january 2016 nupa newsletter
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NUPA NUGGETS
In This Issue
President’s mes-sage
Treasurer’s report
Club Facebook
Land Matters, a new website for prospectors
What to look for when prospecting
Minutes from last month
Ads
Calendar
Next Meeting, Jan 27, 2016 Place: Eagles Building Address: 975 Wall Ave, Ogden UT
Presidents Message
Well it is the start of a new year and I'm sure we are all in the
planning phase right now. Then the prep phase and then we get
to go have some fun. If there is something you would like to do
or see as a club this year bring some ideas to the meeting and we
can build a great schedule for the year. I hope to see everyone at
the meeting.
Curtis
Northern Utah Prospector’s Association January 2016
Gold: $1109.81
Silver: $14.22
As of Jan. 25 2016
Mailing Address: Northern Utah Prospector’s Association P.O. Box 13301 Ogden, Utah 84412
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 $40.00
1 year Renewal $30.00
3 Year Renewal $85.00
Lifetime $300.00
Mailed Newsletter $5.00
E-mail copies of the newsletter are
included as part of membership.
Mailed newsletters add $5.00 to
renewal per year to help defray cost of
postage and printing.
Officers
2015
President
Curtis Roche 435-723-9663
1st Vice President
Rich Roper 801-725-0727
2nd Vice President
Bob Shriber 801-726-4724
Newsletter
Rich Roper 801-725-0727
Secretary/Treasurer
Sheri Gaddis 801-510-2657
Parliamentarian
Dave DeHeer
Claims Director
Lonnie Fausett
John Coleman
Members at Large
Kim & Sandy
Patterson
Wendell Memmott
Charlie Green
Hal Berry
Treasurer’s Report January 2016
Checking Savings
Balance $ 1189.54 Balance $ 5085.88
Land Matter’s—A new resource for prospectors
www.mylandmatters.org
Non profit organization—info on mines, minerals, geol-
ogy, land status, mining claims, mining law, etc.
A UTAH GOLD PROSPECTING CLUB - THE NORTHERN UTAH
PROSPECTOR'S ASSOCIATION (NUPA):
OUR CLUB NOW HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE
http://nupagoldclub.blogspot.com/2014/07/our-club-now-has-facebook-page.html?m=1
All you need to do is sign up for a Facebook account and you can search for our club's
page. (Just look for the magnifying glass to begin your search.)
If you already have a Facebook account, just hit the "LIKE" button and you will become a
"FRIEND." If you are a friend already, then invite others you know to become a friend as
well!
When this page gets to be more popular, we can post prospecting
stories, information about prospecting/mining subjects, infor-
mation on club outings, and anything else that is club related.
Please become a Friend now!
Door Prize Winners: Nugget—Lynda Hadley Raffle Prize: Pay dirt—Frank Kuba Scale—Jeff Martinez Classifier– Kelly Taylor Rubber gloves—Heather Mackay Scoop—Bob Schriber Tote Bag—Jeff Martinez Crevace tool—Frank Kuba Small Nugget—Val Lundgreen Big Nugget—Bob Schriber Quarterly Nugget—Lonnie Fausett Year end Nugget—Lynda Hadley Silver rounds—Kevan Lundgreen, Lonnie Fausett, Linda Wheel-wright Christmas Nuggets—Kelly Taylor, Dave Matthews, Heather Mackay, Dave DeHeer, Leslie Colman
Practical Clues: What to Look for When Gold Prospecting
in the Mountains, Streams, or Desert
Simply put, gold comes from rocks. Huge rocks, in the form
of mountains, are pushed upward by heat and pressure from
deep inside the earth, and then the rocks are worn down by
wind and water. Through water erosion, gold often becomes
separated from the rocks, forming the rich placer deposits
we're all looking for.
The kind of mountains that are most likely to contain gold
have been subjected to earthquakes. Earthquakes produce
"faults" which are places where the tension of the growing
mountain became so great that part of the ground pulled
away, leaving a long scar. Locating a fault line or
"outcrops" (ordinary soil pockmarked with monoliths and low
ridges of sold rock) are important to prospectors because
these areas often point to places where minerals were thrust
into the rip in the earth during a geological event. Normal
erosion washes gold into waterways below, and gold being
heavy, settles naturally along the way— on the inside edges
of bends in the stream, in whirlpools where two creeks join,
in and around natural obstructions such as rock crevices and boulders, in the roots of river plants and
trees. Gold is often found mixed with concentrated strata of fine black or red sand. Black sands that are
iron oxide are magnetic. Red sand is composed of tiny crushed garnets.
This same characteristic settling action of gold applies in the desert, too, where rivers have long since
vanished, but its outline remains. Most deserts are not completely dry all year. When it does rain, often
in torrential downpours, water rushes down the gullies or "drywashes." After a heavy rain or flash flood,
look along the dry banks as if water is still there—try to visualize how the heavy gold might be carried by
the water and where it would naturally deposit, just like in a year-round streambed.
Prospecting for gold is a bit like being a detective. The better we get at reading geologic "clues," hopeful-
ly the closer we'll come to not only finding a few flakes and nuggets, but discovering the source of the
gold—an exposed vein or rich pocket of the shiny stuff. Good luck and have fun!
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Last Month’s Minutes No minutes for last month, it was the Christmas dinner. New presidency for 2016 is: President: Curtis Roche 1st Vice President: John Coleman 2nd Vice President: Lonnie Fausett Treasurer: Tami Matthews Secretary: Becca Taylor
Looking for any Coleman or any brand
lanterns or single burner stoves.
Call: Dave Deheer
801-564-2668
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Rich Roper
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Northern Utah Prospector’s Association
Next Meeting January 27 2016 @ 7:00pm
Eagles Building Address: 975 Wall Ave, Ogden UT
Northern Utah Prospector’s Association
P.O. Box 13301
Ogden, Utah 84412
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