Our Focus Preserving and Educating the Public About Gold Rush History Near Cripple Creek & Victor, Colorado. The STCFG works with Newmont Cripple Creek & Victor mining and other private land owners to develop positive solutions to historic preservation, recreation, education and post-mining land use.Visit Newmont.com for more information about Newmont CC&V .
Thanks to al for a great 2024 Show! Art by Nature & Design ~ Stone/Shelly Birch Terry Hammen Gem Cutter ~ Rocky Mountain Wonders ~ RA Stones Bright Star Gemstones ~ Atomic Perfection ~ Pegasus Gems ~ Star Mountain Trading Mountain Men Minerals Unbroken Records ~ Little Man's Big Rocks ~ Armando Barreara Wild Horse Mesa ~ Trini & Julie's Minerals ~ Spaid Crystals ~ Mari RocksPurple Mountain Minerals ~ Silicates for You/The Rock Bloke ~ Stunning Minerals/NunezOpalos Romero ~ Sharon Holte/Gems Minerals & Things ~ Rock House Paintings & Treasures
The annual Victor Gem & Mineral Show presented by the Southern Teller County Focus Group (STCFG) in Victor, Colorado will be held the third weekend in June. The event will be held in downtown historic Victor and is open and free to the public. 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, geodes, and more. There will also be gold and gem panning at the Victor Lowell Thomas Museum. Show hours are from 9 to 5 Friday and Saturday and 9-4 on Sunday. Friday and Saturday of the weekend, you can experience Oddities Alley, a concurrent event of with a unique blend of vendors, food trucks, and live entertainment. The Enigma will be performing during the weekend. The Enigma is a bizarre show of original music, odd humor, and amazing stunts. The concurrent events are sponsored by the Black Monarch Hotel in Victor and Urban Cirque. Urban Cirque will present two days of aerial performances in the downtown. In addition, the Victor Lowell Thomas Museum gift shop will be open with its collection of rocks, gems, minerals, rhodochrosite and aquamarine jewelry, geodes and gold panning for kids of all ages. The museum also houses a mineral collection as well as historic mining equipment, photos, and historic oddities. In addition, guided bus tours of the mining district and the Sunnyside Cemetery are available through the museum that weekend – see VictorMuseum.com for reservations and information. Victor’s many shops and attractions will also be open, including Victor’s Gold Camp Ag & Mining Museum, antique, art, and gift shops, the German bakery, the local bars and eateries, Phantom Canyon Coffee and Gifts, as well as the local parks and Trails of Gold where you can explore the outdoors in historic gold mining country. The Victor Elks Lodge will be grilling on the porch.
Concurrent Event
Unique vendors! Food trucks:The Enigma and aerial acrobats return! Sponsored by the Black Monarch Hotel