The Mining Museum will host the 51st Annual Pikes Peak Gem & Mineral Show! This year’s eventful weekend will take place on June 6, 7, 8 – 2014:, produced by our partners from the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society, centers around the Colorado Snow Mastodon Project!

• Learn about Mastodons and Mammoths! See bones, fossils and remains from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science’s Snow Mastodon Project excavation!
• See operating steam engines, antique mining equipment and a working stamp mill process real gold ore!
• Go gold panning, learn rock identification, play in the special kids’ area, participate in the silent auction, visit food vendors and club exhibits!
• Shop at unique gem, jewelry, mineral, meteorite and fossil vendors – indoor/outdoor vendor areas!

But wait! There is more…this adventure doesn’t stop at Mastodon remains. You will also see an Ice Age Giant Sloth, experience amazing shopping from over 25 vendors with gemstones, jewelry, or minerals to get your rock collection stared, and explore the wonders of gold mining in the west! The Gold Prospectors of Colorado will teach you how to gold pan and you can “Keep All You Find!” Finally, the Mining Museum will operate all of its spectacular equipment: steam engines, air trammers, steam shovel, and the truly unique, rumbling, thundering and shaking – 1890’s Yellow Jacket Stamp Mill Gold and Silver Refinery!

All of this and children under 13 are free! Adult admission is reduced to just $5 per person. Food and refreshments will be available on site. Call 719-488-0880 for more information, or visit our website at: www.wmmi.org.