Cripple Creek, a city, capital of Teller county, Colorado, 40 miles by rail N. by W. of Florence. It is a gold-mining centre, and has a stock exchange. Pop. (1899) 20,000; or, within 36 sq. m., 45,000.
Cripple Creek
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 571
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