July 2024
Hope everyone is safe and healthy.
1. The weather is getting warmer. Grab your pan and get out there gold is $2300/oz.
2. June’s outing at Saddle Mountain was fantastic. The weather was immaculate for our first time there. We discovered the ingress location on the GPAA site was wrong, but luckily our members were on it and found Saddle Mountain on the map along with the correct area. All members found several nice pieces of petrified wood…some with beautiful coloring.
3. The July meeting will be held at Allyn Waterfront Park at Allyn Washington for our July potluck meeting. Setup will be at 1130 with the potluck starting 12 noonish. Come on out, all are welcome. Bring your gold for show n tell. Come tell us your stories. Bring your family and puppers. Walk the beach and enjoy the sun here: 18560 WA-3, Allyn, WA 98524
4. The July outing will be the weekend of July 20th. Come enjoy the gold that Trout Hole and Grandpas Dream have to offer. You are welcome to dry camp on my property if you like. I can handle 2-3 trailers and even more tents. Please contact me if you plan to do so via text, Messenger, or call me 360-509-4572 to arrange it.
5. Our August meeting will be moved to August 3rd to support our August outing. There will be a board meeting at 12 noon with the general meeting at 1pm.
6. The August outing will be at Yellowjacket Creek weekend of 10 August. This is during the allowed “Wetted Perimeter” time meaning we can prospect and dig in the creek itself. This is a GPAA claim and will require to either be a guest of a GPAA member join the National GPAA here: GPAA.com .
7. Our new schedule of 2024 events is out. Posted on our FB page as well as here.
8. Please see our Membership Coordinator to update your 2024 waiver and receive your 2024 dashboard pass.
9. The new 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
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.
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