FLATIRONS MINERAL CLUB MEETINGS
The club meets on the second Thursday of each month at 7
p.m., at the West
Boulder Senior Center, unless
otherwise stated. The
Members are
encouraged to bring specimens they have found or lapidary projects they have
completed to meetings. There are several
experts in the club that can help identify that mystery mineral or fossil find.
April (Apr. 11) – Annual Silent Auction. Start looking
for those extra specimens, rockhounding books, and
equipment to sell at the auction.
Coming Attractions
May (May 9) – Ray
Horton will give a short program about his Phoenix Mine and Field Trip
sign-ups,
June
(June 13) – Preethi Burkholder
will speak on "Ghost Towns of the Rockies." Preethi
is the author of the book "Ghost Towns of the Rockies" Rocky Mountain
ghost towns are filled with chilling but captivating tales from the mining era
when Gold, Silver, Coal, Copper, and Clay Mining ruled the West. Horace Tabor
the Silver King of Leadville was one of the wealthiest men in the country. He
lost all his fortune in the Silver Panic of 1893 and was shoveling dirt for
$0.65 cents a day at the time of his death. This will be a PowerPoint
presentation, along with storytelling and perhaps some piano music from the
mining era.
2013 Past Programs
January (Jan. 10) – Club member Ed Raines spoke on The Zinc Problem: Its Mineralogy, Metallurgy, Solution and the Results.
February (Feb. 14) – The February program was "Front Range
Geology" presented by two staff members of the Geological Society of
America.
March (Mar. 14) – "Gold and its Processing" presented
by John Widirstky.
John Widirstky has worked in gold mining and
milling since 1974, and has been a member of the Society of Mining
Engineers for over 25 years. He produced
over 4 tons of gold, and ran the largest mine production in the state for two
years.
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