President’s Notes April 2013 Bill Bowman

April’s meeting got started without any hitches. Maybe there is hope.

We had a full house for the relics presentation and around ten guests/new members. The announcement was made that membership cards are in the works. The membership par-ticipation is increasing and many individuals are yet to be known by sight or first name. Cyndy was cracking the whip to get all of those present to complete and return their disclaimers. I don’t know what she said to them, but people were seated filling them out like students in detention.

When asked who found gold, about thirty hands went up, but when asked if they wanted to tell us about it almost all hands descended. Jim Eakin showed a very pretty piece he found detecting. It was crystalline leaf gold. Nice piece.

The Rock Rollers show was a success. They had some 1900 attendees. The best part was that the Nuggets had their panning booth set up and did an impressive 192 pans. As usual, the Nuggets did the Gold Hounds proud!

The California Federation of Mineralogical Societies was sponsoring a Land Use Semi-nar on Saturday, April 27th at the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds in Turlock. We will find out more about it if any members attended.

The cancelation of the outing to Cronan Ranch was reiterated.

I received an e-mail from a gentleman that has 2500 acres under lease of prime gold bearing country in the Bear Valley on Bear Creek in Mariposa County. This acreage also has 9 miles of Bear Creek. He has extended an invitation to us for the possibility of an outing. Bear Creek is supposed to have good gold. More on this to follow.

The program for the evening was put on by Max Bell. He has a book out showing the buckles of the gold rush era. I know many of you had thought that these items found were from the civil war, but the war occurred twenty years later. Max displayed buckles, pick heads, shovel blades, candle hooks, an old whistle, bottles and so on. The mem-bership was quite enthusiastic. Some items brought by the members included oil lamps, carbide lamps, early fire proof lamps, early gas detectors and an old very ornate plate. This enthusiasm existed before the meeting, during his 45 minute presentation, through the break and after we conclusion of the raffle.

Our program for the May meeting will be “The life of a miner and all the tales that go with it” presented by Don Robinson. This should be a very interesting and entertaining program. Bill

-Notes from Annie-May 4, 2013

Dear Members,The weather has been so nice that I can’t believe the Bear River Outing is just around the corner!

We will have to be careful and not get sunburned! This will be our first early Bear River Outing for prob-ably 8 or 9 years – If all holds well with the weather we should enjoy the water and finding some color. I might even feel like fishing…oh well.

We received a “Chili Cookoff” notice to be held in Iowa Hill, May 11th . This will benefit the Iowa Hill Fire Dept. and Community Club’s Annual Chili Cookoff and Pie Competition. If you have never been to Iowa Hill this might be the best time to visit as there will be a lot of activity in this small town along with music, prizes, games and a pie auction after the judging is complete, so don’t miss out. The festivities will be at the Firehouse beginning at noon with competitions starting at 1pm. The Chili is judged on taste, popularity and booth flare. You must make at lease 3 gallons of Chili to qualify. Sec-ond and Third place winners will receive a ribbon and first place will receive the Golden Chili Pot and a T-shirt. Also the Pie Contest has to be cooked in two 9” pie dishes and can be any kind of pie the compet-itor wants to make. All participants are encouraged to check in at 11am and set up by noon! And remem-ber that Iowa Hill runs on its on “Iowa Hill Time” so it is when it is!! Questions? Call Chase at (530) 613-2537 or email at dowling@gmail.com. Enjoy and I can’t wait to hear all about your trip to Iowa Hill! Annie

Don’t forget the 16-1 mine will be holding their annual gold show at the Underground Gold Miners Museum in Alleghany, June 15-16, 10am to 5pm. Admission $2. This year’s mineral display will feature native Gold specimens from the Alleghany District and beyond, PLUS a silver exhibit shown at the Colorado School of Mines. A “16 to 1 Mine” Gold Quartz Specimen Raffle prize drawing will be held on Sunday at 5pm. Need not be present to win! Also Historical Walking Tours of Alleghany will be held at 11am and 2pm each day. A one-hour trek will be $10 per person, children 12 and under Free. Selected historical images of Alleghany will be on display for the first time, also they will hold a Carbide Lamp Demonstration. I plan on traveling up their way for a nice day outing as I am a member of this great mu-seum! For Info: INFO@UNDERGROUNDGOLD.COM OR WWW.UNDERGROUND.COM. (530) 287-3330The Underground Gold Miners Museum, address, P.O. Box 907, Alleghany, CA 95910, is seeking mem-bers or business sponsors! The museum has never received public funding but is asking for help to keep their museum open. If time permits this year and if they are holding tours still it would be great to take a trip to the 16 – 1 as it is a Famous Mine located within driving range. Melanie Barton, Administrator of the Placer County Museums Division, called to ask if Ray Dodds and the Goldhound Nuggets will again be part of the Heritage Trail Museum Tour August 10 & 11, so I added this to our calendar for the year. Hope to see everyone there. The Outings schedule is complete but changes could occur so make sure you keep your email cur-rent so we can make contact if necessary. It will be a busy year! Thanks everyone! PUBLIC LANDS FOR THE PEOPLE - They have another great raffle that is advertised in the ICMJ on page 50 with already $38,284 in prizes. This drawing is not until 7/18/13 so don’t delay. PLP is a non-profit organization whose mission is “To represent and assist outdoor user groups and individuals interested in keeping public and private lands open to prospecting, mining and outdoor recreation through public education, scientific data, and legal means.” Tickets are $1 each or$10 for a book of 12 and there are three ways to Order: Email: Out4gold510@hotmail.com Phone: Msg (818) 363-0963 (Leave call back number, address, and # of tickets wanted) Mail: Public Lands for the People, Inc. c/o Guy Nesbitt, P.O. Box 7908,

Porter Ranch, CA 91327.

Bear River OutingMay 30 – June 3Don Robinson

It’s approaching that time again. Our Bear River outing starts Thursday May 30th, at 1:00 PM. That’s when I unlock the gate and we start moving in! The outing will last all the way until Monday June 3rd, 10:00 AM. That’s when we have to be out.

This is the back Group campground that we always use at the Bear River. Instructions on how to get there are at the end of this message, if you need directions. Please direct any further questions to me. There will be a sign-in area when you come into the camping area. Please sign in immediately before setting up your camp. Sometimes there will be someone at the sign-in area and sometimes not. This outing is for members only.

You can come in for a day outing only or stay for every day and night, or anything in between. The camp-ground is ours completely. It will not be used by others.

There will be a lock on the gate, with a combination setting of “7-7-7”. This is a simple tumbler lock where you set each number and then open the lock. When you re-lock it, turn some of the tumblers of the combination. This is the same for each of the past few years. It’s important for you to re-lock the gate after every entrance and exit and make sure the lock is through the Placer County lock. That way they can get in and out without a problem if they need to.

We’ll have a potluck dinner on Saturday evening starting at 5:00 PM, and you all know we start on time! Bring a dish to share for eight people. So be prepared and have your food ready and on the table by no later than 4:45 PM.

Sunday morning will be the 16th annual potluck breakfast, starting at 8:00 AM. You don’t want to miss this either. Be sure to bring juice, rolls, or other breakfast goodies for others to share. We will also bring scrambled eggs and Bill and Carol will make biscuits and gravy.

For mining and prospecting equipment, within the park area is non-motorized, meaning motorized equip-ment of any kind is not allowed. Not even solar powered on mining equipment. We can run motorized equipment below the park area where we always do (no dredging of course). This means we can power sluice. The one requirement for power sluicing is that the water and tailings from the sluice cannot run back into the water. Either it gets dissipated by a holding dam or by running back into the bench gravels and disappearing. Normal hand sluicing is permitted within the park area so don’t be concerned about that. I’ll flag the lower boundaries so you’ll know where you can start if you want to power sluice.

Detecting, sluicing, sniping and panning are permitted in the park area and outside as well. There are no restrictions here.

At this moment campfires are not permitted. This may change before the outing. We generally are permit-ted to have a group campfire. The facility consists of pit toilets, picnic tables and river access. You may park along the road but not on

the beach area itself. I’ll have it flagged off. Bring plenty of drinking water, chairs, extra tables, and pop-ups if you have them. The weather is always subject to change at this time of year. Be prepared!

The Bear River Campground is only on the park side of the river where we camp. The opposite bank is private land so please keep that in mind

This is a super outing for us and we’ll likely have 90 or more people. Parking your rig, tent, etc. is important to conserve space. We’ll likely have someone directing parking. If not, look for Annie, Bill Bowman or me.

Thanks everyone. I’ll see many of you at the outing.

Directions follow. Take Hwy 80, going towards Reno from Auburn. About 10 minutes past Auburn, take the West Weimar Crossroads off Interstate 80. Go left over the freeway, (north) for 1.5 miles. Turn right on Placer Hills Road, to Plum Tree Road (2.5 miles). Turn left on Plum Tree Road to the Bear River Park/Campground. The Parking lot is on the left at the bottom of the hill, and go left into the parking lot and go to the far left, through the green gate (Combo 7-7-7). The private campground is about one mile after you go through the gate. Be sure to lock the gate back when you come in or leave.

There is another way through Colfax. if you know it. It’s a good way to go as well. For those coming the first time, use the instructions above, not through Colfax. Thanks.

San Francisco Mint1854

By Don Robinson

In 1717 Sir Isaac Newton, Master of the British Mint, established a fixed price for gold that was equivalent to about $20.00 per ounce, US currency. This price was for bullion gold, refined to a purity of twenty-two carats (.917 fine). This fineness meant that 917 of 1000 parts was pure gold, therefore leaving 83/1000 as impurities. (Today the bullion gold bars are .995 fine, and in some cases .999 fine). This price remained the same for over 200 years, until February 1934 when Pres-ident Roosevelt set the price of gold at $35.00 per ounce as part of his “Gold Reserve Act,” which dealt with the great depression.

So why the great importance of the metal “gold” and what did it mean to our country? Part of this answer starts with our U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 10, 1. titled “Powers prohibited, Absolute-ly:” “No state shall…make anything but gold and silver coin in payment of debts.” The year was 1787, well over 60 years before the gold rush started.”

At that time, the U.S. Government had already had a bad taste of paper money when, in January, 1777, six months after our Nations independence, the Continental Congress requested that the thir-teen states declare the first paper money “Continental bills” legal tender currency. This was ratified with the agreement that the Continental dollar be equally exchanged for gold and silver coins of the same value. In theory it sounded fine, but as more and more bills were printed, the value against the gold decreased. By 1780, only three years later, the continental dollar had dropped in value to the point that it took 400 Continental dollars to buy one dollar of gold or silver! This paper money failure brought on the expression “Not worth a Continental.”

This experience with paper money about seven years before the Constitution was ratified was definitely a determining factor in the writing of Article I, Section 10. I’m not a legal scholar, but my understanding is that this section of the Constitution has not been amended, and technically, since the dollar is no longer backed by gold, California and other States are in violation of the Constitu-tion. Is there anyone out there who knows the answer to this?

The California gold rush starting in 1849 was perfect timing in that the U.S. was on a gold standard and finding gold was absolutely the same as finding money – sort of. It just needed refining and a conversion process into gold coins. Many of the Mother Lode and placer mines were in full swing, particularly the hydraulic operations and gold was plentiful. The miners needed to sell their gold and the newly opened U.S. Mint in San Francisco was a perfect market, paying $16.00 per ounce to any seller who walked in the door.

This created the middleman who was the go-between for the miner and the mint. Most miners of California did not have the time or inclination to travel to San Francisco, recognizing the lost time and cost involved. It was worth it to sell the gold to the local buyer for $15.00 per ounce, since the $1.00 loss per ounce was insignificant when compared to the cost of the long travel to the coast. Sometimes Wells Fargo served in this middle man role, by buying directly from the miner and then delivering and selling the gold to the mint. One major potential problem – stage robberies, particu-larly by Black Bart, who had been terrorizing their stages for several years (See Foresthill Messen-ger April 16, 1999, Sesquicentennial Chronicle Section titled “Black Bart”).

The San Francisco U.S. Mint officially opened its doors in 1854, and produced four million dollars in gold coins the first year. By 1856 this figure had gone to $24 million dollars in gold and silver. The Mint produced five basic gold coins. These were the $20.00 Double Eagle (one ounce of gold); the

$10.00 Eagle (1/2 ounce); the $5.00 Half-eagle; the $3.00 gold piece; and the $2.50 Quarter Eagle.

Actually, even though the gold content is generally listed as indicated, technically there is a vari-ance. Because gold is soft and will therefore wear quickly, the Mint added 10 percent copper to each of the coins. This hardened it up but also changed the weight. For example, the standard twenty-dollar gold coin (1850 – 1933) weighed 33.4 grams, whereas a troy ounce of gold weighs 31.1 grams. This additional weight was copper, with one clarification….the Mint actually only placed .96750 ounces of pure gold in the coin. All this means the gold coins didn’t have quite the amount of gold that the general public thought, and the weight was a little heavier because of the copper addition.

Today these gold coins are worth anywhere from twice the gold content value, to prices ranging up to thousands of dollars for uncirculated specimens. For example, an uncirculated (no trace of wear. Light blemishes) 1861 standard twenty dollar gold piece minted in San Francisco is worth about $7,500. “Proof” coins from that time range up to a value of $45,000 to $50,000 depending on the year.

All this means you better check out any old trunks that have been passed down over the years be-cause you never know what values might just be lurching inside! Treasure hunters, in searching old homesites, have found gold coins inside old walls, under floorboards, and in just about every hiding place imaginable. Metal Detectors have become a major tool in searching for these lost treasures.

So why are the coins so expensive and so hard to find? Ask our U.S. Government where they are. After all, they collected them, by law, from every person in this country, under threat of fines and imprisonment. Sound strange? Let’s go back to March 6, 1933…

Remember that our country was on the gold standard, meaning that all paper money was 100% backed by the U.S. Government. Early in 1933 a banking panic sent depositors flocking to withdraw their accounts in gold, fearing that the paper money was in jeopardy of failure. Franklin D. Roos-evelt, in stemming the tide, closed all the U.S. Banks from March 6-9, 1933, and instituted a procla-mation that declared:

- An embargo on the withdrawal of gold and silver.- A requirement that everyone turn in all gold and silver. Failure to do so would result in a fine

of $10,000 and a prison term of 10 years.- An authorization for the Secretary of the Treasury to make regulations for banking control.

As a result of this proclamation, a tidal wave of gold poured into the vaults of the twelve Federal Reserve banks. The Newsweek magazine of March 11, 1933, seems to have stated it best:

“It was a new lesson in mass psychology. Day after day, in growing numbers, men and women formed long lines before bank windows, in their rush to escape the stigma and the threatening penalties for holding gold. Banks added extra guards and extra tellers, opened their doors early and kept them open late. By Saturday, last week, a veritable stampede had developed to get rid of the gold.

By foot and motor the depositors came, with briefcases, satchels, paper parcels, little bundles and bulging pockets. Some only had $5.00 gold pieces saved from Christmas. Others lugged boxes of “double eagles” totaling several thousand dollars. All filled out deposit slips, watched tellers check off their names, and hurried out again. Many asked questions, protested they were not hoarders, transacted their business speedily, took currency for their gold deposits, and left with evident relief.

Locksmiths in the nation did a rushing business, to their surprise and gratification. They picked locks of dusty wall safes with forgotten combinations, of cobwebbed trunks and tin boxes for which there were no keys. They called in detectives for some of the larger jobs, to have protec-tion on their unaccustomed tasks.”

Fears became worse when it was stated that the “Feds” had lists of those people who, in pre-vious years, had exchanged paper money for gold, and they were now checking the names on those lists against those who brought gold back in. The “Ban” was on, and the rest of the world watched as the government of the freest people on earth forced its citizens to hand over $570 million in gold, for $570 million in paper money. This process went on for ten months.

Once this gold was secured, in 1934, Roosevelt passes the “Gold Reserve Act.” This provided:

- For the immediate nationalization of the country’s gold reserves.- Put the nation on a gold bullion standard but prohibited gold coinage or gold redemption

of paper money.- Gave the Secretary of the Treasury new monetary and financial powers.

This entire process took two years and gave the government the physical possession of the gold, control of gold exports, and a way to fix the price of gold. Then the U.S. raised the price of gold from $20.67 to $35.00 per ounce. What a profit it made on the reserves! It brought the gold from the citizens for $20.67 per ounce, and then increased its value to $35.00 per ounce.

We must keep in mind the wisdom of Roosevelt. The history of our country to that point had shown that when paper money was issued, while gold was still in the market place and being used, the paper money failed – and generally because of its competition with gold. By removing all gold there was no competition. The paper money was the only money, and therefore would be acceptable under all other conditions.

The dollar was then backed by 40% gold, rather than the previous 100% backing. This set a world value and held until 1945, when the gold backing for the dollar was reduced to 25%. This was changed to 18% in the 1960’s, and in 1968 the gold backing was removed from U.S. curren-cy to all U.S. citizens. On August 1, 1971, Richard Nixon announced to the world that the U.S. would no longer redeem gold for dollars.

Commentary: Will this gold standard ever come back? I don’t think so. We would have to hold the quantity of gold to offset the amount of paper money we have now printed. This might take more gold than presently exists in the world!

Bibliography: The Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of the State of California, California Sesquicentennial 1849-1999 Edition, Published by the California State Senate ( ID 99 03256-100); The New World of Gold, Timothy Green, Walker and Company, New York, New York. 1981; The War on Gold, by Antony Sutton, “76 Press” 1977; Fabulous Gold, Publishers House, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1975; History of Money, Dr. Leroy Brenna, cassette tapes, Texas, 1983; A Guide Book of United States Coins, R.S. Yeoman, St. Martin’s Press, New York, New York, 2000.

Goldhound Quarterly Financial Statement 1st Quarter 2013

Starting balance Jan 2013 2,152.84Total Income 1,340.00Total Expenses 2,647.51Ending balance March 2013 845.33

ExpensesCommunicatons 1339.06Office 506.69Outings 555.00Misc 246.76

Total 2647.51

Note: January, February and March are very slow months for the Goldhounds.

Lost and found Department: Anyone lose this small nugget?It’s real. I took the picture for Van. don

Drilling a lifter. What’s a lifter?

WE WILL BE ADDING EVENTS TO THE SCHEDULE MONTHLY, BE SURE WE HAVE YOUR CORRECT EMAIL. DON’S EXPLORATION TRIPS WILL BE BY EMAIL ONLY AND MEMBERS.

May 10, 2013 Goldhound meeting, 100 East St.. Auburn Veterans Memorial Hall, 7-9 pm.May 30, 31, June 1,2,3 Bear River, Our annual outing. Starts Thur.5/30, noon and goes until Mon. 6/3, 10:00 AM. email and map will be the May Newsletter.June 14, Goldhound meeting, 100 East St., Auburn Veterans Memorial Hall, 7-9 pm.June 22, Ponderosa Bar or Union Flat for Sat. outing, more info will follow in emailJuly 12, Goldhound meeting, 100 East ST., Auburn Veterans Hall, 7-9 pm.July 18,19,20 Robinson Flat over night outing, above Foresthill with various trips planned. Levels 3-9.August 9, Goldhound meeting, 100 East St., Auburn Veterans Memorial Hall, 7-9 pm. this is our annual Ice Cream Party that the Ladies have planned for!August 10 & 11 The Gold Country Museum (at the Gold Country Fairgrounds in Auburn) will hold their annual Heritage Trail event with Ray Dodds and the Nuggets teaching gold panning. August 17, No. Fork American going downstream from the Iowa Hill Bridge, Level 1-8 planned.Aug. 30, 31, Sept 1, Annual Foresthill Heritage Event and State Gold Panning Championhips, Overnight camping for volunteers at the Memorial Park, Foresthill. Lots of help needed here!Oct. 4, 5, 6, Happy Bride Mine - Levels 4-9 - Come in 10/3 after 1:00pm, overnight Friday, Sat., Sun, leave Mon.1:00pm. More to follow as weather could be a problem. Room for RV’s and campers. Members only please. More info in email to follow. OTHER CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONSGold Prospectors Association of America, meets quarterly in Sacramento. Next mtg. 1/19/2013 or call Jim Hutchings, 530-367-5108. (INFO: WWW.GOLDPROSPECTORS.ORG OR 1-800-551-9797) CALL TOLL FREE FOR ALL SHOW SCHEDULES. Club has claims and outings. Also thanks to Brad Jones, editor of the “PICK & SHOVEL GAZETTE.” Great Job by their team of writers and good information for everyone who supports mining. Check them out! Roseville Rock Rollers Gem & Mineral Society meets 2nd Tues monthly, Roseville Fiargrounds, 800 All American City Blvd., wwwrockrollers.com or (916) 961-6868, rockrollers@hotmail.com - www.rockrollers.com.Sac.Valley Detecting Buffs meet 1st Thurs. monthly, Sac.County Old SMUD Bldg. corner Elkhorn & Don Julio in No. Highlands, check out their website - www sacramentovalleydetectingbuffs.com.El Dorado County Mineral & Gem Society, for info 530-676-2472 or www.eldoradomineralandgem.org.Placerville Gold Country Treasure Seekers, a metal detecting club, Ken Wright, k2wright@mindspring.comGold Pan California, Gold Adventures, 1021 Detroit Ave. #D, Concord, info (925) 825-GOLDGolden Caribou Mining, a small-scale mining gold club in Belden. Info (530) 283-5141, www.goldencaribou.comUnited Prospectors meets every other month at outings, President@unitedprospectors.com.- Info 209-567-9987. Club has claims -. UPI, 2401 E. Orangebury Ave., Modesto, 95355 - phone (209) 567-2370.Shasta Miners, meets 3rd Wed., 7 pm, at Moose Lodge on Lake Blvd. just up from Shopko on the left. info 530-623-0744, club claims, meets mthly. & newsletter. Sierra Nevada Mining Council: Carol Marshall, 530 272-5915, Box 1567, G..V., 95945, email:miningcouncil.org16-1 Underground Gold Miners Museum - Box 907 Alleghany, email: info@undergroundsgold.com 530-287-3330

WESTERN MINING ALLIANCE - For more info or to volunteer contact westernminingalliance@gmail.com or www.westernminingalliance.org. They are not a club or social organization but they are miners fighting for our rights to dredge and mine in California! The Alliance also supports Jerry Hobbs and the Public Lands for the Peo-ple. WMA has a great newsletter on line, sign up and join in support of these volunteers.

PUBLIC LANDS FOR THE PEOPLE - 7194 Conejo Dr., San Bernardino, CA 92404, (909) 889-3039, WWW-PLP2.ORG.. P.L.P. continues to work on your behalf to keep public lands open. Donations are tax deductible. They have a great raffles posted in the ICMJ to help with attorney fees (and copies at the meeting.)

ICMJ’s PROSPECTING AND MINING JOURNAL - THIS IS THE BEST OF ALL MINING MAGAZINES!Scott Harn, Editor, and his team works hard to get this monthly mining magazine on line and in the mail. They cov-er all the issues and it is full of information.. Check them out! www.icmj.com - info@icmj.com.,831-479-1500.

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SIGNATURE_________________________________________________ DATE____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DON’S EXPLORATION TEAM - EMAIL: GOLDWORLD@WILDBLUE.NET OR CALL 530-367-2891 VM You will receive an email and it becomes your option to go or not. A rating of 1-10 will be added, 10 being the hardest. You may not always find gold but Don is always looking for new areas to prospect. You should be in good shape as you never know where Don may take you. If interested in the team email Don to be added to the Expo Team. The email states where to meet and what time you will leave. This is for members only._____________________________________________________________________________________________NAME BADGES: CLUB NAME BADGES - MEMBER JIM KURY TAKES CARE OF OUR BADGES. PIN CLASPS FOR $4.50, OR MAGNETIC FOR $5.00. EMAIL: JMKURY@SEBASTIANCORP.NET _____________________________________________________________________________________________FORREST GRIBBLE WILL BE IN CHARGE OF SELLING OUR MONTHLY RAFFLE TICKETS._____________________________________________________________________________________ GOLDHOUND T-SHIRTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN THE SUMMER. FOR MORE INFO CHECK WITH TERESA JOHNSON AT THE RAFFLE TABLE . THANK YOU TERESA! _____________________________________________________________________________________CYNDY BURCHARD HAS GOLDHOUND PATCHES AND SHE WILL HAVE THEM AT THE MEETING..CYNDY IS ALSO OUR “SUNSHINE” LADY AND SHE HANDLES ALL THIS WITH A SMILE! ____________________________________________________________________________________MEETINGS ARE HELD THE 2ND FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH AT THE AUBURN VETERANS MEMORIAL HALL, 7:00PM-9:00PM, 100 EAST ST. Take Hwy. 80 to Auburn, then Hwy 49 East, at the first stop light, turn right, go one block, turn right again. The Veterans Hall sits on the left, parking in the back, public invited.__________________________________________________________________________________________FOR SALE ITEMS LISTED FREE HERE FOR ALL OF OUR MEMBERS, SEND TO ANNIE, THANKS

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TO:

Frank, finding nuggets on the

North Fork.

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