Gold Mine Thrift store expands to more antiques, furniture in Dillon

Jessica Guyant believes giving and receiving are universal threads in life; she is, in fact, very familiar with thread, running her own second-hand thrift shop in Summit County.

The Gold Mine Thrift store in Dillon is expanding to include more antiques and furniture inventory. Guyant said she loves visiting estate and garage sales to pick out pieces for her store.

Im very passionate about recycling and reusing, she said. I see things in the trash and think, Why would someone throw that away? In todays economy, you have to be more thoughtful.

When she started the thrift business a year ago, Guyant worked with her brother, who specialized in buying and selling gold and silver. Once he returned to the Midwest, however, Guyant who wasnt comfortable buying gold wanted to focus on expanding from clothing items. Now, shes opening a separate warehouse next to her current location to focus specifically on furniture bed frames, couches, dressers and more.

Guyant said while there are plenty of other great thrift stores in Summit County, her business goes one step further because she not only accepts donations, but buys much of her own merchandise.

Were not a traditional thrift store, she said. I am very picky I hand-pick a lot of fun, nice things.

Originally from Hawaii, Guyant used to serve as a boat captain in the Coast Guard. She said the community in her home state prepared her for business in the High Country shopping was expensive, and a lot of the population was transient.

My philosophy is really that someone elses junk is someone elses treasure, she said.

Among the most popular items, the ones that fly off the shelves, Guyant said, are old wooden skis and snowshoes antique, collectible items people tend to gravitate toward.

Theres a super strong, faithful crowd of locals that comes in, and a lot of visitors who maybe dont ski, and so theyre shopping while their friends or family ski, she said.

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Gold Mine Thrift store expands to more antiques, furniture in Dillon