Mount Sopris Instruments

Mount Sopris* Instrument Company was founded in Boulder, Colorado in 1951 at a time when locating uranium for weapon and reactor use was of national interest. In 1962, the company reopened its doors in Delta, Colorado and began to manufacture borehole geophysical instruments for the natural resource and geological communities. Due to the company’s association with government agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission, the US Geological Survey, and the US Bureau of Mines, Mount Sopris loggers quickly became the standard in the geophysical community. The company’s location in western Colorado was also advantageous, as the abundance of oil, oil-shale, natural gas, coal, uranium & other mineral deposits drove demand for portable geophysical loggers. Mount Sopris thrived. From this location, the company designs, manufactures and supports the geophysical logging systems that are used in over 120 countries around the world.