MINING HISTORY ASSOCIATION
EIN 84-1144047 · Arts, Culture & Humanities (A72I)
What they do
DURING THE YEAR 2024, THE MINING HISTORY ASSOCIATION ENGAGED IN DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE HISTORY of MINING and METALLURGY, THE PRESERVATION of MINE and MINERAL PROCESSING SITES, and RESEARCH ON THE MINING PAST, PARTICULARLY THE AMERICAN MINING PAST. to THIS END, IT PUBLISHED ITS SCHOLARLY, PEER-REVIEWED MINING HISTORY JOURNAL, WHICH HELD BOTH ARTICLES and BOOK REVIEWS. THE ASSOCIATION ALSO PUBLISHED QUARTERLY NEWSLETTERS of ITS ACTIVITIES. IT ALSO HELD ITS ANNUAL CONFERENCE, THIS TIME AT PARK CITY, UTAH, IN THE MIDST of A MAJOR SILVER MINING AREA HEADLINED BY THE ONTARIO MINE, THOUGH PARK CITY is BEST KNOWN TODAY AS A MAJOR SKI AREA. THE CONFERENCE HAD A NUMBER of PRESENTATIONS ON MINING HISTORY IN UTAH and ELSEWHERE ALONG WITH SEVERAL TRIPS to PRESENT and HISTORIC MINING AREAS AROUND SALT LAKE CITY. THE MHA ALSO MADE PREPARATIONS for ITS 2026 CONFERENCE to BE HELD IN KANSAS. THE ASSOCIATION IN ADDITION HELD A SERIES of ZOOM PRESENTATIONS ON MINING HISTORY for MEMBERS A
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (12)
BOB OTTODIRECTOR
BRIAN LEECHSECRETARY
DAN PLAZAKBOARD MEMBER
DANA BENNETTPAST PRESIDENT
DICK BEACHBOARD MEMBER
ED RAINESBOARD MEMBER
ERIC CLEMENTSPRESIDENT
JAMES E FELLTREASURER
JENNIFER DUNNBOARD MEMBER
ROBERT MCQUEENVICE PRESIDENT/PRES-ELECT
RUDY DAVISONBOARD MEMBER
VIRGINIA MCLEMOREBOARD MEMBER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1998
- Location
- 687 W LINDEN ST, LOUISVILLE, CO 80027-1012
- County
- Boulder
- In care of
- % JAMES FELL
- Primary officer
- JAMES FELL, TREASURER
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- BDO USA
- NTEE classification
- Arts, Culture & Humanities (A72I)