Tomah Wisconsin GPAA Chapter – April 2019

Welcome

Welcome to the 2019 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

: I have a site for the July outing at Muskellunge Lake Park or should I say two sites since I have to move after 4 days. The park is upgrading their electrical systems and two thirds of the sites are closed for rental right now, they could open up before our outing the site said by July 1 we will have to wait and see.  There are other campground in the area I just have not been to any of them and it may be sand and gravel roads to get to them.

 I will bring my flow pan and do a demonstration for the April 20th meeting that is the day before Easter we will have ham for the meat!

 Bowling didn't go as good as I would have liked. I did see two people on either side of me throw 300s I got half of that one game! Missed way too many spares got enough strikes but couldn't get more than 3 in a row. Then in team I started missing all my spares only had 1 in the first two games. Finally in the last game got most of my spares and got a 224 only game over this year’s average all weekend.

 Found out today that our office max is closing in April or May, I’m going to have to find a new place to get the newsletters printed after that.

 Yea the snow is finally melting and I saw my first robin today.

See you in the creeks Mike Fait                                 

Upcoming Events

Tomah Club Meeting - Town of LaGrange Town Hall. 22731 Flint Ave. Tomah WI. 54660 - 1.8 miles west of the 12/21 Hwy intersection in Tomah. – At 1:00 pm on the following dates, speakers will be announced as they are scheduled:

-       April 20, 2019 - Mike Fait - flow pan and do a demonstration

-       October 19, 2019

Planned Outings:

-       May 15, 2019 -  Tomah metal detecting outing site to be determined - metal detect the camping area at Fort McCoy

-       June 7-8-9, 2019 -  Upper Michigan outing Wausau chapter to Ontonagon for copper ,Yooperlites and maybe gold

-       June 15, 2019 - Nugget Lake outing –Tomah

-       July 13, 2019 -  weekend Muskellunge Lake Michigan outing - Tomah   gold in black sand, agates, fossils and Yooperlits

-       July 26-27-28, 2019 -  Midstate metal detectors club 23rd annual open hunt

-       August 9-10-11, 2019 - Thermal City North Carolina outing - Wausau – Tomah

-       Sept 6-7-8, 2019 -  Snyder county Park outing – Wausau

-       September 21, 2019 -  Nugget Lake group dig -Tomah

Tomah Wisconsin GPAA Chapter Minutes March, 2019

Club Business:                                                                                                                                                              

   We had a nice meeting in February with 24 members and guests in attendance.  

  Gary was glad to see so many members at the last meeting. He said Richard and Jeff have permission to metal detect the camping area at fort McCoy for the May outing.   

Gary Morrison showed a DVD on Quartzite Arizona and talked a little about gold in Texas.

Donations for the raffle were Richard Powell, Merlin Meyer, Larry Bender, Barb Bublitz, Eugene Taylor, and Wayne Ellefson.  Sorry if we missed anyone.

50/50 winner Merlin Meyer                                                                                                                  Gold nugget Merlin Meyer                                                                                                                                  Gold Concentrate bag Mick Whalen                                 

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

Gold Price on 03/31/19 was $1,287.30               Silver Price on 03/31/19 was $15.08

Respectfully submitted by Diane North – Newsletter Editor

Tomah Gold Club e-mail:   

Quartzsite, Arizona

 A Rockhound's Paradise

 Quartzsite is located in western Arizona, just 20 miles east of the Colorado River on I-10. It's been a rockhound's paradise since the 1960s. These days, it's also a mecca to well over a million visitors each year, most of whom converge on this small town in a wave of RVs during the months of January and February.

At this time of the year, 2,000 vendors of rocks, gems, minerals, fossils and everything else imaginable create one of the world's largest open air flea markets in Quartzsite. Eight major gem and mineral shows as well as vendors of raw and handcrafted merchandise peddle their wares to snowbirds, collectors and enthusiasts, making Quartzsite the place to be the first two months of each year.

 Population / Elevation - Quartzsite 1,900 people / 876 feet above sea level

 Weather / Climate - Quartzsite has a classic low desert climate with extremely low relative humidity and very high summer temperatures. On the average, it receives less than 4 inches of precipitation a year. Stores, shops, restaurants, theaters and homes are air-conditioned year round in Quartzsite. June, July, August and September temperature are in the 100 plus area.

 History - In 1856, settler Charles Tyson built a fort at the present site of Quartzsite to protect his water supply from attacks by Native Americans. Fort Tyson soon became a stopover on the Ehrenburg-to-Prescott stagecoach route, eventually becoming known as Tyson's Wells. After the stage stopped running, it became a ghost town.

A small mining boom revitalized the town and it became known as Quartzsite in 1897. It remained a mining town until 1965, when the Pow Wow Rock, Gem & Mineral Show initiated the rockhound winter migration to Quartzsite each year. These days, the population can swell to almost a million during January and February as rockhounders, jewelers and vendors, mostly in thousands of RVs, attend the eight major gem and mineral shows.

 Read more: https://www.desertusa.com/cities/az/quartzsite.html#ixzz5jtQaIzHm

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

APPROVED DEALERS:

Deer field Detectors.  Dealer for Whites, Fisher, Garrett, Minelab, Bounty Hunter, Detector Pro Detector & Pinpointers, Sunray Detector Accessories, & many misc. detecting accessories.  Deerfield Detectors, N3091 CTY Rd. B, Hancock, WI 54943 (715) 572-1845 or e-mail stmill@uniontel.net or http://www.deerfielddetectors.com/

Wisconsin Area Clubs

The 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.  

MAY THERE BE GOLD IN EVERY PAN !!!!