My First Monday at Mines

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On my first full day at Mines I saw a few interesting things.  This old switcher locomotive hides out by the facilities services buildings.  It has tracks leading back into a shop but no tracks beyond the nose of the engine.  I wonder how this thing got here, what it was used for, and why it is still hanging around.

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Looking down the hill.

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The big M on the side of Mount Zion where the Class of 2017 can be seen (look for the white line to the lower right of the M and above the buses).  The buses were brought in to carry the students back down the mountain.  The students had to do their own hiking up there from campus.

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This is another shot from earlier in the day.  All of the little white dots are students carrying their rocks.

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A view of my office.

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From my desk chair I can see North Table Mountain. Not bad!

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On one of the campus streets.

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Brown Hall where I now work.

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The rec center with the climbing wall at the front of the building.

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South Table Mountain.

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My office plaque!


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I am guessing this is military science?

Welcome to Golden!


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We found ourselves in the middle of the annual fine arts festival in Golden.  There were vendors from all over the USA showing off their art.
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Yes, that is a guy riding his horse down the street.

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Coors Brewing looming east of downtown.  I need to go take a tour of the brewery in the near future.

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The famous M on the hill above the Colorado School of Mines.  It is lit up at night and looks outstanding.

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Welcome to Golden!

William F. Cody’s Grave and the View from the Buffalo Bill Museum Overlook

IMG_1088Up on top of Lookout Mountain we found a nice overlook at the Buffalo Bill Museum.  Below us was Golden with North Table Mountain to the left and South Table Mountain to the right.  Denver was lost in the haze in the distance.
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The Colorado School of Mines campus and Coors Brewing.  The mostly gray building in the middle-right portion of the picture is where I will be spending much of my time.
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William F. Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, is buried here deep in the bedrock.  Evidently Cody, Wyoming tried to steal his body once.

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