Newsletter
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
June 2025
The Sun is out adventure awaits !
1. The season is upon us. Grab your pans and let’s go because gold is $3352/oz near a new all time high.
2. May’s outing at the Dungeness Forks Campground was quite a bit of fun. We had about 7 or 8 people show to get out and fire up the metal detectors. The campground was empty so we had the whole area to explore. Cool items such as coins, old 1970s bottle caps and even a clothes pin were found. Several nails, but cleaning a site better than you came is always the best.
3. Our June 14th meeting will be at 1000 at the Elim Lutheran Church in Port Orchard and will include discussion on gem and stones. Different types and different uses. The ups and downs of each. Bring some of your favorites for show n tell.
4. Our June outing will be on June 21st at 1200-ish at the Red Bridge Campground. There will be areas to pan for gold and some very colorful and clear garnets. The area supports beautiful clean water to swim and fish as well. I will be in site 13 camping June 19-22nd. If no sites are available, several campgrounds are available in the same area. Explore at recreation.gov . Red Bridge Campground is located at 40411 Mountain Loop Hwy, Granite Falls, Wa 98252.
5. Come help us find new claims to explore. The Committee will be meeting at 0900 at the church Saturday June 14th 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: 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.