Prospector Gemboree was a success due to Nashville and Murfreesboro businesses

 

By Margi Jenks

 

Every day of the year the Crater of Diamonds State Park depends on the Murfreesboro and Nashville businesses to help welcome our visitors to southwest Arkansas.  They do so much in terms of providing lodging and food, giving directions, repairing equipment that breaks down, and even patching some visitors up when they are injured.

 

However, many of those same businesses also help the diamond mine out with donations of prizes for our major and minor events.  Visitors who participated in the treasure and scavenger hunts and the games at the Prospector Gemboree, held this past Saturday, went home with lots of great donated prizes. 

 

So, thank you to the following businesses for their donations, and thank you to all the Murfreesboro and Nashville citizens for their ongoing help to the diamond mine visitors!

 

Murfreesboro merchants

Murfreesboro Hardware

Diamond-in-the-Hole Mini Golf

Miner’s Camp and Rock Shop

Caddo Antiques

First National Bank

Moonshine Trading Post

Rehkopf’s City Market

Los Agaves Mexican Restaurant

First State Bank of Pike County

Campbell’s Family Restaurant

D & R Marine and RV Service

Swaha Lodge & Marine

Queen of Diamonds Inn

Simple Simon’s Pizza

Glynda’s Fashions

Arkansas Dept. of Parks and Tourism

 

 

Nashville merchants

McDonald’s

Subway

Farmer’s Association

Kortlan Company

Home Improvement Center of Southwest Arkansas

Western Sizzlin’

Nashville Flowers and Gifts

Nashville Drug

Western Auto

Jeanine’s Fine Jewelry

Tollett’s Gifts

Futrell Marine

Ivan Smith Southwest Furniture

Power Health Mart Pharmacy

York Gary Autoplex

Walmart

Brookshire’s

Coca Cola Bottling Company

Jim Carlton Tire

Ruth’s New Beginnings

Factory Connection

Pizza Hut

Woodruff Pawn

Linville Builders

Woods & Woods Public Accountants

 

Search area last plowed:  June 4, 2013; Most recent rain: June 16 and 17

 

Total diamonds found in 2013: 276

 

Diamonds registered for June 9 - June 15, 2012 (100 points = 1 carat): 

 

June 9 - Cubby, Daytona Beach, FL, 3 pt. white, 8 pt. brown

 

June 10 - Cubby, Daytona Beach, FL, 9 pt. white; Jim Graham, Prescott, AR, 2 pt. brown, 10 pt. brown

 

June 11 - No diamonds were registered

 

June 12 - Adam Hardin, Barberton, OH, 2 pt. white, 31 pt. white

 

June 13 - Roy Tipton, Marion, KY, 2 pt. white

 

June 14 - Audie Norr, Dallas, TX, 2 pt. white, 4 pt. white, 5 pt. brown, 11 pt. brown, 27 pt. white, 32 pt. yellow

 

June 15 - Kenny & Melissa Oliver, Rosston, AR, 6 pt. white