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The Prospector’s June 2014
Let’s Go Panning
Days a Huge
Success Although I was unfortunate enough
to have to work on Mother’s Day
weekend, upwards of 250 club
members and guests took part in the
first outing of the GPOC season. As
you can see by these pictures, the
weather on Friday and Saturday was
quite pleasant, but on Mother’s Day
a major cold front moved in, with
plunging temperatures and snow
flurries putting a damper on any
intentions to play in the water.
Many new members and guests
benefited from watching and
learning from the “experts”, and
many experienced prospectors
benefited from the energy and
enthusiasm of those new to this
hobby.
And as always, there was food,
fellowship, and fun as members and
guests alike swapped stories and
shared their love of digging for gold.
Smiley tends the dredge while Calvin sucks up the gold.
Club member Calvin Johnson takes advantage of the nice weather to run his monster dredge.
GPOC Buying Gold
Need Placer Gold to “Seed” Troughs
for Panning Demonstrations
At the recent General Membership Meeting, Gary
Beaderstadt spoke with the membership regarding a
new purchase of gold. Club stocks of placer gold have
gotten pretty low, and the Board would like to
purchase now to stockpile for future events before the
price goes any higher. A motion was made, seconded,
and the membership voted unanimously to approve
the following:
The club will purchase up to five ounces of gold.
Anyone interested in selling gold must comply with the
following:
• Gold must be clean with no black sand.
• Must be dry.
• Must be weighed before putting into a
container.
Gold Recovery Equipment
Buena Vista, Colorado
1-719-395-2003
Pans, Sluices, Classifiers, Hi-Bankers
& other prospecting supplies
Sold in the following stores:
Cotopaxi Store
Golden @ Do It Best
Fairplay @ Alpine Sports
Woodland Park @ Do It Best
Salida @ True Value Hardware
Leadville @ Saturdays Discount
Commerce City @ Ace Hardware
Florence @ True Value Hardware
Canon City @True Value Hardware
Buena Vista @ True Value Hardware
Northglenn @ Clear Creek Prospecting Supply
Colorado Springs @ Western Mining Museum
Not a bad haul for Chad Watkins, and he still has five gallons of concentrates to process!
Vice-president George Enterman shows off his gold from "Let's Go Panning Days"
Dredge Outing
July 26th/27th
- Location: Beaver Creek Claim - We're looking for 5 dredges to be demonstrated out at Beaver Creek to show other members not only how it works, but to maybe let them work it! - On this weekend NO RESERVATIONS WILL BE BOOKED FOR DREDGES. - If you’d like to bring your dredge, please respond to [email protected]
Highbanker Weekend
Aug 16th and 17th
- Location: Woody's 1 & 2 - Opportunity for members to bring their highbankers and demonstrate them to other members
Long Tom Weekend
Sept 6th and 7th
- Location: Prospector 1 & 2 - Time to go “old school” and shovel like a crazy man into a long tom – the tool commonly used by miners during the gold rush days - Long toms will be provided by the club, and any gold found in your section of long tom will be yours to keep!
WMMI Gem and Mineral Show June 6th, 7th and 8th
-Doors open at 10am (maybe earlier for this event, will keep you posted.) - GPOC members will get in for FREE with their membership card or name tag
Kingdom Days in Breckenridge, CO. June 14th/15th
- Rooms are available to anyone volunteering for both days of the event, but we are limited so first come first serve - A list was started at the last General Membership meeting, so rooms are already disappearing - Contact Gary at [email protected] to sign up.
2014 Gold Panning Championships June 27th, 28th, 29th. (Fri/Sat/Sun)
Donkey Derby Days Cripple Creek, CO
- Rooms can be provided to those members who volunteer for ALL 3 days of the event. -- To sign up, contact Elise Pearce at [email protected] - Rules, event times, etc. will be posted on the "Free side" of gpoc.com when available.
Denver Gem and Mineral Show September 12, 13, 14th - More information will be posted as it becomes available. - If you've been there before and would like to volunteer, please contact Elise Pearce at [email protected]
GPOC Outings and Events
BEEN CURED OF GOLD FEVER?
(yeah right)
Let us introduce you to
“Mineral Madness”
Stop by and we’ll feed your desire for
great mineral hunting adventures.
Books, maps, advice, encouragement
all available at
The Rock Doc
at Prospectors Village
Open 7 days a week
Highway 285
Between Salida and Buena Vista
In gorgeous central Colorado
719.539.2019
Victor to Hold 2nd Annual Gem and
Mineral Show
The annual Gem & Mineral Show sponsored
by the Southern Teller County Focus Group
(STCFG will be held June 21-22) in Victor,
Colorado. The event is free to the public.
The show will include vendors from across
the state selling Colorado-dug minerals,
gems, hand-crafted jewelry, mining
antiques, rough slabs, specimens, cabochons,
hand-crafted furniture with mineral inlays,
Cripple Creek & Victor Mining District gold
ore specimens, as well as gold and gem
panning for the kids at the Victor Lowell
Thomas Museum. One vendor will have a
geode breaking station for kids – cracking
open crystal-filled rocks is great fun for all
ages.
Show hours are from 9 to 5 on June 21 and
10 to 4 on June 22. The vendors will be set
up on North Third Street in lots between the
Post Office Building and the Victor Elks
Lodge.
In addition to the show, the Victor Lowell
Thomas Museum gift shop will be open both
days from 9:30 to 5:30 with its collection of
rocks, gems, minerals, rhodochrosite and
aquamarine jewelry, geodes and gold
panning for the kids. The museum also
houses a mineral collection as well as
historic mining equipment, photos, and
displays. In addition, guided tours of the
modern gold mine are available through the
museum – see VictorColorado.com for
information and reservations.
Pikes Peak Gem and Mineral Show: The Snow
Mastodon Project
June 6-8, Fri. – Sat. 9 AM – 5 PM
Sun. 9 AM – 4 PM
Western Museum of Mining & Industry
225 North Gate Blvd., I-25 exit 156
Colorado Springs, Colorado (Free Parking)
Attended exhibits from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science for their
Snowmass, Colorado excavation.
Fun for the entire family including:
•Operating steam engines, antique mining equipment and working stamp mill
•Gem, jewelry, mineral, meteorite and fossil vendors - indoor/outdoor vendor areas
•Gold panning, rock identification, special kids’ area, silent auction, food vendors, club exhibits
Show admission significantly reduced:
Adults $5/Children free
June Meetings
Board Meeting
June 5th
Gold Hill Police Station 955 Moreno Avenue.
CS, CO 7pm
General Membership Meeting
June 11th Elks Lodge
3400 N. Nevada Ave. CS, CO 7pm
Board Members contact information 719-217-0923
Or feel free to email
President Ben "Big Ben" Higley [email protected]
Vice President George Enterman
Secretary Tricia Enterman
Treasurer Wayne Wittkopp
One Year Trustee Dick Margeson
Two Year Trustee Jason Allen
Thee year Trustee Mike Hammond
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Memberships Elise Pearce
Raffle Wayne Wittkopp [email protected]
Claims Committee Jason Allen
Championship Committee Gary Beaderstradt [email protected]
The Quill Mark Ressel
GOLD PROSPECTORS OF COLORADO PO BOX 1593 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80901
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