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The School of Mines Ore Cart Pull: A 91-year-old tradition

Denver7 · · 379 words · By Ethan Carlson
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What to know about The School of Mines Ore Cart Pull: A 91-year-old tradition

— Hundreds of students from the Colorado School of Mines gathered Friday to take part in a 91-year-old tradition: pulling an ore cart down Colfax Avenue.

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What happened

— Hundreds of students from the Colorado School of Mines gathered Friday to take part in a 91-year-old tradition: pulling an ore cart down Colfax Avenue.

Why it matters

They traveled seven miles from Lakewood to Denver’s Sculpture Park to connect with the school’s mining heritage and to get a well-deserved break from the heavy student workload.

Common ground

The ore cart pull is part of E-days, a three-day engineering celebration.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Hundreds of students from the Colorado School of Mines gathered Friday to take part in a 91-year-old tradition: pulling an ore cart down Colfax Avenue.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that students from the Colorado School of Mines participate in the tradition of pulling an ore cart down Colfax Avenue, with one source explicitly mentioning the 91-year-old tradition and another mentioning the 92nd celebration.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Colorado School of Mines (Mines) is a public research university in Golden, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1874, the school offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, scie…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_School_of_Mines
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Golden is a home rule city that is the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 20,399 at the 2020 United States census. Golden lies along Clear Creek at the b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden,_Colorado
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) is a public research university located in downtown Denver, Colorado. It is part of the University of Colorado system. Established in 1912 as an extension…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Colorado_Denver
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Claim 2: “The ore cart pull is part of E-days, a three-day engineering celebration.”
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Two independent web sources confirm that the ore cart pull is part of 'E-days' (Engineering Days), described as a celebration for engineering students.
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web search NEUTRAL — The ore cart pull is part of E-days, a three-day engineering celebration. Watch as students takeover Colfax in the tradition of 91 years.
https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/the-school-of-mines-…
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web search NEUTRAL — E-Days – short for Engineering Days – is one of the most anticipated events of the academic year at Mines, with students taking part in traditions including the Ore Cart Pull and Cardboard Boat Races.…
https://www.minesnewsroom.com/news/engineering-tradition-col…
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web search NEUTRAL — This is a tradition at Mines, and consists of students collectively pulling an ore cart 7.5 miles down Colfax Ave to the Colorado State Capitol in Downtown D...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F5ps5bXkXk
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Claim 3: “The tradition, which dates back to 1934, has students taking turns to pull a mining cart by holding onto a large rope.”
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The age of the tradition is inconsistent across sources. One source calls it a 91-year-old tradition, another mentions a 92nd celebration, and a third source explicitly describes it as a '94-year-old tradition'. This makes the specific start date of 1934 disputed based on the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Colorado School of Mines (Mines) is a public research university in Golden, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1874, the school offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, scie…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_School_of_Mines
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web search NEUTRAL — Hundreds of students from the Colorado School of Mines gathered to take part in a 94-year-old tradition: pulling an ore cart down Colfax Avenue.
https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/the-school-of-mines-…
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web search NEUTRAL — This is a tradition at Mines, and consists of students collectively pulling an ore cart 7.5 miles down Colfax Ave to the Colorado State Capitol in Downtown D...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F5ps5bXkXk
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Claim 4: “They traveled seven miles from Lakewood to Denver’s Sculpture Park”
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There is a contradiction regarding the destination and distance. One source states they traveled seven miles to Denver's Sculpture Park, while another source (CBS4) and a YouTube reference state the cart is pulled to the state Capitol, with the YouTube source specifying a distance of 7.5 miles.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Athmar Park is a residential neighborhood in southwest Denver, Colorado. It consists mostly of all-brick ranches and bungalow-style homes built in the 1940s and 1950s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athmar_Park,_Denver
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Denver ( DEN-vər) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Officially a consolidated city and county, it is located in the South Platte River valley on the western edge o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Holocaust memorials and museums situated in the United States, organized by state.
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