NUPA February 2013 Email

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NUPA NUGGETS

In This Issue

Sheris Notes

Estimate scrap value

Winners

Township and Range

Read a Topo

Membership Dues

CalendarMeeting Location975 Wall, Ogden Eagles Building, Park and Enter behind Building

Next Meeting, February 27, 2013Carolyn Durga will show photos from her experiences working in mining in Afri-

ca, South America, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Russia

Presidents Message

Hello NUPA members and welcome to a great new year! I would like to thank allof the outgoing board members for their good work keeping all of us happy in

the gold. Great job! I want you all to know that all of your efforts and contribu-

tions to the club are greatly appreciated.

As President I want everyone to know I welcome your input and ideas. Please

feel free to contact me with any concerns or just to chat. I am looking forward to

serving you to the best of my abilities and I know the year will be fantastic!

Heres to the snow melting fast so we can get out there and get over cabin fever.

May your pans all simile back at you. Good Luck.

Mike PS. Lets all try to get to outings this year so weget to know each other better and share ourlove of the hunt.

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Northern Utah Prospectors Association February 2013

Gold: $1,603.60

Silver: $29.42

As of February 19, 2013


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Officers

2013

President

Mike John

1st Vice President

Mike Kozlowski

2nd Vice President

Steve Sherman

Treasurer

Carolyn Durga

Secretary

Sheri Gaddis

Parliamentarian

Dave DeHeer

Claims Director

Lonnie Fausett

Members at Large

Kim & Sandy Patterson

Leo & Donale Richan

Bob Shriber

Hal Berry

Alan Meyer

Sheris Notes

Bylaws are now approved by the General Membership and in effect

Volunteers are needed for the 62nd Annual Gemstone Junction 2013 at the

Golden Spike Event Center April 12, 13 and 14. Please see me to sign up.

Shirts, bags of gold dirt, a panning tub and memberships will be available

at the show

The Annual Spring Road Cleanup is Saturday, April 27. NUPA buys break-fast after the cleanup.

Please let us know who you would like to invite to speak and what topics

Suggestions so far are Cascade Refinery and dredging

Carolyn Durga has volunteered to be Treasurer for 2013

Spring Fling date is yet to be determined

Treasurers Report January, 2013

Checking: Savings:

Starting Balance $ 2199.72 Starting Balance $ 4841.50

Deposits 1276.00 Interest .62

Interest

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Withdrawals 171.17

Jan 31 Balance $ 3299.74 Jan 31 Balance $ 4842.12

Income Expenses

Membership renew $ 870.00 Newsletter $ 89.49

Membership new 80.00 Meeting refresh 55.52

Newsletter fee 5.00 Office supplies 31.16

Advertising 5.00

Raffle 301.00

Sales 10.00


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Estimate Value of Scrap GoldHere is a simple procedure to estimate the value of your scrap gold:

1.

Separate gold pieces by karat.and weigh each group

2, Determine the current price of gold measured in troy ounces. (there are sever-

al websites that will give you the daily price or you can use the value found on our

newsletter front page)

One troy ounce equals 31.1 grams

3. Divide the current price of gold by 31.1 to convert to price per gram

4. Divide the karat of each group of gold by 24, the maximum number of karats a

piece of gold can have (you are actually working out the percentage of gold in

your scrap .24 Karat equals 100% gold) example: 14 24 = .5833 or 58.33%

gold

5. Multiply the karat % by the price of 1 gram of gold to determine the price of

one gram of the karat weight of your scrap group

6. Multiply the price per gram by the total gram weight you have of scrap (of that

karat weight) to calculate the approximate value

This is for gold scrap without gems or other metals

Example..1, 14 karat gold bracelet weighs 11.88 grams2. Gold price is $1,645.00 / troy oz.

3. $1,645 31.1 g/troy oz. = $52.89 /gram

4. 14 Karat 24 Karat = .5833

5. .5833 x $52.89/gram = $30.85 per gram of 14 Karat x 11.88 gram bracelet =

$366.50

Scrap Gold

Winners

Door Prizes

Gold nuggetJayce Gaddis

Fire starterMike Van Leeuwen

Poly ropeHal Berry

Parts holder-Phyllis Harrison

Raffle

Wood grill setRandy Bates

Gold panKelly Taylor

Gold bagDave Litton

Small nuggetColin Kendall

Large nuggetVal Lundgreen

Door prize winners are asked to

bring refreshments to the next

meeting and are reimbursed

with a receipt


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Membership

Dues

Membership dues will now run

January through December.

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 torenewal to help defray cost of in-

creased postage and printing.

You will have an opportunity to

choose your newsletter delivery

preference when you renew mem-

bership.

Membership not renewed by

March 31, 2013 will result in being

dropped from active membership

list.

Dimensions

Township, Range and Sections

Public Land Survey System (PLSS)

Public lands in the West are subdivided into a rectangular system regulated by theUS Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM.)

Typically the land is divided into 6-

mile-square townships which are

then subdivided into 36 one-mile-

square sections. Further subdivi-

sion is in quarter sections and

quarter of quarter sections.

The North/South line drawn

through an initial point is called the

Principle Meridian. 37 PrincipleMeridians are already established

for the entire US.

Townships are then surveyed

north, south, east and west of the

initial point.

The line drawn from east to west

through the initial point is the base

line..

Each township has township and range designations. Township designations are

north and south of the baseline and range is designated east and west of the Prin-

cipal Meridian.

For most of us the section numbering system in a township seems backward as

the 1st section number is at the top right of the township and heads west..

Once the section is numbered, subdivisions are designated in their position by

north, south, east and west of the center point of a section.


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Reading Topographic Maps

The first features usually noticed on a topographic map are the areafeatures such as vegetation (green), water (blue), some informationadded during update (purple), and densely built -up areas (gray or red).

The colors of the lines usually indicate similar kinds or classes of infor-mation: brown for topographic contours; blue for lakes, streams, irriga-tion ditches, etc.; red for land grids and important roads; black for otherroads and trails, railroads, boundaries, etc.; and purple for features thathave been updated using aerial photography, but not field verified.

Various point symbols are used to depict features such as buildings,campgrounds, springs, water tanks, mines, survey control points, andwells.

Topographic contours are shown in brown by lines of different widths.Each contour is a line of equal elevation; therefore, contours nevercross. They show the general shape of the terrain.

To help the user determine elevations, index contours (usually everyfourth or fifth contour) are wider. The narrower intermediate and sup-plementary contours found between the index contours help to showmore details of the land surface shape.

Contours that are very close together represent steep slopes. Widelyspaced contours, or an absence of contours, means that the groundslope is relatively level.

The elevation difference between adjacent contour lines, called thecontour interval, is selected to best show the general shape of the ter-rain. A map of a relatively flat area may have a contour interval of 10

feet or less. Maps in mountainous areas may have contour intervals of100 feet or more.

Elevation values are shown at frequent intervals on the index contourlines.

Credit: U.S. Geological SurveyDepartment of the Interior/USGS

ground configuration shown bycontours


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Gold

Chemical Element AU, Latin

word is Aurum which means

Glow of Sunrise

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We can answer your questions


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