Show Me Gold Prospector

August 2008 Newsletter

AUGUST Meeting: The August meeting at Wellington, MO will be August 9, at 11:00 a.m. until the last miner leaves. Bring your stories, pictures and gold from your travels so far this year. We will be having a pot luck, bring what every you would like to eat.

Toys for Tots: At the July meeting, it was voted on for the club to donate toys to the Marine Corp Toys for Tots. Please bring a new, unwrapped toy for this good cause. When you bring in your toy, your name will be entered into a drawing. At the November meeting, we will draw for either a nugget or some panning bags that Tom has donated. The November meeting will be the last meeting you will be able to bring toys. If you would rather give some cash, see me and I will see that the money goes for some good toys.

Attendance Raffle: At the July meeting, the club voted to start giving away a small nugget at each meeting. When you sign your attendance raffle slip, place it in my pink gold pan. We will then draw from the pan. The winner will receive this nice nugget. We are still having the attendance raffle in November as well.

Raffles: There will be another nugget in the raffle; this is a gram size nugget. So buy a lot of raffle tickets.

September Meeting: The September outing will be at Randy and Missy Mays. The date is Sept. 12, 13, and 14. Plan on attending this fun event. There will be a meeting, metal detector hunt and pot luck. Best of all, I will be there. If you need directions, just give me a call. I will have more info in the Sept. Newsletter.

Lathrop Heritage Days: It that time of year for the Lathrop Heritage Days. Each year in October, Lathrop has a festive demonstrating different old time skill and crafts. We set up a panning demo. On Friday, there will be about 1,500 school kids come through. We show the kids how to pan, sell them some rock and just have a good time. We will need some volunteers for this event. The dates are October 10, 11, and 12.

Volunteers Need: You know how late at night a great idea hits you? Well, I had one of those great ideas. Often times Doug and I will get a call from a person brand spanking new to prospecting. They’ve got the fever, they’ve got it bad. They come to meeting, not even knowing how to pan. I would like a volunteer to set up a panning tub at the meeting to show these new people how to start panning. I will bring all the stuff for the August meeting; hopefully I will get a volunteer. Please remember you don’t have to be a great panner, just be able to show some one the basics.

Equipment for Sale: Lon Chatman, has a 5 inch Keene dredge for sale. This Keene dredge has an 8 horse Briggs engine. The pump says 3 X 4. The sluice on this dredge is one of the old Keene triple sluices. It comes with hoses and pontoons, a regulator for air tanks, and unused mouth piece. Lon is asking $1,500 for this nice 5 inch sluice. If you are interested in this piece of equipment, Lon said he will take you and let you use this Keene workhorse. Give Doug or I a call (816-358-1847) and we’ll put you in touch with Lon. Lon also mentioned he will rent this nice piece of equipment.

Final Thoughts: I want to see and hear your golden stores at the August meeting.

Sharon