NUPA NUGGETS

Northern Utah Prospectors Association April 2014

Next Meeting, April 23, 2014

Presidents Message
April showers are suppose to bring May flowers. Looks like this year it was March rain that brought April flowers and weeds. The last word on Idaho dredging or EPA is nothing is going to change, at least as far as this year goes. So no dredging in Idaho this year again without your permission slip from EPA. Good luck. Rock Show this year went well and I'd like to personally thank each and everyone of you that came and helped. It is much appreciated. Club trailer is For Sale as voted on last month at the meeting and it's my decision to offer it to our club members first. If your interested in a small 10' x 5'6 " enclosed cargo trailer, you can email me your offer/s or contact me personally to look at it. We will consider all offers from NUPA members for the next 30 days. After which time we'll put it on the open market if we don't get a acceptable offer. Kim
Gold: $1,303.49 Silver: $19.53 As of April 15, 2014

In This Issue
Pres message Treasurers report Winners 2014 Outings Winter Storms & Floods Can Bring Spring Gold Ads Price List Calendar

Officers 2014
President Kim Patterson
801-393-2132
kimdpatterson@hotmail.com

Treasurers Report
Checking April 7 Balance $ 1737.88 Savings April 7 Balance

April, 2014

$ 5090.08

Winners
White Ticket: (Door Prize) Key Folding Knife Suzanne Smuin Clear Safety Glasses Jeremy Catron 3 1/2 inch Mini Flashlight Keven Lundgreen Mini Tire Gauge Glen Gaddis Door Prize Nugget Bruce Smith 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 Paul Silcox 1/2 Classifier Rich Roper Jobe Plastic Scoop Paul Silcox 1972 Eisenhower silver dollar Sam Ginn Small Nugget Steven Cramer Large Nugget Doug Smuin Quarterly Nugget Dave Stone 2014 Outings / Activities:
April 18, 19 & 20 Crescent Creek April 26th Dig and Detect (Curtiss house 10:00 AM, 315 S 100 W Hyrum) 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). The park has a nice area for kids to play. May 17th Crawfish Boil (Curtiss house at 1:00 PM Everyones invited 315 S 100 W Hyrum) 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 If 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.

1st Vice President Curtis Roche

435-723-9663 pcawood@coastalnet.com

2nd Vice President Bob Shriber

801-726-4824

Newsletter Rich Roper

801-725-0727 rr70060@gmail.com

Secretary/Treasurer Sheri Gaddis

801-510-2657
SheriGaddis1234@comcast.net

Parliamentarian Dave DeHeer Claims Director Lonnie Fausett Members at Large

Leo & Donale Richan Hal & Lynda Berry Sandy Patterson Curt Dayton

www.nupainc.org

The library is up and running on-line now. Not a lot of water at Crescent Creek. If you go there it is recommended that you lock your doors, there are a lot of people up there.

Winter Storms & Floods Can Bring Spring Gold

Typical winter storms that regularly occur in gold country usually do not create enough havoc to force substantial amounts of "new" gold into movement. However, when major flooding like what happened in Colorado in September of 2013 is followed by a bad winter, a great deal of gold can be set free. When tons of rock, cobble, and boulders are swept downstream along bedrock during a huge storm, quite a bit of destruction occurs. Plants, weeds, and trees that normally grow along the river and gravel bars are washed away. And when a major storm or flood tears up large portions of a streambed, a fair amount of this newlyreleased gold, because of its weight, will be deposited along the riverbed and settle into cracks and crevices.

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 Renewal Mailed Newsletter $40.00 $30.00 $5.00

Stream bed layers caused by several floods are referred to as flood layers. Flood layers are usually a different color, consistency and hardness from the other layers of material within the streambed, making them easy to recognize. Larger, heavier pieces of gold will work their way down toward the bottom of a flood layer as they are washed downstream. The smallest and lightest flakes of gold might not work their way down through a flooding layer at all, but might remain dispersed within the material. Of course not all flood layers contain gold in large quantities, but its a good place to start. Some of the best areas to look for flood gold are where the stream or river widens out, or levels out, or changes direction. These areas can allow concentrations of gold to collect either on bedrock or in the contact zones between layers. Another place that tends to collect gold are gravel bars, especially the ones located towards the inside of bends in a waterway.

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.

No one ever hopes that Mother Nature releases the type of fury that causes loss of life and property, but when a catastrophic weather event occurs in a gold-bearing area, take advantage of it. Get out there and get your share of the GOLD! Good luck and be safe!
"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed." Ayn Rand

For Sale
One Inch Diameter Homelite Water Pump w/2 Cycle Engine 12 feet of 1 inch Dia. Suction Hose w/Screen & fittings 25 feet of 1 inch Dia. Discharge Hose w/fittings Keene Header Spray Box for a 10 inch wide sluice with 1 inch fittings, spray bars & on/ off valve Keene Sluice box adapter for a 10 inch sluice Short 10 inch wide sluice box Adjustable Metal Stand for High Banker and Sluice Assorted Fittings and Tools 2 rolls of 1 1/2 inch Dia. Blue Discharge Hose First $500.00 Takes It All Richard Thomas Natures Nuggets 435-730-3388 306 W 200 S Brigham City, UT 84302

FOR SALE
ATV cover ATV Rear Basket 12VDC Igloo Cooler Gold Buddy $25 $85 $35 $225 $275

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We will pay you for your New Diabetic Test Strips unopened in the original box We 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 Prices Miles 801-391-9912 We can answer your questions

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NUPA Price List

Non Pocket T-shirt Pocket T-shirt Short Sleeve Denim Long Sleeve Denim Hooded Sweatshirt Hat Visor Tote Blanket W/Logo 1/2 Mesh Stainless Steel Classifier 1/4 Mesh Stainless Steel Classifier 1/8 Mesh Stainless Steel Classifier 10 Crevice Tool 12 Crevice Tool Snappy Grip Handles Old Prospectors Never DieMug Gold Panner Belt Buckle Jobe Black 10 inch Gold Pan Black Panning Gloves (24 inch) $10.00 $15.00 $20.00 $25.00 $25.00 $10.00 $8.00 $12.00 $22.00 $24.00 $24.00 $24.00 $9.00 $11.00 $3.00 $15.00 $13.00 $4.00 $15.00

April 2014
Sun Mon 1 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 8 15 22
Earth Day

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April Fools Day

Wed 2 9 16 23 30 3

Thu 4

Fri 5

Sat

10 17 24

11 18 25

12 19 26

General Meeting

29

May 2014
Sun Mon Tue Wed 1 4 11 18 25 5 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 8 15 22 29 Thu 2 9 16 23 30 Fri 3 10 17 24 31
Road Clean Up / Spring Fling

Sat

Cinco de Mayo

Mothers Day

12 19 26

Crawfish Boil

Memorial Day

General Meeting