NUPA NUGGETS

Volume XX, Issue 4 April 2011

This Month’s Meeting

President: Bruce Smith will be talking to us

Sandy Patterson about metal detectors and that’s
801-393-2132 always interesting to learn about
1st Vice President:
another prospecting tool!
Cody Patterson

2nd Vice President:

David Linton

Treasurer:
Sheryl Governale
801-388-0720

Secretary:
Alan Meyer

Parliamentarian: President’s message on page 2. Treasurer’s Report

Dave Deheer Treasurer’s Report on page 1. Checking: $2081.13
Claims Director: Member sale items on page 4. Savings: $5,644.82
Lonnie Fausett Raffle winners on page 5.
Members at Large: Business Ads on page 5.
Mike Governale
Upcoming events on page 6.
Kim Patterson
Donale Richan Calendar of Events on page 7.
Leo Richan
Bob Shriber
Article on page 3.
Hal Berry

Newsletter Editor:
Check out the N.U.P.A. website at:
Donale Richan www.nupainc.org or
801-589-2445
http://nupagoldclub.blogspot.com

Current precious metal prices:

Gold: $1456.10
Silver: $40.58
From www.kitco.com as of Apr. 13, 2011
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Is SPRING ever going to get here? I don’t know about you guys but I have cabin
fever. I want to get out there and do some prospecting if the weather would co-
operate. But with this kind of spring, you need to be very careful when you do go
out. The rivers and streams are very high and swift. The ground is saturated, slip-
pery and muddy. This makes it very easy to slip, slide and fall when you’re walk-
ing around, not to mention your vehicles. SO BE VERY CAREFUL!
I would like to give a big THANK YOU to everyone who helped at the Rock Show.
I think it was a success. We signed up 5 new members that I know of and sold
quite a few bags of sand. We may be changing things a little next year, but more
about that later.
Topaz Mountain trip is April 24, Easter Weekend. Let Donale or Leo know if you
plan to show up. There will be a pot-luck Saturday night so bring something you
can prepare easily and share. The Richan’s will have a big pot of barbeque so plan
around that.
Bruce Smith is the speaker this month, he will be talking about basic metal detect-
ing. It should be interesting.

Sandy Patterson

David Linton is the NUPA Librarian and he has come up with a way to see what’s in the
library! Simply go to http://www.xmission.com/~lintond/ and click on any of the four
choices to view. They are:

Nonfiction - DVD Movie

Nonfiction - On DVD in PDF Format

Fiction - Softbound Book

Nonfiction - Softbound Book

He’s got great visions and ideas for the library, and we need to support him. If you
have any books, VHS tapes, or DVDs that you’ve had of the club’s, please, please re-
turn them so the rest of us can enjoy them and learn from them also!
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Have you ever gone out on a prospecting expedition, found a good spot you thought
would be great to get back to, only, you don’t get back out there as soon as you’d like
and now you find out that the old memory banks in your head aren’t what they used
to be? Join the crowd! A simple way to avoid this problem is to start a prospector’s
log. The log can be customized to your own needs and expectations. For example,
you could list such things as your initial thoughts of the area...did it look promising or
were you skeptical? Here’s a list of what I think would be good to include in your log…
Date
Name of site/claim
Location
Directions to get there (GPS coordinates would be a big help)
Accessibility (what were the roads like, were there any camping sites near)
Water conditions (any water at all, slow, deep, shallow, fast…)
Weather conditions (at that date, could change daily, and probably will)
Days worked/Hours worked
Method of Mining (panning, sluice, dredge, dry washer, high banker, or anything
else you have)
Description of material/ore
Description of gold recovered (flour, flake, nugget, specimen, and list what else
you found)
Weight/volume of gold found
Geographical Description of site (anything that might help you when you decide to
try that spot again)
Drawing or sketch (this is great if you got different types of gold in this basic same
area)
Notes (this could be great if you find out you could have used a particular tool
that’s back at home!)

When you come up with what works for you, getting back to that desired spot and be-
ing prepared can make all the difference in your journey for color in the pan!
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Dave Linton is starting a collection box at the meetings for

“Stamps For Cancer”. All you need to do is tear off the
stamps you get on your mail and bring them in. (Don’t worry
about tearing them too close, he says, because they pay per
pound for the stamps!) This means when you get that birthday
card, Mom’s day, Dad’s day, anni-
versary card, Christmas card,
cheer-up card, any letter or card, (even a Newsletter)...just
tear off the stamp and bring it in! This is another way we
can help the fight against cancer!

Items For Sale: Arctic Cat Snowmobile, low mileage, excellent condition...$1000. Western Field
12 Gauge pump shotgun, variable choke...$110. Appliance lift. BC (before China)...$35.00. Acety-
lene torch (commercial use) with rechargeable bottle, use for copper pipe soldering, brazing, sil-
ver solder. will melt silver...$125.oo. 20 gallon steel fuel tank. Fits pickup truck bed, great for car-
rying gasoline safely, rather than individual plastic cans...$90.00. 5 gallon Steel Jerry fuel cans,
$5.00 each. Empty 12 gauge shotgun shells for reloading. Over 100 casings. Great if you reload.
Cost less than 5 cents to reload each shell. Contact Frank Kuba at 801-643-5090.

Post your items here. It’s free to club members!

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The difference between ordinary and

extraordinary is that little extra!

Do you have a business you’d like to see advertised in

the newsletter? Well here’s the breakdown of the cost. Door Prize Winners
Just let the newsletter editor have the information.
Bruce Smith
Ad Size 3 Months 6 Months 12 Months Small Pan
1/4 page $3.00 $5.50 $10.00 Wes Hansen

1/2 page $4.50 $8.00 $15.00 Snappy Grips

Full Page Business Ad for 1 month $8.00 Frank Kuba
Zip Ties
Travis Kofed
Cleve Burr Cookbook

Service & Solutions Executive Just as a reminder, winners of

Xerox Corporation the door prizes are asked to bring
refreshments for April’s Meeting.
Cell : 801.400.6830
The Treasurer will gladly
Fax : 801.535.8516
reimburse you for this expense if
Email: Cleve.Burr@xerox.com you give her your receipt.

Raffle Winners
Paul Silcox
First Aid Kit
Daryl Olsen
Panning Tub
Paul Silcox
Dirt
(donated by Dick Thomas)

Ryan Olsen
Folding Shovel
Bob Shriber
Sm. Nugget
Dick Thomas
Lg. Nugget
Tim Giles
Quarterly Nugget
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April 22, 23, & 24...Topaz Mountain Outing ... Head

towards Lyndyl Utah (comes before Delta on highway 6). About
5-6 miles south of Lyndyl, turn right on highway 174. You’ll go
past a BIG power plant on that road! Keep heading west for
about 40-45 miles. Not quite sure the exact distance! We’ll
have signs up (hopefully) by the time you start to head out for
the weekend. Normally, Leo and I like to park in a little spot
just after the pavement ends and the road becomes dirt (but
still great to travel on). On Saturday night we’ll all get together
for a potluck at around 6:00pm, I’ll be making Sloppy Joes, so
plan on having some good food and conversation! For more
information on this outing, email us at
richan.goldgems@hotmail.com or call 801-589-2445 or 801-589-
2042
April 26...General Meeting @ 7:00 pm. Bruce Smith will be speaking and demonstrating
Metal detecting.
May 7...Road Clean-up...We meet at 9:00 am at Rocky Point in North Ogden. We’ll have
breakfast after we’re finished!
May 10...Board of Directors Meeting @ 7:00 pm.
May 14...Spring Fling...This will be held at the Shady Lane Park again this year, at about
10:00 to 10:30 am. The address is 600 W. between 2700 N. and Pleasant View Drive. The club
will be providing the hamburgers, hotdogs, but we need you to bring a salad, desert, or chips and
dip or whatever. Also, bring your equipment to demonstrate to others how it works, or if you have
extra equipment you’d would like to sell, bring it, too!
May 20, 21 & 22...Rock Your World Show...This year, this event will be held at the
South Town Center. More info to come!
Upcoming Outings: Dates aren’t set yet!
May, June...Osceola and Crescent Creek
July...NUPA 5
August...Kaymack
Also we need to know how much you’d be willing to pay for your Christmas Din-
ner, so we can determine where we will be going this year.
Make sure you come to the meetings and put your input in for what and
where you’d like to do and go!

Don’t be afraid to take a big step.
You can’t cross a chasm in two small
jumps.
...David Lloyd George
On two occasions you should learn
to keep your mouth shut - when
swimming and when angry.
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April 2011
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 Director’s 13 14 15 16
Meeting 7:00pm
@ Airport

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Topaz Mountain Outing

24 25 26 General 27 28 29 30
Meeting 7:00pm
@ Airport

May 2011
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Road Clean-up
@ 9:00 am at
Rocky Point

8 9 10 Director’s 11 12 13 14 Spring Fling

Meeting 7:00pm @ 10:00 am at
@ Airport Shady Lane Park

15 16 17 18 19 20 Rock Your 21
World Show Armed Forces Day
@ South
Town Expo

22 23 24 General 25 26 27 28
Meeting 7:00pm
@ Airport

29 30 31