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 Jul 14 2008, 04:12 PM
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 Shovel Buster!  Group: Members Posts: 78 Joined: 30-June 08 From: Southwest,Oklahoma Member No.: 5,617  |
Has anyone ever been on the Mollie Kathleen
Gold Mine tour? Is it worth drive a hour out of the way to visit? |
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Jul 15 2008, 08:16 AM
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 Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3 |
Definately worth the trip for sure!!
 Very cool history and tour......Mollie was the first woman to file a mining claim in that district and when she first tried to file it she was told that women could not file mining claims..............  Her response was ......... "Well you can tell my husband that when he arrives from Colorado Springs and he's a lawyer"! Mollie got her claim...  And the story about her discovery is cool too......... As I remember it.....She was out for a hike and it was lunch time. Mollie sat down on a large boulder for a picnic and there next to the perch she picked out was a large yellow looking vien in the rock!  Nice picnic suprise! I would recommend the tour for sure yepper! CP -------------------- CP-Owner/Administrator
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Dec 31 2009, 11:06 AM
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 Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 230 Joined: 2-August 09 From: Security, CO Member No.: 6,964 |
QUOTE (ColoradoProspector @ Jul 15 2008, 07:16 AM)  Definately worth the trip for sure!!  Very cool history and tour......Mollie was the first woman to file a mining claim in that district and when she first tried to file it she was told that women could not file mining claims..............  Her response was ......... "Well you can tell my husband that when he arrives from Colorado Springs and he's a lawyer"! Mollie got her claim...  And the story about her discovery is cool too......... As I remember it.....She was out for a hike and it was lunch time. Mollie sat down on a large boulder for a picnic and there next to the perch she picked out was a large yellow looking vien in the rock!  Nice picnic suprise! I would recommend the tour for sure yepper! CP CP, What's even better, as I've been told, is the first section of the shaft down was her's. The miner's that were below her's had to pay to get their material to the surface! She made money even when she wasn't mining. h20prospector -------------------- 26 year Air Force Vet
LDMA/GPAA, GPOC, & CP LIFE MEMBER 'If you don't stand for something, you will fall for everything.' A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have! |
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OkieJon Mollie Kathleen tour Jul 14 2008, 04:12 PM
cornwall84 That looks good. http://goldminetours.com/Home.htm... Jul 15 2008, 03:39 AM ColoradoProspector Yep that is correct h20prospector, if I remember t... Jan 3 2010, 11:04 AM HighPlainsSifter I have taken that tour twice over the years and it... Jan 4 2010, 05:17 PM
Crusty We finally went for the first time a couple months... Sep 16 2014, 02:41 PM |
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