Editing Victor, Colorado (section)

===Resumed mining activity===
The Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company formed in 1976 as a joint venture to restart mining in the district.  From 1976 to 1989, the company produced 150,000 [[Troy weight|troy ounces]] (4,600&nbsp;kg) of gold by reprocessing tailings and mining two small surface deposits.  The Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company began the first large-scale open pit mining in the district in 1994.<ref>Keith Dyas and Jerry Marcus (1998) ''The Cresson project'', Engineering & Mining Jour., 6/1998, p.32KK-32OO.</ref> In 1995, an open pit gold mining operation, which taps into "legendary" mines, began on Battle Mountain.<ref name="Varney p. 63" />  The Cresson mine open pits are located a few miles north of Victor.  Mining continues at the [[Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine]], under the ownership of [[AngloGold Ashanti]],<ref name=Timeline /> producing about 250,000 troy ounces of gold in 2012,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ccvgoldmining.com/ccvideo.html | title=Cripple Creek & Victor | publisher=AngloGold Ashanti - Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company | access-date=May 22, 2013}}</ref>
in addition to several locally owned mines, all of which provide employment and revenue for the community. Ownership has recently changed from Anglo Gold to Newmont mining.

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Image:VictorCO CityHall (5x4).jpg|The Victor City Hall is one of several historic buildings that have been restored in [[Victor Downtown Historic District|downtown Victor]].
File:Victor, Colorado and the Gold Coin Mine - c1900.jpg|Gold mine in Victor, Colorado, around 1900
File:MUWestern Federation of Miners union hall 1903 (straightend).jpg|Western Federation of Miners union hall
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