The Gilpin Gold Tram, a narrow gauge tramway (or railroad) serving Central City and Black Hawk Colo

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Web Name: The Gilpin Gold Tram, a narrow gauge tramway (or railroad) serving Central City and Black Hawk Colo

WebSite: http://gilpintram.com

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The Gilpin Tram Movie Killed on Tramway The Virtual Gilpin The story of the Gilpin County and the Gold Tram starts in April of 1859 when John H Gregory started up Clear Creek from Golden searching for gold. Gold flakes were being found in the creek, so the question was, where was the gold coming from. Working up the creek and following the north branch of Clear Creek at what is now know as Forks (for years, a station and restaurant, now a traffic light), Gregory found the richest gold dust in what is now called Gregory Gulch above Black Hawk. The Gregory Lode had been found. The news of gold hit the nation. By September, a population of 900 in log shanties and tents had invaded the valley. By the summer of 1860 sixty ore mills and thirty arastras (a kind of ore grinding pit) were in operation and the population had risen to 15,000. Soon numerous mining camps had sprung up including Black Hawk, Central City, Nevadaville, Russell Gulch and Apex. The primary purpose of this site is to document through photos, history and documents the Gilpin Tramway and the mines, mills, towns and other railroads that serviced the rich mining veins of Gilpin County Colorado. In addition, it documents a virtual model I am constructing of the Gilpin Tramway and Colorado and Southern in Gilpin County using the Trainz software. The Gilpin Tramway Company was a two-foot gauge railroad around Black Hawk and Central City Colorado serving the mines and mills of one of the richest gold strikes in US history. Construction was started in May of 1887 with the first shipment over the rails on December 11, 1887. Consistent profits over the years encouraged the Colorado and Southern to purchase the Tram on June 27, 1906. Unfortunately, the ebb and flow of the mining industry had started into decline. Profits turned into losses, and the last train ran on January 12, 1917. Buy your shares now. From The Mining Investor, January 15, 1906, Abbott Collection Comments and corrections are definitely requested. Please write me at

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The Gilpin Tramway Company was a two foot narrow gauge railroad that served the mines and mills of Gilpin County Colorado. This site looks both at the historic railway and the Trainz model of it.

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