Mining Artifacts Shows
For those of you that are looking
for mining artifacts and learn more about early mining you should attend the
twice a year Mining Artifact Swap Meet. This is a group of hardcore collectors who
bring the “good” stuff to the shows. They
are generally two shows a year and the first one is in February and the second
one is in June in either Colorado
or California . The Colorado
and California shows rotate every
other year between the two states. These shows are not well advertized and the
one in Tucson is held during the annual February Tucson Gem and Mineral Show
that takes up most of Tucson’s motels and overshadows other activities.
This year’s
show, shown below, was held on February 8 in Tucson
at 6245 E. Bellevue Street
from 11AM to 4 PM . They had approximately 25 vendors at the show and attendance
was normal. The pictures below show the vendor’s wares and visitors. This show
is a good forum to network with people with mining knowledge and to learn about
old mining artifacts as shown below:
The next show
is going to be in Nevada City , California Nevada City
Elks Building 10 AM to 4 PM . This show will be similar to the one in Tucson
and should be very exciting. The Nevada City area has several mining related
attractions, including the North Star Powerhouse and Museum, Nevada City Miner’s
Foundry, Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad and the Empire Mine State Park.
