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Volume XX, Issue 4 April 2011

NUPA NUGGETS

This Month’s Meeting

Bruce Smith will be talking to usabout metal detectors and that’salways interesting to learn aboutanother prospecting tool!

Current precious metal prices:

Gold: $1456.10

Silver: $40.58

From www.kitco.com as of Apr. 13, 2011

President’s message on page 2.

Treasurer’s Report on page 1.

Member sale items on page 4.

Raffle winners on page 5.

Business Ads on page 5.

Upcoming events on page 6.

Calendar of Events on page 7.

Article on page 3.

President:Sandy Patterson801-393-2132

1st Vice President:Cody Patterson

2nd Vice President:David Linton

Treasurer:Sheryl Governale801-388-0720

Secretary:Alan Meyer

Parliamentarian:Dave Deheer

Claims Director:Lonnie Fausett

Members at Large:Mike GovernaleKim PattersonDonale RichanLeo RichanBob Shriber Hal Berry

Newsletter Editor:

Donale Richan

801-589-2445

Check out the N.U.P.A. website at:

www.nupainc.org or

http://nupagoldclub.blogspot.com

Treasurer’s Report

Checking: $2081.13

Savings: $5,644.82



PAGE 2 THE OFFICAL NEWSLETTER OF NORTHERN UTAH PROSPECTOS ASSOCIATION VOLUME XX, ISSUE 4

Is SPRING ever going to get here? I don’t know about you guys but I have cabinfever. I want to get out there and do some prospecting if the weather would co-operate. But with this kind of spring, you need to be very careful when you do goout. The rivers and streams are very high and swift. The ground is saturated, slip-pery and muddy. This makes it very easy to slip, slide and fall when you’re walk-ing around, not to mention your vehicles. SO BE VERY CAREFUL!

I would like to give a big THANK YOU to everyone who helped at the Rock Show.I think it was a success. We signed up 5 new members that I know of and soldquite a few bags of sand. We may be changing things a little next year, but moreabout that later.

Topaz Mountain trip is April 24, Easter Weekend. Let Donale or Leo know if youplan to show up. There will be a pot-luck Saturday night so bring something youcan prepare easily and share. The Richan’s will have a big pot of barbeque so planaround that.

Bruce Smith is the speaker this month, he will be talking about basic metal detect-ing. It should be interesting.

Sandy Patterson

David Linton is the NUPA Librarian and he has come up with a way to see what’s in the

library! Simply go to http://www.xmission.com/~lintond/ and click on any of the four

choices to view. They are:

Nonfiction - DVD Movie

Nonfiction - On DVD in PDF Format

Fiction - Softbound Book

Nonfiction - Softbound Book

He’s got great visions and ideas for the library, and we need to support him. If you

have any books, VHS tapes, or DVDs that you’ve had of the club’s, please, please re-

turn them so the rest of us can enjoy them and learn from them also!



PAGE 3 THE OFFICAL NEWSLETTER OF NORTHERN UTAH PROSPECTORS ASSOCIATION VOLUME XX, ISSUE 4

Have you ever gone out on a prospecting expedition, found a good spot you thought

would be great to get back to, only, you don’t get back out there as soon as you’d likeand now you find out that the old memory banks in your head aren’t what they usedto be? Join the crowd! A simple way to avoid this problem is to start a prospector’slog. The log can be customized to your own needs and expectations. For example,you could list such things as your initial thoughts of the area...did it look promising orwere you skeptical? Here’s a list of what I think would be good to include in your log…

Date

Name of site/claim

LocationDirections to get there (GPS coordinates would be a big help)

Accessibility (what were the roads like, were there any camping sites near)

Water conditions (any water at all, slow, deep, shallow, fast…)

Weather conditions (at that date, could change daily, and probably will)

Days worked/Hours worked

Method of Mining (panning, sluice, dredge, dry washer, high banker, or anythingelse you have)

Description of material/oreDescription of gold recovered (flour, flake, nugget, specimen, and list what elseyou found)

Weight/volume of gold found

Geographical Description of site (anything that might help you when you decide totry that spot again)

Drawing or sketch (this is great if you got different types of gold in this basic samearea)

Notes (this could be great if you find out you could have used a particular tool

that’s back at home!)

When you come up with what works for you, getting back to that desired spot and be-ing prepared can make all the difference in your journey for color in the pan!



PAGE 4 THE OFFICAL NEWSLETTER OF NORTHERN UTAH PROSPECTORS ASSOCIATION VOLUME XX, ISSUE 4

Dave Linton is starting a collection box at the meetings for

“Stamps For Cancer”. All you need to do is tear off the

stamps you get on your mail and bring them in. (Don’t worry

about tearing them too close, he says, because they pay per

pound for the stamps!) This means when you get that birthdaycard, Mom’s day, Dad’s day, anni-

versary card, Christmas card,

cheer-up card, any letter or card, (even a Newsletter)...just

tear off the stamp and bring it in! This is another way we

can help the fight against cancer!

Items For Sale: Arctic Cat Snowmobile, low mileage, excellent condition...$1000. Western Field12 Gauge pump shotgun, variable choke...$110. Appliance lift. BC (before China)...$35.00. Acety-lene torch (commercial use) with rechargeable bottle, use for copper pipe soldering, brazing, sil-ver solder. will melt silver...$125.oo. 20 gallon steel fuel tank. Fits pickup truck bed, great for car-rying gasoline safely, rather than individual plastic cans...$90.00. 5 gallon Steel Jerry fuel cans,$5.00 each. Empty 12 gauge shotgun shells for reloading. Over 100 casings. Great if you reload.Cost less than 5 cents to reload each shell. Contact Frank Kuba at 801-643-5090.

Post your items here. It’s free to club members!




Do you have a business you’d like to see advertised in

the newsletter? Well here’s the breakdown of the cost.Just let the newsletter editor have the information.

Ad Size 3 Months 6 Months 12 Months

1/4 page $3.00 $5.50 $10.00

1/2 page $4.50 $8.00 $15.00

Full Page Business Ad for 1 month $8.00

Cleve Burr Service & Solutions Executive

Xerox Corporation

Cell : 801.400.6830

Fax : 801.535.8516

Email: [email protected]

The difference between ordinary andextraordinary is that little extra !

Door Prize Winners

Bruce Smith

Small Pan

Wes Hansen

Snappy Grips

Frank Kuba

Zip Ties

Travis Kofed

Cookbook

Just as a reminder, winners of

the door prizes are asked to bring

refreshments for April’s Meeting.

The Treasurer will gladly

reimburse you for this expense if

you give her your receipt.

Raffle Winners

Paul Silcox First Aid Kit

Daryl Olsen

Panning Tub

Paul Silcox

Dirt

(donated by Dick Thomas)

Ryan Olsen

Folding Shovel

Bob Shriber Sm. Nugget

Dick Thomas

Lg. Nugget

Tim Giles

Quarterly Nugget

mailto:[email protected]





April 22, 23, & 24...Topaz Mountain Outing ... Head

towards Lyndyl Utah (comes before Delta on highway 6). About5-6 miles south of Lyndyl, turn right on highway 174. You’ll go

past a BIG power plant on that road! Keep heading west for

about 40-45 miles. Not quite sure the exact distance! We’llhave signs up (hopefully) by the time you start to head out forthe weekend. Normally, Leo and I like to park in a little spot

just after the pavement ends and the road becomes dirt (butstill great to travel on). On Saturday night we’ll all get togetherfor a potluck at around 6:00pm, I’ll be making Sloppy Joes, soplan on having some good food and conversation! For moreinformation on this outing, email us [email protected] or call 801-589-2445 or 801-589-2042

April 26...General Meeting @ 7:00 pm. Bruce Smith will be speaking and demonstrating

Metal detecting.May 7...Road Clean-up...We meet at 9:00 am at Rocky Point in North Ogden. We’ll have

breakfast after we’re finished!

May 10...Board of Directors Meeting @ 7:00 pm.

May 14...Spring Fling...This will be held at the Shady Lane Park again this year, at about

10:00 to 10:30 am. The address is 600 W. between 2700 N. and Pleasant View Drive. The clubwill be providing the hamburgers, hotdogs, but we need you to bring a salad, desert, or chips anddip or whatever. Also, bring your equipment to demonstrate to others how it works, or if you haveextra equipment you’d would like to sell, bring it, too!

May 20, 21 & 22...Rock Your World Show...This year, this event will be held at the

South Town Center. More info to come!

Upcoming Outings: Dates aren’t set yet!

May, June...Osceola and Crescent Creek

July...NUPA 5

August...Kaymack

Also we need to know how much you’d be willing to pay for your Christmas Din-ner, so we can determine where we will be going this year.

Make sure you come to the meetings and put your input in for what and

where you’d like to do and go!


Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t cross a chasm in two small

jumps.

...David Lloyd George

On two occasions you should learn

to keep your mouth shut - when

swimming and when angry.




April 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 Director’s

Meeting 7:00pm@ Airport

13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 General


27 28 29 30

Topaz Mountain Outing

May 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Road Clean-up

@ 9:00 am atRocky Point

8 9 10 Director’s


11 12 13 14 Spring Fling

@ 10:00 am atShady Lane Park

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 General


25 26 27 28

29 30 31

Rock Your World Show

@ SouthTown Expo

Armed Forces Day

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