About our Club

 

OUR MISSION

To expose and educate the general public to the joys of the earth sciences, lapidary arts by providing quality instructions on state of the art equipment. Regularly scheduled field trips are coordinated for the purposes of education and material collecting, informative and instructive monthly general membership meetings, production of an annual Mother Lode Mineral Society Show, promoting the mission of the society.

CLUB OFFICERS for 2008

 PRESIDENT Mike Whittier
VICE PRESIDENT Kathlyn Duncan
SECRETARY Misty Watson
 TREASURER Bud McMillin
 MEMBERSHIP SEC. Jenni Long
 SCHOLARSHIP SEC. Ginger Erwin
 FIELD TRIP CHAIRMAN Al Troglin
 PROPERTY MANAGERS
John Christiansen &
Marion Roberts
 FEDERATION DIRECTOR Ted Magee
 EDITOR Chris Whittier
 HISTORIAN Candi Wiegand
 SUNSHINE SEC. Shirley DeJoode
 HOUSE DIRECTORS Christal Ingram
 SHOW DIRECTORS Bud & Terry McMillin
 WEBMASTER Chris Whittier

 

MLMS HISTORY

The Mother Lode Mineral Society is a non-profit organization formed for the purpose of promoting an appreciation of the Earth Sciences. MLMS was founded in 1936 by a group of Modesto High School Geology students headed by Instructor Dr. Will Brown. They began with field trips into the Mother Lode Country, hence the name of our organization. The club eventually expanded to include lapidary, faceting and jewelry classes at MJC and Stanislaus State campuses.

MLMS is affiliated with the California Federation of Mineralogical Societies, having received our charter in 1936. We still go on rock hunting field trips, sometimes with our Co-Op clubs or on California Federation sponsored trips. Our Annual Gem Show, Showtime, is the principal source of support and requires the time and talents of all our members. We feature a demonstration room where you might find an interest in an exciting new hobby. You too, might be creating lovely things from some of Mother Nature's treasures!

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