Sean McGarry ~ Presidents Report:

March Meeting to be held March 10, 2007 at the fire hall.

The Allegheny Chapter of GPAA will be attending a Cabin Fever Outdoor Sports Show at the Eastwood Expo Center in Niles, Ohio. Our Chapter will have a booth and will be having panning demonstrations and information sessions to promote our hobby. This outdoors show is the largest and most successful Sportsman's show between Cleveland and Pittsburgh. The show will also include information on hunting and fishing supplies, fishing tackle dealers, gun dealers and manufacturers, fishing charter dealers, ATV hunting vehicles, towing and water vehicles, financial institutions, lodges and camps, and more!! The show is featuring seminars, lectures, and major door prizes. Our chapter will also be raffling off prizes and distributing information on GPAA and gold panning. The show will be held March 2nd thru 4th, 2007 from 10 AM to 9 PM. Any members that would like to help running the booth or the panning demo's please contact Sean McGarry (330-793-5357 or seanecash@aol.com). This show should be a lot of fun!! We hope to see everyone, members and non-members, there for a fun-filled weekend!!

There will be a trip to Lake Superior on May 11th -14th, 2007. If anyone is interested in this excursion, please contact our President: Sean McGarry 330-793-5357

More information about this trip will be added next meeting.

Calvin Heinbaugh ~ Vice Presidents Report:

The Monongahela Rock hounds would like to attend one of our meetings. Calvin will be attending their meeting on March 3rd near Pittsburgh. They would like to find out about panning for gold in Pennsylvania and Ohio. We will be inviting The Rock Hounds to our April outing.

An article in the Tribune-Review from February 4th states that there is a gold rush in the Amazon. One man panned 70 ounces of gold ($19,000.00) in 17 days. A four man crew panned for one day and found 400 grams of gold ($8,000.00). WOW!!!!

DO NOT forget to sign in at each meeting. For each meeting you attend during the year, you will receive that many free raffle tickets at our December meeting!!

Quite a few of our members will be traveling to The Cotton Patch Mine in North Carolina in the next few months. If anyone would like more information on the Cotton Patch or who and when our club members will be traveling down, contact: George M. Roman 330-448-1373

Jim Graycar ~ The Treasurers Report:

The winner of the December Sluice Box was won by Dan Bednarofsky. He can pick it up at the next meeting or at Jim Graycar's home.

We would like to thank John Zahoranacky for donating a wet suit for our raffle!

Anyone who volunteers in the kitchen, making coffee, selling tickets, any help with the club will receive to 2 extra raffle tickets for our Christmas raffle! Please volunteer!

George Roman needs to speak with the maintenance and outing committees before next meeting. Please contact him anytime at: 330-448-1373

The club will also be planning field trips to different creeks. Any suggestions, please share them at the next meeting

Just a FYI

Anyone who volunteers in the kitchen, making coffee, selling tickets, any help with the club will receive to 2 extra raffle tickets for our Christmas raffle! Please volunteer!

Trips Summary

The club will also be planning field trips to different creeks. Any suggestions, please share them at the next meeting.

There will be a trip to Lake Superior on May 11th thru 14th, 2007. If anyone is interested in this excursion, please contact our President: Sean McGarry 330-793-5357

Some members are planning a trip to The Cotton Patch Mine in North Carolina in the next few months. For more information contact: George M. Roman at 330-448-1373

 

Current Metal Prices

As of 2/27/2007

Gold: $669.00/oz

Silver: $14.26/oz

Copper: $2.677/lb

Aluminum: $1.0348/lb

Lead: $0.8875/lb