Gold Fever !!!
Tomah
Wisconsin GPAA Chapter – February, 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
Last month was a trying day I was worried a major snow storm was going to fall
on our meeting day. Thankfully most of it stayed to the west that day.
Some brave souls battled there way there. I would like to thank Dean Race for
coming and talking about his camp many of the members have been there and it is
like having a friend show up that you don't get to see very often. He had some
new stories and photos to watch.
The show Klondike was on for three days January 20-22 I haven't seen it yet but
hope to see at least some of it by our next meeting, I'm almost caught up on
gold rush only one episode behind would have been caught up but they had two
episodes on in the same week.
Got a call from Wanda Riel last month she was looking for information on
the club how many members and hoe much $ we spend on outings for the DNR
information. They have talked to the DNR again about motorized equipment here in
Wisconsin and had a favorable reception. The ball is now in the departments hand
let’s hope they see this as a recreation and not mining. But for now she told me
to tell you it is still illegal to use powered equipment. It comes with a
$10,000 fine and loss of equipment ouch!
Try and stay warm Mike Fait
Tomah
Wisconsin GPAA Chapter Minutes January, 2014
Old Business:
The December meeting was held at the Town Hall at the Town of Lagrange, 22731
Flint Ave. on Route #21 west of Tomah Wisconsin on January 18th.
20 members and guests attended the
December meeting.
The members that came from the southwest said there was 3'' of snow when they
left for the meeting but it was clear in Tomah. Coming from the north there was
a light snow falling until you got to Mather.
Dustin Murphy can't be our Liberian as he is moving to Colorado. We will need
someone to volunteer or we won't have one.
Dean Race came and talked about his claims in Alaska. Last summer the water was
clear and low most of the time everyone found gold. The trips are for 12 days.
You will be picked up in Fairbanks and taken to Chicken. The cost is $3750 with
a $250 deduction for members of the GPAA.
The club along with the Wausau club sent flowers to the funeral of Floyd Olsen.
He was the caretaker of the T& T riders club who helped us get gold rush days on
their grounds. He was a member of the Wausau club and prospected in Arizona with
the Sitenga's.
New
Business:
February’s meeting will be on the 3rd Saturday of February on the 15th
at 1:00 pm. Please bring a dish to pass
for lunch.
Guest speaker
–
Dan Erickson he will be coming to our meeting on the February 15th to
talk about Gold hog matting system.
He is
retired from the United States Air Force. He is an avid prospector and mineral
collector.
Donations to the raffle were from:
Wayne Ellefson Sr., Kim Mickelson, Jacob Morrison, and Barb Bublitz
hope I didn't miss anyone.
Raffles:
50/50 raffle winner –
Richard Niemyjski
Gold raffle winners:
Wayne Ellefson Sr. and Gayle Fait
Special Raffle - one bag of gold fever pay dirt donated by Dean Race and one
small bag along with a chance to win a trip to Dean's camp both won by Dan
Koehler
Gold
Price on 1/29/14 was $1,267.70 Silver
Price on 1/29/14 was $19.71
Respectfully submitted by Diane North –
Secretary & Newsletter Editor
State Treasures – Minnesota (cont.)
Anthony M. Belli
From page 28 of the August, 2012 issue of Lost Treasure
Copyright © 2012 Lost Treasure, Inc. all rights reserved
Henderson Brewery Mystery
SIBLEY COUNTY – Charles Ney for many years owned and operated the Henderson
Brewery until prohibition went into effect.
Shortly after prohibition became law Ney died, leaving behind a mystery that
remains unsolved.
Ney had amassed a personal fortune in gold specie, none of which was found in
his home or deposited in any bank.
In 1924 the brewery was razed; two years later treasure hunters obtained
permission to dig a 30-foot shaft below the old brewery site.
They believed Ney had a secret underground vault where he’d hidden his fortune.
The search for the underground vault was unsuccessful and what became of Ney’s
gold is unknown.
Doing some poking around while researching this story, I discovered some of
Henderson’s elderly residents remember the brewery before it was razed. The
brewery was supposedly located “on the south edge of town.”
Henderson even today is a small town, and another person recalled the brewery as
being “just south of town” with a “meandering lake known as Brewery Lake” back
in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
But the most interesting point not mentioned in the treasure legend account is
there was the “Old Brewery Cave,” described as having a “substantial brick
arched entrance” that housed the spring that cooled the beer, which was located
in a cellar below the brewery.
Why the treasure hunters in 1926 believed there was an underground vault 30 feet
below where the brewery once sat is unknown.
But with the recent confirmation of the existence of the Old Brewery
Cave, it becomes clear that this cave was certainly part of Ney’s business
operation.
Perhaps Ney did have an underground vault where his gold fortune was stored.
Perhaps the only access point to that vault was through this cave?
Items for Sale:
Tomah Gold Club t-shirts –
with Gold Club emblem and created either with your personal name or without your
name. Contact Mike Fait if you are
interested.
Officers – all officers were re-elected for 2014.
President – Michael Fait (mgfait@charter.net)
715-384-9265
Vice-President – Gary Morrison 715-316-2160
Secretary – 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
February
1, 2014 -
Wausau Prospector Meeting – Cedar Creek Mall in Wausau – 11:00 am
February 15, 2014 -
Tomah
Club Meeting at Town of LaGrange Town Hall – at 1:00 pm – Speaker
Dan Erickson
March 1 – 2 – Klondike Days in Eagle River
March 15, 2014 -
Tomah
Club Meeting at Town of LaGrange Town Hall – at 1:00 pm
March 22-23 - Greenbush gold and treasure show at Municipal Building, 375
Buffalo St.
in Sheboygan Falls, WI.
Guest Speakers, Demonstrations, Vendors, Children’s Treasure Hunt, Prospecting,
Metal
Detecting and other Treasure Hunting Clubs.
We will also be featuring the Wisconsin State Gold Panning Competition!
Raffles! Brat Fry and other refreshments available.
FREE ADMISSION!
CONTACT: Ron Smith,
920.207.4092or
ausmith2005@yahoo.com
April 25, 26, & 27, 2014 – Springtime in
the Parrish Outing.(Wausau Outing)
June 23, 2014 - Nugget Lake County Park. Call for camping reservations
715-639-5611
July 18-20, 2014 - Upper Michigan Copper and Rock hunting (Wausau Outing)
July 19, 2014 - Metal Detecting - site to be determined (Tomah Outing)
July, 2014 - Dredging and sluicing in Indiana (Greenbush Outing)
Sept 12-14, 2014 - Snider Lake outing (Wausau Outing)
Sept, 26 – 28, 2014 - Fall in Parrish (Dennis Laubenstein outing)
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 B.S. on Main, 34 N Main St. Rice Lake,
Wi. Contact: Mike Wiersma
715-833-7603
MAY THERE BE GOLD IN EVERY PAN !!!!