Active Gold Mines in the United States | Sciencing
Anglogold Ashanti, a South African company and the world''s largest gold mining company, owns the Cripple Creek and Victor gold mines near Colorado Springs, Colorado. Gold was discovered in the Cripple Creek area in the 1890s. Mines in the area were primarily underground ones and produced 21 million ounces of gold between 1891 and 1961.