The August 2011 Temecula Valley Prospectors meeting will be held on Saturday, August 13th, at 9:00 am. Our meetings are held at the Temecula Community Center located at 28816 Pujol St., Temecula CA. Everyone is welcome, so we hope to see you there!

Here are some of the things going on this month:

Item 1:

Our current Grand Prize Raffle is a Lifetime Membership to the GPAA.
Lifetime membership includes the Gold Prospectors Magazines, and the GPAA claims guide books and prospecting permits.
This membership has a value of $950!

** PLUS: The Gold Buddy Drywasher that was donated to the club has been added to the Grand Prize package bringing the value to almost $1,400!!! Be sure to get those tickets!

Item 2:

Have you been out Metal Detecting or Gold Prospecting this last month? Find anything? Then bring it to the meeting so we can see. All entries are voted on and the top two of each category will win a prize.

Item 3:

We have four great raffles each month (not counting the Grand Prize) that you can participate in while at the meeting. Not only is it a lot of fun (especially when you win), but it helps to support the club.

• Door Prize Raffle (Free): Just by signing in, you are entered into the Door Prize Raffle. We normally have 1 to 4 items that are given away each month.
• 50/50 Raffle ($1 per ticket): This is the easiest raffle of them all… if you win, you split (50/50) all of the money collected for the 50/50 raffle with the club. For example, if $70 is collected, then you, as the winner, get $35 and the club keeps $35.
• Gold Raffle ($1 per ticket): There are typically 3 to 4 items each month. One bag of gold concentrate to work on your panning skills and some nice gold nuggets to show your friends.
• Table Raffle ($1 per ticket): You might think… what am I going to do with a table?, but the Table Raffle is an array of items sitting on a table that the winners can choose from. There are typically 10-15 items ranging in value from a few dollars to over a hundred dollars on occasion. The nice thing about the table raffle is that you can see what is there before you purchase your tickets.

Item 4:

The annual club elections will be held in September. If you are interested in holding an elected position or would like to nominate someone, please try to make it to the August meeting. If you can’t make it to the meeting, please email Ken with your information.

Item 5:

Our club vendors are out of town this month, so if you need some gear please contact them directly.

6 Members participated in the June Finds of the Month during our 9 July meeting.

GOLD FINDS WINNERS:

Rich & Al won a vial with Gold for their find at Barstow

Arnold S. won a Bicentennial Coin for his find at East Fork

TREASURE FINDS WINNERS:

Ray & Deb B. won a vial with Gold for their find at Lake Skinner and Mariposa area.

John B. won a Bicentennial Coin for his find on local beaches and Holcomb Valley.

Don S. brought in finds from Oceanside Beach.

Robert F. brought in finds from Local Parks and Coastal Beaches.

Thanks for sharing your finds with the members.  Good Luck and bring home the Gold!

The August 2011 Temecula Valley Prospectors meeting will be held on Saturday, August 13th, at 9:00 am. Our meetings are held at the Temecula Community Center located at 28816 Pujol St., Temecula CA.

The July 2011 Temecula Valley Prospectors meeting will be held on Saturday, July 9th, at 9:00 am. Our meetings are held at the Temecula Community Center located at 28816 Pujol St., Temecula CA. Everyone is welcome, so we hope to see you there!

Here are some of the things going on this month:

Item 1:

Our current Grand Prize Raffle is a Lifetime Membership to the GPAA.
Lifetime membership includes the Gold Prospectors Magazines, and the GPAA claims guide books and prospecting permits.
This membership has a value of $950!

** JUST ADDED: The Gold Buddy Drywasher that was donated to the club has been added to the Grand Prize package bringing the value to almost $1,400!!! Be sure to get those tickets!

Item 2:

Have you been out Metal Detecting or Gold Prospecting this last month? Find anything? Then bring it to the meeting so we can see. All entries are voted on and the top two of each category will win a prize.

Item 3:

We have four great raffles each month (not counting the Grand Prize) that you can participate in while at the meeting. Not only is it a lot of fun (especially when you win), but it helps to support the club.

• Door Prize Raffle (Free): Just by signing in, you are entered into the Door Prize Raffle. We normally have 1 to 4 items that are given away each month.
• 50/50 Raffle ($1 per ticket): This is the easiest raffle of them all… if you win, you split (50/50) all of the money collected for the 50/50 raffle with the club. For example, if $70 is collected, then you, as the winner, get $35 and the club keeps $35.
• Gold Raffle ($1 per ticket): There are typically 3 to 4 items each month. One bag of gold concentrate to work on your panning skills and some nice gold nuggets to show your friends.
• Table Raffle ($1 per ticket): You might think… what am I going to do with a table?, but the Table Raffle is an array of items sitting on a table that the winners can choose from. There are typically 10-15 items ranging in value from a few dollars to over a hundred dollars on occasion. The nice thing about the table raffle is that you can see what is there before you purchase your tickets.

Item 4:

If you are looking for prospecting gear, one of our club vendors, Legends Prospecting Supplies, will be there this month with all of the latest items for you to see and purchase.

The July 2011 Temecula Valley Prospectors meeting will be held on Saturday, July 9th, at 9:00 am. Our meetings are held at the Temecula Community Center located at 28816 Pujol St., Temecula CA.

Thanks to all of you who took the time to share your feelings through letters, emails, faxes, & phone calls to Governor Brown about the California Budget addendum that would have crushed suction dredging in California for another 5 years.That loud outcry had an impact and the Governor vetoed the legislation. The Department of Fish & Game will now be allowed to finish the study that is almost complete.

This is a small victory for prospectors throughout the state, but we need to stay on top of this issue because we aren’t out of the woods yet.

The Governor may have vetoed the legislation, but it sounds more like it was to not violate the court order rather than a support for dredging:

“While I am vetoing this language to ensure the Department is not in violation of the court order,” Brown wrote in his veto message, “I directed the Secretary of Resources to examine the program and associated polices before restarting the permit process.”

To keep yourself informed, the Sacramento Bee is a great source (www.sacbee.com).

Here are some recent articles relating to the California dredging issue.

Suction Dredging Backers Hail Gov. Brown’s Veto

Suction Dredging Study Will Go On After Brown Veto

Governor Brown Vetoes Attack on Suction Dredge Gold Miners

California Budget: Raising Taxes Indefensible While Killing Solvent Gold Mining Industry

Keep up the good work and Happy Prospecting!!

This month’s Gold Prospecting Outing will be held along the Kern River in Keysville.

Dates: June 17-19, 2011

Please check the Club Forum for details on the outing.

The Temecula Valley Prospectors newsletter is published monthly. It contains information about the organization, interesting articles, as well as good information about Gold Prospecting & Treasure Hunting. The links below are for the newsletters published during 2011. Each newsletter is a PDF file and when you click on the link it will open up in a new browser window for you to read. If you would like to save a copy to your local computer, simply right-click the link and select “Save Link As”.

I hope you enjoy them and may your prospects be Golden.

June
July
August
September
October

Attention All California Miners:

There are several articles in various papers, mostly the Sacramento Bee that are carrying stories about the Budget Bill and the Trailer added to add a new 5-yr Suction Dredge Moratorium. Basically, the environmentalists didn’t like what they saw in the initial Environmental Impact Study as it supported the 1994 study that showed that Suction Dredging IS NOT harmful to the environment.

If you ever want to be able to use a suction dredge in California again, it is imperative that you act now and voice your opinion!

Here are links to two articles in the Sacramento Bee where you can leave a comment at the bottom of the article. You may not think that it will help, but it makes a huge impact.

Catch-22 in California budget language may doom suction dredge mining

Ted Gaines blasts how lawmakers stymied suction dredge mining

Here is a link where you can fill out a form to email Governor Brown and let him know how you feel about this change to the budget and the negative impact on the mining community.

Email Governor Brown

The email method is the best way to get the information to Sacramento, but if you can’t do that then here is the Governor’s other contact information. If you use these other methods, try to FAX your comments as the phone calls carry little weight and the mail may not get reviewed for up to 90 days.

Mailing address:
Governor Jerry Brown
c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173
Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone: (916) 445-2841
Fax: (916) 558-3160

Not sure what to say? Click here to get a sample letter/email. Be sure to change the letter to make it your own as they will typically discard canned letters.

Thank you for your help and support!

The June 2011 Temecula Valley Prospectors meeting will be held on Saturday, June 11th, at 9:00 am. Our meetings are held at the Temecula Community Center located at 28816 Pujol St., Temecula CA. Everyone is welcome, so we hope to see you there!

Here are some of the things going on this month:

Item 1:

Our current Grand Prize Raffle is a Lifetime Membership to the GPAA.
Lifetime membership includes the Gold Prospectors Magazines, and the GPAA claims guide books and prospecting permits.
This membership has a value of $950!

Item 2:

Have you been out Metal Detecting or Gold Prospecting this last month? Find anything? Then bring it to the meeting so we can see. All entries are voted on and the top two of each category will win a prize.

Item 3:

If you are looking for prospecting gear, one of our club vendors, Nugget Hunters of America, will be there this month with all of the latest items for you to see and purchase.