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served as a supply center for miners and settlers in the area. By 1866, Bishop
under the auspices of the Episcopal Church and in 1874 the School of Mines
programs was on gold and silver, and the assaying of those minerals. As the
School in a building just south of the town of Golden. In 1873, Mines opened
The City of Golden, first known as Golden City, was established in 1859 and
the first international student graduated in 1889, and the first female student
education facilities in the area, began planning for a university which would
The first Colorado School of Mines Board of Trustees meeting was held in
Courses offered to students during the early years of the Colorado School
1879, the first formal commencement for two graduates was held in 1883,
became a territorial institution and has been a state institution since 1876
of Mines included chemistry, metallurgy, mineralogy, mining engineering,
include a school of mines. In 1870, he opened the Jarvis Hall Collegiate
George M. Randall arrived in the territory and, seeing a need for higher
geology, botany, math, and drawing. The focus of the early academic

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institution grew, its mission expanded to focus specifically on understanding

HISTORY when Colorado attained statehood. the Earth, harnessing energy, and sustaining the environment. Colorado School of Mines Facilities Master Plan

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