For several years, the Transcript ran occasional pieces called “Unwritten History.” They often described the wild doings from the editors’ youths. The September 11, 1941 Colorado Transcript featured this interesting tidbit:
UNWRITTEN HISTORY
Among the early brick plants in Golden was one located on the present site of the Mines baseball field above the testing plant. After several years it was abandoned and the old works, including a number of chimneys and an immense fly wheel, fell into decay.
For a number of years this old plant was a veritable amusement park for Golden’s younger generation. They scampered over the old kiln and climbed the chimneys. The fly wheel became a Ferris wheel, the youngsters clinging to the spokes, while their companions turned the wheel. Later the debris was cleared away.
