Newsletter
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
March 2025
Hope everyone is safe and healthy.
1. The weather is turning. Get your New Year pans in and cons ready for winter gold is $2925/oz near a new all time high.
2. Our March Chapter Meeting will be on March 8th at 1000am at the Elim Lutheran Church in Port Orchard. Come on out and we will be discussing Fossil hunting in Washington State including the rules within the State.
3. Our next outing scheduled for 2025 is March 15th at Murdock Beach. Port Angeles, Wa 98363. Low tide is at 10:38am…Meet us on the beach to find any treasures that await. Weather looks to be cloudy and brisk.
4. The new Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management has completed their software upgrade to the Mineral & Land Records System (MLRS). This site is used for the most up to date mining claims records of public lands. Explore it to see if your area explored is open to claim today ! Found here: https://mlrs.blm.gov/s/
5. Come help us find new claims to explore. The Committee will be meeting at 0900 at the church Saturday March 8th at 0900 before the regular chapter meeting. It is recommended to review the BLM MLRS system. This meeting we will be reviewing requirements and mapped areas to possibly explore and prospect.
6. It’s not too early to start thinking about attending a dirt party for LDMA/GPAA participation. Burnt River Camp – Oregon: September 6-14
Blue Bucket Camp – Oregon: April 26-May 4 ..or..September 27-October 5
More found here: https://myldma.com/blogs/dirt-fest-event-schedules-1/dirtfest-2025?_pos=4&_sid=11ac910c0&_ss=r
7.Our new schedule of 2025 events is out. Posted on our FB page as well as here.
8.Please see our Membership Coordinator to update your 2024/2025 waiver and receive your 2024/2025 dashboard pass.
9. The newest version of the Gold and Fish book is on WDFW’s web site for download here: https://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/02150 .
10. Reminder to all the claims are still open and turn your claims work forms into our claims manager Paul Onstott. Happy diggings.
As always we are small scale miners.
Stay healthy
Eric
WE ARE SMALL SCALE MINERS
Membership
You don’t have to be a member of GPAA to be a member of our chapter. You are welcome to mine on the claims that the chapter owns, provided you adhere to mining policies, rules and procedures. No dues are collected. Chapter funds are raised through bake sales, raffles and various other activities. Meeting minutes and By-Laws available for review at chapter meetings.
Please note: Only GPAA members can become chapter officers. Also, non-GPAA members must be with a GPAA member to use GPAA claims.
Claim Passes & Chapter Emergency Contact Info
Miguel and Rebecca have the 2024 year claims passes available and will have them at meeting upon review of your emergency contact information.
If you no longer want to receive email notifications or to be a member of WWGPAA please notify Miguel and Rebecca at the meeting. Thanks.
The new version of the Gold and Fish book is on WDFW’s web site for download here: https://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/02150 . All the claims are still open and turn your claims work forms into our claims manager Paul Onstott. Happy diggings.