NUPA NUGGETS

Northern Utah Prospectors Association March 2014

Next Meeting, March 26, 2014

Rich Roper will talk about his trip to the GPAA Alaska Expedition.

Presidents Message
Well it's the 3rd month of the year, winter seems to be over, what winter we did have. We need to change the name of the season's to Spring, Summer, Fall and Smog. So the year is a quarter over already and it's plenty warm enough to at least be thinking if not doing your yearly maintenance of your prospecting equipment. Or acquiring more and adding to it. I would suggest you look it all over if your planning on using it or not this year, you never know, you may change your mind in the middle of the summer. Maybe the weather will change it for you. You just never know so best be prepared for whatever. Quarterly nugget this month so keep that in mind. And hopefully I will have some good news about Idaho for the up coming dredge season by meeting time. I appreciate all the members who took the time to email the Idaho legislators about this matter. But after dealing with our own local government for the past year, hoping is all we can do at this point in time.
Gold: $1,366.60 Silver: $21.20 As of March 17, 2014

In This Issue

Pres message Treasurers report Winners 2014 Outings Factors to consider before digging for gold Price List Ads Calendar

Kim

Officers 2014
President Kim Patterson
801-393-2132
kimdpatterson@hotmail.com

Treasurers Report
Checking March 11 Balance $ 1603.59 Savings March 11 Balance

March, 2014

$ 5090.08

Winners
White Ticket: (Door Prize) 2 inch paint brush Patty Lundgreen 2 inch paint brush Dave Mathews 6 inch torpedo level Sandy Patterson 3 inch mini flashlight Hal Berry 10X doublet loupe magnifier Kelly Taylor Door Prize Nugget Nancy Langford Door prize (white ticket) winners are asked to bring refreshments to the next meeting and are reimbursed with a receipt. Blue Ticket: (Raffle) All-purpose plastic mortar tub Rich Roper Digital Pocket Scale Colin Kendal Crevice tool David Linton 1972 Eisenhower silver dollar David Linton Small Nugget Curtis Roche Large Nugget Preslee Larkin 2014 Outings / Activities:
April 11, 12 & 13 Rock and Gem Show April 18, 19 & 20 Crescent Creek April 26th Dig and Detect (Curtiss house) May 10th Road Clean Up (9:00 AM), Spring Fling (Shady Lane Park at 11:00 AM) After the Road Clean UP, there will be a Spring Fling at 11:00 at Shady Lane Park. If you want to eat then its suggested that you help with the cleanup. The club will provide the hot dogs, hamburgers, and condiments. The members only need to bring the side dishes. Also, bring anything you would like to sell (swap meet for members). May 17th Crawfish Boil (Curtiss house at 1:00 PM Everyones invited and bring a friend, you dont need to bring anything.) May 23, 24 & 25 Osceola July 18, 19 & 20 Wishful / NUPA 5 July 23rd Meeting and Ice Cream at Shady Lane Park August 15, 16 & 17 Kaymack September 19, 20 & 21 NUPA 5 November 8 Turkey Shoot (It is a pot luck and will be at the Log Cabin in Huntsville) December 10 Christmas Party (you must RSVP by the Nov meeting If you dont then dont come) It is also at the Log Cabin in Huntsville. Let us know if anyone has any good ideas for other outings for the summer.

1st Vice President Curtis Roche

435-723-9663 pcawood@coastalnet.com

2nd Vice President Bob Shriber

801-726-4824

Newsletter Rich Roper

801-725-0727 rr70060@yahoo.com

Secretary/Treasurer Sheri Gaddis

801-510-2657
SheriGaddis1234@comcast.net

Parliamentarian Dave DeHeer Claims Director Lonnie Fausett Members at Large

Leo & Donale Richan Hal & Lynda Berry Alan Meyer Curt Dayton

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We are looking for someone to either paint the trailer or wrap it in vinyl. Osceola: No water, totally dry and camping is limited. Middle Fork: There is still snow. Should be a good year for gold due to the fire. Rock & Gem Show: We have our spot, hopefully the same one that we usually have. Still have the sign up sheet out so anyone can sign up to help at the table. If your not working the table, please dont crowd around it. The trailer has gotten broken into for the third time, the hasp and lock is also broken and needs to be replaced. It has been moved and is now at Kims house. There is no librarian, and everything is at Kims house right now.

Man-Made Factors to Consider Before Digging for Gold

Membership Dues
Membership dues are from January through December. Anyone joining after October 1 will be considered a paid member through the next calendar year. New membership Renewal Mailed Newsletter $40.00 $30.00 $5.00

The sites of small, old-time mining operations can be some of the best places to look for gold. After all, the old-timers didn't have the modern-day equipment that you have, so they left a lot behind. Depending on their age, these sites from yesteryear can be overgrown, but if you look for these indicators they will help you consider where to dig first:

E-mail copies of the newsletter are included as part of membership. Mailed newsletters add $5.00 to renewal to help defray cost of postage and printing. You will have an opportunity to choose your newsletter delivery preference when you renew your membership.

Ground Cuts. These are narrow trenches in the ground that carried the gravels to the sluice box. Rock Piles. Sometimes old-timers encountered rocks that were too large to pass through their sluices under the water pressure they had to work with, so bigger rocks were picked out by hand and tossed aside. Piles of rocks make an easy marker. Any quartz you find in rock piles should be checked with a metal detector you might find a gold-quartz specimen that's worth a pretty penny. Rock piles can be visible in the desert as well. Although the old-timers were not sluicing in the desert, they used dry washers that had to be screened for coarse rocks. If you see a series of short rock piles a few feet in diameter that cover an area that seems to have been dug out, you can reasonably assume you have found an old dry wash site. Hydraulic Mine Workings. A sign that an area has been worked by hydraulic mining are the steep banks left behind when the gold ran out (or so they thought). These sites are also commonly marked by piles of big stacked rocks. Shafts. Miners sometimes dug deep shafts or adits to access gold veins. These workings are usually easy to spot even today. If the dumps consist of rounded gravels, it is most likely from underground placer diggings. If the dumps contain angular broken rock, that would indicate blasting from lode mining. You may not always hit upon a promising location by considering these and other man-made features, but your chances for success greatly increase. Be flexible, keep sampling and try again if you don't have any luck at first. Spending a little time evaluating an area can lead to a much more productive hunt, because after all, "gold is where you find it."

NUPA Price List

Non Pocket T-shirt Pocket T-shirt Short Sleeve Denim Long Sleeve Denim Hooded Sweatshirt Hat Visor Tote Blanket W/Logo 1/2 Mesh Stainless Steel Classifier 1/4 Mesh Stainless Steel Classifier 1/8 Mesh Stainless Steel Classifier 10 Crevice Tool 12 Crevice Tool Snappy Grip Handles Old Prospectors Never DieMug Gold Panner Belt Buckle Jobe Black 10 inch Gold Pan Black Panning Gloves (24 inch) $10.00 $15.00 $20.00 $25.00 $25.00 $10.00 $8.00 $12.00 $22.00 $23.95 $23.95 $23.95 $8.95 $10.95 $2.99 $14.95 $12.95 $3.49 $14.95

FOR SALE
ATV cover ATV Rear Basket 12VDC Igloo Cooler Gold Buddy $25 $85 $35 $225 $275

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If you can't or don't want to get a generator and winch in to pull out a big rock, or you just don't want the attention. This might be for you. 3000lb Grip-Puller. Cable hoist. Don't know much about it as it was my father-in -laws. $150.00 Kim 801 393-2132

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