Victor Gem & Mineral Show

The show will include vendors from across the state selling Colorado dug minerals. Items for sale will include polished gems, hand-crafted jewelry, rough slabs, specimens, cabochons, geode breaking, Cripple Creek & Victor Mining District gold ore specimens, Cripple Creek turquoise, and more. There will also be gold and gem panning at the Victor Lowell Thomas Museum. Show hours are from 9 to 5 each day.

This year a geologist from Newmont Cripple Creek & Victor will make a presentation on the geology of the gold mining district. This free presentation will be held Saturday, June 19 at 1 p.m. at the Pinnacle Park Plaza on North Third St., Victor. The presentation is free but seating is limited.

Saturday and Sunday the STCFG will hold silent auctions of specimens as a fundraiser to support its historic preservation, mining education, and trails maintenance efforts.

Saturday night the Black Monarch Hotel will host free music on the corner of Victor Avenue and Third Street.