President: Sandy Patterson 801-393-2132

1st Vice President: Mike Kozlowski

2nd Vice President: David Linton

Treasurer: Tom Garfield

Secretary: Sheri Gaddis

Parliamentarian: Dave DeHeer

Claims Director: Lonnie Fausett

Members at Large: Mike John Kim Patterson Donale Richan Leo Richan Bob Shriber Hal Berry Alan Meyer

Newsletter Editor: Carolyn Durga 801-479-7247 cardurga@msn.com

NUPA NUGGETS

Volume XXI, Issue 8 August 2012

August 28 Meeting

New Location (temporary)

Ft. Buenaventura State Park

Gold: $1,620.05

Silver: $28.64

as of Aug 20, 2012

N.U.P.A. website at:

www.nupainc.org or

http://nupagold.blogspot.com

2450 “A” Avenue, Ogden

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President’s Message

Here it is August already. The summer has certainly gone by fast. I hope that you

got to do some prospecting and found some gold. Be ready to tell the club about

your adventures, good and bad.

As you probably know, we can no longer meet at the airport. For the next two

months, August and September, we will be meeting at Fort Buenaventura. For

August we will be at the group area, right after you cross the bridge. It is right

next to the river, which will be nice. Be sure to bring your metal detectors. We

plan to have some things scattered around that you can look for. You get to keep

all that you find. But no digging in the grass. You do not have to pay for parking,

the club will pay that.

The Boise news reports that there are at least three fires burning around the area

that our claims are in. The road to Pine and Featherville is closed. The fire is

burning real close to the old mining settlement of Rocky Bar, which is the same

canyon that NUPA 1 & 2 are in. There is another fire around Garden Valley and

the Crouch Creek area and one by Stanley. Be sure to find out where you can go

before starting out. I would hate to have you make that long drive, just to be sent

back home.

We are still looking for a place to hold our regular meetings. At one place, we

would have to change our meeting nights to Wednesday. Would that be a possi-

bility? Think about it.

Be safe and have fun. See you on the 28th .

Sandy

Help us find a new home

The airport no longer is available for meetings and we need a new location.

The new home ideally….would let us hold raffles, let us meet on Tuesdays, have

tables, chairs and room for up to 60 members or so, be centrally located to

Ogden…...AND be affordable.

Contact any board member if you have a suggestion.

August and September general meetings will be held at

Ft. Buenaventura State Park.

Staking a Claim...

http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/wo/

MINERALS__REALTY__AND_RESOURCE_PROTECTION_/

energy.Par.28664.File.dat/MiningClaims.pdf

http://www.theprospector.com/html/howtostakeclaims.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_6762869_stake-mining-claim-federal-

lands.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_5426077_stake-mining-claim-utah.html

http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/programs/mineral_resources/

Mining_Claims.html

Prospecting...

http://geology.utah.gov/online_html/pi/pi-50/pi50regs.htm

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/gold-prospecting-forum/

How To…...

http://www.goldgold.com/gold-prospectinggold-panning-instructions.html

http://www.mdpub.com/prospecting/index.html

Selling your gold...

http://www.freepanningforgold.com/How_to_sell_your_panned_gold.html

Build your own…..

http://nevada-outback-gems.com/design_plans/DIY_hand_sluice/

hand_sluice.htm

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References Online

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Utah dredge permits are available for online filing at: http://www.waterrights.utah.gov/streamdb/rds/default.asp

Idaho dredge permits are available at:

http://www.idwr.idaho.gov/RulesStatutesForms/StreamChannel/DF/2012_Stream_Channel_Alteration_by_Recreational_Mining_Instructions_Final.pdf

All you want to know about Karats

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The Cost of Advertising Do you have a business you’d like to see advertised in the newsletter? Well here’s the breakdown the cost. Just let the newsletter editor have the information.

Ad Size 3 Months 6 Months 12 Months

1/4 page $3.00 $5.50 $10.00

1/2 page $4.50 $8.00 $15.00

Full Page Business Ad for 1 month $8.00 Items For Sale

Free ad

for club members!

To post your items in the newsletter, e-mail your ad to:

cardurga@msn.com

The club is looking for a

painter for the club’s trailer. Do you know of

someone or can do it yourself? We have the design, we just need someone who is willing to

paint it. This is great advertise-

ment for the club! Please contact our

President (Sandy not Obama!)

HELP?

Older long-bed aluminum

truck shell

$50

Call for measurements

Jack

801-648-2219

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Upcoming Outings and Events: Mark Them On Your Calendar!

General Meeting - August 28, Ft. Buenaventura….metal detecting for

prizes, bring your detector.

OUTINGS

September 14 to 16, Caribou (NUPA 6—New Idaho claim)

October 12 to 14th, Crescent

Approx. November 10...Turkey Shoot, Approx. Dec. 15...Christmas Party

Current Gold Gram Bar Values The values below only reflect the intrinsic gold value,

not rarity value. The live gold price below is used to calculate the gold gram bar value (USD):

Gold gram bar calculations use the live gold price for August 20, 2012:

Description Gold Value (USD)

1 gram gold bar $52.10

2.5 gram gold bar $130.26

5 gram gold bar $260.53

10 gram gold bar $521.06

20 gram gold bar $1042.13

50 gram gold bar $2605.33

100 gram gold bar $5210.67

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September 2012

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1

2 3 Labor Day 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 Director’s Meeting

12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23/30 24 25 General Meeting

Ft. Buenaventura

26 27 28 29

October 2012

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 Director’s Meeting

10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 General Meeting

24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31

Outing Caribou

Caribou

Outing Crescent

Crescent