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National Mining Hall of Fame, the Glossary

The National Mining Hall of Fame is a museum located in Leadville, Colorado, United States, dedicated to commemorating the work of miners and people who work with natural resources.^[1]

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25 relations: Boart Longyear, Colorado School of Mines, Congressional charter, Ed Schieffelin, Fred Chester Bond, Georgius Agricola, Gertrude Selma Sober, Gold, Gold rush, Harrison Schmitt, Herbert Hoover, Horace Tabor, James M. Hyde, James W. Loewen, Janet Zaph Briggs, Leadville, Colorado, Meyer Guggenheim, Middle school, Mineral collecting, Museum, Paddy Martinez, Rail transport modelling, Secondary school, United States dollar, White Anglo-Saxon Protestants.
1977 establishments in Colorado
Halls of fame in Colorado
Mining in the United States
Mining museums in Colorado
National museums of the United States
Private congressionally designated national museums of the United States

Boart Longyear

Boart Longyear is an international mineral exploration company founded in 1890 in the United States.

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Colorado School of Mines

Colorado School of Mines (Mines) is a public research university in Golden, Colorado founded in 1874.

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A congressional charter is a law passed by the United States Congress that states the mission, authority, and activities of a group. National Mining Hall of Fame and congressional charter are Patriotic and national organizations chartered by the United States Congress.

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Ed Schieffelin

Edward Lawrence Schieffelin (1847–1897) was an Indian scout and prospector who discovered silver in the Arizona Territory, which led to the founding of Tombstone, Arizona.

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Fred Chester Bond

Fred Chester Bond (June 10, 1899 – January 23, 1977) was an American mining engineer.

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Georgius Agricola

Georgius Agricola (born Georg Bauer; 24 March 1494 – 21 November 1555) was a German Humanist scholar, mineralogist and metallurgist.

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Gertrude Selma Sober

Gertrude Selma Sober Field (December 26, 1869 — November 2, 1949) was an American geologist and mining company executive, credited with discovering the zinc in the Arbuckle Mountains in Oklahoma.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.

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Gold rush

A gold rush or gold fever is a discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune.

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Harrison Schmitt

Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, former NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and the most recent living person—and only person without a background in military aviation—to have walked on the Moon.

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Herbert Hoover

Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933.

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Horace Tabor

Horace Austin Warner "Haw" Tabor (November 26, 1830 – April 10, 1899), also known as The Bonanza King of Leadville and The Silver King, was an American prospector, businessman, and Republican politician.

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James M. Hyde

James McDonald Hyde (June 25, 1873 – July 18, 1943) was a metallurgist who designed the first significant froth flotation plant in the United States.

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James W. Loewen

James William Loewen (February 6, 1942August 19, 2021) was an American sociologist, historian, and author.

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Janet Zaph Briggs

Janet Zaph Briggs (February 7, 1912 – January 25, 1974) was an American metallurgist, the first woman to earn a mining engineering degree from Stanford University, and an expert on molybdenum.

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Leadville, Colorado

Leadville is a statutory city that is the county seat, the most populous community, and the only incorporated municipality in Lake County, Colorado, United States.

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Meyer Guggenheim

Meyer Guggenheim (February 1, 1828 – March 15, 1905) was the patriarch of what became known as the Guggenheim family in the United States, which became one of the world's wealthiest families during the 19th century, and remained so during the 20th.

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Middle school

A middle school, also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school, is an educational stage between primary school and secondary school.

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Mineral collecting

Mineral collecting is the hobby of systematically collecting, identifying and displaying mineral specimens.

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Museum

A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying and/or preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects.

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Paddy Martinez

Patricio "Paddy" Martinez (1881– August 26, 1969) was an American prospector and shepherd who discovered uranium at Haystack Mesa in the San Juan Basin near Grants, New Mexico, in 1950.

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Rail transport modelling

Railway modelling (UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland) or model railroading (US and Canada) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale.

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Secondary school

A secondary school or high school is an institution that provides secondary education.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

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White Anglo-Saxon Protestants

In the United States, White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASP) is a sociological term which is often used to describe white Protestant Americans of Northwestern European descent, who are generally part of the white dominant culture or upper-class and historically often the Mainline Protestant elite.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Mining_Hall_of_Fame

Also known as Mining Hall of Fame, National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum.