Heritage lecture & Exhibit Opening

Join WMMI as we open our newest exhibit –The Mining Art of Buck O’Donnell – with a lecture by Lee Whiteley. JC (Buck) O’Donnell created a series of pen and ink drawings for various mining related supply and informational magazines during the early to mid-20th century. His work appeared in magazines like Shaft and Development Machines and Machinery Center, Inc. O’Donnell’s works served to provide visual evidence of how miners lived, how they worked, and what the western mining boom looked like to those who lived it. For the opening, Lee Whiteley will speak about his book “Pathways to Gold”, which looks at the various trails the gold prospectors took to reach the gold fields in Colorado. Join WMMI as we welcome Lee Whiteley and enjoy a series of nineteen sequenced, pen and ink drawings of underground mining, mining equipment and miner’s lives. Heritage Lectures at WMMI are always free! 
Visit www.wmmi.org for more details. RSVP to rsvp@wmmi.org.