Talks

2016 programs

50 entries, newest first.

Dec 26, 2016
No meeting. Christmas Holiday.
No meeting
Dec 19, 2016
Nancy Johnson, Executive Director, Historical Society of Idaho Springs. Idaho Springs, Colo., Heritage Museum and Visitor Center.
Past
Dec 12, 2016
Michele Lawrie-Munro, Executive Director, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. (AIME). Title to be announced.
Past
Dec 5, 2016
Auction of Mining Memorabilia. Check your attic, closet, & garage for items to donate, or come and look for that special gift. Books, rocks/minerals, jewelry, prospecting & mining supplies & equipment, and much more. Come help us celebrate our 125th anniversary!
Auction
Nov 28, 2016
Bob Bair, Numismatist and Educator. The Comstock Lode and the Carson City Mint.
Past
Nov 21, 2016
Arlo Smith, Chase Mine. The Chase Gold Mine, Gilpin County, Colo.: Part II, Mine Operations, Past, Present, and Future.
Past
Nov 14, 2016
Suellen Barnhard, G.O.L.D. Corp. The Chase Gold Mine, Gilpin County, Colo.: Part I, Crowd-funding and Financing.
Past
Nov 7, 2016
Bob Stewart, Consulting Geologist & Soil Scientist. Anthropogenic Changes to Soils and Landscapes in Erie, Colorado. October31.–Danelle Herra, Assistant Director, Alumni Relations, CSM Foundation. Reinventing the CSM Alumni Association.
Past
Oct 24, 2016
Bill Wilson, Adjunct Faculty, CSM. Phosphate Mining in Morocco: Operations and Market Position of the Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP).
Past
Oct 17, 2016
Kevin Pharris, Denver History Tours. Colorado Mining History. (TentativeTitle)
Past
Oct 10, 2016
Climate Hustle: Are They Trying to Control Climate. . .Or You? Video Presentation, Part 2: Another view on climate change.
Past
Oct 3, 2016
Climate Hustle: Are They Trying to Control Climate. . .Or You? Video presentation, Part 1: Another view on climate change.
Past
Sep 26, 2016
Bruce Geller, Director, CSM Geology Museum. Perspectives on Pegmatites from the Foord Pegmatite Symposium.
Past
Sep 19, 2016
Jürgen Brune, Research Professor, Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines. Mine Refrigeration.
Past
Sep 12, 2016
John L. Lufkin, Author and Consulting Geologist. Geology and Pegmatites of the Black Hills, South Dakota.
Past
Sep 5, 2016
No meeting. Labor Day Holiday.
No meeting
Aug 29, 2016
Hugh Miller, Associate Professor, Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines. Narrow Vein Hydraulic Mining Systems.
Past
Aug 22, 2016
Joshua Suter, Managing Principal, Vukota Capital. Water and Water Rights.
Past
Aug 15, 2016
Stan Dempsey, Sr., Dempsey & Co. Attitudes of the Leaders of the Mining Industry of the Late 19th and the Early 20th Centuries.
Past
Aug 8, 2016
Ed Raines, Collections Manager, CSM Geology Museum. The Leadville Limestone: A Rock of Consequence at Aspen, Colo.
Past
Aug 1, 2016
Ty Ortiz, Geohazards Program Manager, Colorado Dept. of Transportation. Glenwood Canyon Rockfall Mitigation.
Past
Jul 25, 2016
John Googins, Applications Engineer, Aggregate & Mining Consultants, LLC. Use and Selection of Primary Crushers in the Mining Industry.
Past
Jul 18, 2016
Aditya Juganda and Sam Lolon, Graduate Students, Colorado School of Mines. Preventing Coal Mine Explosions through Research.
Past
Jul 11, 2016
Tom Cavanaugh, Geocav Consulting, LLC. Nuvemco’s Mapping, Permitting, Exploration, Mining, and Future Plans in the Heart of Colorado’s Uravan Mineral Belt.
Past
Jul 4, 2016
No meeting. Independence Day Holiday.
No meeting
Jun 27, 2016
Neil Bergstrom, P.E., Wellbore Positioning Advisor, Colorado Geoscience, Inc. Directional Drilling and Wellbore Surveying.
Past
Jun 20, 2016
Ray Lundin, Gemologist. My Adventures in the Andamooka, Australia, Opal Mines.
Past
Jun 13, 2016
John Googins, Applications Engineer, Aggregate & Mining Consultants, LLC. The Rise and Fall of the Nordberg Corporation.
Past
Jun 6, 2016
Maggie Magoffin, Author and Historian. Women Miners of the Old West.
Past
Jun 6, 2016
Maggie Magoffin, Author and Historian. Women Miners of the Old West.
Past
May 30, 2016
No meeting. Memorial Day Holiday.
No meeting
May 23, 2016
Dick Beach, SME/Minerals Education Coalition. Mining In Society: A New Merit Badge for Boy Scouts.
Past
May 23, 2016
Dick Beach, SME/Minerals Education Coalition. Mining In Society: A New Merit Badge for Boy Scouts. May 16.-Shannon Mann, Course Coordinator, CMA Education Foundation. All About Mining: A New Course for Teachers (tentative).
Past
May 9, 2016
Ed Crabtree, Patent Attorney, Denver, Colo. Panama City and a Small Boat Trip through the Panama Canal.
Past
May 2, 2016
Dick Bowers, Retired Engineer and Inventor. Prospecting Using a Drone, and Ron Bell, President, Aerobotic Geophysical Systems, LLC. Applying geoDRONEology at the Ramsey Silver Prospect in La Paz County, Arizona.
Past
Apr 25, 2016
Gene Brown. Mining Annuity Investments.
Past
Apr 18, 2016
Peter J. Modreski, Geochemist, U. S. Geological Survey. Pegmatites, Nature’s Mineral Treasure Storehouses.
Past
Apr 11, 2016
Maggie Magoffin, Author and Columnist. A Tailing Tale of Baby Doe: Woman Miner. April 4.--David M. Abbott, Jr., Consulting Geologist. Update on the Stillwater, Montana, Platinum/Palladium Mines.
Past
Mar 28, 2016
Martin Lockley, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado Denver. Tracking Dinosaurs and Other Exotic Creatures in the Wild West.
Past
Mar 21, 2016
Nick Michael, Union Milling Co. Overview of the Leadville Gold and Silver Mill, Lake County, Colo.
Past
Mar 14, 2016
Dick Bowers, Retired Engineer and Inventor. Prospecting Using a Drone.
Past
Mar 7, 2016
Bob Bruner, Space Sciences Volunteer, Denver Museum of Nature & Science. How Did Life Start Four Billion Years ago?
Past
Feb 22, 2016
Paul Johnson, President, Colorado School of Mines. Keeping Mines Special: Dialogue with the New President.
Past
Feb 15, 2016
No meeting. President’s Day Holiday.
No meeting
Feb 8, 2016
Don Moon, The Bully Moose Pulpit, LLC. Bringing Teddy Roosevelt to Life.
Past
Feb 1, 2016
Ed Crabtree, Patent Attorney, Denver, Colo. Extemporaneous Remarks on Patents and the Patent Process.
Past
Jan 25, 2016
Chris McCourt, Manager, Colowyo Mine, and Drew Kramer, Senior Advisor, External Affairs, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association. Summary of the Colowyo Revised Environmental Assessment and Legal Process, 2015.
Past
Jan 18, 2016
Judy Colgan, Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute. Can Coal Survive?
Past
Jan 11, 2016
John Googins, Applications Engineer, Aggregate & Mining Consultants, LLC. History of Bruno Nordberg. Milwaukee, WI, Developer of the Steam Governor and Many Other Mining, Crushing, and Grinding Machines.
Past
Jan 4, 2016
Ramon L. Pizarro, Patent Attorney, Denver, Colo. Patent Protection and the New U.S. Patent Branch Office in Denver.
Past

2016 programs

No meeting. Christmas Holiday.

No meeting. Labor Day Holiday.

No meeting. Independence Day Holiday.

No meeting. Memorial Day Holiday.

No meeting. President’s Day Holiday.

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