Mar 2014 NUPA Newsletter

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NUPA NUGGETS

In This Issue

Pres message

Treasurers report

Winners

2014 Outings

Factors to consid-er before digging

for gold

Price List

Ads

Calendar

Next Meeting, March 26, 2014

Rich Roper will talk about his trip to the GPAA Alaska Ex-pedition.

Presidents Message

Well it's the 3rd month of the year, winter seems to beover, what winter we did have. We need to change thename of the season's to Spring, Summer, Fall and Smog.

So the year is a quarter over already and it's plenty warmenough to at least be thinking if not doing your yearlymaintenance of your prospecting equipment. Or acquir-

ing more and adding to it. I would suggest you look it allover if your planning on using it or not this year, you neverknow, you may change your mind in the middle of thesummer. Maybe the weather will change it for you. You

just never know so best be prepared for whatever.

Quarterly nugget this month so keep that in mind.

And hopefully I will have some good news about Idaho for

the up coming dredge season by meeting time. I appreci-ate all the members who took the time to email the Idaho

legislators about this matter. But after dealing with our

own local government for the past year, hoping is all we

can do at this point in time.

Kim

Northern Utah Prospectors Association March 2014

Gold: $1,366.60

Silver: $21.20

As of March 17, 2014


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Officers

2014

President

Kim Patterson801-393-2132

[email protected]

1st Vice President

Curtis Roche435-723-9663

[email protected]

2nd Vice President

Bob Shriber801-726-4824

Newsletter

Rich Roper801-725-0727

[email protected]

Secretary/Treasurer

Sheri Gaddis

801-510

-2657

[email protected]

Parliamentarian

Dave DeHeer

Claims Director

Lonnie Fausett

Members at Large

Leo & Donale Richan

Hal & Lynda Berry

Alan Meyer

Curt Dayton

www.nupainc.org

Treasurers Report March, 2014

Checking Savings

March 11 Balance $ 1603.59 March 11 Balance $ 5090.08

Winners

White Ticket: (Door Prize)2 inch paint brush Patty Lundgreen2 inch paint brush Dave Mathews6 inch torpedo level Sandy Patterson3 inch mini flashlight Hal Berry10X doublet loupe magnifier Kelly TaylorDoor Prize Nugget Nancy Langford

Door prize (white ticket) winners are asked to bring refreshments to

the next meeting and are reimbursed with a receipt.

Blue Ticket: (Raffle)All-purpose plastic mortar tub Rich Roper

Digital Pocket Scale Colin Kendal

Crevice tool David Linton

1972 Eisenhower silver dollar David Linton

Small Nugget Curtis Roche

Large Nugget Preslee Larkin

2014 Outings / Activities:April 11, 12 & 13 Rock and Gem Show

April 18, 19 & 20 Crescent Creek

April 26th Dig and Detect (Curtiss house)

May 10th Road Clean Up (9:00 AM), Spring Fling (Shady Lane Park at

11:00 AM) After the Road Clean UP, there will be a Spring Fling at 11:00 at

Shady Lane Park. If you want to eat then its suggested that you help with the

cleanup. The club will provide the hot dogs, hamburgers, and condiments. The

members only need to bring the side dishes. Also, bring anything you would like

to sell (swap meet for members).

May 17th Crawfish Boil (Curtiss house at 1:00 PM Everyones invited an

bring a friend, you dont need to bring anything.)May 23, 24 & 25 Osceola

July 18, 19 & 20 Wishful / NUPA 5

July 23rd Meeting and Ice Cream at Shady Lane Park

August 15, 16 & 17 Kaymack

September 19, 20 & 21 NUPA 5

November 8 Turkey Shoot (It is a pot luck and will be at the Log Cabin in

Huntsville)

December 10 Christmas Party (you must RSVP by the Nov meeting I

you dont then dont come) It is also at the Log Cabin in Huntsville.

Let us know if anyone has any good ideas for other outings for the summer.


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Membership

Dues

Membership dues are from January

through December. Anyone joining

after October 1 will be considered a

paid member through the next

calendar year.

New membership $40.00

Renewal $30.00

Mailed Newsletter $5.00

E-mail copies of the newsletter are

included as part of membership.

Mailed newsletters add $5.00 to

renewal to help defray cost of postage

and printing.

You will have an opportunity to

choose your newsletter delivery

preference when you renew your

membership.

Man-Made Factors to Consider Before

Digging for Gold

The sites of small, old-time mining operations can be some of the

best places to look for gold. After all, the old-timers didn't have

the modern-day equipment that you have, so they left a lot be-

hind. Depending on their age, these sites from yesteryear can be

overgrown, but if you look for these indicators they will help you

consider where to dig first:

We are looking for someone to either paint the trailer or wrap it in

vinyl.

Osceola: No water, totally dry and camping is limited.

Middle Fork: There is still snow. Should be a good year for gold

due to the fire.

Rock & Gem Show: We have our spot, hopefully the same one

that we usually have. Still have the sign up sheet out so anyone

can sign up to help at the table. If your not working the table,

please dont crowd around it.

The trailer has gotten broken into for the third time, the hasp and

lock is also broken and needs to be replaced. It has been moved

and is now at Kims house.

There is no librarian, and everything is at Kims house right now.


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Ground Cuts. These are narrow trenches in the ground that carried the gravels to

the sluice box.

Rock Piles. Sometimes old-timers encountered rocks that were too large to pass

through their sluices under the water pressure they had to work with, so bigger rockswere picked out by hand and tossed aside. Piles of rocks make an easy marker. Any

quartz you find in rock piles should be checked with a metal detector you might find

a gold-quartz specimen that's worth

a pretty penny. Rock piles can be

visible in the desert as well. Although

the old-timers were not sluicing in

the desert, they used dry washers

that had to be screened for coarserocks. If you see a series of short

rock piles a few feet in diameter that

cover an area that seems to have

been dug out, you can reasonably

assume you have found an old dry

wash site.

Hydraulic Mine Workings.A sign that an area has been worked by hydraulic mining

are the steep banks left behind when the gold ran out (or so they thought). These

sites are also commonly marked by piles of big stacked rocks.

Shafts. Miners sometimes dug deep shafts or adits to access gold veins. These

workings are usually easy to spot even today. If the dumps consist of rounded grav-

els, it is most likely from underground placer diggings. If the dumps contain angular

broken rock, that would indicate blasting from lode mining.

You may not always hit upon a promising location by considering these and other

man-made features, but your chances for success greatly increase. Be flexible, keep

sampling and try again if you don't have any luck at first. Spending a little time evalu-

ating an area can lead to a much more productive hunt, because after all, "gold is

where you find it."


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NUPA Price List

Non Pocket T-shirt $10.00

Pocket T-shirt $15.00

Short Sleeve Denim

$20.00

Long Sleeve Denim $25.00

Hooded Sweatshirt $25.00

Hat $10.00

Visor $8.00

Tote $12.00

Blanket W/Logo $22.00

1/2 Mesh Stainless Steel Classifier $23.95



10 Crevice Tool $8.95

12 Crevice Tool $10.95

Snappy Grip Handles $2.99

Old Prospectors Never DieMug $14.95

Gold Panner Belt Buckle $12.95

Jobe Black 10 inch Gold Pan $3.49

Black Panning Gloves (24 inch) $14.95


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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

Free non-commercial advertising for NUPA members.

Submit your information to [email protected].

We will pay you for your New Diabetic Test Stripsunopened in the original boxWe prefer that they don't expire for at least 1 year

We may still take some if they are less then a year.

Call for PricesMiles 801-391-9912

We can answer your questions

AdvertisementFOR SALE

ATV cover $25

ATV Rear Basket $85

12VDC Igloo Cooler $35

Gold Buddy $225

Gold Magic rotating pan w/battery

$275

Air Compressor New in crate 150 psi, 15 cu ft/ min

Honda gas motor retail $2385/ Offer

6500 Watt diesel Generator 10 HP, 75 db noise lev-

el, 203 lbs, wheels new in crate retails $3975/ Offer

3" water pump new 220 gpm, 98' lift, retails $2989/

offer

Falcon metal detector MD-10, with case $80

12 Gauge shotgun Western Field, variable choke

$90

gold pans large $2.50, small $2.00,

Plastic 5 gall bucket size $3.00

5 gallon outboard motor fuel tank $10

125-150 HP boat props 2 ea $25 ea

2 wood sluice boxes free

Appliance lift (not Chinese) $45

4000 watt Honda Generator has governor problem,

runs good otherwise, removed from motor home.

$350

Frank Kuba 801-643-5090

If you can't or don't want to get a generator

and winch in to pull out a big rock, or you just

don't want the attention. This might be for you.

3000lb Grip-Puller.

Cable hoist. Don't

know much about it

as it was my father-in

-laws.

$150.00

Kim

801 393-2132

PROTANDIM

Dietary Supplement

Walter HillyerIndependent Distributor

(801) 660-0161

www.mylifevantage.com/walterhillyerwww.abelievit.com


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