Fantastic Fireworks Photo and an Industrial Accident

*Golden Eye Candy – Joe Delnero, Colorado School of Mines photographer – 4th of July Fireworks – click to enlarge*

Virtual Events

10:15AM Spanish Story Time with the Library
2-3PM Active Minds Mondays – Venezuela
4-4:30PM Kids Martial Arts Class

Real World Events

This is a Federal holiday, so there will be no mail delivery and government offices will be closed. The Library, however, will be open–free books, movies, and music!

5-9PM Golden Game Guild Meet-Up Mondays
Meet up with fellow gamers in our community, play all your favorites or explore new games! Admission: $10 / $5 for Students. More information.

Golden History Moment

Golden Smelter (with three stacks) on the right, Coors in the background, across Clear Creek, Colorado & Southern Railroad tracks in the foreground – Golden History Museum Collection – click to enlarge

104 Years Ago
The July 5, 1917 Colorado Transcript announced that a “huge” stack had fallen on the Colorado & Southern tracks. Trains were blocks for three hours while the wreckage was being removed. It could have been much worse: a passenger train was scheduled to pass that spot just 4 minutes later.

None of the workers were hurt, though one had a close call, darting away just in time to avoid being crushed. There was significant property damage: “the big railroad trestle at the ore loading chutes was crushed, and the steel stack was flattened out like paper.” The stack weighed about forty tons.

Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and many thanks to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!