Gold Fever!!!
Gold Fever!!!
Tomah Wisconsin GPAA Chapter September 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.
Do not forget the Newsletter and
pictures can always be found at:
www.huntforgems.com/gpaatomahwi/
Presidents Message
This month the Tomah Club will be
going to Nugget Lake on Sept 21 for our group dig. All The participants will
collect concentrates from 10:00 am till 2:00pm then we will combine all of them
in a tub mix them and give all the participants an equal share this way if you
weren't in a good spot you will still get the same amount of gold as everyone
else. You will still have to pan your own concentrates afterword. We will meet
at the parking area at the bottom of the hill on the way to the lake.
Remember there is a $5 charge per vehicle payable at the office. I will be in
campsite 12 for the weekend. We will do a group supper Saturday night for all
those still at the park. It is pot luck the club still has hamburgers and
hotdogs from June and soda. Try to bring something to add to the meal!
We will be returning to the Town
of Lagrange town hall in October to start the indoor season. People bring your
stories about what you did this summer! It will also be election time for the
officers.
It is a long drive to both places and Im not sure if I will do it again Ive
done it 8 or 9 times already and that might be enough.
Next year we might return to South Dakota, stay tuned!
See you in the creeks Mike Fait
Upcoming
Events
Planned Outings:
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Sept 6-7-8, 2019 - Snyder county Park
outing Wausau
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September 21, 2019 - Nugget Lake
group dig -Tomah
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:
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October 19, 2019
Tomah Wisconsin GPAA Chapter Minutes August, 2019
Club Business:
Last month the chapter joined with the Wausau club for an outing to Thermal city
gold mine. We all ran trammels and went thru 11 loads of dirt one for each
member there. All told we got more than 6 grams of gold, no one got rich but we
had a good time.
We all met at Smoky Que's for supper Saturday night too. Sunday we had the gold
draw and then some of the people left, they were there before the dig. Members
worked the panning table too all got gold.
Larry Bender, Mike and Gayle Fait ran the trammel again on Monday.
Got about the same amount of gold as
each pile produced Saturday. We also went up to the Vein Mountain LDMA camp for
a tour Sunday and bought some concentrates there. They look really good Larry
has already run his and he got over 3 grams in his bag!
Tuesday we went to tour the Reed gold mine, the site of the first gold rush in
the USA near Midland North Carolina. It was a two hour trip from Marion. We also
stopped at Carolina prospector in Statesville NC.
Wednesday we went to the Lucky strike mine, the owners were real friendly but it
was too hot to work a high banker. They were experiencing a heat index of 103
that day, so I just bought a bag of dirt and we went to Dahlonega Ga. There we
toured the Consolidated mine, the town square with the gold museum in the
center, and went to the Crissum mine to buy more dirt, and pan a small bit we
got for taking the tour. The helper there let us pan in the tables and I got
more gold that way than what they give out in their tour pans. We also ran a gem
bucket and got some small gems.
There were no raffles last month!
Gold Price
on 09/1/19 was $1,519.60
Silver Price on 9/1/19 was $18.34
Respectfully
submitted by Diane North Newsletter Editor
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
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 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 at the
Village Town Hall in Brokaw Wisconsin. Address is: 218 2nd 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 3rd
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 !!!!
