Show
Me Gold Prospector
September 2011 Newsletter
September
meeting: Outing at Randy
May’s farm on September 9, 10, & 11, 2011
In September we will have an
outing at the Randy and Missy May farm in Mexico, MO. on September 9, 10, and
11th 2011. We will pan for
gold and have a metal detector hunt.
We will have the Boy Scouts at our
outing.
When can I
arrive? You can arrive Friday evening. I know of several people who will be
there on Friday. Some
people will come for just Saturday. That is O.K. too. By Sunday afternoon most people will
have gone home.
Where do I
stay? For those of you who don’t like to rough it much, Mexico has several nice motels. A lot of
people will stay at the May’s. People
will stay in tents, trucks, or RV.
Port-a-potti will be
provided.
What is the
1st thing I do upon
arriving? After finding a place to park, please find
Roenna Johnston. You will need to sign an Indemnity
& Release of Liability and the monthly raffle.
Is there a
schedule of events? Yes!! On Saturday, you are fairly free to
do what you like. We have a pile of material that you can work. If there is
water in the creek, you can set up and work in the creek.
The metal
detector hunt will start on 1:00. Please
sign up by 12:45. When you sign up, please make a
donation for the metal detector hunt.
The pot luck
dinner will start at 5:00. The
chapter will provide the meat, Randy will be cooking a hog, and everyone should
bring a side dish to share. If
everyone is not too tired, how about a having a bonfire??
What kind
of equipment do I bring? Bring a pan, high banker, sluice, or metal
detector. For those of you
that are new, just speak up. Someone
will show you what to do.
What about
bad weather? If the weather is bad, a decision will be
made on Wed, September 7th, if the outing will be a go. I will send an e-mail and if you don’t
have e-mail please call Roenna at 816- 690-3596 if in
doubt.
October Outing: Lathrop
Heritage Days Lathrop, MO. The Dates
are October 7, 8, and 9th, 2011. It that time
of year for the Lathrop Heritage Days. Each year in October, Lathrop has a
festival demonstrating different old time skill and crafts. We will 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. We will set up Thurs afternoon. There will be
sale items and displays. Come join the
fun. Camping is
available (on a first come, first serve basis) some with electric and water, no
sewer. They do have showers. Address 2488
SE Hwy 33, Lathrop, MO 64465
November meeting: November 5, 2011 Mark your
calendar for the All Gold raffle meeting.
Last meeting of this year.
Reminder: The
official addresses are:
E-mail address: mo_gpaa@hotmail.com
Snail mail: Show Me Gold Prospectors Box 219 Grain
Valley, MO 64029
Web Site: www.showmegold.org
Forum site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/moprospectors/
If you have not signed up
for the moprospectors forum site, please do, as it is
a quick way to get messages out to all chapter members, if any changes happen.
Final Thoughts: We have some very generous people in our Chapter and we would like to thank them for their donations to the Metal Detector hunt. Nancy Quick donated 6 picker nuggets, Doug and Sharon Foster, L.D. Tripp and Randy May donated over 600 wheat pennies for the hunt. Randy and Missy May donated the hog for the potluck supper. Dave Arnold donated a panning bag for the prizes for the hunt. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GENEROUSITY!!!!
Roenna Johnston, Secretary