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February 5, 2015 By SEO Admin

Colorado School of Mines lands big gift from international mining company

Colorado School of Mines in Golden has received a $1 million gift from the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation to support renovations and upgrades to the university’s Edgar Mine, an experimental mine facility in Idaho Springs that dates to the 1870s.

The mine, in its heyday in the late 1800s, produced high-grade silver, gold, lead and copper. It’s named for the Edgar mineral vein that runs along the hillside above the mine.

School of Mines, which awards 20 percent of mining engineering degrees awarded…