Volume 25, #1 A Monthly Newsletter Published by the RoadRunner Prospector’s Club Jan/Feb 2011

Once again its time forRRPC’s Annual Spring Picnic

April 16th 2011

Betty Claims, Map # 6Events start at 10:00 am

Tickets will be sold at the February and March General Meetings.Tickets also on sale by mail starting now - see below.

Tickets cost $10.00 each, except for children under 12.Limit of 2 guests.

Events include entertaining and challenging contests.

Bring your own tables and chairs.

Tickets may be ordered by mail. Send the form below and a:

SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE to:SPRING PICNIC TICKETS

P.O. BOX 56804PHOENIX AZ 85079

Tickets will be held and given out at the picnic if there is not a Self AddressedStamped Envelope.

NO TICKETS SOLD AFTER April 6th.

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2011 RRPC Annual Spring Picnic

Name: ___________________________________________ Member # ________

Number of member tickets (maximum of 2) ______Number of guest tickets (maximum of 2) ______Number of tickets for children 12 and older ______Total tickets being purchased ______ x $10 = _____ (total cost)Number of tickets for children under 12 ______ (No charge)

(Even though children under 12 eat free, they need a ticket so we can get an accurate headcount)

Total tickets needed ______

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MONTHLY MEETINGSGeneral Meetings:

3rd Thursday of the month - 7:00 PM @ Arizona AmericanItalian Club, 7509 North 12th Street, Phoenix, AZ

Monthly outings:Held on the weekends following the General Meeting. Guests arewelcome to attend regular meetings and outings.

Board Meeting:First Tuesday after general meeting - 7:00pm Club Office

New Member Orientation:Club Office 7:00 p.m.. See calendar for dates.

The Bird Tailings is published as a service to Roadrunner Prospectors’Club, Inc. members. Opinions expressed in this newsletter are those ofthe management or of its members. Publication of information in thisnewsletter constitute, no guarantee of accuracy. Use of any informationfound in this newsletter at the sole risk of the user. Neither the RRPC,it’s board of directors, nor the editor of this publication assume anyliability for damages resulting from the use of information found withinthe newsletter content.

The contents of this publication may not be reproduced either in part orin whole without written consent of the Roadrunner Prospectors’ Club.

The newsletter encourages submissions of any article mining related,opinion pieces, cartoons, want-ads, sales of items, etc.

Roadrunner Prospecting Club phone numbers:Voice message 602-274-2521Office Fax: 602-274-4335

Mailing address:RRPCP.O. Box 56804Phoenix, AZ 85079

Email:rrpc-office@roadrunnergold.com

Website:http://www.roadrunnergold.com

Club Office is located at:2744 W. Osborn R.Phoenix, AZ 85017-5023(Open 9:00am to 1:00pm Wednesday). Between Thomas Rdand Indian School Rd, west of 27th Ave.

Member Address Change Form:Send to: RRPC, PO Box 56804, Phoenix, AZ 85079-6804or email: rrpc-office@roadrunnergold.com

Member Number: ________

Name: ________________________________________

New Address: __________________________________

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Phone Number: _________________________________

Email Address: __________________________________

BOARD & OFFICEDIRECTORYPRESIDENTFred Horn(480) 297-4461

VICE PRESIDENTKarl Weber(623) 340-4618

SECRETARYCarol Nickel(623) 872-9480

TREASURERBill Hunt(602) 348-8261

3 YEAR BOARD MEMBERSBill Nickel(623) 872-9480

Reeve Kahabka(480) 813-4693

2 YEAR BOARD MEMBERSBob Wierzal(480) 481-0799

Ron Matlewsky(520) 509-4475

1 YEAR BOARD MEMBERSJack Engbrecht(480) 460-2222

Travis Brown(602) 487-2144

Office ManagerPete Baker(602) 274-2521

Newsletter/WebsiteTom Egan(480) 782-5148

Dues/Fees:• Annual dues are due by December 1st

of each year.• Annual Maintenance Fee (AMF =

$20.00) due by December 1st of eachyear.

• $20.00 Map Packet Replacement Fee• $10.00 badge Replacement Fee

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PRESIDENTS CORNER

I’m Fred Horn, newly elected President of theRoadrunners. I was present at the Steak Fry and I be-lieve it went very well. The weather was perfect; thesteaks excellent and about half of those in the drawingreceived a nugget. This happened in large measure dueto the efforts of all the club members to make this out-ing a success. We have reserved the same facility for2011 and look forward to another good steak fry. Itsnecessary to address the costs as the Steak Fry is thesingle most expensive outing that we have as a club.The charge is presently ten dollars for an adult ticket.At this point, assuming ticket sales remain the same,about six dollars of the ticket cost next year will beexpended just to cover the cost of the rental of the fa-cility. Everything is going up in price. The govern-ment says there is no or only a little inflation. Unfortu-nately, they don’t count the cost of food, fuel, mostmedical care and government fees (including munici-pal charges) in their calculations. I know of no othervenue where you can get a steak dinner with the trim-mings, a gold nugget drawing and a fine facility forten dollars per person and still come somewhere nearbreaking even on the costs. The income from ticketsales simply does not come close to covering the coststhat the Club incurs with the December Steak Fry. Wewill have one next year, but we as a Club must deter-mine if we want to raise the ticket cost in the future orhave the Steak Fry on one of the Club’s claims to cutthe cost. The Board is open to any suggestions becausewe want to continue with all club activities, but thecosts must be covered. In addition the governmentmay be raising the fees charged to us for our claims.Nugget drawings are fun, but the cost of gold hasmoved from about $700 per oz. to over $1400 per oz.everything else is increasing in price. We must dealwith these price changes because we cannot changethings and complaining doesn’t change a thing. Wewill be reviewing these problems at the General Meet-ings, but as I said, all suggestions are welcome. Wehave a suggestion box at the General Meeting and ifyou want please put in your suggestions along withyour name, club member number and a phone numberor e-mail address where we can contact you to discussyou suggestion.Fred Horn

NEW THOMASON CLAIM ON MAP 21 ISSUE

Be aware that there is an issue with our new Thoma-son claim (claim K) on map 21. The issue is that theWeaver Mining District Club believes that this claimis located over one of their claims. We are working toresolve the issue and will keep you advised as to theprogress of those efforts through the newsletter. Inthe meantime, if you are challenged by another per-son while on this claim, do not argue, just leave andreport it to the club office either by phone or email.

PRESCOTT NATIONAL FORRESTPlans of Operations Extension – 2011

Enclosed with this newsletter, you will find the 2011Extension for the Prescott National Forest (PNF)Plans of Operations. Please replace the 2010 Exten-sion with this new one for 2011. Do NOT discard theeight (8) page 2009 Extension which has the full de-tailed plans of operations. The new extension is forthe 2011 calendar year and expires 12/31/11. Be sureyou have all of the Plans of Operations with youwhile you are out on the claims. Thank you.

RULES and REGULATION CHANGESA new Rules and Regulations sheet is included in

this newsletter as the Board of Directors voted tomake the following changes:

The restriction of no mining within 10 feet of aroad has been removed. The reason is that the termroad is very broad and covers many routes from cowpaths to major highways. Even though this restrictionis being lifted, please use common sense when min-ing.

The second change is that the use of 4-inchdredges is now allowed on non Prescott National For-est claims which are covered under our U.S. ArmyCorp of Engineers 404 Dredge permit. Additionally,the statement that the size is determined by the suc-tion hose diameter is removed.

The reason for this is that the 404 Dredge permitallows dredges up to 4 inches in diameter and doesnot define whether the size is measured at the nozzleor the suction hose.

No changes are being made in the size allowed inthe Prescott National Forest. That regulation re-mains 3-inch maximum unless you are grandfatheredin on a 4-inch dredge by having your name on a listin the forest services possession.

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October Outing – Bumble Bee King

Perfect, Perfect, Perfect. Mild temperatures andwater. Did I say water? You bet I did. I arrived at7:00 am Saturday morning. While coming downthe hill I could actually see water flowing. I startedgetting excited. This couldn’t be a mirage. At thebottom of the hill, I started calling people tellingthem of the good news – water!

Approximately 20 people took advantage of theclaims for that weekend. Gold was found. See youall in November at the Leave No Holes #1 claim.

-- Ron Matlewsky

November 2010 Outing - Leave No Holes

There are 13 claims in this section. Starting off inthe northeast at the King Duck II claim and travel-ing in a southerly direction, one passes 11 claimsbefore they reach our newest claims Lords Blessingand Faith #3.

These are all very productive claims. For example,Jack Engbrecht showed me a piece of quartz withgold that he metal detected several years ago.Around the same time Jack found his, I was check-ing out the area around Devils Nest and Catclaw.After turning over several rocks, I found flakes ofgold under each one. This might be a good area fordry washing.

Back in the 1990s, there was a guy dry washingright outside the shack that stood there at one time.He was finding gold flakes right outside the shack.

It appeared that most of the 20 plus people foundgold during the outing. I was one of the last toleave Sunday morning. That decision probably wasa mistake. I should have left Saturday afternoon.The rain came down hard and heavy during thenight. Some of my equipment got wet and a goldpan that was sitting on my table had 3” of rain wa-ter in it the next morning.

I finally left around noon without any major inci-dents. All in all everybody had a good time. Tillnext time…. I’ll se ya in January at the Red Basinclaims.

-- Ron Matlewsky

The following folks have joined RRPCsince our last newsletter. Please welcomethem into our club:

Kris and Judy Smith Peoria, AZEric & Arlene Blouch Phoenix, AzJim & Brenda Knapp Mesa, AzPeter & Carmen Rivenburg Black Canyon City,

AzPat & Chris Vaughan Congress, AzDavid & Dawn Peters Yarnell, AzMark & Denise Fielding Phoenix, AzNorman & Dora Ann Peat Salt Lake City, UtGarry & Emily Barrick Morristown, AzDustin & Erika Atkinson Litchfield Park, AzPete & Faun Childers Apache Junction, AzDick & Georgie Shultz Henderson, NvWayne & Jenny Carr Queen Creek, AzWayne & Joyce Ross Bend, OrJohn & Katherine Jahnke College Station, TxGerald & Lena Pope Morristown, AzMarvin Lancaster & Linda Barga Hemet, CaTimothy & Lori Nadeau Gilbert, AzLarry & Margie Foster Rapid City, SdMerrill & Margie Taylor Sun City, AzGrant & Marilyn Waite Phoenix, AzJames & Melinda Keenan Phoenix, AzGary & Roxanne Mcfall Morristown, AzNorman & Sharon Munsey Mesa, AzLeo & Sharon Vandenberg Phoenix, AzChris & Tammy Curry Finchville, KyC.E. (Butch) & Tommie Klebba Congress, AzJim & Val Rae Moore Cave Creek, AzFrank Skorupa & Valerie Wilson Royal Palm

Beach, FlDorothy Corack Congress, AzMichael Schratt Tempe, AzGail Pope Morristown, Az

VIP Winners at the November Meeting:

Al ChildressJesse DeMarisJack Miller

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Stanton, Octave, and Weaver

Two miles north of Congress Junction a dirt road leads off to the east toward the old ghost towns ofStanton, Weaver, and Octave Eight miles east of Congress Junction, at the base of Rich Hill is Stanton,named for Charles P. Stanton, one of the most ruthless conniving scoundrels in Arizona history. He arrivedin Arizona in the late 1860s and for a time worked at the Vulture Mine. Later he moved to Antelope Creek,near Rich Hill, and opened a store. Nearby at Antelope Station, Yaqui Wilson operated a stage stop. Abouta half-mile away an Englishman named William Partridge was also running a stage station. Apparently thetwo were not-so-friendly competitors, so Stanton figured he could get a corner on all the business if someway could be found to build an open feud. The scheme worked and in a gunfight, Partridge killed Wilson.The Englishman was tried for murder and sent to the territorial prison at Yuma. However, before Stantoncould take over the Englishman's station, a silent partner named Timmerman appeared and sold the outfit toBarney Martin. Undaunted, Stanton hired a dangerous cutthroat named Francisco Vega and his band ofrogues to kill Timmerman and Martin. After murdering Timmerman, the outlaws set out to get Martin whohad recently sold his cow ranch and was planning to use some of the money to send his family back eastwhile he remained behind to remodel the stage station. In July 1886 the family set out for Phoenix in awagon, but never reached their destination. A few weeks later their charred remains were found in the de-sert near Morristown. Since there were no witnesses willing to testify in the case, no charges were pressed.

Later that year Charles Stanton learned the moral lesson of living by the sword. Recently he had insultedthe sister of one of Vega's henchmen, Cristo Lucero. On November 13, 1886 Lucero entered Stanton's storeand filled him full of lead, no one lamenting his passing.

The town of Stanton, at its peak in the 1890s, had about two hundred residents, a five-stamp mill, a board-ing house, a store and various other businesses.Weaver, about two miles east of Stanton, was named for famed scout Pauline Weaver. In 1863, the ruggedexplorer was hired to guide the Abraham Peoples' party into the nearby mountains. On top of what becameknown as Rich Hill, they found a fabulous pocket of gold nuggets just waiting to be picked up. Other richplacers were found along Weaver and Antelope creeks, and eventually, a community sprang up named forthe great scout.

In December 1863 one of the white man's more humiliating battles with the Indians occurred a few milesfrom Weaver. The fracas began when a party of Mexicans who were out cutting grama grass for their bur-ros found themselves surrounded by a fierce looking war party. Deciding that discretion was the better partof valor, they surrendered their weapons, hoping the Indians would be merciful. They got their wish; how-ever, the natives also wanted their clothes. The happy warriors rode off equipped with the Mexicans'clothes, weapons and burros, forcing them to return to camp wearing nothing more than a sheepish expres-sion and convinced that the braves had given them a “raw’ deal.

Weaver took on a wild reputation around the turn of the century. About that same time the placer gold be-gan to play out, and eventually the community was absorbed by the underground mining community of Oc-tave.

Octave was a relative latecomer to this trio of ghost towns. Located adjacent to Weaver, it came into exis-tence in the late 1890s, many years after the Rich Hill discovery. The mine was developed by eight entre-preneurs, hence the name Octave. At one time, the community of three thousand boasted a school, post of-fice, grocery store, stage station and general store. At one time the mine was said to be netting $50,000 amonth; however, in 1942 the Octave Gold Mining Company shut down operations and demolished thebuildings. -- Ron Matlewsky

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The Vulture Mine

From its beginning in 1863, the Vulture mine was Arizona’s greatest mine located at the terminus of a deadend road extending sixteen miles south from Vulture City, just north of Wickenburg. By 1872, a new roadfor hauling ore was completed from the Vulture mine to Smith’s Mill on the Hassayampa River. From therethe road continued east to connect with the old road from Wickenburg to Phoenix.

The stage lines shifted their route almost immediately to accommodate people traveling to the mine andmill. Apparently, due to the existing boarding house located at Vulture, no stage station was ever estab-lished there, but the Arizona Stage Company was taxed for a corral and barn by 1884.

A brief history of the Vulture is necessary to understand the mine’s role in establishing other stops alongthe stage route. Certainly, Phoenix as well as Wickenburg would have been considerably delayed in theirdevelopment without Henry Wickenburg’s find of the century.

Whatever the reason for Wickenburg’s naming it Vulture upon its discovery in 1863, the name was cer-tainly appropriate considering the mines location at the edge of a vast expanse of desert wasteland. Lackingcapital and mining experience, Wickenburg sold a share of the mine to New York investors in 1866.

Nothing came easily for Wickenburg and the battle of ownership of the main was just beginning as he onlycollected $25,000 of the $75,000 sale price. The Vulture Company went ahead full steam, opening up atwenty stamp mill just north of Wickenburg that was supplied ore by freight wagons from the mine.

The Vulture Company needed cash to keep the hungry men and animals working day and night extracting,hauling and grinding the ore filled with precious metal. Thomas B. Sexton and William Seward Pierson ofWindsor, Connecticut put together a plan to raise $250,000 of operating capital in the year 1870.

In less than two years, operations came to a roaring halt as a fault in the ore vein was discovered. Sextonrealizing the possibility of financial disaster, according to Charlie Genung, absconded with all the goldavailable plus the miners hard earned wages and savings. In fact, Sexton hung around Wickenburg fornearly a year after the mine closed. What he took with him at that point is anybody’s guess.

Wickenburg lost its main reason for existence and the farmers in Phoenix lost a prime market for their pro-duce. Wickenburg still had its strategic position at the fork in the road leading to California but tourist tradewasn’t like it is today. A store, one saloon and the stage station were all there was to keep the economy go-ing.

In 1879, the Central Arizona Mining Company tried their hand with the Vulture. Erecting a new mill firstat Seymour, on the Hassayampa, and then at the mine itself, importing water by pipeline from the samestream. This eastern based company finally gave up by the mid 1880s.

Horace A. W. Tabor, a Colorado silver magnate, bought the mine in 1887 for $265,000. By 1889, Tabortried to sell the mine to Kaiser Gold of London, but the deal fell through. Finally, the mine was sold for thelast time in the nineteenth century for $15,000 at a Sheriff’s sale.

Stages ran through Vulture to Phoenix and Wickenburg from 1872 until the advent of the railroad in 1895.From 1872 until 1878, the route went through Smith’s Mill. After that the course was through Seymour andthen south to catch the Smith’s Mill to Phoenix road.

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I read somewhere that the noise from this 20 stamp mill carried the horrific sound throughout the area formiles around. That included the people of Wickenburg. Even though the noise was hard on the populations’ears, families had to survive.

-- Ron Matlewsky

The Bridge

A man, metal detecting on a California beach, was deep in prayer. Suddenly the sky clouded above hishead and in a booming voice the Lord said, “Because you have tried to be faithful to me in all ways, I willgrant you one wish.”

The man said, “Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can drive over any time I want. The beaches are great and themetal detecting is fantastic.”

The Lord said, “Your request is very materialistic. Think of the enormous challenges for that kind of un-dertaking; the supports required to reach the bottom of the ocean, the concrete and steel it will take, and itwill nearly exhaust several natural resources. I can do it, but it’s hard to justify your desire for worldlythings. Take a little more time and think of something that would honor and glorify me.

The man thought about it for a long time. Finally he said, “Lord, I wish that I could understand my wifewhen she gives me the silent treatment, why she cries, what she means when she says ”nothing’s wrong”,and how I can make a woman naturally happy.”

The Lord replies, “You want two lanes or four on that bridge?”

-- Ron Matlewsky

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OCTOBER OUTING PHOTOS

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BUDDY LIST

Echo Maurer, (623) 377-0808, mritter4@cox.netArea: SurpriseAvailable: Any day, Cannot drive.Equipment: Dredge, Metal Detector, Toyota available.Preferred claims: Any claims area“Would like to learn dry washing.”

Dick Tucek, (623) 975-2849Area: SurpriseAvailable: Any day but Sunday, Can not driveEquipment: Metal DetectorPreferred claims: Stanton area, Leave No Holes, Bumblebee King

Mike Landgraf, (602) 678-6789, bzazab@hotmail.comArea: Apache Phoenix, 7th Ave./Dunlap - SunnyslopeAvailable: Any day, Can drive, 2WD, BeginnerEquipment: High-Banker, Metal detectorPreferred claims: Turkey Creek“Have 650cc buggy for offroad, carries a lot. I’m retired.”

Randall Stockwood, (928) 501-7907, ran1mo@aol.comArea: Pleasant Harbor Resort, PeoriaAvailable: All days except Sunday, Can drive, 4WDEquipment: Dry washer, Metal detectorPreferred claims: Any and all“Need some one to be with”

Loyd Tjernagel, (605) 695-8452Area: Wickenburg, AZAvailable: Tues, Wed, Thurs, Can drive, 4WD, ExperiencedEquipment: Dry Washer, Metal DetectorPreferred claims: Vulture Mine/Red Basin Claims, MorristownClaims

Max Suggs, (623) 939-5496Area: Glendale, AZ (43rd Ave – Northern)Available: All, Can drive, 4WD/Quad, BeginnerEquipment: Dredge, Dry Washer, other misc.Preferred claims: Any“New to club. Don’t have a lot of knowledge about gold recovery.Would like to learn more.”

Don Tennis, (575) 535-4463Area: Meyer, AZ.Available: Fri., Sat., Sun., Can drive, 2WDEquipment: 2 ½” High-Banker, other misc.Preferred claims: Big Bug 1&2, Turkey Creek claims, Mercers“I am open to suggestions. Please call and we can go from there.”

Jess DeMaris, (928) 848-6112Area: NW Valley, (Pinacle Peak)Available: all days, Can drive, 4WD, ExperiencedEquipment: Dredge, Dry Washer, Metal DetectorPreferred claims: Any“Retired. Moved to the valley from Prescott. Need someone to gowith me. Am also a ‘Rock Hound’ “.

Rich Nipko, 321 432-8209, Email: rknipko@yahoo.comArea: GoodyearAvailable: All days, Can drive, 2WD, ExperiencedEquipment: Metal detector, panningPreferred claims: Any“New to club, recently retired”

Michael Schratt, 815 814-2145, Email: aurora-cad5@aol.comArea: TempeAvailable: Saturdays, Sundays, Can driveEquipment: Metal Detector, panPreferred Claims: all claimsInterests: Nugget hunting, coin hunting, ancient artifacts,antique treasure maps, tales of lost or buried treasure

Roadrunner Clothing and Products

Pro Gold Prospecting Equipment &Supplies isnow the new distributor of the clothing andproducts for the club, you can go directly to themining shop to purchase your shirts hats anddecals, also Pro-Gold will be soon be offeringsome new items, such as hat pins Car windowdecals, Sweat pants and many more neat newthings to show your support of the club. If youplan to go and buy the product from the storekeep in mind that they will want to see that youare a current member so be sure to bring yourcurrent membership card, The store does notwant to be selling club merchandise to nonmembers. You can reach the mining shop at623-670-9732 if you have any questions.

Pro-Gold Prospecting Equipment &Supplies is Moving

Pro Gold Prospecting E&S is moving to a lar-ger and better location the address to the newstore is 13246 N 113th Ave in Youngtown, thebest way to get there is head on Grand Ave to113th Ave and turn south off of Grand go 100yards and the store is on the right hand side,Right next to the Youngtown mini storage, theywill be in the new location towards the end ofJanuary. Come buy and have a cup of coffee acookie on the house they are looking forward tohaving you stop by the store. You can call themat 623-670-9732

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CLUB EQUIPMENT FOR SALEThe club is offering a used Proline 3" High Banker/Dredge combo unit for sale by sealed bid.

This is only the box; no hoses, suction nozzle or footvalve. It does include a 3.5 hp B&S engine with a p100pump. Minimum bid $75. All bids must be received byFebruary 22, 2010.Please send bids to:

RRPCPO Box 56804Phoenix, AZ 85079.

MILESTONES

Vic Pierce (#4366)Passed away: July 7, 2010Joined: January 1997Wife: KayHome: Morristown, AZ

Dick Berner (#1152)Passed away: May 5, 2010Joined: February 1986Wife: JudyHome: Phoenix, AZJudy may be contacted at: judyb219@cox.net

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Shadow MountainScrew Products

Prospecting Equipment Repair21411 N 11th Ave Suite #6

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Howard R. Bentley

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Home of the Hermit PickDry Washers, Maps, Accessories

Carbon Fiber Detector Shafts

Calvin “Bunk” Bunker, 928-830-5350PO Box 2581, Chino Valley, AZ 86323

NUGGET-SHOOTER

Authorized Minelab & Nugget Finder Dealer

Bill Southern623-910-0345

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Mail Address: PO Box 576

Morristown, AZ 85342

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Falcon Metal DetectorsPO Box 8353 Mesa AZ 85214 (480) 396-1181

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Wally DeShon

Jan/Feb 2011 ClassifiedsWanted: One 2002 Arizona Prospector silver round for my collec-tion. Will offer $30.00 plus shipping. Brad Rutledge 970-879-7733or brutledge@springsips.com

For Sale: Life Membership #1434 -- $400.00. Buyer pay transferfee. Please call David at (602) 677-3815

For Sale: 2” Keene dredge, 3” Keene dredge, 3 – 5.5hp pumps.High banker w/50’ of hose and brass nozzle. Call Hans for detailsat: 928 237-7318.

For Sale: Gold Buddy Mini Recirculating Sluice (high-banker) -$175. All items very little use. Call Pete: 602 375-3580

For Sale: Gold Concentrating Sluice System - Comes with thetwo buckets with holes in them to connect the dual trap sluice andwater recirculating pipe, 12 volt pump or can use a garden hose.Never used. Sells for $120, give away, yours for $30. ChuckHorner 623-362-1999

For Sale: One set of ramps for loading/unloading ATVs, etc fromtrailer/truck. Each ramp is 90” and folds to 46”. Light weight alu-minum with handles and a 750 lbs rating per ramp. Each ramp is12” wide and has a full width attaching lip.New: $200. Asking: $100. Call Pete at (602) 375-3580

For Sale: Dahlke 4” dredge with 3”nozzle, 4 HP Honda and 200GPM pump: $1500. Gold Grabber with 5 HP and 140 GPMpump: $600. Both have extra many extras. Call 623-584-2504.Go to: www.tgbproperties.com for more info.

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RRPC Calendar of Events

General Meeting Board Meeting RRPC Outing/Event Location Special Event

Jan-11 01/20/11 01/25/11 01/22/11 Red Basin

Feb-11 02/17/11 02/22/11 02/19/11 Oro De Valenzuela

Mar-11 03/17/11 03/22/11 03/19/11 Sharon Lee Claims

Apr-11 04/21/11 04/26/11 04/16/11 ** Betty Claims Spring Picnic

May-11 05/19/11 05/24/11 05/21/11 Turkey Creek Claims

Jun-11 06/16/11 06/21/11 06/18/11 Turkey Creek Claims

Jul-11 07/21/11 07/26/11 07/23/11 Turkey Creek Claims

Aug-11 08/18/11 08/23/11 08/20/11 Turkey Creek Claims

Sep-11 09/15/11 09/20/11 09/17/11 Bumble Bee King

Oct-11 10/20/11 10/25/11 10/22/11 Bumble Bee King

Nov-1111/17/11

(Annual Meeting)11/22/11 11/19/11 Leave No Holes

Dec-11 None 12/13/11 12/10/11 Sahuaro Ranch Park Steak Fry

** = Change from previous schedule