March 2012 NUPA Newsletter

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President:Sandy Patterson801-393-2132

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 JohnKim PattersonDonale RichanLeo RichanBob ShriberHal Berry

Alan Meyer

Newsletter Editor:Donale Richan801-589-2445

NUPA NUGGETS

Volume XXI, Issue 3 March 2012

This Months MeetingThis months meeting is learning how to Snipe and Dredge byCurt Dayton. Hes great at instructing the wheres, whys,whens and hows of both those areas of prospecting (he taughtme everything I know about it). Be sure to be entertained andinformed!

Current precious metal

prices:Gold: $1660.10Silver: $32.56

From www.kitco.comas of March 16, 2012

Check out the N.U.P.A. web-site at:

Www.nupainc.orgOr http://

nupagold.blogspot.com

Re-new dues are just $25 and send yourmoney to:Northern Utah Prospectors Association

P.O. Box 13301

Ogden, Utah 84412

With sadness in our hearts, we regret to inform you of the deathof Lonnie Fausetts wife, Marion. She has had a long battle withcancer, and it overcame her on March 10. Marion had a gentlesoul and a kind heart and will be missed by family and friends.


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Spring is almost here; not that we had much of a winter. A lot better than last year, Ithink. Maybe we can get out prospecting sooner. So get your equipment ready andget going. I know I really, really want to go somewhere soon.Our prayers and condolences go out to Lonnie Fausett and his family for the loss ofMarion. I know I will miss her. She was an awesome lady!We have some exciting things coming up, I hope. The Rock Show, The GPAA show,Curt Daytons talk about sniping and dredging, a representative from Cascade Refin-ery has agreed to come and talk to us, Donales class on wire wrapping; just to namea few. I hope this will keep you entertained and help you all learn something. Besure to renew your membership and sign up to volunteer, help out, participate, etc.

See you at the meeting!

Sandy

Treasurers Report:

Checking: $1236.91Savings: $5675.11

How To Make CHEAP Campfire Starters

Materials needed:

1 Egg Carton (the pressed cardboard not the Styrofoam type)Wax (an old candle works great)

**Optional materials - helps your fire started work better:Dryer lintSawdust

Twine

Step 1 & 2: Melting & Pouring Your WaxFirst, melt your wax in a pan or pot that you dont mind neverbeing able to use for food again. Dont overheat the wax; itcould catch on fire (this is bad, but if it happens, just place awood board over the pan to smother the flames. DO NOTthrow water on it!). When the wax is melted, stir in somesawdust/lint/twine. Pour the wax mixture into the individualsections of the egg carton, filling just half way. Add moresawdust/lint/twine and finish filling the individual sections to

the top.Step 3 & 4: Drying & FinishingLet the wax dry completely. It could take 4 to 6 hours or letsit overnight. Once the wax is dry, cut each section apart tomake 12 or 18 individual fire starters (depending on the sizeof your egg carton. When its time to use them, light the cor-ner and place it into your fire pit.

Prices of gold and silvercoins:http://www.mjpm.com/silver.cfm
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How To Go About MiningWhen a site where gold is known to occur has been found, and after it has been sampled

and judged worthy of further effort, the ownership status should be checked to assure

that the ground is open for claiming. Then, after staking adequate claims (or arranging tolease if the ground is not open to claim), you are ready to consider mining. Whether min-

ing permits are required by those State agencies involved with fish and game or water-

sheds should be investigated, because placer operations of any size may drastically

change the local water quality. A simple operation may have virtually no effect on a

stream or surroundings, but when materials amounting to more than a few cubic yards aday are handled, the possible effects begin to become significant.

Choosing a MethodAmong the simpler hand methods of recovering gold are the gold pan, the rocker, the dip

-box, the long tom, and the sluice. Panning has been described in a previous section, en-titled "How to Look for Placers," and will only be discussed briefly here. The pan is gener-

ally too slow to be effective for anything more than prospecting. The rocker is a time-

honored device of the small-scale miner with limited means. The dip-box and long tom

might be considered more like simplified sluicing methods than distinct methods in them-selves. As a method, the long tom has never been very popular but is described here for

its possible historical interest. Other methods used in specific circumstances would in-

clude the surf washer, the dry washer, and skin-diving.

The simpler methods all normally involve hand-mining operations (shoveling and/or pick-ing of the gold-bearing materials). Limited mechanization is sometimes practical for mov-

ing and washing gravels in even the smallest operation, and this possibility should not be

overlooked. Even motorized devices for panning are marketed by several manufacturers.

Pumps and small excavators can often be adapted to the small mining operation by the

enterprising miner.The more complex methods, such as ground sluicing, hydraulicking, drift mining, excava-

tion using powered equipment, and dredging, require considerable investment, knowl-

edge, and experience; a full discussion of these methods is beyond the scope of this re-

port.The choice of method depends primarily on the scale of operation and the availability of

water. These and other characteristics of the different methods are discussed below.

Gold Pan

Panning is the hardest way to wash gold from placer gravels, but it is an inexpensive and

completely mobile method. A person can dig with a pick and shovel much faster than he

can pan the material dug, so it pays to treat only the highest grade products by panningonce one has settled down to mining.

An experienced person can wash about 10 large pans per hour, the equivalent of approxi-mately 1/2 to 1 cubic yard of gravel per day, depending on how clean the gravel is. A level

-full, standard 16-inch pan might contain roughly 22 pounds of dry bank gravel; there are

approximately 150 to 180 pans per cubic yard of gravel. More than twice as many 12-inchpans would be required per cubic yard. The top dirt or cover is usually cast aside and thefew inches of material directly above bedrock and the material scraped from crevices is

panned. Places to look and the proper panning technique have been covered in earlier sec-tions.


How to Mine and Prospect for Placer GoldBy J.M. West

(Continued from last month)

More next month!
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The club is looking for apainter for the clubs trailer.Do you know of someone orcan do it yourself? We havethe design, we just needsomeone who is willing topaint it. This is great adver-

tisement for the club! Pleasecontact our President (Sandynot Obama!)

Door Prize Winners

Quinn Meyer

Tweezer KitGlen Gaddis

Automatic Feeder

Donale RichanMini Micro Clamps

Alan MeyerGold

Just as a reminder, winners of the door prizesare asked to bring refreshments for MarchsMeeting.

The treasurer will gladly reimburse you for this

expense if you give him your receipt.

Raffle Winners

Tami Matthews

Dirt Probe

Ryan LarkinGold Pan (Proline)

Curtis CottrellAlaska Gold

Ryan LarkinSmall Nugget

Rich RoperLarge Nugget

Congratulations Everyone!

I am looking for someone who would like the challenge of designing thenewsletter and put your mark on the club. It is a great opportunity to ex-pand your creative juices and it looks good on a rsum. (I know thatsone of the reasons I landed a great position at my work. I became aninstructor and then a computer animator.) If you (or your spouse, sig-

nificant other, girlfriend, boyfriend, whatever) would like to give theirhand at designing the newsletter, please let me know...ASAP. I am plan-ning on being gone most of the spring and summer.

Donale RichanPhone: 801-589-2445

Email: [email protected]
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The Cost of AdvertisingDo you have a business youd like to see advertised inthe newsletter? Well heres the breakdown the cost.Just let the newsletter editor have the information.

Items For Sale:

Post your items here.

Its free to club

members!Expanded metal, punch plate andwoven wire. If your building a new

sluice or renovating a old one and needclassification material, call me. I have a

lot of different sizes and shapes andmay have just what your looking for

without buying a full sheet or paying acut charge.

Kim 801 393-2132

To get your items in the newsletter,e-mail your ad to me at:[email protected] second Tuesday of the month.

Ad Size 3 Months 6 Months 12 Months1/4 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

You can never tell by how

much noise the horn makes,How much gas is in thetank.

If you do not learn to bepatient,

You could become one!
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March 27...General Meeting @ Ogden Hinckley Air-port Terminal Building at 7:00 pm. This months meetingis learning how to Snipe and Dredge by Curt Dayton. Hes great atinstructing the wheres, whys, whens and hows of both those areasof prospecting. Dont be left out on this one!

April 10...Board of Directors Meeting @ Ogden Hinckley Airport Terminal Building at 7:00 pm.April 13-15...Rock and Mineral Show at the GoldenSpike Events Center...We will have sign-up sheets at the meet-

ings to help man the booth this year. Two hours of your time will help the club and give youa chance to look around the show afterwards.

Upcoming Outings and Events: Mark Them On Your Calendar!Approx. May 5th or 12th...Road Clean-upApprox. May 5th or 12th...Spring Fling

May 12 & 13 GPAA Gold Show in SLC Fair Grounds Set-up time is Friday at

8:00 am. We will need all the people we can get to help with the set-up and then to helpwith manning NUPAs booth. The hours for the show is Saturday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

And Sunday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Tear-down will follow when the shows over.

April 24 general Meeting...Cascade Refining Cascade Refining will be speaking onthe how-tos of refining the gold we find.May 22 General Meeting...Wire wrapping Class This will be a hands-on class.

Sign-up sheet will be at the Marchs Meeting.Approx. November 10...Turkey Shoot

Approx. Dec. 15...Christmas PartyMake sure you come to the meetings and put your input in for what and where youd

like to do and go!

For Mays General Meeting, weve set up a hands-on class to learn wire-wrapping. If you areinterested, we need to know so we can get all the supplies ordered. Basically this will be thewire and a cabochon. I have many of the tools that we will need, but, unfortunately, I havea limited supply of some of them. If this is something youd like to learn, please sign up

ASAP. I will also show how to do a simple wrap for a nugget.Tools that we will be using are: Chain nose pliers Flush Cutters Round nose pliers Pin vise

If you have any of these tools, please bring them. We will be using 24 or 22 gage squarewire and 22 gage half-round wire.
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