To visit the website of this annual event, which was initiated by Colorado Mountain College in 2006 to get mining communities talking with each other regarding the handling of "boom" and "bust" eras, click on the following: 

National Mining Summit of Communities

 

The 2008 event was held in Butte, Montana

The 2009 event will once again be held in Butte, Montana,
October 13 - 15.