Western Museum of Mining & Industry

09/02/2026

Rivers of wealth flowed straight down the mountain from Cripple Creek and into Colorado Springs and transformed the growing city.

Join UCCS Professor John Haney next Tuesday as he explores how the Cripple Creek gold rush created a boomtown in Colorado Springs.

📅Sept. 8 @ 5:30 pm

08/28/2026

Sad to see Super Saturdays go for now… but there’s always something to see on campus!

08/05/2026

Please join us for the electrifying tale of how rural Colorado communities were brought into the Age of Power!

Did you know farms and ranches didn't get electricity until decades after Colorado's cities and mining towns? Join Wayne Russert on August 11th as he traces the power lines from Colorado Springs out across the mountains to the rest of the state, and hear about the impacts power had on rural life.

📅 Aug 11 @ 4pm

07/30/2026

Curious what it takes to be a Stamp Mill operator? Watch Colton drop the stamps, then come see the mill in action for yourself.

It’s our last Super Saturday of the year, so don’t miss out! August 8th - Farming & Ranching

07/22/2026

Pete’s working away! 🔨

Did you know we have a model blacksmith shop on campus? Preserved from the Orpha May mine outside of Cripple Creek, these demonstrations can been seen on Super Saturdays and at the Miners Pumpkin Patch!

07/08/2026

Join us for a trolley ride through history!

Did you know that Colorado Springs once had once of the best streetcar systems around? Join John Haney, lifelong Springs resident and founding member of the Pikes Peak Trolley Museum & Restoration Shop as he traces the rise, fall and future of our local trolleys.

📅 July 14 @ 4pm

07/06/2026

07/01/2026

Dropping in to say hi! 👋 Meet Air Trammer No. 8! Built in 1906, this compressed air locomotive hauled ore cars deep underground in the Homestake Gold Mine in Lead, SD until retirement in 1984.

High pressure air trammers like No. 8 were the modern evolution of donkeys, eventually replaced by electric locomotives.

06/12/2026

Plot twist: it takes a modern air compressor to run our historic machines. Our Ingersoll Rand Compressor Systems & Services from 1977 vs. now, still powering history!

06/11/2026