have kept it separate as the trailer was emptied, hoping to find a place where it would be valued. The Trustees voted to donate this collection to

The Jurupa Mountains Cultural Center,
7621 Granite Hill Dr.,
Riverside, CA 92509,
phone (909)685-5818 (www.the-jmcc.org).

They are located about 30 miles from Crestmore and have a many interesting mineral displays and a special Crestmore exhibit. Here is part of their letter of appreciation:

On behalf of the Board of Directors thank you very much for the donation of Crestmore Minerals to the Jurupa Mountain Cultural Center. We also appreciate your hand delivering them personally to the Center. They will be put to good use here at the Center.  Dr. Jack Nieburger, our Crestmore Curator, will catalog the specimens for museum use. Once again, thank you very much for your generosity and support.

Finally, we are planning to have a few new field trips this year, we will have our sales for members, and will continue our normal activities such as the Flagg Show and Arizona Minerals Symposium. If you are not a member (we send this newsletter to several hundred people, many whom are not members), think about joining.

Ray Grant

Chairman's Corner

I hope that everyone had a great summer and is ready to think about the Foundation again.

Our next activity will be the trustees meeting on Thursday, September 19 at 7:00 PM at the Museum. Remember, all members are welcome, and the meetings are a good place to find out about the Foundation's activities and projects.

The collection committee has been meeting over the summer. They are working on the collection database, determining which specimens should be on exhibit and which can be traded, and improving the exhibits. If you are interested in working with some really good specimens, you should think about joining the Collection Committee.

Our Fat Jack trip planned for last June was cancelled due to forest closure.  We have rescheduled for September 21, 2002, and it should be a great collecting trip.  See page 6 of this newsletter for details.

The Foundation had a Crestmore, California Collection that was acquired from David Burgess in 1975. Crestmore is a world famous mineral locality near Riverside, California. It is a high temperature metamorphic deposit that produced many rare minerals, but not many showy specimens. Our collection was well documented as to exact location and collector and some of the specimens dated from the 1920's. This collection was scientifically significant and we

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