113 Years Ago
The March 21, 1912 Colorado Transcript announced that the United State Mine Rescue Car had arrived in Golden. This was one of 10 cars stationed in mining districts throughout the country. When a mine disaster occurred, the closest rescue car was deployed to the site to provide equipment and expertise.
Between disasters, the cars served as mobile classrooms, providing “practical miners” and students at mining schools with safety training. They offered a fifteen-hour first aid class and a twenty hour mine rescue class.
The boys will receive thorough instruction in the use of the oxygen helmets and after the workings have been explained and tested, they will put them on and take a long hike, with no other air than that supplied by the tanks. Work will also be done at the School of Mines mine, where they will meet conditions as near to actual explosion work as possible.
The article mentions that the car visiting Golden was the same one that had served on site during "the horrible disasters" of Starkville, Primero, Delaugua and Leyden.
