Editing Idaho Springs, Colorado (section)

==History==
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[[File:Bird's eye view of Idaho Springs Colorado - DPLA - 0a7eeaaa1b1b23cb89ce45f1f95fb917.jpg|right|thumb|Bird's eye view of Idaho Springs Colorado, 1882]]
On January 5, 1859, during the [[Colorado gold rush]], prospector George A. Jackson discovered [[placer gold]] at the present site of Idaho Springs, where Chicago Creek empties into [[Clear Creek (Colorado)|Clear Creek]]. It was the first substantial gold discovery in Colorado. Jackson, a [[Missouri]] native with experience in the [[California Gold Rush|California gold fields]], was drawn to the area by clouds of steam rising from some nearby [[hot spring]]s. Jackson kept his find secret for several months, but after he paid for some supplies with gold dust, others rushed to Jackson's diggings.<ref>Robert L. Brown (1985) ''The Great Pikes Peak Gold Rush'', Caldwell, Ida.: Caxton, p.26-32.</ref> The location was originally known as "Jackson's Diggings". Once the location became a permanent settlement, it was variously called "Sacramento City", "Idahoe", "Idaho", "Idaho City", and finally "Idaho Springs".<ref>{{cite web|url= http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=106:3:3594750213174340::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:204710%2CIdaho%20Springs|title= US Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System|access-date= January 10, 2009}} {{dead link|date=April 2023}}</ref>

The first placer discoveries were soon followed by discoveries of gold veins in the rocks of the canyon walls on both sides of Clear Creek. [[Hard rock mining]] became the mainstay of the town long after the gold-bearing gravels were exhausted.

The [[Idaho Springs miners' strike of 1903]] demanding an [[eight-hour day]] erupted into violence in May 1903. This was a conflict was a part the much broader [[Colorado Labor Wars]], where the Western Federation of Miners sought to pressure mining companies into improving conditions for miners.

The 1969 film ''[[Downhill Racer]]'' portrayed an [[Alpine skiing|alpine ski racer]] from Idaho Springs, played by [[Robert Redford]]; a brief scene was shot on location in Idaho Springs. Several scenes from the comedy film ''[[The Overbrook Brothers]]'' were filmed here in the spring of 2008.