Dave Knows: Elko

The 2009 Elko Mining Expo is this week!  Pretty much every hotel room in town is occupied, and restaurants should be full every night (don’t try to go to The Star this week).  The wife works for a local mining supplier in town so she’s a busy little bee getting everything ready.  The Elko Convention and Visitors Authority has more information on their website:  http://www.elkocva.com/miningexpo.shtml  and of course the Elko Daily Free Press reported that 376 booths have been sold!  BREAKING NEWS: 380 booths!

Most of the week is full of industry technical sessions and other boring stuff, but Friday, June 12th is the big day for the public.  There’s free peanuts and popcorn, and the kids get to climb on some cool mining equipment.  Last year we came home with a huge bag of pens, magnets, water bottles, all kinds of doo-dads.  Should be a lot of fun.