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FOMS Spring schedule for 2000

Meetings of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society (FOMS) are open to the public. Dues (which includes subscription to the society's journal, The Picking Table) are only $15 for year 2000.

Information below was kindly provided by Dick Bostwick, editor for The Picking Table. For additional information on the FOMS, and contact details, see the FOMS page on this website.

     
  Saturday, March 18, 2000
10:00 A.M. - Noon --- FOMS Micro Group, Franklin Mineral Museum.

1:30 - 3:30 P.M. --- FOMS Meeting and Lecture, Franklin Mineral Museum: Mining Methods in New Jersey, by Mark Zdepski, professional geologist.

 

Saturday, April 15, 2000
9:00 - Noon --- FOMS Field Trip --- Buckwheat Dump, Franklin Mineral Museum.

10:00 - Noon --- FOMS Micro Group --- Franklin Mineral Museum.

1:30 - 3:30 P.M. --- FOMS Meeting and Lecture --- Franklin Mineral Museum: The Crater at the Edge of the World, by Geoffrey Notkin. [A visit to the 70-mile-wide Popigai meteorite crater in northern Siberia]

6:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. --- **Night Collecting on the Mine Run Dump, Sterling Hill, for members of the Sterling Hill Mining Museum Foundation. Fee: $1.00/lb.
Eye protection, flashlight, and UV lamp advised.

 

Saturday and Sunday, April 29 and 30, 2000
SPRING SHOW WEEKEND
The Seventh Annual FOMS Spring Swap-and-Sell, held in conjunction with the 28th Annual N.J.E.S.A. Gem & Mineral Show. Both events are being held at the Robert
E. Littell Community Center and the Hardyston School in Franklin, the FOMS Swap-and-Sell outside and the N.J.E.S.A. Show inside. The Littell Center and the Hardyston School are located at the south end of Franklin on opposite sides of Route 23, near the intersection with Route 517.

Swap-and-Sell hours: Saturday, 7:30 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.; Sunday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

N.J.E.S.A Show hours: Saturday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.; Sunday, 10 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

[For Swap-and-Sell information, contact Chet Lemanski after 8:00 P.M. at (609) 893-7366.]

BANQUET AND AUCTION:
Banquet and Auction Saturday evening at the GeoTech Center, Sterling Hill Mining Museum.
Social hour at 5:30 to 6:30 P.M. followed by an all-you-can-eat buffet from 6:30 to 7:30 P.M.
Banquet Tickets are $13.50 each and include all food, coffee, tea, and soft drinks. B.Y.O.B.!!
Silent Auction from 5:30 to 7:30 P.M., and Live Auction at 7:45 P.M. Both auctions are for the benefit of all three show sponsors: NJESA, FOMS, and the Sterling Hill Mining Museum.

FIELD COLLECTING:
**Trotter Dump Field Trip, organized by the Delaware Valley Earth Science Society (DVESS).

UPDATE: The Trotter 2000 event is now over!
But you can still click here to see some of what went on.

Schedule: Saturday, 9:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., then after dark from 7:30 P.M. to 11:00 P.M. $20 for all day, plus $1 per pound for material collected before 7:00 P.M. and $2 per pound for material collected after dark. For reservations contact Don Halterman, 1708 Ralston Drive,
Mt. Laurel NJ 08054. E-mail information at: trotterdump@yahoo.com

**Collecting Sunday from 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. at the Mine Run Dump, Sterling Hill Mining Museum. Admission $10 (good for 10 pounds), plus $1/lb. for additional material collected.

 

Sunday, May 7, 2000
1:30 P.M. - **Annual Volunteer Appreciation and Miners Day Tribute at the Franklin Mineral Museum, including special events and a concert by the famous Franklin Band.

 

Saturday, May 20, 2000
8:00 A.M. - Noon --- FOMS Field Trip --- Noble and Passaic Pits, Sterling Hill Mining Museum ($1/lb., 10 lb. minimum); Pits open from 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. for SHMM Assoc. members.

10:00 - Noon --- Micro Group --- GeoTech Center, Sterling Hill Mining Museum.

1:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. --- FOMS Meeting and Lecture --- Franklin Mineral Museum. Memories of Franklin and Ogdensburg, by Bernard Kozykowski

 

Sunday, May 21, 2000
9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. --- FOMS Field Trip --- Lime Crest Quarry, Limecrest Road, Sparta, NJ.
This is an invitational field trip hosted by the FOMS, and is open to members of mineral clubs which carry E.F.M.L.S. membership and liability insurance. Proof of E.F.M.L.S. membership/insurance required. Proper safety gear a must.

 

Saturday, June 3, 2000
8:00 - 11:00 P.M. --- **Spring Night Dig and Mineral Sale at the Buckwheat Dump, Franklin. 
Sponsored by the Franklin Mineral Museum. Open to the public - poundage fee charged. Eye protection, flashlight, and UV lamp advised.

 

Saturday, June 17, 2000
9:00 A.M.- Noon --- FOMS Field Trip --- Franklin Quarry, Cork Hill Rd., Franklin.

1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. --- FOMS Meeting and Lecture, Franklin Mineral Museum.
Review of Three Mineral Collecting Localities at Anthony's Nose on the Hudson River near the Bear Mountain Bridge, by John Betts.

 

**Activities so marked are not sponsored by the FOMS but may be of interest to its members; such functions may incur fees and/or require membership in other organizations.

 

  
     

Scheduled activities of the FOMS include meetings, field trips, and other events. Regular meetings are held on the third Saturdays of March, April, May, June, September, October, and November, and generally comprise a business session followed by a lecture. FOMS meetings are open to the public, and are held at 1:30 P.M., usually in Kraissl Hall at the Franklin Mineral Museum, Evans St., Franklin NJ (check listing for exceptions). FOMS field trips are generally held on the mornings before regular FOMS meetings.

These field trips are open only to FOMS members aged 13 or older. An exception to the membership requirement is the Lime Crest Quarry field trip, sponsored twice a year by the FOMS; this is open to members of clubs which have E.F.M.L.S. liability insurance or equivalent coverage. Proof of membership is required for all field trips, as well as proper field trip gear: hard hat, protective goggles or glasses, gloves, and sturdy footwear.

See the FOMS page for membership details today.