Away from Big Bug Station Mayer, AZ

I am on the rockhound road for a bit and not hanging out at Big Bug Station but got access to a computer and found this western jewel. See the connection? Desert Rats hang out at Big Bug Station in Mayer, AZ and this old publication celebrates desert rats and the desert!

Go to google and type in Desert Rat Scrap Book. What a wondrous defunct old publication.

For more on Big Bug Station go to http://www.bigbugstation.com/

Mayer, Arizona Mining Certificate 1910

Check out this site http://www.scripophily.net/concopcreekm1.html

Scroll lower down its page and see the history of the stock and its issuing company which sounds somewhat nefarious according to the Copper Handbook, 1910, p.640-41 info written on this website. Includes a fellow in jail, and other unseemly allegations.....goodness is this possible in the mining investment game of the early 1900s? (said with tongue in cheek)

A popular gathering place in Mayer, AZ http://www.bigbugstation.com/

Zen Cowboy Coming to Mayer, AZ?

check him out at

http://www.chuckpyle.com/

Chuck is coming to Mayer to perform on February 9th 2008!

Big Bug Station is hosting. See http://www.bigbugstation.com/

I Miss the Hangings in Mayer, AZ

No not Old West hanging by the neck till dead but "hanging around" the local antique old west dance hall that is now a gathering place for characters interested in western history, mining, gold, antiques, western art, animal sculpture, antiquue knives, wild west ephemera, commeraderie and a good cup of complimentary coffee.

I was at Quartzsite, AZ doing the rockhound rounds at their annual shows and haven't moseyed into Big Bug Staion to catch up with what new and interesting western art has been added.

I see at the http://www.bigbugstation/ site under Musical Events that the Zen Cowboy is coming to town to perform at Big Bug Station on Feburary 9th 2008. Check the site out.

Mayer, AZ www.bigbugstation.com

On the site, click on Musical Events to see great show coming up Feb. 9th at Big Bug Station. The website keeps changing. Watch for more to come. Wis I had a pretty picture to put with this, maybe you can imagine one.

Wyatt Earp in Mayer, Arizona

Virgil Earp, Wyatt's brother, lived in Prescott for awhile. The Earp family was closeknit so Wyatt had ocassion to pass through Mayer. Indeed, Joe Mayer, town founder and owner of the commercial area there claimed a friendship with Earp. I like to think that he might have had his hair cut in the barber shop that my apartment once was. Maybe this is equal to the "Washington slept here" claims of the East? Just more of western history, Mayer history, I need to investigate. This is going to be fun. Something else to talk about over the complimentary coffee in Big Bug Station a gathering place in Old Town Mayer.

Authors and Artists Hang Around Big Bug Station

This writer has her book behind the coffee bar at Big Bug Station. It speaks of crazy full moon nights and opal fever driven days on the opal fields of Australia where I have spent 25 years mining opals. The recipes of campfire tucker (Aussie slang for chow) is a bonus.

Mike Connors invites other local authors in for a cuppa.

Check out local Mayer artist's website

http://www.jdcampbellart.com/ One of her paintings is hanging in Big Bug Station and for sale.

Check out http://www.bigbugstation.com/ Mike's new website.