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==Career== In August 1872, Stratton worked as a carpenter for $3 a day in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]] area. Stratton joined the Carpenter's Union, and built furniture and homes during the winter, including working on the house of [[Helen Hunt Jackson]] and the [[McAllister House (Colorado Springs, Colorado)|McAllister House]].<ref name="Carpenter"/><ref name="PPLD bio" /><ref name="Beyond Recovery">{{Cite news |url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/cgi-bin/colorado?a=d&d=TTJ19020911.2.38&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%257ctxCO%257ctxTA--------0-- |title=The Picturesque Colorado Springs Millionaire Thought To Be Ill Beyond Recovery |date=September 11, 1902 |work=Telluride Journal β Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection |access-date=February 9, 2020}}</ref> In 1874, he began prospecting for gold and silver in the summers.<ref name="Carpenter" /><ref name="PPLD bio" /> He was unsuccessful in [[San Juan County, Colorado]], but he started prospecting in the [[Cripple Creek Mining District]] and located the Martha Washington mine, which he sold for $80,000.<ref name="Beyond Recovery" /> [[File:IndependenceMine Stone347.jpg|thumb|left|[[Stratton's Independence Mine and Mill]]]] Stratton filed a claim for the [[Stratton's Independence Mine and Mill|Independence mine]] in [[Cripple Creek, Colorado]] on July 4, 1891.<ref name="PPLD bio" /> He used the money from the sale of the Martha Washington mine to work the Independence Mine.<ref name="Beyond Recovery" /> He found a gold vein close to the surface worth $3 million in 1893. He earned an average of $1 million each year until 1899,<ref name="PPLD bio" /> which made him the first millionaire of the [[Cripple Creek Gold Rush]].<ref name="Carpenter" /> In 1899, Stratton sold [[Stratton's Independence Mine and Mill|Independence mine]] for $11 million.<ref name="Carpenter"/><ref name="PPLD bio" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Spence |first=Clark C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H1JEmNRvTzQC&pg=PA28 |title=British Investments and the American Mining Frontier, 1860-1901 |date=2000 |access-date=February 9, 2020 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |language=en |isbn=978-0-415-19009-1}}</ref> Stratton also had an interest in the [[Stratton's Independence Mine and Mill#History|Portland mine]]. Stratton invested in real estate in Denver, Colorado.<ref name="PPLD bio" />
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