Midas of the Rockies

Frank Waters (1902–1995), one of the finest chroniclers of the American Southwest, wrote twenty-eight works of fiction and nonfiction.Marshall Sprague, an Ohio native and long time Colorado Springs resident, wrote over 18 books on Colorado and western history. Among his many publications is Money Mountain: The Story of Cripple Creek Gold. He died in 1994.

"Mr. Waters has done a fine piece of work, valuable and distinctly entertaining." "This book will have a real fascination for anyone who loves his Colorado. It is not only a faithful biography of Winfield Scott Stratton…but it details as well a whole history of Colorado mining."