictor,hadthelargest,mostprolificminesintheminingdistrictandthetownbecameknownasthe"CityofMines."VictorofficiallybecameacityonJuly16,1894.In1894,theWoodsbrothersdiscoveredgoldwhentheybegandiggingthefoundationforabuilding,whichresultedinthecreationoftheGoldCoinMine.Atthattime,8,000peoplelivedinVictor.ThetownboomedasthesurroundingCrippleCreekminingdistrictquicklybecamethemostproductivegoldminingdistrictinColorado.MinesinVictorandCrippleCreekprovided21millionouncesofgold.In2010,thevalueofthegoldwouldhavebeenmorethan10 billion. The mining district, which hit its peak in 1900, became the 2nd largest gold district in the country's history.
Although Victor's fame was overshadowed by that of its neighbor, Cripple Creek, many of the best gold mines of the Cripple Creek district were located at Victor, including Stratton's Independence Mine and Mill and the Portland Mine.
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