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Shasta Miners & Prospectors Association NEWSLETTER

Miner of the Month for Nov. 2016

Dan Collier

Founded in 1959, Shasta Miners & Prospectors Association is a non-profit organization that helps small-scale miners and pro-spectors while educating the public about mining. The Association offers gold-bearing claims that the members can enjoy using with full access and we hold monthly meetings that are open to the public.

Miner of the Month

Nov. 2016

Dan Collier

Thank you

Thank you for going above and beyond for the

betterment of SMPA and its members.

December 2015 Miner of the Month

Susan Doyle

Source http://www.monex.com/liveprices/ as of 11/5/ 2016

Jan. 2016 Miner of the Month

Dan Logan

Feb. 2016 Miner of the Month

Dick Kingsmore

Mar. 2016 Miner of the Month

Barbara Wilson

November 17, 2016 Meeting

NEW INVENTION!

Jim Rankin says his new design of the

“rocker box "is very effective and efficient. Jim

says he build it himself and is going to do a short

demonstration. Jim is a SMPA member and a very

experienced prospector. Don’t miss this. This is

an opportunity to learn a bit about the process.

Gene Clayton , SMPA member, says it is pretty impressive, worth checking out.

April 2016 Miner of the Month

Bill Fisher

May 2016 Miner of the Month

Bob Carpenter

June 2016 Miner of the Month

Mike Russell

July 2016 Miner of the Month

Red Passman

August 2016 Miner of the Month

Howard Waldron

Sept. 2016 Miner of the Month

Jim and Mary Ann Stevens

Oct. 2016 Miner of the Month

Cindy Russell

Monex Spot Prices Change Open High Low

Gold 1305.00 2.00 1303.00 1307.00 1296.00

Silver 18.42 0.06 18.30 18.44 18.22

IMPORTANT

November Election for 2017 Officers and Board of Director

Miner of the Year

Please Vote See Enclosed Ballot

Rocker Box: One of the first devices used after the gold pan was the rocker.

The rocker allowed small operators to increase the amount of gravel handled

in a shift, with a minimum investment in equipment. Rockers vary in size,

shape, and general construction, depending upon available construction mate-

rials, size of gold recovered, and the builder’s mining experience. Rockers

generally ranged in length from 24 to 60 inches, in width from 12 to 25 inch-

es, and in height from 6 to 24 inches. Resembling a box on skids or a poorly

designed sled, rocker sorts materials through screens.

Source: http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/geologic_resources/gold/documents/sp87.pdf

Annual Christmas Party Dec 15, 2016

SAVE the DATE more details next pg.

http://www.monex.com/prods/gold.html

http://www.monex.com/prods/silver.html


2016 Officers and Directors and Chairs

O ffi c e r s

P r e s i d e n t D ia n a C la yt o n ( 5 3 0 ) 5 2 4 - 1 2 2 6 d ia n a e c la y t o n @ a o l . co m

V i c e P r e s i d e n t D o n n a D a v i s ( 5 3 0 ) 6 2 3 - 0 7 4 4 d j d _1 9 6 3 _2 0 0 6 @ ya h o o . co m

Secr eta ry S u s a n D o y le ( 5 3 0 ) - 5 4 9 - 3 0 3 9 d o y l es j @ a o l . c o m

Treasu re r

W a yn e K i n g ( 5 3 0 ) - 396-2207 [email protected]

D i r e c t o r s Dick Kingsmore (530) 549 -3197 [email protected]

Mike Russell - (530) 347-7436 [email protected]

Dan Collier (530) 356-4530 [email protected]

Leg is lation C h ip H es s ( 5 3 0 ) 4 1 0 - 3 1 2 2 C h ip @ m i n e rs ca ch e . c o m

Metal De tecting Outings Bi l l D o y le ( 5 3 0 ) - 5 4 9 - 3 0 3 9 d o y l ew t@ a o l . c o m

Cla ims / Outings

M ik e A b e r n a t h y ( 5 3 0 ) 6 3 8 - 6 7 1 7 u cn o k is s @ y a h o o . co m Bo b B u r d ett ( 5 3 0 ) 4 7 4 - 4 4 8 8 Bo b C a rp e n t e r ( 5 3 0 ) 3 5 7 - 5 3 3 1 K en n y C h in n ( 5 3 0 ) 5 1 0 - 0 1 7 8 b u c tg r d @ ya h o o . c o m G en e C la y t o n ( 5 3 0 ) 2 2 2 - 6 0 7 0 g en e. c l a y to n 3 3 @ g m a i l . c o m

SMPA Logo C lo th ing

Mary Ann Stevens (5 3 0 ) 3 4 7 - 1 6 7 9 [email protected]

Membe rsh ip Donna Davis ( 5 3 0 ) 6 2 3 - 0 7 4 4 d j d _1 9 6 3 _2 0 0 6 @ ya h o o . co m

Web S ite Adm inistra tor D a v id D o b b er ( 5 3 0 ) 3 4 7 - 6 7 0 5 [email protected] Web: www.shastaminersandprospectors.org To access: find out what your user name and password is. The newsletter is posted to mem-ber site for current month and moved to the public access the following month. Newsletter is sent via email unless otherwise indicated. IF you have an email address and not getting your newsletter, be sure to check spam or junk mail.

A letter from our President, Diana Clayton

Dear Shasta Miners and Prospectors: Hi everyone,

There is HOPE FOR MINERS as the result of Trump’s

election: See page 4 for more detail and also the update on

PLP.

I am excited and look forward to a good time at the annual

Christmas party this year. Last year over 100 people attend-

ed. Lou White Band will be there again this year. We have

great raffle prizes. You should be receiving your Christmas

party reservation forms within the week. In your packet you also will receive raffle

tickets to purchase. . Raffle tickets will be also be available at the Nov. 17 meeting. I

hope you will be able to attend. The deadline for return of your reservations is Dec. 8.

Jim Rankin has invented a more effective “rocker box” and has agreed to give us a

demonstration. At the Nov. 17, meeting. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the

process.

Voting for the Miner of Year (2016) and officers and board members for 2017 will

take place at the meeting. If you can’t attend, a ballot is enclosed in this newsletter.

Your vote should be received by Nov. 15. if you can’t attend the meeting. Otherwise,

bring your ballot to the meeting.

Legislation:

Check page 4 for PLP update and new legal brief filed. On the legislative front, much

work is being done to get the Mining Districts up and running according to The Miner-

als and Mining Advisory Council (MMAC) is shooting for a return to Washington, DC,

in early December to continue their lobbying effort on behalf of miners in traditional

Mining Districts . For more info go to source at http://www.icmj.com/article.php?

id=3540&keywords=MMAC_Update

SMPA Officers and Board Members

If you need information about the club

activities please contact us.

Diana Clayton

Save the date : Annual Christmas Party Dec 15, 2016

VFW Hall in Anderson 3210 W Center St, Anderson, CA $15 per adult, kids under 8 $5

Look for your RSVP Christmas Packets. You should receive your Christmas Packet and

your reservation form in the next couple of weeks

Great Christmas Raffle Prizes:

Raffle Tickets will be available at the Nov. 17 meeting

First Prize: Gold Nugget- value about $500

Second Prize: 5 hour gold prospecting with Ray Mills Value $250

Third Prize: Garrett 1140900 Pro-Pointer , Orange value $150 , plus more prizes.

Who is Ray Mills?

Ray is author of many articles in the Mining Journal and author of the book

DETECTING FOR GOLD.

Ray Mills is a fifth generation Californian. He was raised in Trinity County but lives in

Redding, Ca. He has been prospecting all his life other than his time served in the mili-

tary. He enjoys hunting surface pockets with a metal detector. He also loves to fly fish for

the local Steelhead. At fifty nine he still enjoys backpacking into the Trinity Alps in his

search for gold. He works in the nursing field. All leftover time is devoted to his wife of

almost forty years, Debbie.

To view Ray’s latest article “WHAT’S IN A NAME” in the Mining Journal go to:

http://www.icmj.com/writers-detail.php?id=166&keywords=Ray_Mills

mailto:[email protected]




Coin Found NEW Hid-

den Coin Contest

FOUND: new clues at meeting

SMPA Logo Clothing

Chairperson, Mary Ann Stevens

[email protected] Ph.: (530)-347-1679

We have nice hoodies, t-Shirts, tank tops, hats, and iron-on em-blems. These items are on display and are for purchase at each general meeting.

Great Christmas Gifts! Get your Order in now.

Metal Detector For Sale

MICHAEL ABERNATHY

GUS BAKER

MARK BISTARKEY

DAVID BURGE

HAROLD BURNETT

DAN BYSTLE

MICHAEL DUNN

GLYNN GREGORY

JOE (B) JR HALAS

MILLIE HOSIER

RON HOWE

EDWARD JEFFERIES

FRANK LAIN

TOM LOGSDON

JAMES LYTLE

GEORGE MARTIKKE

CHUCK MILLER

STEVEN MOREFIELD

MANFRED PASSMAN

ANDREW RAICH

JOHN RHEA

MIKE RUSSELL

AL SCHROEDER

MIKE SMITH

BRAD STANFORD

AARON STINER

RICHARD KOSTER

SARAH BANDY

DARLA BATTON

JEANNIE BUNCH

CARRIE ENGELL

LEAH FOWLER

CARMEN FRON

DARRELL HARDCAS-TLE

SHEENA SCOTT HARPER

CHERIE MC CLAIN

GRETCHEN BAKER NORRIS

SHEILA PALOMA

KIM DAVIS RZEPECKI

JUDY LOWE SCHUMPERT

KAREN SPENCE

Metal Detector for Sale/ Great Price!

White’s 6000D

(comparable to the DFX)

Plus the new pin pointer

and Gator digger

$500.00 for all! A Great deal!

Contact

Maurice @ 530-244-6033



Shasta Miners and Prospectors Assoc. Oct. 20, 2016

Meeting Minutes

Anderson Grange Hall 8085 Airport Way Redding, CA 96002

Susan J. Doyle, Secretary

Minutes to be read at the meeting . Not printed due to space limitations in this issue.

Latest News From PLP Suction Dredge Mining Cases-Miner’s Case Status Statement

November 8th, 2016

Hello Friends!

As most of you already know, it's been a tough summer as the miners were dealt a legal setback in the California

Supreme Court with the Rinehart decision. PLP's legal battle in the dredging cases in San Bernardino had been put

on hold until Rinehart, and now that hold has been lifted. Here is the statement from our attorney, Mr. James Buchal,

which was filed in Judge Ochoa's court. We are sharing it here so you can be up to date with what PLP is doing in

the battle to get the miners back in the water.

PLP has been involved in this long legal fight since the beginning in 2009! There is more to do before this fight is

over so stay tuned; we will let you know what you can do to help with the next steps going forward.

Ron Kliewer,

President

Public Lands for the People

To see entire legal statement go to the source below.

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/de6c377ae04a6549d70c62f74/files/

Status_Conference_Statement_Buchal_Mailchimp_11_8_2016.pdf

MMAC,

MAKING MINING

DISTRICTS GREAT AGAIN!

* TRUMP, Congress & Senate take control of the Agencies! * MMAC

Associate & Trump Transition Team Member Recognize Property

Rights vs. Agency Overreach * MMAC Leads the Charge in Minerals

and Mining as A Matter of National Security* MMAC Prepares to Re-

instate The Miner as Anchor to the Industrial Supply Chain

www.MMACUSA.org

MMAC, MAKING MINING DISTRICTS GREAT AGAIN!

MMAC ANNOUNCMENTS AS OF Nov 8 2016

HOPE for Miners!

http://publiclandsforthepeople.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de6c377ae04a6549d70c62f74&id=f278db7623&e=ea170fa4aa

http://www.mineralsandminingadvisorycouncil.org?utm_source=ZohoCampaigns&utm_campaign=Nov+9+2016+TRUMP+CAMPAIGN_2016-11-09_1&utm_medium=email


Shasta Miners and Prospectors Association

Voting Ballot for November 2017 Election

Please Vote

Due November 15, 2016 if you cannot attend the Nov. 17, 2016 General Meeting.

It is voting time for the new 2017 officers, board members and, miner of the year. If you cannot attend the

November 17 regular meeting, please vote and return your completed ballot to:

SMPA

P. O. Box 10929

Anderson, CA 96007

2017 Officers /Board Members

There were no challenges for the

existing officers for this year.

Please just vote for the Board of

Directors.

2017 OFFICERS

President Diana Clayton

Vice president Donna Davis

Secretary Susan Doyle

Treasurer Wayne King

2017 Board of Directors

Vote for 4 people

Circle 4 names

Dick Kingsmore,

Mike Russell

William Woodward

Dan Collier

Mark Gowan

Vote:

Miner of Year 2016 Circle one only

Dec 2015 Susan Doyle

Jan 2016 Dan Logan

Feb 2016 Dick Kingsmore

Mar 2016 Barbara Wilson

April 2016 Bill Fisher

May 2016 Bob Carpenter

June 2016 Mike Russell

July 2016 Red Passman

Aug 2016 Howard Waldron

Sept 2016 Mary Ann/ Jim Stevens

Oct 2016 Cindy Russell

Nov 2016 Dan Collier


Guided Metal Detector Outings: Guided metal detecting outing usually occur on the Second Sat. morning after our regular

scheduled meeting. The location of the hunt is announced at the general meeting. If you are unable to attend the meeting please contact Bill Doyle, Metal Detecting Chair. Email: [email protected] or call (530) -549 -3039

Guided Claims Outings: Guided Claims outings are scheduled the first Sat. following the general meeting. For more infor-mation contact Michael Abernathy, Claims Chair. Email: [email protected] or call 530) 638 -6717

Report on October Metal Detecting Outing Due to the inclement weather, I did not go to the outing at Boulder Creek; however, if any brave souls braved the rain, I would

like to hear of your hunt.

An important part of metal detecting that I have stressed in the past is learning your detector and successful skills. I suggest that

you read the entire manual for your detector and become familiar with the various adjustments and programs that your machine

has to offer. These manuals also give hints regarding the proper swinging and height of the coil to the ground, the speed of your

swing, and how to make the proper adjustments to the machine for maximum results. While in the field try different adjustments

concerning the sounds for desired targets, as well as the various use of discrimination.

As experts in the field of detecting agree, only about 1% of detecting is luck, 33% equipment, 33% skill, and 33% mental attitude.

Good hunting.

Bill

Hello Fellow Miners, Membership, chairperson

Happy mining!!!

Hope everyone survived the ghosts and goblins. I can’t believe it is already November. Remember this month

we vote for officers, board members and miner of the year. Mike Russell will be taking over the membership

Chair beginning the first of the year. Cindy Russell will take on the challenge of producing the newsletter as

well first of the year. Thank you. Look for the Christmas Party Reservations Form. They should be out before

the Nov. meeting. WE have great raffle prizes this year.

I hope to see you all at the next meeting.

Mike is out of town working, So I am stepping in to help

out with the outings.

October’s outing was a lot of fun for those who attended.

We met at Chicks Place at 9 a.m. and explored the claim.

A lot of the claim had been worked the previous summer

but there were still plenty of places to be worked that were

bearing gold. Some of the members went down to bulldog2

and made good progress there. Newer members: Curtis,

Ken, and Mark found enough gold in the pan to keep the

fever going. New member Dan and his daughters and girl-

friend came out to say hi and see the claims in French

Gulch, then traveled to Can-Do claims to explore. He

shared some pictures of some his past finds that were pret-

ty spectacular. Knowledgeable member, Jim Rankin fresh

off of his back surgery, found the most color in the pan.

The water flow in the creek has not risen too much and

should prove for a fun outing in November!

See you at the meeting,

Jim Rankin

Dan Collier

[email protected]

Mike Abernathy

Donna Davis ( 5 3 0 ) 6 2 3 - 0 7 4 4 d j d _1 9 6 3 _2 0 0 6@ ya h o o . co m


SHASTA MINERS AND PROSPECTORS ASSOCIATION (SMPA) MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

Please CIRCLE one: NEW membership or Renewal

Please check mark type of membership

______$40.00 Individual

______ $50.00 Family (includes spouse and children under age of 18)

______ $25.00 Senior & Spouse (Age 70+)

______ $40.00 Business Card Advertising (attach business card)

______ Legal Fund/ donation Amount: ______________

PRINT First Name Last Name Birthdate

Member

Spouse

Child 1 Child 2 Child 3 Child 4

ADDRESS Street:

City: State: Zip:

Telephone ( ) -

Email: Receive SMPA Email: Yes or No ?

Cell Phone ( ) -

Email: Receive SMPA Email: Yes or No ?

I hereby apply for membership/renewal with SMPA. I understand that SMPA and it’s agents DO NOT provide goods or services for my activities including,

for example, mining equipment or supplies, lodging, transportation, food service, etc. SMPA is not liable for any negligent or willful act or failure to act by

providers of such goods or services during my activities. I acknowledge that there may be certain risks involved with activities as a member including, but

NOT limited to, rugged or uneven terrain, uncertain or unpredictable river currents, physical exertion for which I am NOT prepared, or other unknown forces

of nature, high altitude, accident or illness without access to means of rapid evacuation or availability of medical supplies, the adequacy of medical atten-

tion once provided, or negligence on part of SMPA. I hereby agree to be responsible for my own welfare and accept any and all risks of unanticipated

events, illness, injury, emotional trauma or death. I acknowledge that the cost of SMPA membership is based upon participants executing this release of

liability. Therefore, as lawful consideration for being permitted to participate as a member, I hereby release and discharge forever smpa from any and all

liability arising from my membership or my activities as a member. I agree that this release shall be legally binding upon me personally, all members of my

family and all minors traveling with me, my heirs, successors, assigns and legal representatives, it being my intention to fully assume all the risk associated

with my activities as a member and to release SMPA from any and all liabilities to the maximum extent permitted by law.

I have read and fully understand this release

and membership application.

Signature _______________________ Date: Month__ Day__ Year_____

Membership rates are for one year. Membership benefits include but not limited to: monthly newsletters, monthly outings, SMPA special

events, enjoy free use of our many gold bearing claims, hands on education about gold prospecting and metal detecting from our many experi-

enced members. See our web page at shastaminersandprospectors.org and join us on Facebook.

Mail the completed and signed application to: Shasta Miners and Prospectors Association Please make check payable to SMPA

P.O.BOX 10929 Anderson CA 96007

EMAIL ADDRESS: Please carefully print:


Place

Stamp

Here

Shasta Miners & Prospectors Association

P.O. Box 10929

Anderson CA 96007

Your Membership Expiration Date is on your mailing label

SMPA Board of Directors

Meeting First Wed of Month

at 6 PM VITTLES Restaurant

2385 North St. Anderson Members are always welcome to

attend. 6 PM dinner; at 7 PM meeting.

Monthly General Meeting Third Thursday of Month at 7 PM

Anderson Grange Hall 8085 Airport Rd, Redding Across from Kent’s Groceries

November 17, 2016 Meeting

NEW INVENTION! Demonstration

Jim Rankin says his new design of the “rocker box "is very effective and efficient

SMPA membership application can be downloaded from web at

http://www.shastaminersandprospectors.org/

http://www.shastaminersandprospectors.org/

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