Gold Fever !!!
Tomah
Wisconsin GPAA Chapter July, 2015
Welcome
Welcome to the 2015 GOLD FEVER Newsletter.
Another year, another gold prospecting opportunity.
Do not forget the Newsletter and pictures can always be found at:
www.huntforgems.com/gpaatomahwi/
Presidents Message
Hi everyone
Its been a long time since I've seen
most of you. We've had two outing since April. The first was a metal detecting
outing in Tomah. Twelve members come to hunt the fairgrounds and a park. The
weather was perfect in fact it was probably the first warm weather anyone had
seen in a while from all the people we saw out fishing and sunning themselves. I
think everyone found some coins and other oddities a toy gun, lots of pull tabs
and Jeff Hastings found a silver cross.
I didn't make it to South Dakota but
from what I have heard and seen they had plenty of water and a nice turnout.
Most people found some color too. Better the first time out there.
Gayle and I went to Alaska to Dean
Races claims on the forty mile river. It was cool 30's in the nights and mid 60s
during the warmest days. I was recovering from a cat bit and a pulled hamstring
and kind of took it easy the first several days there. I then started running a
highbanker dredge using it as a 3'' dredge for 3 days. When I thought I was
ready I moved up to a 4'' dredge. I long armed it the first two days then moved
up to a hookah when the hole got to deep. Never did reach the bottom in the hole
as the river dropped leaving the dredge on top of the tailings pile. That day
Kurt Bublitz set the highbanker up and we shoveled for three hours. I only ran
one tank of gas a day on anything that I worked on and it still beat me up I
must be getting old!
I haven't cleaned up anything
smaller than twenty mesh yet. I did clean up my snuffer bottle after I was home
for a week and got 1900 pieces of gold out of it I'm probably over two grams
now.
We saw moose almost every day and even
thou I didn't see it only a picture a grizzly walked down the far side of the
river one morning.
Don't forget mid-state
annual hunt in Nekoosa July 24,25,26
See you in the creeks, Mike Fait
Upcoming Events
July 11, 2015 Snyder Park Campground
Outing.
July 18, 2015 - Tomah Club Meeting at Town of LaGrange Town Hall at 1:00 pm
July 24/25/26, 2015 Mid State Hunt see filer attached.
August 15, 2015 Tomah Club Outing - Nugget Lake County Park Outing.
August 22, 2015 Wausau Woof River Outing
September 19.3015 - Tomah Club Meeting at Town of LaGrange Town Hall at 1:00
pm
September 25, 26, 27, 2015 Wausau Snyder Park Campground Outing
Oct 9-11, 2015 - fall Parrish outing & Memorial for Dennis - camping, metal
detector hunt, prospecting in the creeks
Officers
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 Open
Tomah Wisconsin GPAA Chapter Minutes May, June 2015
Old Business:
The May, June meetings were outings so no report.
On a very sad note Dennis Lauberstein passed away Friday May 22, 1015.
Dennis was a very outgoing and caring individual who loved to prospect
and share his talents with those around him.
He will truly be missed and our hearts and prayers go out to Janice.
The Wausau club fall outing will be dedicated in a memorial to honor
Dennis and Don (joint land owner) October 9th 11th at
Parish. It will be similar to the
Spring Outing. All activities will
take place on Saturday the 10th.
New Business:
Julys
meeting will be on the 3rd Saturday of July on the 18th 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.
Richard Powell is needing gold pans for
demonstrating at veterans groups.
Please bring any that you would like to donate to the May meeting and give to
Mike.
Raffles:
No raffles during the outings in May & June.
Gold Price
on 6/29/15 was $1,180.10 Silver
Price on 6/29/15 was $15.76
Respectfully submitted by Diane North
Newsletter Editor
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 2 nd Saturday of every month at 11:00 am,
at the Cameron Community Center, 512 W. Main Street, Cameron, WI. Contact Dave
Wire Heinsohn (715) 353-2261
MAY THERE BE GOLD IN EVERY PAN !!!!