Pike’s PeakDuring the fabulous reign of Colorado Silver, innumerable prospectors passed by Pikes Peak on their way to the silver strikes at Leadville, Aspen, and the boom camps in the Saguache, Sangre de Cristo, and San Juan mountains. Then, in 1890, a carpenter named Winfield Scott Stratton discovered gold along Cripple Creek. By 1900, this six square mile area on the south slope of Pikes Peak supported 475 mines and led the world in gold production. Against