<Tr> <Th> Mascot </Th> <Td> Marvin the Miner Blaster the Burro </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.mines.edu </Td> </Tr> <P> Colorado School of Mines, also referred to as "Mines", is a public teaching and research university in Golden, Colorado, devoted to engineering and applied science, with special expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth's natural resources . Mines placed 82nd in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report "Best National Universities" ranking . In the 2016--17 QS World University Rankings by subject, the university was ranked as the top institution in the world for mineral and mining engineering . </P> <P> Golden, Colorado, established in 1859 as Golden City, served as a supply center for miners and settlers in the area . In 1866, Bishop George M. Randall of Massachusetts arrived in the territory and, seeing a need for higher education facilities in the area, began planning for a university which would include a school of mines . In 1870, he opened the Jarvis Hall Collegiate School in the central building of the Colorado University Schools campus just south of the town of Golden, accompanied it with Matthews Hall divinity school in 1872, and in 1873 the School of Mines opened under the auspices of the Episcopal Church . In 1874 the School of Mines, supported by the territorial government since efforts began in 1870, was acquired by the territory and has been a state institution since 1876 when Colorado attained statehood . Tuition was originally free to residents of Colorado . The school's logo was designed by prominent architect Jacques Benedict . </P>

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