The City of Victor is a Statutory City in Teller County, Colorado, United States. Gold was discovered in Victor in the late 19th century, an omen of the highly developed of the town. With Cripple Creek, the mining district became the second largest gold mining district in the country and realized approximately $10 billion of mined gold in 2010 dollars. It reached its peak regarding the direction of the century with there were nearly 18,000 residents in the town. Depleted ore in mines, labor strife and the exodus of miners during World War I caused a steep stop in the city’s economy, from which it has never recovered. The population was 397 at the 2010 census. There is a resumed mining effort upon Battle Mountain.

Victor was founded in 1891, shortly after Winfield Scott Stratton discovered gold nearby. The town was named after the Victor Mine, which may have been named for an ahead of time settler, Victor Adams. In 1892, Harry, Frank and Warren Woods founded the Mt. Rosa Mining, Milling and Land Company. Battle Mountain, located just above Victor, had the largest, most prolific mines in the mining district and the town became known as the “City of Mines.” Victor officially became a city upon July 16, 1894. In 1894, the Woods brothers discovered gold past they began digging the instigation for a building, which resulted in the foundation of the Gold Coin Mine. At that time, 8,000 people lived in Victor.

The town boomed as the surrounding Cripple Creek mining district speedily became the most productive gold mining district in Colorado. Mines in Victor and Cripple Creek provided 21 million ounces of gold. In 2010, the value of the gold would have been more than $10 billion. The mining district, which hit its height in 1900, became the 2nd largest gold district in the country’s history.

Although Victor’s fame was overshadowed by that of its neighbor, Cripple Creek, many of the best gold mines of the Cripple Creek district were located at Victor, including Stratton’s Independence Mine and Mill and the Portland Mine. Half of Battle Mountain’s gold was extracted by the Portland Mine, which was called the “Queen of the District”. Heavyweight boxing champion William Harrison “Jack” Dempsey was a mucker in the Portland Mine.