November Newsletter
Gold Fever !!!
Tomah
Wisconsin GPAA Chapter – November, 2014
Welcome
Welcome to the 2014 GOLD FEVER Newsletter.
Another year, another gold prospecting opportunity.
If you have not tried to find gold, you need to give it a try.
Let us know if you need help to get started, there are many people with
experience that the help you.
The Tomah, Wisconsin GPAA Chapter newsletter is your newsletter, please let me
know what you would like to see in it, we hope to bring you more information in
the coming year. I hope you enjoy
the information and articles included in this newsletter.
You can receive this Newsletter by
mail, by either attended a meeting, or sent a book of stamps for postage.
We are also always looking for speakers, we need to help out our great president
(Mike Fait). He has been putting
the programs together with very little help.
If you have taken a trip or just have a story about somewhere, we would
like to hear about it. You do NOT
need to be an expert speaker; everyone likes to hear about what other members
are doing.
Do not forget the Newsletter and pictures can always be found at:
www.huntforgems.com/gpaatomahwi/
President’s Message
Thank you for reelecting me as president of the chapter, and I want to thank all
the other officers who were elected for their taking on the responsibilities of
their offices. I am here to serve you, if you have any ideas on what you want to
do at the upcoming meetings let me know and I will try to get them done.
As expected Marathon County has outlawed prospecting on county land. They are
the only county in the state that has done this. Let’s hope it stays that way.
or that Marathon county reverses there decision but I don't have my hopes up.
William Duncanson the parks director was leading the charge to outlaw us. He was
the one person that spoke out against us time after time.
The November meeting will be on the third weekend like all the other meeting
this year as gun deer hunting is on the fourth weekend.
I'm still working on cleaning up my Lake Superior black sands. I have never seen
anything that was this hard to separate the gold out of. I will probably be
working on it next spring yet. I will be moving my cleanup table to the basement
this month and I don't seem to get much done over winter.
See you in the creeks Mike Fait
Tomah Wisconsin GPAA Chapter Minutes October, 2014
Old Business:
The October meeting was held at the Town Hall at the Town of Lagrange, 22731
Flint Ave. on Route #21 west of Tomah Wisconsin on October 18th ,
several members and
guests attended the October meeting.
Marathon county prospecting ban was talked about.
The law on recreational prospecting and even rock hounding is now law. We
cannot pan for gold, pick up a rock or even pick a flower on Marathon County
owned land. If you get caught they will prosecute to the fullest even a child.
This law was passed today. Warm Regards,
Carl Mauritz , Wausau Prospectors Secretary
Last month Richard Hansons phone # to call about gold cubes. It was the wrong
number it should be (608)466-0080.
New
Business:
November’s meeting will be on the 3rd Saturday of November on the 15th
at 1:00 pm at the Town Hall at the Town of Lagrange, 22731 Flint Ave. on Route
#21 west of Tomah Wisconsin. Please
bring a dish to pass for lunch. Steve
Miller will be talking about metal detecting in Virginia and any other metal
detecting questions you may have.
A joint prospecting trip to South Dakota is being planned for 2015 with the
Wausau chapter. Not dates have been set yet.
At the October’s meeting the 2015 elections was held.
Elected was President Mike Fait, Vice-president Gary Morrison, Secretary
Jennie Morrison,
Treasurer Gayle Fait. Outings Director Richard Niemyjski,
Claims chairman Richard Niemyjski,
and Newsletter Editor Diane North
The speaker was Kim Mickeison talk about emergency medical care in the field.
She covered the A B C's of medical care. Airways, Blood and heart
beating, and circulation. She also talked about animal and insect bites. It was
quit in depth and more than I can remember now I only hope that this information
it comes back to me in my time of need.
Raffles:
Donations to the raffle were from:
Dave Bender, Bev Bender, Larry Bender, Emily Morrison,Mike Fait,Richard Powell,
John Schwingle,Wayne Ellifson Sr. Eugene and Tina Taylor,and Val Thompson
hope I didn't miss anyone.
Raffles:
50/50
raffle winner – John Schwingle
Gold raffle winners: Gold nugget John Schwingle,
Gold bags John Schwingle and Wayne Ellifson
Gold
Price on 10/28/14 was $1,227.70 Silver
Price on 10/28/14 was $17.40
Respectfully submitted by Diane North –
Newsletter Editor
First Aid Kits
First Aid
Kits are very easy to put together on your own and cheaper than buying a
readymade kit. Here is what The Red
Cross recommends.
The Red
Cross recommends that all first aid kits for a family of four include the
following:
2 absorbent compress
dressings (5 x 9 inches)
25 adhesive bandages
(assorted sizes)
1 adhesive cloth tape
(10 yards x 1 inch)
5 antibiotic ointment
packets (approximately 1 gram)
5 antiseptic wipe
packets
2 packets of aspirin
(81 mg each)
1 blanket (space
blanket)
1 breathing barrier
(with one-way valve)
1 instant cold
compress
2 pair of nonlatex
gloves (size: large)
2 hydrocortisone
ointment packets (approximately 1 gram each)
Scissors
1 roller bandage (3
inches wide)
1 roller bandage (4
inches wide)
5 sterile gauze pads
(3 x 3 inches)
5 sterile gauze pads
(4 x 4 inches)
Oral thermometer
(non-mercury/nonglass)
2 triangular bandages
Tweezers
First aid instruction
booklet
MAY THERE BE GOLD IN EVERY PAN !!!!
Officers
– all officers were re-elected for 2015.
President –
Michael Fait (mgfait@charter.net)
715-384-9265
Vice-President – Gary Morrison 715-316-2160
Secretary –
Jeanne Morrison 715-316-2160
Newsletter
Editor - Diane North (dbnorth@centurytel.net)
608-635-7031
Treasure –
Gayle Fait (mgfait@charter.net)
715-384-9265
Outing
Chairman – Richard Niemyjski (richnski@frontiernet.net)
608-637-3295
Claims
Director – Richard Niemyjski (richnski@frontiernet.net)
608-637-3295
State
Director – Mike Flint (mwink12@excite.com)
608-372-0694
Upcoming
Events
Nov 1, 2014 - Wausau Prospector Meeting
– Cedar Creek Mall – Swap fest & Alabama Gold Camp - 11:00 am
Nov 15, 2014
- Tomah Club Meeting at Town of LaGrange Town Hall – Steve Miller Metal
detecting - at 1:00 pm
Dec 6, 2014
- Wausau Prospector Meeting – Cedar Creek Mall – Meeting & Christmas Party -
11:00 am
Nov 20, 2014
- Tomah Club Meeting at Town of LaGrange Town Hall – Meeting & Christmas Party -
at 1:00 pm
Wisconsin
Area Clubs
Greenbush
Wisconsin GPAA Chapter – holds their meetings on the 2nd Saturday of
each month at 3:00 pm in the Greenbush Town Hall, N644 Sugarbush Rd, Greenbush
Wi. – Contact: Ron Smith 920-207-4092
Midstate
Metal Detecting Club – meets every 3rd Wednesday at 7:00 pm at
Shooters Bar and Restaurant at the intersection of Hwy 39 and 54, next to the
Shell Station. Contact: Steve
Miller 715-572-1845
Wausau
Prospectors – meets the 1st Saturday of the month at 11:00 am in the
community room at Cedar Creek Mall next to I-39 just north of Gander Mountain.
Take I-39 exit 185. Contact:
Kurt Bublitz 715-340-2831 or e-mail
lizzy101@charter.net
Wisconsin
Northwoods Adventures GPAA Chapter – holds their meetings on the 2nd
Saturday of every month at 11:00 am, at Rice Lake
Regional Airport located west of Cameron and west of hwy53 on 19th St.,
Rice Lake, Wi. Contact: Mike
Wiersma 715-833-7603