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Museum lands reprieve

STATE FINANCIAL CRISIS



Curator Darci Moore stands with the CM&MM’s Fricot nugget.The California State Mining and
Mineral Museum still has a heartbeat this week.
The museum at Mariposa’s fairgrounds is stuck in a grey zone, however. Unlike almost all of 70 state parks threatened by closure since last year, it has not found a donor or an association to pay its way.
Instead, the state-funded museum will open its doors today using money that appeared when Governor Jerry Brown approved $10 million in emerg...

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