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  • Jesse Bielz for his assistance and support on behalf of the Victor Elks Lodge $367!

Museum Hours

9:30-5:30 p.m.

May 24- Sept. 1

Wednesday thru Sunday

September & October through Oct. 12

Saturday & Sunday

Closed October 13 until Memorial Day Weekend 2009

 

2008 Admission Prices

$4 Adults

$3 Seniors

$2 Children 12 & Under

$3 Group Rate for 20 or more.

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Victor Lowell Thomas Museum

POB 238

Victor, CO 80860

museum@victorcolorado.com.

March 8 - Benefit Dinner & Auction - A Huge Success!!

We raised $15,139 thanks to everyone who attended!

Challenge Match - Doubled Your Donations Up to $5,000

 

Auction Item List...

Supporter of the Victor Lowell Thomas Museum:

The Victor Lowell Thomas Museum board of directors sends a huge thanks to the Victor Elks, Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company and the communities of Victor and Cripple Creek for their generous support! It is most overwhelming to be the recipient of such generosity in times and places where pocketbooks are not plush.

March 8 the Victor Elks Lodge #367 sponsored a fundraiser for the Victor Lowell Thomas Museum. Funds raised will help match grants to stabilize the museum's north wall and upper floor. The evening was filled with fun, great food and a lively auction of over 150 items donated for sale.

When the final tally of funds raised March 8 came in, we were astounded at the generosity of our community in southern Teller County.

Over $10,000 was raised that night - proceeds from a delicious spaghetti dinner attended by 145 people, donations made by friends, residents and business owners, and purchases at the auction.

We would like to extend a huge thanks to Jesse Bielz and the Victor Elks - without them this event would never have happened.

A huge thanks to Tish Allen and the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company - Tish bid on the 1885 Winchester rifle on behalf of CC&V, and then the mining company donated it back for re-auction. That meant twice the money was raised on this item. Reed Grainger - thanks for donating that wonderful antique gun; Hanks Heritage - thanks for purchasing it. Thanks to Jane Mannon of CC&V for funding from her budget that rifle purchase/re-auction and the donation of a 1/2 ounce gold coin, and purchase of other items.

Thanks to our anonymous donor who generously matched up to $5000 - thanks to all who attended, assisted and purchased we made that goal by twice! With the match we raised $15,139 on March 8.

Thanks to our treasurer Nancy Hanks, who along with Karen & Sam Morrison, clerked the auction; to Serena Bielz and our VP Jon Zalewski who kept the bidders bidding and the auction moving; to Jesse Bielz and Jason Sipma for auctioneering; to Jean Beckman and crew for cooking; to Mary Bielz for decorating and cooking; to Mike Halterman for the donation of the bronze sculpture and the Travelers for donating the music; to Ed Hunter and Chris Hanks for their assistance; to the Pikes Peak Courier View for donating and and all the media who helped promote the event; and to everyone who made this event happen.

Thanks to ALL OF YOU WHO DONATED ITEMS FOR THE AUCTION!!! And those who attended.

This event was made possible by a lot of people working together, by a dedicated bunch of volunteers at the Elks, by our board of directors, by a lot of Victorites and southern Teller folks who came together for dinner and fun to support a common ground - saving our museum and our heritage. And it was made possible by the entire community of southern Teller County - we had participants and donations from Victor, Cripple Creek, Goldfield, and areas in between and beyond.

Thanks to all who sent monetary donations large and small and memberships and have offered to help. Every dollar counts in this project.

When we save this museum, we save a cornerstone 1899 building which has housed our heritage for nearly 40 years, and we preserve that heritage as a showcase for present and future generations.

Thanks for all your support.

Ruth Zalewski

Victor Improvement Association

 

Donations for auction as of March 8, 2008 include:

  • Winchester Model 1885 Single Shot "High Wall" rifle from Reed Grainger

  • 2005, 1/2 ounce gold coin, Cherry Hunter art of the Vindicator from CC&V

  • Original bronze cast sculpture of a Bison, 5.75 tall by 7.5 long on base, by Mike Halterman

  • Lesher Dollar silver 1990s edition collector coin # 989 from Joe & Marjie Stevens

  • A night’s stay at the Gold Rush Hotel & Casino

  • A night at the Cripple Creek Hospitality House

  • An RV space at the Cripple Creek Hospitality House

  • A night stay at a Lost Burro Cabin

  • 6 single night stays at the Victor Hotel

  • 1 2-night stay at the Victor Hotel

  • Dinner at the Gold Rush Hotel & Casino

  • Dinner at Maggie's at the Colorado Grande

  • Dinner at Bronco Billy's Steakhouse

  • Coffee Gift Cards  from Cripple Creek Coffee

  • 1 ounce CC&V Silver coin from Victor Elks

  • 4 sets Thin Air Theater Company (Butte Theater) tickets for 2 to any 2008 TATC show

  • Original painting  - Bison reservoir #1 with a mother duck and babies on the lake and aspen and boulders in the background painted by Ellen Hinson from Florissant; from Lonessa Wyatt - minimum bid was not met

  • Three sets of a fly fishing lesson & a signed book Fly Fishing in the Northwest Territory by Chris Hanks from Hanks Heritage

  • We Maid It Cleaning certificate for 4 hours of housecleaning service

  • A scanner from Hanks Heritage

  • A deer head mount from Jon Zalewski

  • Handmade broom from the Victor Trading & Manufacturing Company

  • Vintage color postcard of Victor - overview from the Victor Trading & Manufacturing Company

  • Vintage color postcard of the Victor Museum from the Victor Trading & Manufacturing Company

  • Full size reproduction of Charles Frizzell's watercolor of the Portland II Mine from the STCFG

  • Alpaca-fiber balaclava (hat) for winter sports/ranching from Suzanne Core

  • Carbide mining lamp from Ed Hunter

  • 1 ounce CC&V Silver coin - #133 Joe Dandy from Ed Hunter

  • 3 Collector mine pins from Ed Hunter

  • 1 mysterious Boji Stone Goethite from Ed Hunter

  • 2008 Nevada Historic Mining Calendar from Ed Hunter

  • Photocopy of 1902 Hills Official Manualette owned by mining engineer Henry C. Nelson from Ed Hunter

  • Collector baseball hats - NERCO, Victor Mine, PPMC from Ed Hunter

  • Cripple Creek Park & Recreation 1-year Fitness Center Pass - value of $120
  • Cripple Creek Park & Recreation 1 themed Birthday Party - value of $125
  • Cripple Creek Park & Recreation 1 Fun Friday Kids Rock University Pass - value of $35

  • Cripple Creek Park & Recreation 1 Youth Sports Registration - value $35

  • Telescope from Nana's Attic

  • HP psc1210 All in One Printer/Copier/Scanner - used in working order from Diane Hetfield

  • Original watercolor painting by JoAnne Kincaid of Cripple Creek; Follow the Stream in barn wood frame, from the Mother Lode

  • High Explosive sign from the Mother Lode

  • RCA Console TV from Marvin Bielz

  • Backpack picnic set from the Wyatt House

  • Mining related historical items - Yellow Gold of Cripple Creek stock certificate, old cancelled checks from Carl Roy

  • CarQuest remote control car from CC&V

  • Sworski crystal necklace with two sets of earrings and mirror bottom jewelry box from CC&V

  • Two baskets of CC&V goodies

  • Victor Sweatshirt

  • Wool hat and mittens

  • Framed collector's edition print of a bald eagle done by Persis Clayton Weirs for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, complete with gold seal and postage stamp in frame, from Joe & Marjie Stevens.
  • Casino coins, three 1 oz. silver with gold overlaid coins (Lawmen Series/Doc Holiday, The Mob/Bugsy Siegel & Elliot Ness, and a 1988 silver Liberty coin from Joe & Marjie Stevens.
  • Geologic Guidebook to the Gold Belt Byway from the Gold Belt Byway
  • A History Guidebook to the Gold Belt Byway from the Gold Belt Byway
  • Steel Bridge art posters from the Gold Belt Byway
  • Driving Tour of the Phantom Canyon Road cassette tapes from the Gold Belt Byway
  • Original painting by Yvonne Chamberlin, VCTA 2005, West side of Victor, from Richard and Marilyn Fay
  • Roadmaster Power Sport 4x4 Toy Truck from the Wyatt House
  • Rocky Mtn. Elk Tour T-shirt, Nuggets shirt and other collectible T-shirts from the Wyatt House
  • Queen size fleece blanket from the Fortune Club
  • Antique leaded glass window from Gold County Realty
  • Two new Lands End Jackets, women's size medium, value $200 each. from Nancy Hanks
  • Team TeleCycle kids mountain bike, new, from Community of Caring
  • New toys and games for kids from Community of Caring - Hot Wheels, games, Mr. Potato Head and more
  • Lots of surprise items...too numerous to list.
  • Lowell Thomas' Victor, book signed by Brian Levine to Lowell Thomas from John & Lois Wilcox
  • Large stuffed penguin from Veldean Petri
  • Exercise bicycle from Bill and Linda Clymer
  • Lamp from Alice Hawk
  • Electric stove with a microwave on top, good condition, and garage condition refrigerator, from Greg Ward
  • Hunting muff hand warmer from Jon Zalewski
  • Heatpack from Jon Zalewski
  • Ceramic lamp
  • Colorado flag flown over the State Capitol in honor of the Museum on March 5, 2008, from Sen. Tom Wiens
  • 3 child digital cameras from the Wyatt House
  • Collector stuffed buffalo from the Wyatt House
  • Basket of toys for boys from Community of Caring
  • Basket of toys for girls from Community of Caring
  • Basket of toys - Elmo and wooden toy from Community of Caring
  • Memory Game and 2 wooden toys from Community of Caring
  • Hand knit stocking hats  from Community of Caring
  • Basket of toys - Mr. Potato Head/teddy bear and hat  from Community of Caring
  • Basket of 4 hot wheels cars & hat from Community of Caring
  • 3 dream catchers from the Wyatt House
  • 2 sweatshirts - casino message from the Wyatt House
  • 4 t-shirts - Rocky Mtn Elk Tour, Nuggets and other messages from the Wyatt House
  • Dinomobile toy from Community of Caring
  • Ceramic lamp
  • Basket of Southwest salsa, cheese, wine and goodies from Ruth & Jon Zalewski
  • Cookie jar from the Wyatt House
  • Ice Skate wall ornament from the Wyatt House
  • Bust of JFK from the Wyatt House
  • Print of western scene from Community of Caring
  • Pocket knife with railroad design from the Wyatt House
  • Coors lamp from Ruth & Jon Zalewski
  • Afghan blanket from Veldean Petri
  • United States Flag
  • Antique table from JET Service
  • Beer stein from Bielz Trucking
  • Antique dart board from the Elks
  • Dinners at Maggies from Aquila
  • Door prizes from the Elks
  • Victor hat and tickets to the Museum of Nature & Science from Victor Trading & Manufacturing CO.
  • Kirby Vacuum
  • Spotting Scope from G&S Sporting Goods

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