Mines Growth and Rubey Clay

*Golden Eye Candy – Chris Davell – click to enlarge*

Public Health References
CDC * Colorado * Jefferson County * City of Golden

JCPHD updates these numbers Monday through Friday at about 3 PM. Here’s the most recent Coronavirus report from Jeffco Public Health’s Case Summary Page:

School of Mines COVID-19 case page. | Masks are required. | City and County fire restrictions are in place. | Clear Creek is now open.

Virtual Golden

*Mines active construction projects update tonight from 6-7PM. Red arrows point to the planned new buildings. Click to enlarge*

9AM Virtual Power Training
10AM Everything Dinosaur Talk – Sauropods
10AM TriceraTOTs with Dinosaur Ridge
10:15AM Let’s Dance with the Library
5:30-7PM Golden Orators Toastmasters
6-7:30PM Golden United Housing Task Force Meeting
At this meeting, Don Cameron will be presenting “A History of Zoning in Golden,” which will include zoning’s racists roots. More information
6-7PM Mines Community Meeting
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://mines.zoom.us/j/95443046446?pwd=Q3R5NGU3NXZxK1pMUlRuK2lvVU9DZz09&from=msft Password: 680262
Or iPhone one-tap: 16699006833,95443046446# or 12532158782,95443046446#
Or Telephone:
Dial: +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll) or +1 253 215 8782 (US Toll)
Meeting ID: 954 4304 6446
International numbers available: https://mines.zoom.us/u/aduEjjX8wo
6:30-8:45PM West Denver Chapter Trout Unlimited Monthly Program
6:30PM Planning Commission Meeting

Real World Golden

9AM Golden Walks
3-4:30PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic

Golden History Moment

*Excerpt from a photo, estimated date 1908-1915, from the Denver Public Library Western History Collection* *– click to enlarge*

100 Years Ago
The September 7, 1920 Colorado Transcript included the following:

In the international airplane races, held in France recently, all the American planes were equipped with spark plugs made with clay mined in Golden. These plugs were made at Belvidere, Ill., after a long series of experiments with different kind of clay. It was found that the white plastic clay, mined by the Rubey Clay company, was the best, and the company is now getting out an order of four carloads of this grade of clay for the Belvidere concern.

*Clay mines at the western edge of the Fossil Trace – click to enlarge*

Golden had many active clay mines in past years. The traces of those mines are still evident throughout the area, particularly on the west side of town. Fossil Trace Golf Course was built on former clay-mining land; in fact, some of the old mining equipment remains on the fringes of the course.

Many 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!