Tomah Wisconsin GPAA Chapter – November 2018

Welcome

Welcome to the 2018 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.

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President’s Message

Thank you to all the members that attended the October meeting and re-elected me to the Presidency. I will try and keep the club running smoothly.

 On October 27-28 th Larry Bender, Gary Morrison and I attended the Springfield Ohio gold show. It was an eleven hour drive there. We got to meet Emily Riedel of bearing see gold and hear her talk about her life in Alaska and how she got her start in Alaska. While I was at her talk the curtains next to me were opened be a curious passerby. It was Barb Bublitz, I gave her a hug and waved to Kurt I didn't know they were coming to the show. Saturday Kurt won a nugget in the speed panning booth ( I blew a nugget both times I tried). He also won a bag of Felix paydirt in the main raffle. Sunday I tried the speed panning again and was in first for  a couple of hours but finally finished in fifth with a time of 12.46 seconds It took 9 seconds to get into the top three, 8 seconds to win! Sunday Larry won a Australian pro pan and I won the Felix paydirt. Rumer has it that one of the two bags from this show has a one ounce nugget in it we will find out sometime this winter when I get some time to pan again.

 On Monday Gary,Larry and I went to Yogi bear park in Knightstown Indiana to pan in the creek. The water was real cold and Gary didn't bring any boots and I didn’t have any gloves. Gary and I didn't find any gold. I ran 15 pans from various spots. Larry found 7 micro specks from various locations. Had lots of fun his weekend!

 We will talk about the gold show at the November meeting which is on the second weekend Nov 10th.  See you in the creeks or woods Mike Fait    Glad I saw so many of you in the creek Mike Fait       

Upcoming Events

November 3, 2018 – Wausau Prospectors Outing – Desert Prospecting

November 10, 2018 - Tomah Club Meeting Town of LaGrange Town Hall – at 1:00 pm

December 1, 2018 – Wausau Prospectors - Meeting/Program – Christmas Party

December 15, 2018 – Tomah Club Meeting Town of LaGrange Town Hall – at 1;00 pm – Christmas Party

Tomah Wisconsin GPAA Chapter Minutes October, 2018

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 15 members present on a cold rainy day. 

 Elections were held and all officers were re-elected to another term.

 Outings were discussed both future and passed outings. The last nugget lake outing was talked about. The weather was perfect on that weekend. The gold show in Springfield Ohio was talked about. Mike, Gary and Larry are going.

Door prizes concentrates left over from Nugget Lake were won by Jeff Hastings, Larry Bender, Gary Morrison, and Rodney Kenyon. None of them were at the outing so we shared with even more members than were at Nugget in September.

Mike Fait and Wayne Ellefson talked about there trip to Roaring Gold Camp in Pine Grove California.

 The November meeting was moved to the second weekend of November which is the 10th.

 Remember to bring a dish to pass for lunch!  Thank you.

  Raffles:  Last month’s donations from Mike Fait, Lisa Fait, Larry Bender, Larry and Diane Kollins, Jeff Hastings, Rich Niemyjski, John Schwingle, Dan Koehler, Wayne Ellefson Sr, and Merlin Meyer. Thank you all I hope I didn't miss anyone.  

50/50 winner - Rodney Kenyon

Gold nugget - Richard Niemyjski

Concentrates - Rodney Keynon

 Gold Price on 11/1/18 was $1,232.90               Silver Price on 11/1/18 was $14.72

Respectfully submitted by Diane North – Newsletter Editor

Tomah Gold Club e-mail:   

Gold Occurrences in Wisconsin

There is gold to be found in Wisconsin in the forms of placer deposits in just about any county in the state that were brought here by the many glaciers that have come down from the gold bearing regions of Canada. It should be remembered by prospectors that Wisconsin is divided geologically into two different parts that are nearly equal in size. In the southern part of Wisconsin the basement rocks are buried under a deep deposit of sedimentary rocks that in some places can be miles deep. The northern part of the state is a continuation of the Canadian Shield.

Gold found in the northern part of Wisconsin comes from both small lode deposits as well as widespread placer deposits. The placer gold is found in just about any stream or river in the state as well as the beaches along the southern shores of Lake Superior. The deposits lode gold all discovered in several places up to this point none of them found were economically viable. There are several mines in the northern part of the state that are producing both iron and other base metals. Geologically there is no reason why gold should not be associated with these deposits. Just across the border in Michigan there is working gold mining that is produced gold for many years. Of interest are the copper mines that are found in the northern part of the state where the operators of these mines were well aware of the presence of gold, but for economic reasons they just didn't raise the issue.

Throughout the whole state of Wisconsin there are glacial deposits of placer gold brought down from Canada that by being reworked by running water for placer deposits. These deposits are found in the rivers and streams wherever there is a sudden change of velocity in the running water, or on beaches of the many lakes in the state where the gold is concentrated by wave action. Gold of this nature is usually found in fine grains and what is termed flour gold that forces the prospector to become very skillful in the use of the gold pan recover this gold.

Anyone in Wisconsin is allowed to do what is termed recreational gold panning without having to have a license as long as the stream banks and bottoms are not harmed or large amounts of silt and other waste products is not released into the waters of the State. Any gold you find belongs to the person that holds the mineral rights on the property where you found it. You must get permission from the property owner before you do any panning by reaching some sort of agreement with the holder of any mineral rights before you start gold recovery. 

There is an interactive map, you can search it (type "Gold" for example in the search box) and you need to click around and play with it to get the most out of it.  Web site = www.arcgis.com/

Officers – elected for 2019.

President – Michael Fait (mgfait@charter.net) 715-384-9265   (Cell phone to be used only on meeting days = 715-305-8319)

Vice-President – Gary Morrison 715-316-2555

Secretary – Jeanne Morrison 715-316-2555

Newsletter Editor - Diane North (dbnorth@centurytel.net) 608-635-7031

Treasure – Gayle Fait (mgfait@charter.net) 715-384-9265

Outing Chairman – Jeff Hastings (monkeyhast@frontier.net)  (608) 637-3097

Claims Director – Richard Niemyjski (richnski@frontiernet.net) 608-637-3295

State Director – Mike Flint (mwink12@excite.com) 608-372-0694

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Wisconsin Area Clubs

he Kettle Moraine Prospectors of Wisconsin – We still meet in the Community Center in Plymouth, Wi.  on the second Saturday of the month, providing the church doesn't have something else on their schedule .- 1:00 PM Meetings  Contact: Chuck Riel – 414-328-3194 or visit wisgold.org/index.html

Midstate Metal Detecting Club – meets every 3^rd 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 1^st Saturday of the month at 11:00 am at the Village Town Hall in Brokaw Wisconsin. Address is: 218 2^nd St., Brokaw, WI. Take US 51 north of Wausau and take exit 197. Then go east on county road WW. At the 4 way stop in Brokaw take a right. You are there (just past the Credit Union).  Contact:  Kurt Bublitz 715-340-2831 or e-mail lizzy101@charter.net

Wisconsin Michigan Prospectors.GPAA Chapter – holds their meetings on the 3^rd Saturday of every month at 11:00 am, at meeting location for the next few months at Newinghams Supper Club at 722 Main St. Wausaukee, WI 54177. Contact Ron Smith.