The Ore Cart Pull is a signature event during Mines' E-Days. Students walk all the way down Colfax Avenue to the State Capitol, some 7 miles.

The Denver Gazette reported that boats were"collapsing all over the creek" during the exciting Cardboard Boat Race. The fact that the boats have to be made of cardboard might explain some of the structural failures that occurred once they were introduced to Clear Creek.

On the hunt for burial sites in Templeton Cemetery in Woodland Park, four students from the Mines applied 21st century technology to uncover 19th century graves. With ground penetrating radar, electromagnetic device and a GPS system, the students found clues to graves of the city’s pioneers who contributed to the development of Woodland Park. “We are seeing if the soil is disturbed; over here we can already see some indentations,” said Anna Nichols, who with Mia Jungman, Alexis Herr and Jim Gabriel spent two days at the cemetery.

Chris Tolton, Master's of Science degree student in space resources, Angel Abbud-Madrid, professor of practice in mechanical engineering and director of the Center for Space Resources at Mines, and Zack Bennett, director of the Beck Venture Center at Mines, are quoted.

"In the mining process you are taking things that are happily buried in the ground, isolated from the atmosphere and when they hit oxygen, there goes the chemical reaction," said Rich Wanty, a research professor at Colorado School of Mines, noting ....

Not only is carbon storage necessary for capturing and ridding the air of emissions that either are taken from industrial pipes — or, in the future, will be pulled directly from the air — but it’s been proven effective, said Anna Littlefield ....

“Nuclear thermal propulsion is an important technology if we're talking space exploration,” said Dr. Jeffrey King, a professor of nuclear engineering at the Colorado School of Mines in an interview with The Denver Gazette. “If we're going to get ....

“Nuclear power is generally regarded as one of the safest forms of power generation. We fear it a lot. We worry about it,” said Dr. Jeffery King, professor of nuclear engineering at the Colorado School of Mines in an interview with The Denver Gazette ....

Colorado School of Mines students and faculty collaborated with renegade performing-arts collective Itchy-O to create a one-of-kind musical instrument as a way of showcasing the intersection of the arts and science.