Gold Fever !!!
Tomah
Wisconsin GPAA Chapter – May/June, 2015
Welcome
Welcome to the 2015 GOLD FEVER Newsletter.
Another year, another gold prospecting opportunity.
Do not forget the Newsletter and pictures can always be found at:
www.huntforgems.com/gpaatomahwi/
President’s Message
Hi all. This newsletter will cover both May and June. I will be in Alaska for
two weeks in June and would have a hard time getting another newsletter out in
time. For May we will be metal detecting in the Tomah area. We are going
to meet at the Town of LaGrange town hall at 8:00 a.m. in the morning and go out
to the local parks and maybe the fairgrounds. Bring your own lunch and drinks,
Hope to see you there.
The June outing is on the first weekend which is the 6-7. Participants will
meet at the Husker Claim on Saturday morning, and work there for the first day.
It might be decided to go to some of the other claims after that. You should
plan for more than just the weekend there, if possible as it is 656 miles from
Tomah WI to Deadwood SD. There is currently no water on the Husker Claim, you
should plan on bringing your own for panning. Unless they get a lot of rain
right before you get there! Chris Bung the Wausau vice president is leading this
trip his phone # is (715)687-3246 if you have any questions. It is primitive
camping on the Husker Claim bring your own water and toilet facility's.
There is lots to see in SD. Starting with Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse
sculptures, in the Deadwood area there is the Adam's museum, The Broken Boot
mine tour and Homestake mine visitor’s center. The Back Hill mining museum is in
Lead. Rapid City has the Reptile Gardens, Sitting bull, Crystal Caverns, the
Thunder Head Underground falls, and the S. Dakota museum of geology at the
school of mines. There are also agates in the grassland area near Wall, SD and
lots more but I’m kind of getting long winded right now.
I did my first dig at the Parrish outing at the end of April. I didn't do to
good this year only nine specs in two buckets of material. Did a little better
on the metal detecting hunt I found $5.31 this year including 14 nickel's even
thou they didn't plant any nickels this year. They were all left over from other
years. It seems if you plant the coins on edge they are hard to find, but then
the frost tips the coins flat and they are easier to find the next year. They
had a big turnout for the outing 52 people or around that many. I think 19 were
in the metal detecting hunt. There were over 130 ducks in the duck race, I
didn't win, place or show again.
Gary Morrison regrets to tell us
that he will be gone the weekend of the Snyder Lake outing for the Wausau Xlub
so we won't be able to camp in his yard for the outing. I got a camp site at the
park site #31 the outing is July 11.
The next meeting at the town hall will be in July. Hope to see you there Mike
Fait.
Upcoming Events
May 16, 2015– Tomah Club Spring Outing – Metal Detecting – metal detecting hunt
in Tomah. Meet at 8:00 am.
June 5, 6, 7, 2015 – South Dakota Husker #1 GPAA Claim Outing by Wausau GPAA
Chapter.
June 20, 2015 – Tomah Club Meeting – NO MEETING
July 11, 2015 – Snyder Park Campground Outing.
July 18, 2015 - Tomah Club Meeting at Town of LaGrange Town Hall – at 1:00 pm
July 25/26 – Mid State Hunt – see filer attached.
August 15, 2015 – Tomah Club Outing - Nugget Lake County Park Outing.
Officers
President – Michael Fait (mgfait@charter.net)
715-384-9265
Vice-President – Gary Morrison 715-316-2160
Secretary – Jeanne Morrison 715-316-2160
Newsletter Editor - 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 – Open
Tomah Wisconsin GPAA Chapter Minutes April, 2015
Old Business:
The April meeting was held at the Town Hall at the Town of Lagrange, 22731 Flint
Ave. on Route #21 west of Tomah Wisconsin on April 18th, 33 members
and guests attended the April meeting.
There was a lot of discussion about the South Dakota outing.
Don’t miss all of the other attractions around the area close to the
outing site.
New Business:
May’s
meeting will be on the 3rd Saturday of May on the 16th at
8:00 am at the Town Hall at the Town of Lagrange, 22731 Flint Ave. on Route #21
west of Tomah Wisconsin.
Please bring your own lunch and drinks
for lunch.
After
everyone meets at 8:00 am, you will go as a group to the Tomah fairgrounds
and/or parks to do the metal detecting.
Don’t forget your metal detectors and pointers.
Richard
Powell is needing gold pans for demonstrating at veterans groups.
Please bring any that you would like to donate to the May meeting and
give to Mike.
Raffles:
Donations to the raffle were from:
Bev
and Dave Bender, Gary & Jeanne Morrison, Diane & Bill North, John
Schwingle, Barb Bublitz, Diane & Larry Kollins, Rich Powell
- hope I didn't miss anyone.
Stamps donated by Bill Grodevant & Rick Gremler
Pay Dirt donated by Bob Wysocki
Raffles:
50/50 raffle
winner –
Jeff Euler
Gold raffle
winners:
Gary Morrison - gold nugget, Jeff Hastings – 2 bags of Pay Dirt
Gold Price
on 5/8/15 was $1,187.50 Silver
Price on 5/8/15 was $16.40
Respectfully submitted by Diane North –
Newsletter Editor
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 2 nd 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
MAY THERE BE GOLD IN EVERY PAN !!!!