Black Hawk Mayor David Spellman, right, and City Manager Jack Lewis, left, stand along Main Street in the booming casino town of Black Hawk, Colorado on October 6, 2016. Helen H. Richardson, The ...

Black Hawk’s newest edifice — the 33-story Ameristar Hotel for gamblers that will be topped off Thursday — stands in stark contrast to the tiny town’s mining past.

BLACK HAWK, Colo. — For the last 155 years, people have been making their way to a narrow gulch in the Colorado mountains with dreams of getting rich.

On April 12, 1864, Black Hawk became the second city in Colorado to be incorporated -- three years behind Denver and just a few hours ahead of Central City, the booming mining town up Gregory Gulch.

BLACK HAWK, Colo. (CBS4) - It's a job seeker's market. If you're unemployed and thinking of returning to work, not only will the State of Colorado pay you, businesses desperate to fill labor ...

Neighboring Central City has sued to stop the project, while Black Hawk leaders argue the need to diversify their tax base. Investors double down on Colorado's underperforming gaming industry ...