‘Spirit of BMD’ gears up, pardner

COTTAGE GROVE – Grovers are typically pretty familiar with the annual Bohemia Mining Days festival that spreads through Coiner Park in mid-July every year. After a slight decline due to COVID-19, a lack of volunteers, and a financial crisis, the organization that initially hosted the event shut down, and the Spirit of Bohemia Mining Days took over.

The theme for the festival this year could not have been more fitting – Striking Gold: A Legacy…