{"id":942872,"date":"2018-08-20T16:44:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T16:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=942872"},"modified":"2018-08-20T16:44:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T16:44:18","slug":"photos-mining-school-freshmen-climb-local-mountain-with-10lb-rock-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=942872","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Mining school freshmen climb local mountain with 10lb rock"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Michael Allan McCrae<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

Colorado School of Mines held its annual M Climb event on Friday where students and faculty carried a 10-pound rock from their hometown to form an M on a local mountainside<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The school says the tradition dates back from 110 years ago when students and faculty built a monument on Mount Zion by loading a supply train of burros and packing it way up. Today, a students hike up Lookout Mountain Road, which is closed to motor traffic during the procession. When students reach the M, rocks are white-washed and then placed on the side of the mountain.<\/p>\n

Mining is popular. The school received 13,281 applications for the 2018-2019 academic year and accepted about 1,380<\/a>. The average high school GPA was 3.8 on an unweighted 4.0 scale.<\/p>\n

The incoming class is 31 percent women and 22.5 percent underrepresented domestic ethnic or racial groups.<\/p>\n

About six per cent of the incoming class is international students. Top countries represented outside the U.S. are Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Kuwait, China and Nigeria.<\/p>\n

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Have you packed your 10 lb rock for the #MClimb<\/a>? pic.twitter.com\/mUCBxkWdFt<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CO School of Mines (@coschoolofmines) August 13, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Prepping the hard hats!! #MClimb<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/g1Yt2TxTld<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CO School of Mines (@coschoolofmines) August 17, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here we go!! #MClimb<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/4w1ZcNU8K8<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CO School of Mines (@coschoolofmines) August 17, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Our M has a fresh coat\u2026 and our new #Orediggers<\/a> have a fresh coat! It’s a clean start to the semester! #MClimb<\/a> #HelluvaEngineer<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/YCJJczYie8<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CO School of Mines (@coschoolofmines) August 18, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here’s to an awesome #MClimb<\/a>! Thank you, Blue Key, @MinesAthletics<\/a> and all of the student organizations that came out to welcome our new #Orediggers<\/a>!! #HelluvaEngineer<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/clB4gp45ZY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CO School of Mines (@coschoolofmines) August 17, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Feature photo courtesy of Colorado School of Mines<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

The post PHOTOS: Mining school freshmen climb local mountain with 10lb rock<\/a> appeared first on MINING.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

…read more<\/a> <\/p>\n

From:: Infomine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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