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The PIC ’N’ PAN

Prospectors’ Home Club Inc. Newsletter. November 2019.

Prospectors’ Home Club Incorporated.

Club Meetings are held 1st Tuesday of every month at 7.30 pm. Except for January. Venue: Harry Todd Band Hall, Jubilee Lane Harris Park.

PO box 9135 Harris Park 2150

Inside this issue: Important notices. Monster Club Raffle details. Christmas party details. Oberon trip report. Club trip to Trunkey Creek in November and Hill End in December details. Minutes of October meeting. Calculating gold in quartz specimen. Appendix with events calendar.

November 2019 meeting- Latest news and events. Raffles. Gold and Treasure draw.

Renewal fees are $25 single. $35 family. $10 joining fee for new members. Please update your details and fill out disclaimer. Please include your email address. Payment can be made by DIRECT DEBIT. BSB 032-282 ACC/NO 286129 (Westpac) PLEASE INCLUDE NAME ON YOUR DIRECT DEBIT. e.g. Initial then last name and what it is for. i.e. m/ship (For Membership)

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Monster Club raffle! $20 a ticket. On sale now.

Payment can be made by

DIRECT DEBIT. BSB 032-282 ACC/NO 286129 (Westpac) PLEASE INCLUDE NAME ON YOUR DIRECT DEBIT. e.g. Initial then last name, then NUGGET. Then send a text message to the Club Treasurer Robert Brown 0439 731 066 to notify him of your payment.

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Prospectors Home Club 2018 Christmas Party.

To be held at Merrylands bowling club.

Cnr Oxford and Newman Street Merrylands.

www.clubmerrylands.com.au

Food choice Family restaurant, upstairs.

Tuesday 3rd December 2019. 6pm start.

$10 per club member to be paid as cash. Non-members will have to pay full fee.

RSVP the club Treasurer ROBERT BROWN

0439 731 066 Merrylands Bowling Club has been agreed as the venue for the event and has been booked –

no deposit is required. There is a section that has been set aside for use by our club in the ‘all

you can eat’ area.

*Arrival time will be from 6.00pm with

the party to commence at approximately

6.30pm and finish at 9.30pm.

*Cost: Meals $10 per financial member

and $10 for each child of a financial

member – the club will subsidise the

balance. This can be paid at the

November GM or on entry to the party.

*Drinks: All attendees to buy own drinks.

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Club Trip to Trunkey Creek November 16th & 17th

Trip Leader Fred. 0438 637 303

Meet 10am At the

Showground.

Camping on the

showground is permitted.

There is plenty of room.

There are toilets. You must

give your details at the pub.

The cost is $10 per night per

caravan or tent.

Please indicate if you are coming as I would like it if we all could have dinner

Saturday night at the Pub and the Publican will need numbers.

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Trip report to Black Springs, Oberon By Fred Krebs.

Few club members ventured out to Oberon this weekend. The campsite at Black

Springs was certainly not crowded. Rod arrived a couple of day before. Not long

after I arrived Wally and Ruth then

Tristan arrived. Oberon is a big place,

It’s good to have a plan before- hand

what you want to do. You can look for

gemstones like Sapphires and Zircons.

Sapphire Bend is a good place to start.

Porters retreat as well. Gold has been

panned at Porters as well. I was keen to

go exploring

and detecting. I had a couple of places in mind. There

was a little bit of rain Friday night and I was concerned

about the ability of some vehicles to safely traverse some

of the roads to the places I was thinking of. That’s why it is

prudent to use vehicles designed for off- road travel when

you go off the bitumen and into the bush-or forest as is

usually the case around Oberon. Especially with 4WD and

good ground clearance. I decided to check out the old

workings at the Dam. I hadn’t been there for a while and

Oberon council have cleaned it all up and have made a

very nice camp ground. There are BBQ facilities and

Toilets near the Boat ramp. Wally and Ruth and I had

lunch there as well as a swing of the detector around

some of the still visible workings. We found targets! But not

gold. Ah well. Nice spot though. Sunday we all decided

to look for Sapphire’s. As we all had our state forest Permits, we ventured out to a

prospective spot. There was evidence of very serious digging. There was lots of

water too! This was very helpful for us to sieve our wash in the water. Rod set up his

Willaby and the well-known local Tex dropped by for a visit or two, or three! With

great encouragement and

amazing stories from Tex we dug

and Sieved and strained our

eyes! I didn’t do well at all

however. Rod and Tristan found

some nice sapphires.

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Trip to Hill End.

December 14th & 15th

Contact person . Fred Krebs 0438 637 303

WHERE: Glendora Campsite, Hill End. NSW

OFFICIAL START: 10am Saturday Hill End -from Bathurst via Eglinton(77km) or Sofala(Turn off at Kelso-84km). Camp at Glendora Camping ground. Lees Lane (off Beyers Avenue as you drive into Hill End). The

campground is 750m from the centre of town on the way to Bald Hill Lookout. • Facilities: showers, toilets, picnic tables, wood barbecues (bring your own firewood), gas/electric site fee: $20 per night

(2-person inclusive). $10 per night per additional adult (16 years+), $5 per night per additional child (5-15 years), infants free (0-4 years). • Tent site fee: $14 per night (2-person inclusive). $7 per night per additional adult (16

years+), $4 per night per additional child (5-15

years), infants free (0-4 years). • The National Parks will be collecting the camping

fees. We will not collect money on their behalf.Bookings: Bookings are not available at this campground.

Royal Hotel-Tambaroora Rd Hill End NSW 2850 Telephone: (02) 6337 8261

Hill End B & B Clarke St Hill End NSW 2850 Telephone: (02) 6337 8290 Facsimile: (02) 6337 8230

Rating: ***1/2

Chesleigh Homestead 319 Hill End Rd Sofala via Hill End NSW 2795 Telephone: (02) 6337 7077

Facsimile: (02) 6337 7092

Hill End Holiday Ranch High St Hill End NSW 2850

Telephone: (02) 6337 822

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PROSPECTORS HOME CLUB INCORPORATED

Minutes of General Meeting held on Tuesday 1st October 2019 Meeting opened 8:37 pm

Chairperson: Fred Krebs, Minute taker: Karl McKay.

Welcome and Introduction Fred welcomed all members and visitors to the club.

Attendance & Apologies

Attendance: Total present including visitors - 36 Total Visitors present – 4

Apologies: Peter Schreiterer, Lachlan Bowden, Anthony Jacka, Jim Fox, Robert

Halliday, Bill Brown

Motion: That the minutes of the previous meeting held on 3rd September 2019 as

read in the Pic & Pan be confirmed as a true record of proceedings at that meeting.

Moved: Rod Boon

Seconded by: Bev Houssenloge

Matters arising from the minutes:

Cooyal cancelled due to not enough helpers.

Wrong date for the October meeting

Secretary’s Report: Documents received and any other matters –

Secretary not at the meeting. No one checked for mail.

Treasurers Report: Robert Brown gave report in Lachlan’s absence, reporting on the

Club Cheque account and Savings account.

Moved: Jim Fox Seconded: Robert Brown

Monthly Video shown: Basic Geology in Western Australia understanding maps,

symbols & pie charts.

Video for the next meeting: No suggestions.

Trip Reports:

Presented by: Fred

Location: Started at Narrabeen Beach and then moved to Palm Beach.

Date: 7th and 8th September 2019 General Comments: 3 tent pegs found. Fred talked about his plan finding coins at the

parking meter machine. Sunday was at Narrabeen Beach only.

Other Business Matters: New Member joined Daniel Price.

John Standfort went online into the club bank account to confirm the financials as we

could not prove the balance of the accounts being question by Pauline Fussell.

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Future Trips: Black Springs 5th and 6th October 2019 at Oberon.

Raffle Details: The raffles, Lucky Squares and Gold and Treasure prizes were

explained. Tickets: club night raffles: $1 per ticket, 6 for $5

Lucky Squares: $2 per square. Prize is half the prize pool.

Gold and Treasure prizes: Fill in a ticket to put with your last month’s find.

For Gold, Prize $20. For treasure, prize $20

Prizes and Draw Winners: Finds of the Month:

Prize Draw Winner

$20 Gold Jonathon Collins

$20 Treasure Robert Brown

Raffle Draws:

Prize Ticket Number Winner

Gold Nugget C26 Blue Bev Houssenloge

Gold Nugget E58 Purple Dennis Taylor

Gold Nugget A99 Black Warren Plummar

Lucky Squares Winner: John Sanderson, Lucky Square number 78.

Next Meeting: Tuesday 5th November 2019

Closing Down: Fred thanked everybody for coming and wished all a good night.

The club then started the AGM, recorded on the AGM Notes. Fred then thanked everybody for volunteering and declared the meeting closed at

10:18pm.

Minutes Recorded by Carl McKay. Signed by Carl McKay.

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Prospectors Home Club AGM held on 1st October 2019

Presidents Report: Fred Krebs thanked all members for their support. He then declared all positions vacant

and asked Robert Brown to be the returning officer for the election of office bearers.

We only had one person nominated for each of the office bearers so there was no requirement to have any

position voted on. All of the persons nominated accepted.

Prospectors Home Club Incorporated

Election of Office Bearers and Committee Members for 2019/2019 Year.

Position Name of Nominee

President Fred Krebs

Vice President John Standfort

Treasurer Robert Brown

Secretary Jim Fox

Editor Fred Krebs

Public Officer Robert Halliday

Find of the month judge 1 Roger Payne

Find of the month judge 2 Anthony Jacka

Librarian Pauline Fussel

Committee Member Karl McKay

Committee Member Peter Schreiterer

Committee Member Steven Bullock

Committee Member Brian Houssenloge

Committee Member Ernie Thecabbie

Committee Member Erik Metzke

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How to calculate weight of gold in quartz without crushing it.

A quick test,

Dry weight and submerged(wet) weight. Using grams.

Specimen is 112.68 grams Dry x 1.9 =214.092

74.51 grams wet x 3.1=231.167

231.167-214.092 = 17.075 grams of gold in the specimen.

A more accurate test

112.68(Dry)-74.51(Wet)=38.17

112.68 divided by

38.17=2.9520565889(The specific

gravity of the whole specimen)

2.9520565889-2.63(average specific gravity of

quartz)=0.3220565889

0.3220565889 x 38.17=12.2929

12.2929 divided by 25.97(The Constant) = 0.4733500193(In

Ounces)

0.4733500193 x 31.103(grams in 1 ounce)=14.72 grams of gold

in the specimen.

112.68 gram gold and quartz specimen

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Cut holes in a bucket to set up scales to weigh specimens in the air and submerged.

Cleaning your specimens. If you just want to brighten up the specimen, Oxalic acid seems to work well. If you spill some on you, remove affected clothing immediately, and rinse affected area with water for at least 15 minutes. Avoid inhaling the vapour. If the acid gets into your eyes rinse continually for at least 15 minutes until medical help arrives. Placing your specimen in an ultrasonic cleaner with a little bit of “Windex” can clean the dirt away without any risk of abrasions. I have met people who use hydrofluoric acid. Even when it is a weak solution, you must take precautions. Safety gear, safe work environment and a plan if something goes wrong. For Hydrofluoric acid you can order Calcium Gluconate from the chemist. If you spill that acid onto you. Immediately rinse with water for at least 15 minutes. Apply the gel and massage into the affected area to neutralize the acid. Seek medical attention immediately.

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Meeting Dates and Events calendar

Month Meeting

date Trip Date Destination Contact person

November 5th 17th 18th Trunkey Creek Fred Krebs 0438 637 303

December 3rd 14th & 15th Hill End Fred Krebs 0438 637 303

January 2020

No Meeting

February 2020

4th

PRESIDENT Fred Krebs

0438 637 303

VICE PRESIDENT John Standfort

0409674507

SECRETARY

Jim Fox

0420 235 181

TREASURER

Robert Brown

0439 731 066

EDITOR

Fred Krebs

0438 637 303

FIND OF THE MONTH JUDGEs

Anthony Jacka, Roger Payne.

ORDINARY MEMBERS

Karl McKay, Peter Schreiterer, Steven Bullock, Brian Connolly, Eric Metzke, Pauline Fussell and, Ernie.

PUBLIC OFFICER

Robert Halliday