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Booth Run News Vol 3 Issue 3 March / April 2008 |
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April 12th meeting The Herkimer Diamond Mine Trip The trip will be May 2nd, 2008. It is asked that
everyone that is going please call Chris Kelly at least 2 weeks
before the trip to verify with her that you are in fact going.
Right now there are at least 15 people signed up to go, and more
are welcome. Right now everyone is carpooling with everyone.
Unless more people sign up there will be no need for a passenger
van, but depending upon how many people finally end up going, if
need be a passenger van will be used. For those that will be
carpooling, please help the owners of the trucks / cars with
paying for gas. If you have any questions or if you need Chris's
Phone number it's Agenda
Cost to go into the diamond mine is 10$/day per Adult (8$/day per child) although we have enough for the group rate of 7.50$/day per adult ($6.50/day per child) phone number for the mine is : (315) 891-3855 Cost for overnight camping at KOA is 20$/night per tent. There phone number to make reservations is 315-717-0175 when calling them make sure that you tell them that you are from the Allegheny Chapter of the GPAA so that they put you in the same area as the rest of the Allegheny Chapter members. Directions:
Herkimer
Diamond Mines
Web: Herkimer
Diamond Mine
Cost: 4
and under = Free Bring your own equipment Suggested items are: 10lb sledge hammer, knee pads, pick, shovel, buckets, camping gear So remember you need to call Chris 724-516-0632 to make sure she knows for sure that you are going and also you need to call and make your own reservations at the KOA camp ground at 315-717-0175
Special Guest Speaker at the April meeting East Gold Prospectors They said they are not replacing the GPAA, but are separate from them. Basically the GPAA concentrates on the Western States and not a lot on the Eastern States, this is where the East Coast Prospectors come in. they want to concentrate on the east coast. Right now they have several properties in the east: 1 in New York, 2 or 3 in Virginia, 1 in York, Pa. Looking for places in Ohio. and also Looking around by our property to see if they can get a property around our chapter. Cost is 50$ a year to belong to there group. It is a family membership. Also they are talking to the main DEP manager for the state of PA, as to how they can simplify the Dredging Permitting process. Right now they have it in somewhat of the following: they are tying to get a Permit process that is 7 or 8 pages long, and per property not per dredge, and have to work around spawning season for the different fish and clams and such. This is currently an on going project with the DEP.
On thrusday March 8th 2008 Gold hit over $1000/oz!!!! Meeting Information for March 8th 2008 Sorry to say that the meeting was canceled because there was expected between 5 and 12 inches of snow that day. Next meeting is to be at the fire hall on April 12, 2008. Special guest for April meeting: Members from the newly formed "East Cost Prospectors" are expected and they will be talking about the new Club they formed. Special guest for April meeting: We were contacted by a freelance writer for a local newspaper, and she wanted to come out and see us working the creek and see about possibly doing a story on us. Also we will all find out about how things went at the two shows that the club did in February and March. Dredging Permit Breakdown Part 2 Sorry to say that the webmaster had more job related work piled up on him that he didn't have time to go though more of the dredging permit process. Although I have started a list broken down state by state what every state does when it comes to dredging. Example in California all you need to do is fill out a form and pay a few bucks to get a permit. Other Things If anyone has any good websites that they would like to share with everyone, email me them and I'll put them in the newsletter. To receive an e-mail of when the newsletter comes out sign up on our mailing list. |
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