Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mine, Colorado Springs
Small scale surface mining started in the 1970s until the start of large-scale surface mining in 1991, leading eventually to the start in 1994 of the CC&V Cresson Project. Today, CC&V is a low-grade, open-pit operation. Ore processing. The ore is treated using a valley-type, heap-leach process with activated carbon used to recover …
