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Volume 26-08 A Monthly Newsletter Published by the RoadRunner Prospector’s Club August 2012
PRESIDENTS CORNER
We are going to try to have an outing in August. We had to cancel the May, June and July outings
but I think we can do the August outing. We have put up with fire and now rain and I believe it’s high
time we get out and do some prospecting. Notwithstanding my feelings, if there is a resurgence of fire
activity, we get out.
As some of you know the Forest Service has installed a gate with a combination lock preventing
access to our Turkey Creek claims. As mentioned elsewhere in this newsletter we, through the efforts of
Jack Engbrecht and some others, were able to persuade the Forest Service to give us the combination to
the lock for the use of RRPC club members. I don’t very much care for the idea of having to go through a
locked gate to get to our claims, which are our property so far as the mineral rights are concerned. How-
ever, what I think doesn’t really matter. We are dealing ultimately with the Federal Government and we
do not need any problems with the Forest Service. Therefore, do not give out the combination and by all
means; lock the gate when you go through. There is gold in Turkey Creek and none of us wants to be shut
out by government action that would leave us no recourse except expensive legal action to regain access.
As I have said previously, we own our claims pursuant to the Mining Law of 1872, but everything else is
21st century. There are factions in the government and outside of it that would like to keep us and every-
one else off public lands. We have to act in a responsible manner and follow the law with all its winding
procedures to keep doing what we enjoy; prospecting.
You may recall the Congress passed a law, as part of a spending bill that raised the yearly fees for
associated mining claims that directly affects us. Specifically this will result in the BLM fees of $140 per
year on twenty-acre claims being raised on all claims over twenty acres. This law has not yet been imple-
mented and we believe it will not be implemented this year. Possibly it is because this is an election year,
but I believe it is just because they didn’t get around to it yet. The government is huge and usually moves
slowly. I do believe it will be implemented next year and therefore, we are proceeding to decide if we
should drop some claims or shrink the area encompassed by some of our claims.
As stated last month the Board is organizing a Claims Patrol, as was the case years ago, to check
for unfilled holes and also to be sure that persons working our claims are members. If persons want to
prospect on our claims we will give them the opportunity to join the club. Of course, they will have to
pay dues like everyone else. There is no free ride.
In closing, please watch the heat when prospecting, quit in the early afternoon and have a good
month.
Frederick Horn, President
June 2012 Page 2
MONTHLY MEETINGS General Meetings:
3rd Thursday of the month - 7:00 PM @ Arizona American Italian
club 7509 North 12th St. Phoenix, AZ
Monthly outings:
Held on the weekends following the Third Thursday of the month.
Guests are welcome to attend regular meetings and outings.
Board Meeting:
forthTuesday of the month - 7:00pm Club Office
New Member Orientation:
Club Office 7:00 p.m.. See calendar for dates.
The Bird Tailings is published as a service to Roadrunner Prospectors’
Club, Inc. members. Opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of
the management or of its members. Publication of information in this
newsletter constitute, no guarantee of accuracy. Use of any information
found in this newsletter at the sole risk of the user. Neither the RRPC,
it’s board of directors, nor the editor of this publication assume any
liability for damages resulting from the use of information found within
the newsletter content.
The contents of this publication may not be reproduced either in part or
in whole without written consent of the Roadrunner Prospectors’ Club.
The newsletter encourages submissions of any article mining related,
opinion pieces, cartoons, want-ads, sales of items, etc.
Roadrunner Prospecting Club phone numbers:
Voice message 602-274-2521
Office Fax: 602-274-4335
Mailing address:
RRPC
P.O. Box 56804
Phoenix, AZ 85079
Email:
Website:
http://www.roadrunnergold.com
Club Office is located at:
2744 W. Osborn R.
Phoenix, AZ 85017-5023
(Open 9:00am to 1:00pm Wednesday). Between Thomas Rd
and Indian School Rd, west of 27th Ave.
Member Address Change Form: Send to: RRPC, PO Box 56804, Phoenix, AZ 85079-6804 or email: [email protected]
Member Number: ________
Name: ________________________________________
New Address: __________________________________
__________________________________
Phone Number: _________________________________
BOARD & OFFICE DIRECTORY PRESIDENT
Fred Horn
VICE PRESIDENT
Karl Weber
SECRETARY
Carol Nickel
TREASURER
Bill Hunt
3 YEAR BOARD MEMBERS
Jack Engbrecht
Randal Stockwood
2 YEAR BOARD MEMBERS
Reeve Kahabka
Bill Nickel
News Letter
1 YEAR BOARD MEMBERS
Bob Wierzal
Ron Matlewsky
Office Manager
Pete Baker
Website
Pete Baker
Dues/Fees:
• Annual dues are due by December 1st
of each year.
• Annual Maintenance Fee (AMF =
$20.00) due by December 1st of each
year.
• $20.00 Map Packet Replacement Fee
• $10.00 badge Replacement Fee
June 2012 Page 3
The following folks have joined RRPC since our
last newsletter.
Please welcome them into our club:
Gary Bateman Congress, AZ
James & Rigina Hennessy Cave Creek, AZ
VIP winners at the July meeting:
- Laura Cawley – Meeting Support
- Al Childers – Meeting Support
- Jeff Snyder - Refreshment
BUDDY LIST
Echo Maurer, (623) 377-0808, [email protected]
Area: Surprise
Available: Any day, Cannot drive.
Equipment: Drywasher, Dredge, Hi-banker, final recovery
systems.
Have pickup. Limited driving due to vision problems.
Preferred claims: Any claims area
Dick Tucek, (623) 975-2849
Area: Surprise
Available: Any day but Sunday, Can not drive
Equipment: Metal Detector
Preferred claims: Stanton area, Leave No Holes, Bumblebee
King
Mike Landgraf, (602) 678-6789, [email protected]
Area: Apache Phoenix, 7th Ave./Dunlap - Sunnyslope
Available: Any day, Can drive, 2WD, Beginner
Equipment: High-Banker, Metal detector
Preferred claims: Turkey Creek
“Have 650cc buggy for offroad, carries a lot. I’m retired.”
Randall Stockwood, (928) 501-7901, [email protected]
Area: Pleasant Harbor Resort, Peoria
Available: All days except Sunday, Can drive, 4WD
Equipment: Dry washer, Metal detector
Preferred claims: Any and all
“Need some one to be with”
Don Tennis, (575) 535-4463
Area: Meyer, AZ.
Available: Fri., Sat., Sun., Can drive, 2WD
Equipment: 2 ½” High-Banker, other misc.
Preferred claims: Big Bug 1&2, Turkey Creek claims, Mer-
cers
“I am open to suggestions. Please call and we can go from
there.”
Rich Nipko, 321 432-8209, Email: [email protected]
Area: Goodyear
Available: All days, Can drive, 2WD, Experienced
Equipment: Metal detector, panning
Preferred claims: Any
“New to club, recently retired”
Michael Schratt, 815 814-2145, Email: [email protected]
Area: Tempe
Available: Saturdays, Sundays, Can drive
Equipment: Metal Detector, pan
Preferred Claims: all claims
Interests: Nugget hunting, coin hunting, ancient artifacts, an-
tique treasure maps, tales of lost or buried treasure
Brian Venetz, 602 486-5976, Email: [email protected]
Area: Phoenix
Available: Fridays, Saturdays, Can drive, 2wd, Beginner
Equipment: Sluice, Pan
Preferred Claims: All
August Outing Moved to Wolf Creek
All the fire restrictions have been lifted! So
why not journey to the cool mountains and
come to the August Outing – Saturday, Au-
gust 18, 2012.
Nuggets & Prizes. 2nd Annual Blindfold
Panning Contest and Ice Cream Party!!
The location has been changed to Wolf
Creek, Map #6, Betty Claims. Dredging,
Sluicing, and Panning. (Instruction if need-
ed)
Get out of the valley heat and join us in the
mountains.
Panning contest 11:00 am - Ice cream and
Brownies to follow.
Come, enjoy and have fun and hopefully
find gold!!!!
June 2012 Page 4
Glory Days in Salome Salome, Arizona is a sleepy desert town on Highway 60 west of Wickenburg. Very little to almost nothing happens here day to day. It was much the same back in the first years of the 1900's. Everything changed one weekend in March of 1909. On Friday March 12th, three prospectors were working a gulch about seven miles northwest of town. These men named Henry Barker, Hiram Griffin and Shorty Algers hit some rich looking surface gold and rushed to town with several chunks. An ex-perienced miner named Dick Hall figured that there was $50.00 worth of gold in every fist sized piece. The miner and the three prospectors headed back out to the gulch. They picked out two sacks of ore that Dick Hall said would run at least $20,000. to the ton. Word spread fast in Arizona Territory on any new gold strike. By afternoon on Saturday, the town was being invaded with gold seekers. There wasn't a horse, mule, or wagon train that wasn't rented, bought or in some cas-es, stolen by the rushing miners. The Journal Miner paper in Prescott printed the first news of the strike. The headline read "Big Discovery Starts Wild Stampede to Harcuvar Range". The story in the paper told of some chunks of ore the size of a man's fist were one-third gold. Big coarse nuggets and wire gold ran all through these chunks, according to the Miner. At this time saloon business was terrible on Whiskey Row, when the story hit the streets. Patrons literally ran out of the bars and gambling halls. These men were part of the mobs that were arriving or on their way to Salome by Monday. With no hotels it was utter chaos. This chaos went on for several weeks. During this time the Miner ran daily reports on the "Big Bonanza". Many reports were given of some of the rich chunks of ore that were found.
Then several weeks later, the ore was depleted. It turned out to only be a surface deposit. Deeper digging did not expose any new ore. The exit from Salome was almost as hectic for the men as the arrival. Very little details of this short lived gold rush have survived. If you pass through, or visit Salome today, it's hard to realize much of anything has ever happened there. However, finding the right gulch seven miles northwest of town might be a real find if you have your metal detector along. With all the crowds and confusion I believe these miners could have been quite careless. Some lost pieces of this rich ore would be quite a find. Note: I have no idea if there are current mining claims covering the area. As always, be sure to honor any property notices. Note: Article was written by club member Gene Mrotek #1091
2012 Dredge Permit
The club has received our new 2012 dredge
permit from the Army Corps of Engineers.
Please remove the entire old dredge permit
dated June 1, 2010 (25 pages, 13 sheets)
from your map pack. Replace it with the
new dredge permit dated June 18, 2012 (31
pages, 16 sheets). This permit must be in
your possession whenever you are dredging
on any of the clubs claims that are approved
for dredging. The list of claim maps where
dredging is approved is included in the per-
mit on page 5. Thank you.
June 2012 Page 5
Aug 2012 Classifieds
For Sale: Life Membership #3662. $400,
Buyer pays $250 transfer fee.
Please all Ken at: (602) 978-6789.
For Sale: Life Membership #3311. $375,
Buyer pays $250 transfer fee.
Please call Vince at: (952) 941-4310.
For Sale: Life Membership #1155. $400,
Buyer pays $250 transfer fee.
Please call Kathleen at: (928) 772-
5892.
Gate Across Senator Highway
The Prescott National Forest has recently in-
stalled a locked gate across the Senator
Highway just south of the intersection with
the Mayer Rd. This gate prevents access to
the Club claims along Turkey Creek in that
area. The Club has contacted the Forest Ser-
vice and stated our right for access to the
Club claims south of that gate. The Forest
Service responded by supplying the lock
combination so that we can have access to
that area.
You can obtain the lock combination by con-
tacting the office via email or phone.
You must supply your member number and
address.
This combination is for our club use ON-
LY. DO NOT give out this combination to
anyone.
Be sure to lock the gate each time you pass
through.
Help Roadrunners “Go Green” and go
for the GOLD For every 20 Roadrunner members that sign up to
receive our monthly newsletter in their email, we
will have a drawing for a gold nugget in the weight
range of .3 to .4 dwt. We are making this offer
through the rest of this year and it is for those mem-
bers that do not currently receive our newsletter
electronically.
The emailed version of the newsletter is in color,
making the claim maps and photos sharper and pic-
ture perfect. Also, the newsletter arrives a week ear-
lier than the mailed copies, making announcements
timelier. You can save copies on your computer as a
future resource for later review, either on the screen
or by printing a paper copy. Most importantly, you
will be doing your small part in helping us “go
green” and also save your club postage and printing
costs.
You can sign up now by sending us an email address
along with your name, member number and home
address to [email protected] . Please use “Sign Me Up!” in the subject field. Or,
fill out the attached form and mail it to our office.
Winners will be announced in future newsletters and
a gold nugget will be mailed to the members ad-
dress. Also, a member must be in good standing and
only one entry per member.
Yes, I want to “Go Green” and go
for the GOLD Name and Member Number:
Address:
Email address:
Please mail this form to: RRPC, PO Box 56804,
Phoenix, AZ 85079
June 2012 Page 6
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and for ordering replacement Maps or Badges
Name: _________________________________________________ Member Number: __________
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ROADRUNNER CLOTHING AND PRODUCTS
Pro Gold Prospecting Equipment &Supplies is now the new distributor of the
clothing and products for the club, you can go directly to the mining shop to pur-
chase your shirts hats and decals, also Pro-Gold will be soon be offering some new
items, such as hat pins Car window decals, Sweat pants and many more neat new
things to show your support of the club. If you plan to go and buy the product from
the store keep in mind that they will want to see that you are a current member so
be sure to bring your current membership card, The store does not want to be sell-
ing club merchandise to non members. You can reach the mining shop at 623-670-
9732 if you have any questions.
Shadow Mountain
Screw Products Prospecting Equipment Repair
21411 N 11th Ave Suite #6
Phoenix, AZ 85027
Ph - (623)582-6088
Fax - (623)852-6215
Howard R. Bentley
NUGGET-SHOOTER
Authorized Minelab & Nugget Finder Dealer
Bill Southern 623-910-0345
Your Guide To Finding Gold Nuggets!
Website: www.nuggetshooter.com
Mail Address: PO Box 576
Morristown, AZ 85342
“e” Mail [email protected]
RYAN DESHON - Owner Bobby Shearon - Manager
Falcon Metal Detectors PO Box 8353 Mesa AZ 85214 (480) 396-1181
www.falconmetaldectectors.com
Wally DeShon
BunksArizonaProspecting.com
Home of the Hermit Pick
Dry Washers, Maps, Accessories, Carbon Fiber Detector Shafts
Calvin “Bunk” Bunker, 928-830-5350
PO Box 2581, Chino Valley, AZ 86323
Gold King Mfg LLC Prospecting Supplies
Mavis (623)-386-6430
Scott (623)-694-4389
June 2012 Page 8
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