Gold Fever!!!
Tomah Wisconsin GPAA Chapter April 2017
Welcome
Welcome to
the 2017 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
Hi all. First I want to let you
know how sorry Dean was that he couldn't get back to Wisconsin in time for our
meeting. Things weren't going as well as he had planned in the acquisition of
machine parts he needed for his excavator. Dakota was in Washington with him so
he couldn't do the meeting and Chris had work obligations.
Dean said he would try to get us some
dirt bags before he left for Alaska this year that the club could sell for him.
I would like to thank Kurt Bublitz
for offer to fill in for Dean at last months meeting by doing a demonstration
about wetsuits. I heard it went well. I got to the meeting just before lunch was
served and it looked like everyone was having a good time. My bowling was only
so so both days. I had a 200 in every series but could never put three good
games together in any one.
Seasons are changing soon we will be
back outside and in the creeks, and mowing lawns. Take care when starting out
and don't overdo it. We get a little out of shape over the long winters at least
we get shovel exercise on a weekly basis.
Hope to see you at some of the outings
this summer Mike Fait
Upcoming
Events
April 1, 2017 Wausau Club Meeting Metal Detecting by Steve Miller
at 11:00 am
April 15, 2017 Tomah Club Meeting at Town of LaGrange Town Hall at 1:00 pm
May 6, 2017 - Wausau Club Meeting Basic Prospecting and Annual Swap Fest at
11:00 am
May 19, 20, 21, 2017 Tomah Club Outing at Sturgis, South Dakota more details
to follow.
June 3, 2017 Wausau Club - Club Hands on Panning Booth at Youth Outdoors Day
at Lake Wazeecha in Wisconsin Rapids put on by the Kiwanis Club.
June 9,10,& 11, 2017 Wausau Club Meeting Upper Peninsula Outing to Ontonagn
Michigan
June 17, 2017 Tomah Club Meeting at Nugget Lake more details to follow.
July 15, 2017 Tomah Club Meeting at Muskellunge Lake, Mich.
Tomah Wisconsin GPAA Chapter Minutes March, 2017
Old Business:
The March meeting was held at the Town Hall at the Town of Lagrange, 22731 Flint
Ave. on Route #21 west of Tomah Wisconsin on
March 18th ,
26 members and guests attended.
Gary Morrison talked about the outings the club is going on this year.
Dave Bender says that there are going to be 4 more copper mines opening
up in Michigan
Dean Race couldn't make it to our
club this year. He will try to send some gold bags for members to buy this year.
He will be leaving for Alaska on April 15 this year which is our next meeting
date. He was in Seattle Washington trying to get parts for his excavator and
dozer and couldn't get back in time for our meeting.
Thank you Kurt Bublitz for stepping is
and talking about wet suits, how to use them, clean them and where to buy them.
All the members had a good time during the demonstration and afterwards with the
lunch. Lots of laughter and camaraderie. The weather was good.
New Business:
Next meeting April 15th
at the Lagrange Town Hall at the Town of Lagrange, 22731 Flint Ave. on Route #21
west of Tomah Wisconsin at 1:00pm.
Raffles:
Thank you to all that donated items for the Table Raffle Dave and Bev Bender,
Larry Bender, Dan Koehler and Kim Mickelson, Gary Morrison, Gayle Fait, Jeff
Hastings, Barb Bublitz, John Schwingle, and Diane Kollins.
Sorry I missed anyone who donated.
Thank you to all.
50/50 raffle winner
Ron Rick
Gold raffle winners: Nugget
Gary Morrison
Gold Concentrates Barb Bublitz
Gold Price on 3/28/17 was $1,251.30
Silver Price on 3/28/17 was $18.17
Respectfully submitted by Diane North Newsletter Editor
Welcome to
the Wausau Prospectors Outing at the South Dakota Husker #1 GPAA Claim May 19th,
20th, & 21st 2017
There are no
outdoor toilets at the claim so provide your own. Bring your own meals and
beverages, and clean up after yourself. Do not cut into the banks while
Prospecting and fill in your holes. Take out your trash when you leave. This
Outing is to provide a common area for the club to meet and enjoy prospecting
together. Plan on a stop at the town of Wall South Dakota. The National
Grassland Visitor Center is located in Wall. There you can get information on
rock & mineral hunting in the Buffalo Gap National Grassland. Be sure to check
out the town of Deadwood and Mount Rushmore too.
Directions
to Husker #1: Located 5 ½ Miles west of Sturgis on HWY 14A and 5 ½ miles east of
Deadwood on 14A. Going west on 14A you will turn off to your left just past the
US Forest Service sign (Black Hills National Forest). Coming East from Deadwood
there is no sign so you should watch you odometer. The claim is about 800 feet
down the road to the first creek crossing (Sign is in tree above the creek and
to the left). Other GPAA claims in the Black Hills area are Migg 1 to 4,
Rainbow, and Mary Ann. You must be a GPAA member or with a GPAA member (as a
guest) to use those claims.
Husker #1
GPS Coordinates:
44Ί23'14.991"
-103Ί37'10.208"
Do not
prospect on the claims belonging to the Black Hills Prospecting Club. If caught
prospecting on their claims you will be arrested for mineral trespass! The Black
Hills Prospecting Club claims are The Garnet Area Claims, Park Placer, and BF
#1. Stay off these claims!
Club members
will be staying at the Days End Campground and RV Park in Sturgis South Dakota.
There are also Cabins and Tent sites available at the campground.
The campground offers ample facilities and amenities. Most members will
be camping between sites 14 through site 23. On Friday the 19th the members will
meet at the campground Beer Garden parking lot at 9 A.M. Wisconsin time (CST)
prior to going to Husker #1 claim.
The Days End
Campground and RV Park
2501
Avalanche Road
Sturgis, SD
57785 PH:
605-347-2331
Contact
person for this Outing is Kurt Bublitz.
Cell Phone number: 715-340-2831
Officers
elected for 2017.
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
Wisconsin
Area Clubs
Greenbush Wisconsin GPAA Chapter Greenbush Prospectors meet every second
Saturday of the month at Salem United Methodist Church
120 Sheboygan St.
Fond Du Lac, WI. 54935 (change of time) 1:00 PM Meetings
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 Northwoods Adventures GPAA Chapter holds their meetings on the 2nd
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