Photos

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE PHOTOS OF OUR COMMUNITY FROM THE

PAST AND PRESENT

The old photos below are from the years 1911-1940

More old photos have been added and photo quality has been improved. Hope you enjoy the photos.

McRoberts Stadium Downtown

Band Mill 214 Substation

214 Tipple Ball Park Row

Cannel City Row Building Co. Gas Station

Nurses House Down Sheas Fork 1923

Chopping Branch 1912 Church Row

McRoberts Pool

Bank Of McRoberts Back to the 50's

Inside Co. Store Band Mill Hill 1915

Band Mill Bottom 1925 Co. Store Display

1921 Hauling supplies to Co. Store

In Construction Ice House

Inside the Fountain 213 Tipple 1913

Asst, Supt. House 1923 Tom Biggs 1912

1913 Brick Plant 1912

Store Foundation and Hotel 1912 Completed

Main Street 1926 Supply Train 1912

Cannel City Row 1912 Rec. Building Theater

View of Downtown Sheas Fork 1913

Building High Road Depot 1913

Hauling Supplies Mine Office 1911

Ball Park Area

Band Mill Bottom 1923 13 Row 1913

Union Hall

Lower School

Upper School Supplies via Dunham Hill

McRoberts St. Angelo Rec. Center

How many McRoberts residents remember

"The Popcorn Man"

JOSEPH B. SUMPTER WALKWAY DEDICATION

Received these photos from Tommy Wright, former resident of our

community. Tommy retired from the military and enjoys ice fishing.

Thanks for the photos and for your service to our country. I was

curious about the photos, so Tommy wrote:

The pictures are of an old gold mining town of Victor. Its about 10 miles from Cripple Creek the site of the Colorado Gold Rush of 1889/90. It made many of the old prospectors rich. They brought the ore down the east and south sides of Pikes Peak and what is now Cheyenne Mountain to Old Colorado City 5 miles west of present day Colorado Springs via narrow gage rail about 40 miles and to present day Canyon City 35 miles south of the Springs. They mined the gold via shaft mine and some small tunnel. It was all Hard Rock mining and they used all hand augers blew the rock down and took it be smelted at 2400 degrees. At one time Cripple creek and Victor was home to over 55,000 people. The gold petered out after about 10 years. They started mining again using modern methods about 20 years ago. In the old days they took about 3 million ounces ore. The new mine now takes out over a million a year by bleaching the rock with the use of cyanide . They get the rock just like they do strip mining in KY. Skaggway Lake was build by one the rich men. His plan was to run the water down Phantom Cayon to the south to Cayon City to make electricity which he planned to send back to Cripple Creek to power lights equipment. Problem was that all the water froze in winter in the cayon so bad and for so long during winter and cost to much to keep open the plan was abandoned in 1897. Freddy you should see the view in winter from this area---snow capped mountains as far as the eye can see. Next time I go up I'll take some more pics of the mountains. Sorry---did not mean to give you a history lesson (haha). PS

victor is still like it was then and Cripple Creek ia a Gambling town with multiple million dollar clubs that takes in more them 24 million a year. The clubs are like Vegas but are in the old town buildings. There are only two completely new building. Victor has no gambling that why its still the same. Most of the old mining towns of Colorado have become ski towns and tourist places.

THE NEW McROBERTS COMMUNITY CENTER (Interior)

( Exterior)