NVMA President Tyre Gray walks Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful Executive Director Christi Cakiroglu through the mining life cycle, from startup to reclamation, in just three minutes with a family friendly activity:

Cookie Mining. Instructions for the activity as shown are available here.

A more detailed version that’s great for classrooms is available here.

More information about Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful can be found at www.KTMB.com

Learn more about the W.M Keck Museum at the University of Nevada, Reno at www.unr.edu/keck.