[HistMap-List] REMINDER: Rocky Mountain Map Society summer program: CO Mining Maps at School of Mines, with Chris Thiry

[Naomi E Heiser]

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The Rocky Mountain Map Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and appreciation of maps and other items of cartographic interest.  The Society was formed in 1991 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Visit us at www.RMmaps.org/<http://www.rmmaps.org/>

Tuesday, July 16, 2019 - Christopher J.J. Thiry
"Historic Mining Maps in the Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines"

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6-8 PM at Colorado School of Mines
Arthur Lakes Library, Golden, CO
Free and open to the Public

Please see RMMS website homepage for parking map. Street parking (where legal) and lot parking (with a very few exceptions) are free on campus after 5pm.
One of the driving motivations of U.S. settlement of the Rocky Mountains was mining. Beginning in the late 1850s, valuable minerals attracted fortune seekers to Colorado. As government organizations helped settle the lawlessness of mining districts, it was necessary to accurately map who had rights to plots of land. Maps painted a picture of mining's booms and busts, noted prospectors' names, and showed the development of Colorado's famous mountain towns. Some of the original maps are works of art. This talk will illustrate Colorado's historical mining maps using the rich collection of the Arthur Lakes Library.

Christopher J.J. Thiry has been the Map & GIS Librarian at the CO School of Mines Arthur Lakes Library since 1995. He holds a BA in history and an MLIS from the University of Michigan. He has taught numerous workshops in map librarianship, GIS, map resources, and map cataloging.


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