Upcoming Events
GREAT NEWS TIMES TWO
Estwing Gad Pry Bars are back !!
Just released and we've got them stocked.
Gold Occurrences book has finally been re-released.
Come on by for your copy
Spread the word - the Arkansas River Valley is open for prospectng. Come by the shop for more information on where to pan, sluice, power sluice and dredge. There is plenty of gold out there to be found.
Interesting Events for mineral lovers
Thursday, Jan. 26 and Friday, Jan. 27
NOVA Sneak Peek: Ice Age Death Trap; 7:00 p.m. both days, at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Go behind the scenes and behind the science for "Ice Age Death Trap," a new NOVA program produced by National Geographic and dedicated entirely to the discovery near Snowmass Village. Scientists Kirk Johnson and Ian Miller will host and present never-before-seen footage from the NOVA program. Share in the excitement of the discovery and the theories being explored around what happened to produce this rich and unique site. Get the inside scoop before the full program airs on Rocky Mountain PBS on February 1.
Reservations required, $8.00 members, $10 nonmembers; see
http://www.dmns.org/learn/adults/after-hours for details.
Saturday, Jan. 28, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Water, Water, Everywhere Nor Any Drop to Drink? Safely?, by David Norris, Integrative Physiology, will be one of a series of CU on the Weekend half-day or full-day lecture courses with a "Water in Colorado" theme. Sponsored by CU-Continuing Education, on the CU campus, Boulder. Registration ($15) required; see www.conted.colorado.edu/weekend-courses for full info about this and the
following Saturday one-day courses from February through April.
Tuesday, Jan. 31, 10:30 a.m.
USGS Rocky Mountain Science Seminar, "The Denver and Colorado Headwaters Basins: a look at Laramide deformation by observations from both sides of the Front Range, Colorado, by Marieke Dechesne, Denver Museum of Nature and Science and USGS. The lecture will be in the auditorium in Building 25, Denver Federal Center. Enter the Federal Center via the Main Gate (Gate 1) on Kipling St., turn to the right, proceed 3 blocks north and park in the lot east of Building 25; check in with the security guard at the main entrance, E-14, on the east
side of Building 25. Visitors are welcome to attend.
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event list compliments of:
Peter J. Modreski
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado
Public Relations and Educational Outreach
tel. 303-202-4766, fax 303-202-4742
email pmodreski@usgs.gov
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at Prospectors Village
17897 US Hwy. 285 | Nathrop, Colorado 81236
(between Buena Vista & Salida)
(719) 539-2019
