Recent Submissions

  • History of the Creede mining district

    Raines, Ed; Mines Museum of Earth Science; Colorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library
    Ed Raines, a geologist, mineralogist, and mining historian, talks about the history of the Creede mining district. This lecture includes details about the people, mines, and ores associated with the development of this site, as well as other relevant information surrounding mining and the mineral industry.
  • Geology of the Creede mining district

    Raines, Ed; Mines Museum of Earth Science; Colorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library
    Ed Raines, a geologist, mineralogist, and mining historian, explains the history of our understanding of silicic volcanism as it applies to studies of the geology of Creede. Ed describes the volcanism and the formation of the calderas in the Creede area, the mineralization of the area, as well as other geologic processes that contributed to the formation of the silver-rich ore deposits of the Creede mining district.