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Golden Eye Candy – Joyce Davell – Rites of Spring: the Cardboard Boat Race – enlarge

Real World Events

9:45AM-12PM Earth Day Trash Pick-Up @ Barrels and Bottles Brewery at Camp George West (map)
Invest In Our Planet. Invest In Our Community. We’ll provide trash bags and disposable gloves. Afterward, enjoy a free beverage (beer, wine, or soda) on us!

10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-5PM Spring Gear Sale and Swap @ Golden River Sports

11AM Happy 15th Anniversary, Windy Saddle Café (map)
Join Windy Saddle Café for cake and champagne served at 11AM until they run out!

12-2PM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge (most Sundays)
2PM Blue Ridge @ Miners Alley Playhouse

3-6PM Carnival & Fashion Show @ Golden High School
CAG’s Inaugural Fashion Show Fundraiser in collaboration with Golden High School’s Fashion & Design students.
Using items and materials from CAG’s thrift store, the students will model their own designs and creations on the runway. Join us for Carnival themed activities, food trucks, and craft mocktails from Cocktail Caravan. There will be a silent auction benefiting CAG food pantry. We’ll also have music of course!


Live Music

1-6PM Colorado Blues Society – 9th Annual Member’s Choice Awards @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)

11AM-2PM Green House Trio @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
1PM Whiskey Road @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
4-7PM Kyle O’Brien @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
4PM John Till @ Over Yonder

5-8PM Alibi Trio @ Golden Mill
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern


Golden History Moment

South Table Mountain – Google Satellite image – enlarge

47 Years Ago
In 1975 attorney Leo Bradley was hoping to open a quarry on South Table Mountain. The April 24, 1975 Golden Transcript described a well-attended meeting of the Jefferson County Planning Commission, which was reviewing Bradley’s application.

Bradley is representing the Adolph Coors Company and two other landowners who applied for the rezoning of 940 acres to the county’s new zone classification that preserves commercial mineral deposits…. While there are no plans to mine the Coors property, Bradley has stated that if the mineral conservation zoning is granted he would immediately seek a permit to mine the property owned by his wife, Patricia Bradley, and her sister, Maryanna Johnson.
Golden Transcript
– April 24, 1975

When asked what he planned to do with the property after the rock was excavated, Bradley replied that there were no plans. One of the Planning Commissioners said she believed he had told a group in Pleasant View that the land would become a reservoir. “Your impression was dead wrong,” Bradley replied.

A geologist testified that if the volcanic caprock was removed from the mountain top, rain and snow would seep into the lower parts of the mountain and would drain out of the west face, increasing the possibility of landslides.

A petroleum geologist submitted a report noting that 38 landslide deposits had been mapped on North and South Table Mountains by the USGS, indicating “the extreme instability and present delicate equilibrium of the mountain slopes.”

Several citizen groups voiced their objections to the quarry, and asked that the applicants submit “a complete environmental impact statement with more specific information concerning dust pollution, noise, truck traffic, drainage, and after-use.”

Post Script: Attorney Bradley never gave up his efforts to quarry South Table Mountain. He died in 2004. His wife, Patricia, died in 2021. Their son Jeff recently presented a plan to install solar panels on the family’s South Table Mountain property. The county rejected the application.


Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!

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