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2019 programs

52 entries, newest first.

Dec 30, 2019
No Meeting. New Year’s Holiday.
No meeting
Dec 23, 2019
No Meeting. Christmas Holiday.
No meeting
Dec 16, 2019
Jeff Bain, Mine Safety and Health Specialist, MSHA Technical Support/Mine Emergency Operations Division, DOL/MSHA. Underground Mine Rescue Communications – Then and Now.
Past
Dec 9, 2019
Paul M. Santi, Professor and Director, Center for Mining Sustainability, Dept. of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines. El Centro Para Minería Sostenible: Humanitarian Issues Related to Artisanal and Small Scale Mining in Peru.
Past
Dec 2, 2019
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 128th anniversary!
Auction
Nov 25, 2019
Ulrich Lange, Mining Engineer (ret.). My Career in Mining, Primarily in Connection with Longwall Mining in the U.S.
Past
Nov 18, 2019
John Googins, Applications Engineer, Aggregate & Mining Consultants, LLC. Nuclear Fission and Fusion Reactions: How They Work and How They May Affect Our World in the Future.
Past
Nov 11, 2019
Drew Kramer, Senior External Affairs Advisor, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association. Updates from Tri-State G&T: Transitioning to a New Energy Era.
Past
Nov 4, 2019
Mel Janeck, Consulting Mining Engineer. A Million Dollars in 25 Years: A Low-risk Gold Strategy to Financial Independence.
Past
Oct 28, 2019
Paul Johnson, President, Colorado School of Mines. Mines Update: New Initiatives and Q & A.
Past
Oct 21, 2019
Corby Anderson, Harrison Western Professor, Colorado School of Mines. Innovation in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy.
Past
Oct 14, 2019
Jürgen Brune, Professor of Practice, Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines. The Ruhr Region and the Decline of Coal Mining in Germany.
Past
Oct 7, 2019
Steve Holmes, Explosives Engineering, AutoStem. Safer, Cleaner Blasting at 1000FPS.
Past
Sep 30, 2019
The Bomb, Part II. Video telling of the challenges our planet has faced living with it since 1945.
Past
Sep 23, 2019
The Bomb, Part I. Video describing the incredible power of the atom that was developed at a critical time in world history: World War II.
Past
Sep 16, 2019
Mingi Liang, PhD Candidate, Colorado School of Mines. Computational Fluid Dynamics Applied to Continuous Steel Casting.
Past
Sep 9, 2019
Judy Colgan, Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute. Current Events in Coal Mining.
Past
Sep 2, 2019
No meeting. Labor Day Holiday.
No meeting
Aug 26, 2019
Lee Fronapfel, Manager, Edgar Mine, Colorado School of Mines. Update on the Edgar Experimental Mine.
Past
Aug 19, 2019
H. Sebnem Düzgün, Professor, Banfield Chair in Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines. Earth Observation Systems in Mining: Monitoring the Relationship between Raw Materials and Human Development.
Past
Aug 12, 2019
Larry Cerrillo, Ingenuity Enterprises Int’l, Inc. Getting Past Go and Other Profit Robbers.
Past
Aug 5, 2019
Don Moon, The Bully Moose Pulpit, LLC. The Mayor of Colorado City, Johnathan Tabler, Talks about the Boom and Bust Periods of Gold Mining and Smeltering in the Pikes Peak Region.
Past
Jul 29, 2019
Jim Wilkins, Historian. Governor Ralph Carr and His Place in Colorado History.
Past
Jul 22, 2019
Jürgen Brune, Professor of Practice, Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines. Methane Explosion Hazards in Longwall Coal Mining: Why Bleeder Systems Are Not Safe.
Past
Jul 15, 2019
David M. Abbott, Jr., Consulting Geologist. Snowpack Data for Colorado: What the Figures Really Mean.
Past
Jul 8, 2019
Jon Thorson, Geophysical Engineer. Eighty Years in the Mining and Minerals Industry: Bentonite, Oil and Gas, Politics, and Philanthropy.
Past
Jul 1, 2019
Ann Parker and Donna Baier Stein, Authors. Mining Leadville and Family Lore for Fiction
Past
Jun 24, 2019
Rev. Lee Anderson-Harris, Pastor, Trinity UMC. Women’s Army Corps during World War II
Past
Jun 17, 2019
Dick Beach, DMC Secretary. Mining History Association 2019 Conference in the Iron Range, Marquette, MI
Past
Jun 10, 2019
Tanya Kriss, Outreach Coordinator, Minerals Education Coalition, SME Foundation. Update on the Minerals Education Coalition.
Past
Jun 3, 2019
Gregory Abramov, President, Borehole Mining International, Inc. “Geotechnology” – A Solution For The Modern Mining Terminology Clutter.
Past
May 27, 2019
No meeting. Memorial Day Holiday.
No meeting
May 20, 2019
The Last Ridge, the video story of Colorado’s own Tenth Mountain Division, how they trained near Leadville, and their role in the Italian Campaign during World War II.
Past
May 13, 2019
Beth Simmons and Bill Reich. The Belle Monte Iron Furnace, Marshall, Colo.
Past
May 6, 2019
J. Kemper Will, Attorney, Burns, Figa & Will. Turning “Brownfields” into Green Stuff: Challenges and Opportunities.
Past
Apr 29, 2019
Erin LaCount, Education Programs Coordinator, and Jeff Lamontagne, Executive Director, Friends of Dinosaur Ridge. 30th Anniversary Celebration at Dinosaur Ridge and Plans for the Future.
Past
Apr 22, 2019
Beth Reddy, Assistant Professor, Engineering, Design & Society, Colorado School of Mines. Perceptions of Risks Between Engineers and Geoscientists.
Past
Apr 15, 2019
Laura Wray, Consulting Petroleum Geologist. Geologic Wonders of Iceland – Unique Interplays between Volcanoes and Glaciers.
Past
Apr 8, 2019
Calvin Johnson, Gold Prospectors of Colorado. Mining High-grade Gold Ore.
Past
Apr 1, 2019
Peter Modreski, Geochemist, U.S. Geological Survey. Mining History of Jefferson County, Colorado.
Past
Mar 25, 2019
Rick Sauers, Curator, WMMI. What’s Happening at the Western Museum of Mining & Industry?
Past
Mar 18, 2019
Fangyu Liu, PhD Candidate, Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy (KIEM), Colorado School of Mines. Technological Advances in Rare Earth Metal Making: A Review.
Past
Mar 11, 2019
Lockett Wood, CEO, Avivid Water Technology LLC. Avivid’s TurboCoagTM Electrocoagulation System for Treating Acid Mine Water.
Past
Mar 4, 2019
Kelly Martin, VP Strategy and Development, Denver Public Schools (DPS)Foundation, Stephanie Hervey, K-8 STEM Curriculum Specialist and Nicholas Arvidson, Manager, School-Based Learning, DPS CareerConnect, DPS. The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Program in DPS.
Past
Feb 25, 2019
Matt Rhoades, CEO, United Battery Metals Corp. Vanadium: The Metal, the Markets and the Mines that will Produce It.
Past
Feb 18, 2019
Stephen Whittington, Executive Director, National Mining Hall of Fame & Museum. Update on the NMHoF&M.
Past
Feb 11, 2019
D. Erik Spiller, Research Professor, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines. Dry Stack Tailings.
Past
Feb 4, 2019
J. Kemper Will, Attorney, Burns, Figa & Will. Mining In Creede – Will It Return?
Past
Jan 28, 2019
Fangyu Liu, PhD Candidate, Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy (KIEM), Colorado School of Mines. Technological Advances in Rare Earth Metal Making: A Review.
Past
Jan 21, 2019
John Googins, Applications Engineer, Aggregate & Mining Consultants, LLC. ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor): Nuclear Fusion and Development of the First Commercial 500-megawatt ITER.
Past
Jan 14, 2019
Lois Brooks, Senior Advisor, Brooks & Nelson, LLC. The Importance of Mentoring as a Support to the Legacy of Mining: What You Can Do.
Past
Jan 7, 2019
Damian C. Friend, Executive Director, Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association. Update on the Mines Alumni Association.
Past

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