Gold Hill (Colorado)
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| Gold Hill | |
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 The Gold Hill Historic District |
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| Location in Boulder County and Colorado | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Colorado |
| County : | Boulder County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 4 ′ N , 105 ° 25 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) |
| Residents : | 230 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 44.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.2 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 5.2 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 2530 m |
| Postal code : | 80302 |
| FIPS : | 08-30945 |
| GNIS ID : | 178502 |
Gold Hill is a census-designated place in Boulder County in the US state of Colorado with 230 residents (as of 2010). Gold Hill is about 15 km west of Boulder .
The discovery of gold in 1859 led to a gold rush . An estimated 1,500 miners came to Gold Hill within a year. Tellurium was found in 1872 , which led to a second heyday.
Today the place consists of numerous historical wooden buildings, some of which have been restored in recent years; other structures from the heyday of mining in Gold Hill are falling into decay. There is a small museum and the two-classroom school, which opened in 1873, making it the oldest continuously operating public school in Colorado. There is also a shop and a restored inn that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Gold Hill is home to the historic Gold Hill Historic District (also known as Gold Hill, 5BL769 ). The area includes North Street , Pine Street , Boulder Street , Gold Run Street, and College Street . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 3, 1989 as a historic district with number 89000979.
geography
Gold Hills geographic coordinates are 40 ° 4 ′ N , 105 ° 25 ′ W (40.063785, −105.411911). According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 5.2 km² , all of which is land.
history
Gold mining
At the time of the discovery of the first gold vein discovered in Colorado at the Gold Run on January 15, 1859, the area was part of the Nebraska Territory . The discovery coincided with the Gregory Gulch and Clear Creek explorations , but those later discoveries were not exploited until later in the spring. On March 7, 1859, the Gold Run area became the first mining district in the region (according to various historical sources, it was named Mountain District No. 1 , Mining District No. 1 of the Nebraska Territory, and Nebraska Gold Hill Mining District ). The news of the discovery quickly spread among the gold diggers and the number of newcomers quickly increased, so that Gold Hill soon became the first permanent miners' camp in what is now Colorado. By the fall they had one at the foot of the mountain quartz - stamp mill built. The equipment for this was transported west across the Great Plains by ox cart .
In 1861, the year the Colorado Territory was formed , the surface deposits of gold in the vicinity of the city were largely depleted, so that many of the gold diggers left the city and the population temporarily declined. The construction of a smelter in Black Hawk , which could also be used to process low-grade ore, led to a certain revival.
Tellurium mining
The discovery of Tellurium in 1872 sparked a new boom, and the population again reached nearly 1,000. At the height of its development, a newspaper appeared in the town and several hotels, including the Mines Hotel, built in 1872, offered accommodation. The hotel was immortalized in a poem by Eugene Field when he was working as a newspaper man in Denver and staying at the hotel. The city suffered two major fires during its existence, but most of the historic wooden structures have been preserved.
modern houses and ruins of historic mine structures
load
Gold from the cash mine
traffic
The city has a small network of gravel roads.
Gold Hill is connected to Left Hand Canyon Road by Lick Skillet Road - the steepest county roads in the United States . Easier access to Gold Hill is via Sunshine Canyon Road from Boulder , Gold Run Road from Salina (on Four Mile Canyon Road), and Gold Hill Road from Colorado State Highway 72 south of Ward . All of these roads are covered in snow in winter, making Gold Hill inaccessible to vehicles without snow chains or four-wheel drive.
Demographics
At the time of the United States Census 2000, Gold Hill had 210 people. The population density was 40.3 people per km ². There were 114 housing units at an average of 21.9 per km ². The population Gold Hills consisted of 89.05% of White , 0.48% Black or African American , 3.33% Native American , 1.90% Asian , 0% Pacific Islander , 4.29% said other races to belong and 0.95% named two or more races. 7.62% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latinos of any race.
The residents of Gold Hills were distributed across 90 households out of which 33.3% had children under 18 years of age. 46.7% of households were married, 2.2% had a female head of the household without a husband and 46.7% were not families. 35.6% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 1.1% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 3.00 people.
The population was divided into 22.9% minors, 4.8% 18–24 year olds, 37.1% 25–44 year olds, 32.4% 45–64 year olds and 2.9% aged 65 years or more. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 women there were 114.3 men. For every 100 women over 18, there were 116.0 men.
The median household income in Gold Hill was 48,750 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 76,850 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 48,929 compared to $ 12,105 for women. The per capita income was $ 24,675. Nobody had an income below the poverty line .
Web links
- Gold Hill (Colorado) ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- Gold Hill Western Mining History website