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Letter From Your President

Fellow Prospectors,
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     We've all been out rock bustin',
panning, sluicing, high banking and
dredging. The weather is warm, the
snow is melting, rivers are high and
we have good gold on all our claims!  knowledge making the event a huge
     As most of you know our topic
this past month has been dredging
and our general meeting was highly
informative and educational even
into the weekend where the club had
an opportunity to watch dredging in
operation on the Arkansas river at
Woody's claim. On Saturday April
17th there were 15 people and on
Sunday April 18th there were 18
people.
     I personally didn't make it out until
Sunday but the 4 dredges in
operation that day were a lot of fun
to work with. There was a
combination of experiences &
success!
    Thank you to the Bennett's and
Mr. Whittkopp for an excellent
demonstration. It was an educational
experience to further our knowledge
of techniques and abilities to
navigate the river safely.
continued on next page
inside
President’s Letter
New Member’s
Minutes 3
Early Gold Pans
Early Gold Pans continued 4
Volunteers
Choose The Right Gold Pan 5
May Calendar 6
First Gold
Calendar 7
Application 8

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Dredging on the Arkansas
Presidentʼs Letter, continued WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS

      Saturday April 17th  was a split event Tim & Evelyn  Adams  CO
day.  Thank you to  our dedicated members Robert  Allmon CO
volunteering and helping out with public Terrence Allmon CO
demonstrations.  We had three volunteers
manage a "keep what you find" gold panning Chester & Linda Anderson CO
day at the Western Mining Museum of John Andrick CO
Industry. My heart felt gratitude to you for your Elfriede Rubeck & Larry Boos CO
public service and inspiration.
          Also on that day was the Boy Scout Steve & Charee Bundy CO
Jamboree out at Turkey Creek in which there Robert Butler CO
were well over 200 scouts and 100 adults. My Larry & Judy CO
deepest appreciation to the eight volunteers we had for the panning Clark
demonstration which included some modern mining equipment. We spoke to
various people about how we go out on our claims and collect that yellow metal Katy Cusick CO
from the earth that mother nature has been distributing for thousands of years. Howard & Marilyn Divelbiss CO
        The claims committee has been formed and I want everyone to know that Michael Doucet, Sr. CO
anyone is welcome to join as we need people with computer abilities to help
navigate the LR2000 and Geo communicator for determining claim availability Robert & Paulette Frye CO
in gold bearing areas. Gary & Linda Graef CO
     As a member of the claims committee I'd like to let every one know, we have Bill & Kristina Hunt CO
Wayne Whittkopp temporarily sitting in as the claims committee chairman to
mentor Richard Stockton, (secretary), for that position, and Bill Smith is the Richard & Rosalinda Kerwin TX
vice-chair. Ronny Parker TX
     Remember folks that May 8th and 9th is the Let's Go Gold Panning Days at Raymond & Linda Simmons AZ
Woody's claims and Point Bar. Invite your friends and family and remember
the potluck dinner on Saturday. David & Denise West CO
     Territory Days is a go on the 29th 30th and 31st and here's your opportunity Ronald Whitley OK
to perfect your panning skills in a hurry. It's a lot of fun and last year was a blast Marty Witcher CO
by getting to do a hometown local event, so, invite people you know and let's
have fun! Jake & Sadie Wulfestieg CO
                                   Good prospecting to you all, Sincerely Big Ben
   WELCOME BACK!
    
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 GOLD PROSPECTORS OF COLORADO Enterprise and Innovation In the Pikes
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING MINUTES Peak Region
14 APR 2010 Please join us on Saturday, June 5, 2010 East
Library, 5550 N. Union Blvd., Colorado
7:07 p.m.
Meeting called to order by President Ben Springs, CO 8:30-4:00
Higley with the Pledge of Allegiance.
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given ticket to “Gold Draw”, and welcomed
to the club by other members. The 2010 Pikes Peak Regional History
David West, Perry Grant, Larry Clark, Mike Symposium, Enterprise & Innovation in the
Graham, Chuck Miller, Tracy & Mike Wayne Pikes Peak Region, will focus on commerce,
communication, creativity, technology, tourism,
7:12 p.m.
Gold closing price today was $1,156.00/ oz
transportation and industry, and will explore the relationship of those
7:13 p.m.
President Ben Higley asked membership of topics to the growth, development and character of the region.
any prospecting completed in the last
month. Several members discussed where
they had gone, and what they had found.
7:15 p.m.
Monthly Treasurerʼs report given by Helen
Bennett.
7:21 p.m.
President Ben Higley asked membership EARLY G LD PANS by Lin Smith
that if they had any important documents
that need to be deposited in the bank Safe
Deposit Box, please give them to V.P.
Wayne Wittkopp. The first method of obtaining gold was probably by washing.
What is now described as a pan was likely a wooden apparatus
7:22 p.m.
President Ben Higley re-introduced all of
adopted from Mexico, Africa or Brazil. The wooden batea may
the board members to the general
have been the precursor to the minerʼs pan. The North
membership.
American gold pan went by several different names: minerʼs
7:23 p.m.
Webmaster Stacey Smith spoke about the washing pan, prospectorʼs pan, gold-washer, minerʼs pan, ore
boardʼs progression in the revision of the
washing pan, gold dish and gold washerʼs bowl. Unlike pans in
Constitution & By-Laws.
many other countries, the distinctive North American gold pan
7:27 p.m.
President Ben Higley reminded all is round, flat bottomed, with slopping sides. With the number of
memberʼs to carry their membership card continuing gold pan patents it is clear that the search is still on
when prospecting on club claims, and to
for the perfect design. Other countries have their own: the
show their cards to any other member who
lotok in Russia, the batea in Brazil, the ninja bowl from
may ask them to prove their membership.
Mongolia, and the dulang from Malaysia.
7:28 p.m.
P r e s i d e n t B e n H i g l e y s p o k e a b o ut
upcoming events:
The origins of the gold pan are difficult to trace. It was reported
• Boy Scout jamboree at Turkey that Issac Humphrey used a frying pan in 1848 near Sutterʼs
Creek, volunteers needed for demo.
Mill. The Batea and even closely woven baskets from Native
• WMMI, Panning demonstration,
volunteers needed. Americans were purported to have been used in the California
• gold fields. The sheet metal pan began to appear in 1848 and
Woodyʼs #1 & #2, Hands-on
dredging conducted by Trustee was the preferred method of mining during the early years of
Robert Bennett. the gold rush. Prospectors from the 1830ʼs gold rush in
• Territory Days, Colorado Springs, Georgia may have introduced the “frying pan” to California. In a
same spot as last year. Government document from 1870 “in the gold region of the
Carolinas and Georgia, the pan formerly employed was either
7:30 p.m.
Member Ron Yamiolkoski spoke about the
Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society the ordinary iron frying pan or a light steel pan, a little deeper,
club meeting, and their silent auction at and elliptical in form” reference is made to the frying pan.
WMMI during panning demo.
The first gold pan patent was obtained by John A. Brook in
7:37 p.m.
Break for 15 minutes.
1861. In Brockʼs patent specifications he designed a “sheet
7:50 p.m.
Bill Smith conducted door prize drawing. metal pan corrugated about midway between the base and its
8:00 p.m.
Big Ben introduced guest speaker for the upper edge. The interior surface of the bottom of this pan is
m e e t i n g . Tr u s t e e R o b e r t B e n n e t t , lined or covered with copper, platinum, or other metal.” Forget
presentation about “Suction Dredging”. looking for gold-lets look for a few of these platinum pans! He
9:13 p.m.
Big Ben presented Robert Bennett with also goes on to describe: “the panning utensils now in use are
“Nugget” for clubʼs appreciation of his made of sheet-iron, tin or wood. The sheet-iron pans are
presentation to membership. mostly made by machinery by being pressed into shape from a
9:15 p.m.
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by all club members in attendance. made by the old plan of cutting the sheet-iron and seaming
together. Some are made of wood, generally turned.”

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EARLY G LD PANS continued
The sheet-iron pans are mostly made by machinery by being pressed into
shape from a single piece of sheet-iron of proper dimensions. Some are
made by the old plan of cutting the sheet-iron and seaming together.
Some are made of wood, generally turned.”
Early descriptions of minerʼs pans refer to the use of Russian sheet-iron.
Russian sheet-iron was a thin sheet-iron, with a smooth polished surface,
dark metallic grey with extreme ductility, which did not readily oxidize. The
imported Russian sheet-iron was used for stovepipe iron, stoves,
locomotive engines, and gold pans. Because of its malleability-bending
fourteen or fifteen times before it broke, compared to American steel which
broke on the fourth or fifth time, it could easily be turned into a pan.
An early report described the minerʼs pan as: “made of the best quality
Russian iron, some are stamped out of a single sheet, while others are
jointed like the sections of a stovepipe; no solder is used as it would soon
be taken up by the quicksilver frequently used. The minerʼs pan is, in
form, something like the common milk pan, but with the sides more flaring.
The usual dimensions are ten inches in diameter at the bottom, sixteen
inches at the top, and two and two tenths inched deep. The angle of the
sides from the horizontal is thirty-seven degrees. The rim is strengthened
by a strong iron wire rolled in.” The cost for such a pan in 1883 was 90
cents.
Descriptions of the wooden batea also appear. Being described by Henry
Hank in 1884: “Mr. John Roach, optician of San Francisco, gives the
following directions, by which, he says, any good turner will be able to
make them: “a disk of seventeen inches diameter being turned conical
twelve degrees, will have a depth of one and seven eights inches from
center to surface. The thickness may be five eights of an inch. The other
edge perpendicular to axis will require wood two and one half inches thick
for its construction. The best wood is Honduras mahogany.”
Unlike todayʼs pans, the early pans were capable of being used as a
shovel to scoop and scrape up the materials. By serving a dual purpose
the miner was able to cut down on the amount of equipment he needed to
carry.
The biggest innovation in todayʼs pans is plastic and color. The search
continues for the perfect pan, but much can depend upon the skill of the
user.
 CHOOSING THE RIGHT G
The beginner to the professional prospector finds the gold pan is an inexpensive and efficient
tool for retrieving and sampling gold in gold placers. by Lin Smith
COLOR
You will need to consider how visible your gold is against the color
you choose. The brighter the color the harder it will be to see the
gold. A black pan will show your gold, but the black sand will be
hard to see. Blue and green are the most popular colors and make
the black sand and gold visible.
M AT E R I A L - S T E E L A N D
COPPER
Copper pans are expensive, gold is not
easily visible in them, and they are mainly
used for amalgamation. Steel pans are
made of spun steel and are prone to
rusting They require regular upkeep, can
be heavy and as a result they are not as
portable. Their shiny surface may be hard
on the eyes, they can get hot in the sun,
and they will absorb the cold. When
nugget shooting they will interfere with
your metal detector. Do not heat food or
water in them because of possible mercury
contamination. You can heat them in order to dry out your
concentrates! They come with an oil coating which must be
blackened. They may be easier to retrieve as they will sink and not
float downstream.
M A T E R I A L - P L A S T I C
Plastic pans come in countless shapes, sizes, and depths. Because
they are injection molded they are consistent in their performance
and it will be easy to transition to a new one. They are light weight,
they are inexpensive, they float, they don’t rust or corrode, are
durable, and do not require regular upkeep. You can use them with
a metal detector and you can use a magnet to gather the black sand
out of your pan. You can texture them to hold the gold and they
can have deep riffles that hold the gold. They do need to be
“seasoned” and they may be too light as you chase them down the
stream, but they will be easy to carry! (If you are lucky you might
find someone else’s pan full of gold floating by!)
S H A P E A N D S I Z E
more visible. (“bluing”)
Pans used in alluvial deposits are shallower than those used in vein
ore mining. A round pan is best for novices. It is the easiest to find
and you can keep the gravel more fluid in the pan. The hex is easy
to hold and you can use traditional panning movements. The square
is easy to hold but it is hard to move and the triangular pan is easy
to use but can easily overturn. A good rule of thumb is to pick a
pan that you can carry with one hand. A pan is measured in inches
and is measured by the top diameter. The 14” pan is the most
popular. The 12” to 14” panis the easiest to use for beginners.
Keep in mind that the larger the pan the more stamina and
technique will be required. If the pan is too small you won’t be
able to process as much material but they are handy as a finishing
pan. The larger pans can be used as a catch basin with your sluice.
Children-10”, Women-10” to 12”, Men 12”+. As a rule of thumb: 1
yard of material=180 processed pans. At ten pans per hour in the
average day you can process 1/2 yard of material.
LD PAN
RIFFLES
They trap the gold like riffles in a sluice box and keep
the heavy materials in your pan, speeding up the
panning process. They can vary in size and number.
Riffles provide small barriers to the flow of the
water in your pan, stratifying the material and
allowing time for the heavier material to fall to
the bottom of your pan. They can also provide
a surface from which you can break up clay or
clumps of dirt. They cover about 1/3 of the side of
a pan and can get in the way when you are in the
final stages of panning.
DROP-BOTTOM
The bottom is deeper than a conventional pan and
they come in plastic or steel. Panning will go faster if
they do not have riffles. The recessed bottom
creates a catch basin which traps the gold and
prevents material from moving up the pan. A
disadvantage is that they can hold unwanted material.
SMALL OR LARGE BOTTOM
A smaller bottom will allow a quicker concentration
of your material, the material will move faster with less
effort but you might need to move the pan more
rapidly. The larger bottom displaces more water so it
can float on the water and save your muscles. It is
easier to move your material in a liquid motion
continually so that the material will separate at a more
accurate rate in a large bottom pan.
B L A C K E N I N G Y O U R S T E E L PA N
Steel pans come with a oil coating which can attach
to your gold and float it out of the pan. If you
blacken your pan you can remove this coating. Wipe
as much oil residue off with a paper towel, then using
a camp stove outside heat the pan over low to
medium heat. Allow to cool slowly so it does not
warp. It might require reheating several times to
obtain the blue-black color which makes the gold
P R E T R E AT I N G A P L A S T I C PA N
Cheaper plastic pans can have oil as part of their
material base which cannot be removed! Clean the
pan with a good degreasing agent. Using a strong
detergent along with some gravel and water, shake
your pan vigorously for about five minutes and allow to
sit for a couple of days. Do not scour your pan with
sandpaper or steel wool. In some pans their action can
be hindered by this process. If water beads up in your
pan there is still oil. In a seasoned pan the water
should flow smoothly. Carrying a small bottle of liquid
detergent or Jet Dry, which you can squirt in your
pan, can also help eliminate oils. Oils from your hands,
hand cream or suntan lotion can also put oil in your
pan. Some tree saps can be used as degreasers when
in a pinch.
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Meeting Morrison Natural Victor, CO Old Colorado City
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First Gold

  As we crossed the Arkansas River
bridge at Wellsville, anticipation
increased along with the speed of the
vehicle I was driving.  Along with my
wife, Marilyn, we crossed under the
railroad trestle and turned right towards
Woody's Claims.  A few campers were
lined up in the trees with no one around.  long suction pole to dredge up the black
We parked and followed the path down
to the river where a few people were
hanging out.    A bright blue piece of
equipment , which looked like a strange
little raft was floating in the river, along
with two frogmen.  Another gentleman in
fishing waders was throwing rocks out
of the river and stacking them to hold
back the water.  A woman was keeping
a close eye on the little blue raft.  actually doing our own dredging and
  This was our first view of a gold dredge
operation.  On the bank we met Big Ben  friendship and want to thank everyone
and his son, Benny.  The woman was
Helen Bennett, her husband Bob, one of
the frogmen and the other was Wayne
Winkopp. Richard Stockten was
throwing rocks and stacking them to
slow down the current for the dredgers.
  Big Ben told us a bit about the ancient
river pattern and the whereabouts of the
gold in the area.  As we watched the
two dredgers dig deeper into the river
with the suction hose, Helen was
keeping the sluice box cleared from
being plugged by rocks.  Big Ben then
asked if we wanted to try dredging
ourselves.  We carried his dredge and
sluice box combo down to the river and
proceeded to hook up all types of
hoses.  Benny helped my wife clear
rocks from the river, while I used the
sand which hopefully contained ounces
and ounces of gold. 
    Without the kindness of Big Ben and
his son, Benny, we would have been
content to watch the proceedings for
awhile and then head home.  Mary and
Bruce Stenulson along with sixteen year
old Benny had a lot of patience trying to
teach a sixty year old how to pan.   With
panning, we learned a lot about
for offering their assistance.
  Although, we did not find the mother
lode, we did find enough to put in a vial
borrowed from Big Ben to take home
with us.
 
Howard and Marilyn Divelbiss
Howard, Colorado
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9th GPOC Meeting 7PM Bob Hale (719) 213-3383
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Beaver Creek Claim Panning, Sluicing, Work Party,

6-7 New Member Outing Bob Hale (719) 213-3383
CO Reclamation, Claim Marking

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17th A Trek Through Time Cave of The Winds CO (719)748-3253
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Volunteers needed for Outfitters &

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Mineral Trail
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26-27 WMMI Rock Fair needed. Western Musuem of Mining
CO www.wmmi.org/
& Industry CS, CO

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14th GPOC Meeting 3400 N. Nevada CS 7PM Bob Hale (719) 213-3383 Dry-washing, Metal Detecting

Norris Penrose Center Volunteers needed for Outfitters/Gold

14-17 Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Bob Hale (719) 213-3383
CS, CO Demo.

17-18 New Member Outing Woody’s Claim CO Bob Hale (719) 213-3383 Dry Washing and Metal Detecting

16-17-18 Gold Rush Days Victor, CO (719) 689-2091 Lonesa Wyatt

24-25 Burro Days Fairplay, CO Bob Hale (719) 213-3383 Volunteers needed for Outfitters/Gold Demo.

Aug 5th Board Meeting 4125 Center Pk Dr. president@gpoc.com Sand Creek Police Station CS, CO

Shirley Weilnau Volunteers needed Outfitters/Gold

6-8 Gold Championships Breckenridge, CO
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225 N. Gate Rd. CS, (719) 488-0880
7th Burro Birthday Bash Western Museum of Mining & Industry
CO www.wmmi.org/

3400 N. Nevada CS,

11th GPOC Meeting 7PM Bob Hale (719) 213-3383 Advanced Dredging - Bob Bennett
CO
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539-2019
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3400 N. Nevada CS,

8th GPOC Meeting Bob Hale (719) 213-3383 High-banking
CO
225 N. Gate Rd. CS , (719)488-0880
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