The School of Mines is having their Career Day today, so expect some traffic and parking complications in the vicinity of the campus. Best of luck to the job seekers and the companies who want them!
Under the M Farm Stand will be open from 3-6PM. They will have small batches of Beets, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Garlic, Kohlrabi, Leeks, Organic Mushrooms, Peppers (Poblano, Shishito) Lettuce Mix, Yellow & Green Summer Squash, Cut Zinnia & Dahlias by the stem. Also herbs, baked goods, and more….
The Economic Development Commission (EDComm) meets tonight at 6:30 in City Council Chambers. They will discuss a business expo to be hosted by the Jeffco Business Resource Center next Monday, their new business awareness program, the entrepreneurship program that they sponsor through Traxion, a volunteer database that they hope to build, a Women Who Startup organization, and a Women-Owned Business Roundtable.
5:30PM – Golden High School PTA Meeting
6PM – Big Wall Climbing Clinic at Bent Gate
6:30PM – French Conversation at the Golden Library
Live Music:
7PM – Karaoke at Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
120 years ago this week, 10 men died in what we now remember as the White Ash Mine tragedy. The White Ash Mine was located at the west end of 12th Street, at the approximate site of the Marv Kay Stadium. There were several coal mines in Golden at that time. The Loveland Mine, on the north side of Clear Creek, had been flooded and was closed. The general belief is that the “wall” between the flooded Loveland Mine and the White Ash Mine broke through, and the men drowned in the resulting floodwaters. The men were working about 730 feet below ground. At 3:45PM, they sent up a carload of rock and debris. When the elevator operators tried to send the car back down, they found it couldn’t go past the 650 foot level, so the flood occurred shortly after 3:45PM on September 9, 1889. There is a sculpture memorializing the men and the event at the west end of 12th Street.
The archive of historic Colorado Transcripts is missing for the second half of 1889, but the White Ash Mine tragedy was recounted for the thirty year anniversary in the September 11, 1919 Colorado Transcript–which is where I found it. Many thanks to the Golden History Museum for digitizing the historic Transcripts, and many thanks to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
Wednesday Preview:
12PM – Golden Women in Business Book Club
3PM – The Ultimate Food Fight: Organics at Natural Grocers
5PM – Pints and Pencils at Mountain Toad Brewing
6PM – CSM Geology Museum Open House
If you like minerals, gems, geology, the Mines Geology Museum, or people who like any of the above, considering attending the Museum’s annual open house tomorrow night from 6-9PM. Come and visit with prominent mineral collectors and sellers, Museum staff and volunteers, Friends of the Museum, old friends and new acquaintances, and browse the expanded Museum Store. As always, the event will offer appetizers and drinks. There is no cover charge. See you there!
