Loading...
Colorado School of Mines "M"
Arthur Lakes Library Colorado Digitization Project Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive Colorado School of Mines
Arthur Lakes Library
Colorado Digitization Project
Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive
Colorado School of Mines
Citations
Altmetric:
Advisor
Editor
Date
1900?-1999?
Date Issued
Date Submitted
Keywords
Collections
Research Projects
Organizational Units
Journal Issue
Embargo Expires
Abstract
Photograph showing the Colorado School of Mines "M," which was constructed by a group of 250 students and 20 faculty members on nearby Mount Zion in 1908. The 104 by 107 foot letter was built on a 23 degree slope at an elevation of 6900 feet. Joe O'Byrne designed the "M"-blem so it would appear undistorted from any angle of view. In 1931, members of the Colorado School of Mines Blue Key fraternity wired the "M" with electric lighting for Homecoming. The following year a fund drive was held to raise money to light up the "M" permanently, and in 1932 a power line was erected from the School's Brooks Field up to Mount Zion for this purpose. In 1989 the Blue Key fraternity launched an "M" renovation project, re-fitting and re-wiring the symbol to make it possible to control the lighting via a phone modem. After high winds downed the power lines to the "M" in the fall of 1989, the power lines and transformers were replaced using funds provided by the class of 1952.
Associated Publications
Rights
Rights management statement available at: http://library.mines.edu/digital/rights.html