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Colorado Banks Shut Doors. I (By the Associated Press.) Cripple Creek, Col., Nov. 5.-The Bimetallic Bank of Cripple Creek failed to open its doors today. The Bimetallic is a State bank, capitalized at $100,000 and its deposits aggregate about $220,000. City Treasurer A. G. Johns, assistant cashier of the bank, said: "The cause of the failure to open our doors is the heavy decline in mining stocks and real estate. I believe we will be able to pay dollar for dollar but we must have time." In consequence of the closing of the Bimetallic bank a run was started on the Colorado Banking and Trust Company, an allied institution. Hundreds were in line during the afternoon. "The company is in good conditions," said James F. Hadley, who is president of both the trust company and the bank, "and will not be affected by the closing of the bank. We have only about $50,000 on deposit subject to withdrawal." Pueblo, Colo., Nov. 5,-The Pueblo Title and Trust Company did not open today, the managers being in fear of a run. E P Shrone, of Colorado Springs, to whom an assignment was made, stated today that the Title and Trust Company is perfectly solvent and can pay all demards within thirty days. The bank's deposits are about $250,000, including the accounts of a large number of workingmen. The assets are said to be about $450,000.