FRANKLIN MINERAL MUSEUM
2008 ACTIVITY SCHEDULE

Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008
9:00 AM - Noon --- F.O.M.S. Field Trip --- Sterling Hill Mining Museum.
Collecting permitted on the Mine Run dump and in the Fill quarry, Passaic pit, and “Saddle” area.
Fees for mineral collecting: $5.00 admission plus $1.50/lb for all material taken.
(Open to F.O.M.S. members only)
10:00 AM - Noon --- F.O.M.S. Micro Group, Franklin Mineral Museum.
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM --- F.O.M.S. Meeting and Lecture, Franklin Mineral Museum:
Photographing Our Minerals With Quality And With A Minimum of Cost, by Stuart Schneider

Saturday, and Sunday, September 27-28, 2008
**52ND ANNUAL FRANKLIN-STERLING GEM & MINERAL SHOW
Sponsored by the Franklin Mineral Museum.
Franklin Middle School, Washington St., Franklin, N.J.
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Saturday (indoors), 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Sunday (indoors).
The ticket price covers the show, The Pond outdoor swap, and admission to the
Franklin Mineral Museum: $7.00 per day for adults, $4.00 per day for children (6-16).

The Pond Swap-and-Sell, sponsored by the F.O.M.S., takes place outdoors
on the school grounds from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM on Saturday, and
from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Sunday. Show admission required.

The F.O.M.S. Annual Banquet starts at 6:30 PM Saturday
at the Lyceum Hall of Immaculate Conception Church, located at the south end of Franklin’s Main St. Tickets may be obtained at the F.O.M.S. show table for $18.00. The meal is an all-you-can-eat buffet; soda, tea, and coffee are included. B.Y.O.B. After the banquet there will be an auction for the benefit of the F.O.M.S.
Please plan on donating a good specimen, artifact, book, etc.!

** Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM - Sterling Hill Mining Museum “Garage Sale.”
Sunday only --- 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. - Collecting permitted on the Mine Run dump and in the Fill quarry, Passaic pit, and “Saddle” area.
Admission fee is $5.00 (members and nonmembers) plus $1.50 for each pound of material taken. Age requirements: Seven years and up for Mine Run dump; 13 and up elsewhere.

Saturday, October 18, 2008
9:00 AM - Noon --- F.O.M.S. Field Trip --- Collecting location not confirmed.
Meet at the Franklin Mineral Museum at 8:30 AM
For more information call: Dick Bieling (610) 826-3814.
10:00 AM - Noon --- F.O.M.S. Micro Group, Franklin Mineral Museum.
1:30 - 3:30 PM --- F.O.M.S. Meeting and Lecture --- Franklin Mineral Museum:
What Gives A Mineral Value? by Mitch Portnoy.

**9:00 AM – 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM –10:00 PM Sterling Hill Mining Museum
Collecting permitted on the Mine Run dump and in the Fill quarry, Passaic pit, and “Saddle” area. For museum members only. No admission fee; $1.50 for each pound of material taken. Age requirements: Seven years and up for Mine Run dump; 13 and up elsewhere.

Saturday, October 25, 2008
** 19th Annual ULTRAVIOLATION, a Show-Swap-Sell-Session featuring fluorescent minerals only.
First United Methodist Church, 840 Trenton Road, Fairless Hills PA.
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, $2 donation. “If your rocks don’t glow, you’re at the wrong show.” Table space available. For information, call 856-663-1383 or e-mail <ultraviolation@yahoo.com> .

Sunday, October 26, 2008
**9:00 AM – 3:00 PM---Sterling Hill Mining Museum.
Collecting permitted on the Mine Run dump and in the Fill quarry, Passaic pit, and “Saddle” area. Admission fee $5.00; poundage fee $1.50 for each pound of material taken.
Age requirements: Seven years and up for Mine Run dump; 13 and up elsewhere.

Saturday, November 1, 2008
**6:30 PM – 9:30 PM — Night Dig on the Buckwheat Dump, for the benefit of
the Franklin Mineral Museum. Doors open at 6:00 PM for check-in and mineral sales. Admission $10.00 adult, $8.00 children 3-12 years of age.
Poundage fee: $3.00 per pound. Call for details: 973-827-3481.

November 8, 2008
**10:00 AM – 4:00 PM – Fluorescent Mineral Society Meeting.
GeoTech Center at Sterling Hill Mining Museum.
RSVP necessary to Dick Bostwick <rbostwick@att.net>, home phone 212-749-5817.
$7.00 donation is requested for food (lunch) and soft drinks (otherwise B.Y.O.B.)
Night collecting for FMS members at the SHMM Mine Run Dump, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. $5.00 admission fee is required plus $1.50 for each pound of material taken.

Saturday, November 15, 2008
9:00 AM - Noon --- F.O.M.S. Field Trip --- Collecting location not confirmed.
Meet at the Franklin Mineral Museum at 8:30 AM
For more information call: Dick Bieling (610) 826-3814.
10:00 AM - Noon --- F.O.M.S. Micro Group, Franklin Mineral Museum.
1:30 - 3:30 PM --- F.O.M.S. Meeting and Lecture --- Franklin Mineral Museum:
Slide Presentation Of Famous Franklin / Sterling Hill Collections by Richard Bostwick.

Sunday, November 30, 2008
**9:00 AM – 3:00 PM ---Sterling Hill Mining Museum.
Collecting permitted on the Mine Run dump and in the Fill quarry, Passaic pit, and “Saddle” area.
Admission fee $5.00; poundage fee $1.50 for each pound of material taken.

Most F.O.M.S. field trips are open only to F.O.M.S. members aged 13 or older.
Proper field trip gear required: hard hat, protective eyewear, gloves, sturdy shoes.

**Activities so marked are not F.O.M.S. functions but may be of interest to its members. Fees, and memberships in other organizations, may be required.

The FOMS Activity Schedule is compiled by Tema Hecht <thecht@att.net>.
Thanks go to Fred Young, Ralph Thomas, the Franklin Mineral Museum,
and the Sterling Hill Mining Museum for this information.

And thank you, Rich Keller, for making the copies, and thanks, Denise Kroth, for mailing them to our membership!