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Name: The Arizona Gold Mining Experience™
Start: 2026-01-24T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-01-24T11:30:00-07:00
Location: Cave Creek Museum

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				0 events 1 0 events, 1	0 events 2 0 events, 2	1 event 3 1 event, 3 Featured 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Cave Creek Museum Presents: “Time Travel at Harmony Hollow Ranch” with Steve Greenberg Featured January 3 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Cave Creek Museum Presents: “Time Travel at Harmony Hollow Ranch” with Steve Greenberg The Desert Foothills have been a spiritual, prehistoric and historic, cultural and agricultural, and artistic center place for over 2,000 years. The landscape is a roadmap through history. The parcel of land known as Harmony Hollow is sited at the crossroads of all this living history and Steve Greenberg joins us to share some of its stories and stories of the surrounding area.
0 events 4 0 events, 4	0 events 5 0 events, 5	0 events 6 0 events, 6	0 events 7 0 events, 7	1 event 8 1 event, 8 Featured 10:00 am - 11:00 am Kiwanis’ Preschool Pioneers Featured January 8 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Kiwanis’ Preschool Pioneers Children ages 3-5 (accompanied by an adult) will hear stories with a historical theme, interact through music and movement, and engage in an activity that promotes learning. This event is FREE thanks to the generous funding of the Kiwanis Club of Carefree -- Registration is limited & required.	0 events 9 0 events, 9	2 events 10 2 events, 10 Featured 10:00 am - 11:30 am The Arizona Gold Mining Experience™ Featured January 10 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am The Arizona Gold Mining Experience™ * Due to the popularity of this event, pre-purchase of tickets is required. Tickets may be purchased on the EVENT page. * Museum opens at 9:00 am for event check-in; the AZ GOLD MINING EXPERIENCE™ begins at 10:00 am! The Cave Creek Museum’s AZ GOLD MINING EXPERIENCE™ is unique with its display of the complete hard rock ore extraction process with the mine shaft, tramway, ore carts, crushing and extraction that are always on display, but operated only during these events., Featured 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Gold Fever Jeep Adventure Featured January 10 @ 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Gold Fever Jeep Adventure This one-of-its-kind adventure tour is the perfect way to spend an exciting day learning about Arizona’s fascinating gold mining history while finding the "Gold Fever" within yourself. You'll interact with the knowledgeable guide and follow the same vein of gold that Old Rackensack chased in 1880. This mine was were instrumental in the founding of Cave Creek. Limited to 9 adult guests. Advance reservations are required.
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0 events 18 0 events, 18	0 events 19 0 events, 19	0 events 20 0 events, 20	0 events 21 0 events, 21	0 events 22 0 events, 22	0 events 23 0 events, 23	1 event 24 1 event, 24 Featured 10:00 am - 11:30 am The Arizona Gold Mining Experience™ Featured January 24 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am The Arizona Gold Mining Experience™ * Due to the popularity of this event, pre-purchase of tickets is required. Tickets may be purchased on the EVENT page. * Museum opens at 9:00 am for event check-in; the AZ GOLD MINING EXPERIENCE™ begins at 10:00 am! The Cave Creek Museum’s AZ GOLD MINING EXPERIENCE™ is unique with its display of the complete hard rock ore extraction process with the mine shaft, tramway, ore carts, crushing and extraction that are always on display, but operated only during these events.
0 events 25 0 events, 25	0 events 26 0 events, 26	0 events 27 0 events, 27	0 events 28 0 events, 28	0 events 29 0 events, 29	0 events 30 0 events, 30	1 event 31 1 event, 31 Featured 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SOLD OUT!! Cave Creek Museum Presents: “The Boulders at The Boulders Aren’t Really Boulders” with Stephanie Bradley Featured January 31 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SOLD OUT!! Cave Creek Museum Presents: “The Boulders at The Boulders Aren’t Really Boulders” with Stephanie Bradley A layman’s overview of the geology of the Desert Foothills. If the boulders at The Boulders aren’t really boulders, what are they? Why is Black Mountain black—and why do saguaro mostly grow on the west slope?