COVID Updates
Everyone 16 OR OLDER is eligible to get the vaccine.
Appointments to Get the COVID Vaccine
State of Colorado’s Find Out Where You Can Get Vaccinated page | Lutheran Medical Center | JCPH Clinic in Arvada (70+ only) | www.vaccinespotter.org/CO/
Jefferson County Public Health’s COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center: 303-239-7000 | State Hotline to answer questions, including location of vaccine providers: 1-877-268-2926. It is staffed 24 hours a day
Golden Testing Sites
Mines COVID Testing | Jeffco Fairgrounds COVID Testing
More Public Health References
School of Mines COVID-19 case page. | Sign up for exposure notifications | CDC | Colorado | Jefferson County | City of Golden
Virtual Events
Online Worship:
Calvary Episcopal Church | Faith Lutheran Church | First United Methodist Church | First Presbyterian Church | Flatirons Community Church | Golden Church of Christ | Golden Presbyterian Church | Hillside Community Church | Jefferson Unitarian Church | Rockland Community Church | St. Joseph Catholic Church
Real Life Events
10AM and 1PM Wild West Walking Tour
11AM-2PM Brunch at the Rose
LIVE MUSIC:
12PM Circlin’ the Drain at Golden Mill
Golden History Moment
The first Engineer’s Day took place on January 29, 1927. It was considerably more formal and scholarly than today’s E-Day celebrations. The members of several engineering societies were invited to the school for tours and lectures.
The Governor of Wyoming, a civil engineer, gave the keynote address, “Politics and the Engineer.” Afterwards, students led campus tours.
The experimental plant was in operation, demonstrating the process of refining ore. The metallurgy lab was showing “hydrometallurgical leaching methods.” Refining stills were operating in the petroleum engineering lab.
That evening, 110 people (ladies invited) attended a banquet at the Hotel Berrimoor (now the Table Mountain Inn). During the banquet, participants were encouraged to support a student loan fund. The event was pronounced a success, and the school decided to make it an annual affair.
According to Rocky Mountains to the World: A History of the Colorado School of Mines (p. 91), E-Day was put on hold for the duration of World War II. After the war, students wanted to expand the celebration “…by adding new activities and components: an E-Day queen, a drilling contest, a mucking contest, a regatta, and even class reunions. Because of increased community interest, a second day of celebration was added, with guest lecturers, band and glee club performances, and demonstrations of heavy equipment. As the budget grew, so did E-Days. Fireworks, popular musicians, symphony concerts, and numerous other activities were added. Still the most noted however, is the ore cart pull to the capitol. Traditions have come and gone at Mines, but E-Day as a reflection of modern-day Mines spirit is here to stay.”
