Please Help Us Find a New Shop

Classes or Shop Hours

Our Club owns a lot of incredible equipment and we have people willing to teach us how to use it. All we need is an inexpensive permanent home for our shop. Please contact us if you know of a business or an individual that might be able to financially assist us or physically support our Club with a space. The Club can afford a nominal monthly rent to cover electricity and water.

Type of place we could use:

Guest house
Workshop or garage on someone’s property
Warehouse and/or office space

Requirements:

Preferably the Kent area, otherwise Renton or Covington
Approx. 1,000 sq ft.
Water
Electricity
Secure

If you have any questions or ideas on how we can relocate and expand our shop send an email to: president@cascademineralogicalsociety.org

Updated: January 3, 2018 — 9:04 pm

Presidents Message

  • Digging It!  Our big rock, gem and jewelry show is at the end of this month. We have so many opportunities for you to come and be a part of it – from helping our wonderful vendors load in their gear, to setting up tables, greeting guests, helping with kid’s activities, and so much more. All of our volunteers always go home with free rocks – and free shop hours! I’ll be spending those three days (Friday, June 26 – our set up day – through Sunday, June 28) at the Silent Auction table, working on raising money for our …

Meeting Announcements

  • Club president Noelle Barnes will present “Rockhounding on the Road – How to Find Rocks Wherever You Are” – tools you can use to find a rockhounding location when you’re on the road, and in places you haven’t been before. Show and Tell: bring a rock or fossil you found outside of Washington (if available) or something that’s just too good not to share.

  • Our own Mike Blanton will bring his expertise to this club meeting program – he will share the tools, tips and tricks he has developed to drill holes in stones and minerals so you can do more with the rocks you find. Show and Tell: bring a rock you’d like to make into something else.

  • Club Wagonmaster and rock shop creator Roger Danneman will present an overview of the new club shop – including equipment, scheduling, stewards, and what you can expect from this exciting new resource.  Show and Tell: bring a rock you want to polish or make into a cabochon (or something you’ve already polished or made)

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