Talks

2018 programs

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Dec 31, 2018
No Meeting. New Year’s Eve Holiday.
No meeting
Dec 24, 2018
No Meeting. Christmas Eve Holiday.
No meeting
Dec 17, 2018
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 127th anniversary!
Auction
Dec 10, 2018
Ellen Fisher, Author and Historian. Nathaniel Hill, Mining Entrepreneur: More Problem Solving.
Past
Dec 3, 2018
Michele Lawrie-Munro, Executive Director, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. (AIME). AIME: A Legacy that Runs Deep.
Past
Nov 26, 2018
Paulo Pereira, President & CEO, Mining Solutions LLC. Increasing Mining Availability Through Better Equipment Buying Decisions.
Past
Nov 19, 2018
Stephen Hart, Geological Engineer (Ret.). Grizzly Gulch Tailings Dam, Whitewood Creek Remediation, Homestake Mine, Lead, South Dakota.
Past
Nov 12, 2018
Guy Johnson, CMA Education Foundation. All About Mining: The 2018 Edition of the 21st Century Mining Course for K–12 Educators.
Past
Nov 5, 2018
Angus Rockett, Head, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines. Overview of the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.
Past
Oct 29, 2018
Treasures of the Earth: Metals. (A Video Presentation)
Past
Oct 22, 2018
Linda Wommack, Author and Historian. Bob Womack, Cripple Creek and the Greatest Gold Camp on Earth.
Past
Oct 15, 2018
Kevin Singel, Business Executive and Engineer (Ret.) and Author. Finding Gold in Colorado: Early Days to Modern Times.
Past
Oct 8, 2018
Nick Iwanicki, Special Collections Librarian, Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines. The Mining History and Ropeway Collections: New Sources of Information on Mining and Industry in the West.
Past
Oct 1, 2018
Bob Bair, Numismatist and Educator. Joseph Wharton, James Pollock, and the 19th Century Establishment of Nickel-Alloy Coinage in the United States. Plus an Auction of geology, mining & other books.
Past
Sep 24, 2018
Erin LaCount, Education Programs Coordinator, Friends of Dinosaur Ridge. Salacious in the Cretaceous: The What and How of Dinosaur Sex.
Past
Sep 17, 2018
Werner G. Kuhr, Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Colorado School of Mines. Entrepreneurial Opportunities at Mines.
Past
Sep 10, 2018
Dick Beach and Alan Cram, SME Colorado Section, Minerals Education Coalition. Rocks and Minerals in Our Food.
Past
Sep 3, 2018
No Meeting. Labor Day Holiday.
No meeting
Aug 27, 2018
Jim Paschis, Consulting Geologist and Ore Microscopist. Cash Mine, 3rd Level Mining, Milling and Gold Ore Microscopy, Boulder County, Colo.
Past
Aug 20, 2018
Jessica Smith, Associate Professor, Engineering, Design & Society, Colorado School of Mines. The Biggest Challenges Are Always Social: Anthropological Studies of Mining from Colorado to Colombia.
Past
Aug 13, 2018
Ian Tennery, Hornbeek & Wadley, PLLC. Mineral Rights, Royalties and Taxation related to Oil and Gas Production.
Past
Aug 6, 2018
Story Time. Share an interesting anecdote about your career with our members, in 5 minutes or so. Plus an Auction of geology, mining & other books.
Past
Jul 30, 2018
Stephen Hart, Geological Engineer (Ret.). Colorado’s Mining Booms and Busts: 150 Years of Roller Coaster History.
Past
Jul 23, 2018
Lisa Dunn, Research Librarian and Special Collections Manager, Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines. Clear Creek County Mining Districts: Discovering Missing History from Primary Source Materials.
Past
Jul 16, 2018
Mark Chalmers, President and CEO, Energy Fuels Resources (USA) Inc. Energy Fuels, Standing Tall in a Tough Uranium Market.
Past
Jul 9, 2018
Glenn Vawter, Author and Owner, ATP Services, LLC. Parachute – A Historic Novel about Oil Shale, Booms and Busts, a Conspiracy and a Small Town in Western Colorado.
Past
Jul 2, 2018
Brian Gorman, Associate Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines. Mines’ New CoorsTek Center for Applied Science. Plus an Auction of geology, mining & other books.
Past
Jun 25, 2018
Don Unger, Historian. Mining & Metallurgy in Southwest Iberia under the Roman Republic.
Past
Jun 18, 2018
John Stewart, Attorney and Historian. Tom Walsh: Progressive Businessman and Colorado Mining Tycoon.
Past
Jun 11, 2018
Ursula Rick, Managing Director, Western Water Assessment, CIRES, University of Colorado. Changing Water Supply in the US Southwest.
Past
Jun 4, 2018
Deborah Miles, Geophysicist and Luthier. In Awe of the 18th Century Violin Makers: How could the 18th Century Italians set all the specifications for a Violin Family instrument, that are still not understood, only copied? Plus an Auction of geological, mining and other books.
Past
May 28, 2018
No meeting. Memorial Day Holiday.
No meeting
May 21, 2018
Bruce Geller, Consulting Geologist. PDAC 2018: The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada Convention.
Past
May 14, 2018
Ellen Fisher, Author and Historian. Hill’s Gold, A Story about Nathaniel Peter Hill in Colorado Territory during the 1860s.
Past
May 7, 2018
Bob Bruner, Space Sciences Volunteer, Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Armenian and Persian Wall Hanging Rugs.
Past
Apr 30, 2018
Kevin J. Ryan, Director of Technical Services, Intrepid Potash. Intrepid Potash – Creating New Opportunities at its Moab Solution Mining Facility.
Past
Apr 23, 2018
Rick Sauers, Executive Director, and Grant Dewey, Museum Manager, WMMI. What’s Happening at the Western Museum of Mining & Industry?
Past
Apr 16, 2018
Ian Walsworth and Craig Mueller, Attorneys and Partners, Lewis Brisbois. Unearthing the Value of Intellectual Property.
Past
Apr 9, 2018
Tony Hammond, Mining Engineer, Hammond Swayne LLC. Historic Eureka Mining District, Nevada: Past and Present.
Past
Apr 2, 2018
John Googins, Applications Engineer, Aggregate & Mining Consultants, LLC. Site C Peace River Hydro Project, Fort St. John, BC, Canada.
Past
Mar 26, 2018
Priscilla Nelson, Professor & Head, Department of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines. Update on Mines’ Mining Engineering Department.
Past
Mar 19, 2018
George Sowers, Professor, Space Resources, Colorado School of Mines. CSM’s New Space Resources Program.
Past
Mar 12, 2018
Bob Bair, Numismatist and Educator. James Earle and Laura Gardin Fraser: Artists and Designers of Coins and Medals.
Past
Mar 5, 2018
Tony Hammond, Mining Engineer, Hammond Swayne LLC. Bisoni McKay and other Vanadiferous Organic Shale Deposits of Central Nevada.
Past
Feb 26, 2018
Norb Cygan, Consulting Geologist. Discovery of the Panna Maria Uranium Deposit, Karnes County, Texas.
Past
Feb 19, 2018
Jim Guilinger, President, World Industrial Minerals. Lithium Projects in North America Operated by Zenih Minerals USA LLC.
Past
Feb 12, 2018
Story Time—Or How I Caught the Bug (and joined the mining fraternity). Share an interesting anecdote about your career with our members, in 5 minutes or so.
Past
Feb 5, 2018
Robert “Mac” West, Principal, Informal Learning Experiences. Colorado’s Dinosaurs.
Past
Jan 29, 2018
David M. Abbott, Jr., Consulting Geologist. Development of Geoscience Ethics Codes.
Past
Jan 22, 2018
Jim Burnell, Geologist and Principal, Mineral Strategies, LLC. A Review of Uranium Geology and Geochemistry.
Past
Jan 15, 2018
Elliot Matthews, BGC Engineering. Engineering North of 60 Degrees: A Diamondiferous Geotechnical Endeavor in the Subarctic.
Past
Jan 8, 2018
Bob Bair, Numismatist and Educator. Napoleon, Gold Coins and the European Economy.
Past
Jan 1, 2018
No meeting. Happy New Year!
No meeting

2018 programs

No Meeting. New Year’s Eve Holiday.

No Meeting. Christmas Eve Holiday.

No Meeting. Labor Day Holiday.

No meeting. Memorial Day Holiday.

No meeting. Happy New Year!

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