Welcome to the Vein Mountain Recreational Miners Club

» A Special Note from our President and First Lady

Liz and I want to thank each one of you that came out and supported our annual club auction. The Proceeds from that event helped us to add the new foyer addition to the club house. The beautiful floors were done by club member Gary Hillman and some of the other members. The next major step in the building project for the club is the drop down ceiling and the addition of the kitchen and bathrooms. Hopefully these new additions will be able to take place beginning in the next year, (ladies, won't it be great to have a well-equipped kitchen to work in without having to run to the Diner, and a long awaited bathroom facility without having to go to the showerhouse).

Again this year the Gold Festival will be held at the Gateway Museum location in Old Fort, NC. on June 1-2. The grounds are beautiful and full of shade trees. If you have never been, you are missing out on a great weekend. *Lots of crafts and food vendors, music galore, both days, while you sit in the shade to enjoy. Demonstration on dredging done by Doug Emerson, a smelting class by Herman Stamper and Curtis Smith and Doug McCormick. *Anything you ever wanted to know or learn about GOLD, you can find right here. A Gold Nugget will be raffled, along with a raffle for a Treasure Chest. We may even do a 50/50 raffle, 3 different Ducky Derby Races with the winner getting a nugget and even the last place receiving a nugget. Lots of fun for the kids too. We will have the Bouncin' Kids vendor there again this year. The kids have a really good time.

The Lucky Strike promotes the VMRC CLUB at their booth. Our Club is really growing mainly through things like this and our WEB site. Our WEB Master is John Gambrill and he does a fantastic job. *We want to thank Mo Burgess, Lorie Thomas and Herman Stamper for their songs and music. They are all great. We hope they will perform again this year. *We also want to thank all of our volunteers for helping do just about everything. It is so appreciated.

We are so thankful for the wonderful members of the VMRC and feel that we hve been truly blessed to know each one of you. We hope each of you had a wonderful Christmas and GOD's many blessing upon you through the new year, may all your pans come up golden, your wallets decorated with lots of green and your hearts full of love.

» The VMRC

The VMRC is located at the Lucky Strike Gold and Gem mine, Vein Mountain in Marion, NC. We provide, through our membership, the shared knowledge and properties for recreational prospecting. If you are new to prospecting or a seasoned miner this is the club for you. Our membership spans from the Northeast to the Midwest and through the South. Our Club digs and Miners Meet Weekends are at the Lucky Strike Gold and Gem mine, Vein Mountain in Marion, NC. Plan a vacation to meet with us some time soon.

Annual club auction will be on Sept. 1st 2012

This year our club auction will be on Sept. 1st which is the Saturday during the 5-day Common Dig Labor Day weekend. This is a great time for all. The proceeds all go to the club. Come and see what treasurers you can't live without and "bid it up". We all have a great time. Plus, you will be helping out with the club and the clubhouse. If you have some things you no longer want, you could donate them to the auction. We have a great time and the weekend is full of fun. Be sure to come if you can.