After we took the train trip in Cripple Creek, we went to the Molly Kathleen gold mine. As we drove up, we saw the gallows(head) frame from which the elevator skips are lowered into the mine 1000 feet below. There are two skips, one over the other. They were made to lower 9 miners per … Continue reading We toured a gold mine at Cripple Creek – 1,000 feet down!