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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 207 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOLDEN , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Jefferson county, See also:Colorado, U.S.A., on Clear See also:Creek- (formerly called the Vasquez See also:fork of the See also:South See also:Platte), about 14 M. W. by N. of See also:Denver. Pop. (1900) 2152; (1910) 2477. Golden is a residential suburb of Denver, served by the Colorado & See also:Southern, the Denver & Intermountain (electric), and the Denver & See also:North-Western Electric See also:railways. It is about 5700 ft. above See also:sea-level. About 600 ft. above the city is See also:Castle See also:Rock, with an amusement See also:park, and W. of Golden is Lookout See also:Mountain, a natural park of 3400 acres. About 1 m. S. of the city is a See also:state See also:industrial school for boys, and in Golden is the Colorado State School of Mines (opened 1874), which offers courses in See also:mining See also:engineering and metallurgical engineering. The See also:Independent Pyritic Smelter is at Golden, and among the city's manufactures are pottery, See also:firebrick and See also:tile, made from See also:clays found near by, and See also:flour. There are deposits of See also:coal, See also:copper and See also:gold in the vicinity. See also:Truck-farming and the growing of See also:fruit are important See also:industries in the neighbourhood.

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settlement here was a gold mining See also:camp, established in 1859, and named in See also:honour of Tom Golden, one of the See also:pioneer prospectors. The See also:village was laid out in 186o, and Golden was incorporated as a See also:town in 1865 and was chartered as a city in 187o. Golden was made the See also:capital of Colorado Territory in 1862, and several sessions (or parts of sessions) of the See also:Assembly were held here between 1864 and 1868, when the seat of See also:government was formally established at Denver; the territorial offices of Colorado, however, were at Golden only in 1866–1867.

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