Shasta Miners & Prospectors Association NEWSLETTER

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1 Shasta Miners and Prospectors Association (SMPA) December 2017 Pg. 1 Shasta Miners & Prospectors Association NEWSLETTER Founded in 1959, Shasta Miners & Prospectors Association is a non-profit organization that helps small-scale miners and prospectors 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. CONGRATULATIONS Larry and Phyllis Bogges SMPA MINERS OF THE YEAR 2017 Kick off to 2018 December 2017 Miner of the Month Mike Russell SMPA Annual Christmas Party December 21, 2017 VFW Hall in Anderson 3210 W. Center St. Anderson Ca. $15.00 per Adult / Kids under 8 $5.00 Social Hour 5:30 to 6:30 Dinner at 6:30 p.m. IMPORTANT: Please call us if you are planning on attending and still have not sent in your reservations. Please do so as soon as possible as we need to give final dinner count to VFW. Contact Donna Davis (530) or Diana Clayton (530) Be sure to bring a potluck dish. The Lou White Band is back! Santa will be there! A wonderful night of good food, fun and member recognition awards. GREAT RAFFLE PRIZES: RAFFLE TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR!! First Prize is a gold nugget about 1/2 ounce valued at about $800 plus the beautiful display stand which is included adds another $40 to the value. Second Prize is MINERS CACHE Gift Certificate (valued at $ ) Third Prize is a Gift Certificate from Sportsman's Warehouse ( valued at $ )

2 Shasta Miners and Prospectors Association (SMPA) December 2017 Pg. 2 SMPA Officers and Board Members If you need information about the Association s activities please contact us 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 ( ) d ia n a e c layto a o l. c o m V i c e P r e s i d e n t D o n n a D a v is ( ) d j d _ _2006@ yah o o. c o m Secreta ry S u s a n D o y le ( ) d o y l esj@a o l.co m Treasu re r W a y n e K i n g ( ) kingwg@yahoo.com D i r e c t o r s Dick Kingsmore (530) dk1043@frontiernet.net Mike Russell - (530) mncrussell@sbcglobal.net Bill Woodward (530) woody61214@sbcglobal.net Jim Stevens (Interim) (530 ) stvnsjms@sbcglobal.net Legis lation M i ke A b e rn a t h y ( ) u c n o k is y a h o o. com Metal De tecting Outings Bi l l D o y le ( ) d o y l ewt@a o l.co m Cla ims / Outings M ike Aberna t h y ( ) u c n o k is y a h o o. com Bob B u r d ett ( ) Bob C a rpe n t e r ( ) K e n n y Chin n ( ) b u c tg r ya h o o. c o m G e n e C layto n ( ) g e n e. cl a y to n 3 g m a i l.co m DSMPA Logo C lothing Mary Ann Stevens (5 3 0 ) stvnsjms@sbcglobal.net Membership Mike Russell ( 530) mncrussell@sbcglobal.net Web Site Adm inistrator D a v id D o b b er ( ) daviddobber613@gmail.com Web: To access: find out what your user name and password is. The newsletter is posted to member site for current month and moved to the public access the following month. Newsletter is sent via unless otherwise indicated. IF you have an 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 I sure look forward to seeing everyone at the Christmas Party this year. It is such a fun event. As many of you know I have stepped down as President after 7 years of holding this Diana Clayton position. It has truly been an honor to lead. SMPA s membership is growing, we have added new claims over this time, fought battles, cried laughed. We have lost members, may they rest in peace. I know that Cindy Russell, our new President for 2018 will do a great job. The officers, chairs and others, I am certain will give her the same wonderful support that they have given me and that the teamwork continues on, which I know it will. I can truly say that this is one of the most satisfying experience because the people are wonderful. Thank you for the opportunity to be your President for the last 7 years. I plan to stay involved and will hopefully be able to do more metal detecting. Congratulations to Phyllis and Larry. The Miner of the Year award is truly earned. Congratulations to all the new officers and board members. President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer OFFICERS 2018 Board of Directors 2018 Bob Burdett, Cassie Zucco, Dick Kingsmore Jim Stevens Cindy Russell Bill Woody Woodward Susan Doyle Wayne King See you at the party and Merry Christmas to all.

3 Shasta Miners and Prospectors Association (SMPA) December 2017 Pg. 3 SMPA Logo Clothing Chairperson, Mary Ann Stevens stvnsjms@sbcglobal.net Ph.: (530) We have nice hoodies, t- Shirts, tank tops, hats, and iron-on emblems. These items are on display and are for purchase at each Editor Updated On: 12/09/17 at 03:32 PM PST Monex Spot Prices Monex Spot Gold Monex Spot Silver Change Open High Low

4 Shasta Miners and Prospectors Association (SMPA) December 2017 Pg. 4 RALPH PAUL MATT MICHEAL EARL BURL LYNN PETTIS IRVINE LEGERTON ABERNATHY BRAY CROCFER DEATON COREY DAVID RICHARD VINCE LUIS PAUL CHARLES CHRIST CRABTREE DAVIE DILLARD HAMILTON HAMLIN HERMANN JANCY TAMMY DONNA LINDA DENIESE BEVERLY DOUSE ERICKSON GERBAUER HANSON KEVIN MANFRED PAUL PAUL ERICKSON PASSMAN PURINGTON SYDOW CYRUS (SR) MAURICE KELLY GENE MATT HERRERA HUFF JONES KALBAUGH LEGERTON CAROLYN DIANNA SHIRLEY CAROLYN JEFFERIES KIBAT KYLE ROBERTS JOHN MATHEWS DEANIE ROBINSON SANTOS RONALD RUBEN OLIVER PORRAS TARRA SIMMONS EVE RISING TRACY SIMPSON JIM ARTHUR HOWARD JR SKINNER STEINBACH WALDRON TAMMIE SHAWNE THOMAS VAN WAGNER WILLIAM WOODWARD Judy WEASE New Hidden Coin Clues!!! 1. I m in a park next to a tree that has a curve and a twist over me. 2. These are the things that I can see: a large place for people to come in and eat. 3. There is a tennis court in front of me and a path a few feet away from me

5 Shasta Miners and Prospectors Association (SMPA) December 2017 Pg. 5 SHASTA MINERS AND PROSPECTORS ASSOC. November 16, 2017 Meeting Minutes Anderson Grange Hall 8085 Airport Way, Redding, Ca President Diana Clayton called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Everyone in attendance participated in the Flag Salute, led by Kenny Chinn. President Diana Clayton welcomed returning members and guests; and introduced the candidates for office and Board of Directors that are on the current ballot. Announcements President Clayton thanked Phyllis Bogges and the rest of the nominating committee for all their hard work. Thank you to all the members that showed up and helped to clean up the Can Do Claim. The Association has committed to 100 dinners for the Christmas Party, make your reservations. Thank you to Phil Batton, Joe Zucco and Gene Clayton for their efforts to provide a new claim for members. Ray Bellew, was on the Can-Do Claim and was contacted by Josh from BLM, saying that he heard that someone was using a Bob -Cat on the claim recently. Miner of the Month Phil Batton was named Miner of the Month for November. Meeting Educational Program Our Association has taken steps to establish a new claim named, Big Dog, which will be in the Dog Creek Mining District. Members should exit I-5 at the Volumers Exit and turn left under the bridge, travel 3 miles to the bridge. The claim is located along the creek in this area. Members are advised that there residents in the area to the North side of the road so stay on the south side. Park off the road and be advised that logging trucks are using this road, fold in your mirrors. The Claims Outing will be held at this site on this Saturday, November 18 9:00am. Election Results President Diana Clayton thanked all present for supporting her during her 7 years as President and promised to stay around and stay involved, with Shasta Miners. The ballot results were: President Cindy Russell Vice-President Bill Woody Woodward Secretary Susan Doyle Treasurer Wayne King Board of Directors Bob Burdett, Cassie Zucco, Dick Kingsmore, and Jim Stevens Miner of the Year Phyllis & Larry Bogges Hidden Coin Has not been found, Fred Furry provided new hint. Minutes Susan Doyle, Secretary The minutes from the October Meeting were approved as presented in the newsletter by a unanimous voice vote. Find of the Month there were no submissions. Treasurer s Report Wayne King Wayne King reports the following: Total Assets $3, A copy of Wayne s report is submitted with these minutes. Wayne has also resolved an error by the Franchise Tax Board. Logo/Clothing Mary Ann Stevens reports that she has received her most recent order, time to pick-up those Christmas presents. We still have hoodies available. Metal Detecting Report Bill Doyle was unavailable this evening, in his place Susan Doyle reports that the next metal detecting outing will be Saturday, November 25 9:00am, at Grant School, 8835 Swasey Drive, Redding, weather permitting. Membership Mike Russell Mike reports that we have one new member tonight. Mike is still working on the mining districts. Raffle Raffle was conducted by Mike Abernathy, Velva, and Donna Davis: 50/50 Drawing was won by Val Smalley, in the amount of $ Gold Nugget was won by Wayne King. Name Tag was won by Annett Herring Respectfully submitted, Susan J. Doyle, Secretary

6 Shasta Miners and Prospectors Association (SMPA) December 2017 Pg. 6 Merry Christmas! Hope to see you all at the SMPA Christmas Dinner December 21st. Donna Davis ( ) d j d _ y a h o o. com GUIDED METAL DETECTING OUTINGS: Usually occur on the Second Saturday morning after the regular scheduled meeting. The location of the hunt is announced the general meeting. If you are unable to attend the meeting please contact Bill Doyle, Metal Detecting Chair. Bill Doyle doylewt@aol.com or call (530) at November Metal Detecting Outing Six persons attended the Outing at Grant School, Howard Waldron, Tom Kibat, Maurice Huff, Dave Pettyjohn, Lorin Fleming, and me. The find of the day went to Lorin Fleming for his recovery of what appeared to be a gold clad penny. Although the coin had the appearance of a Lincoln head penny, it detected as a dime on two different detectors and weighed more than a standard penny. Lorin will check out the coin and determine its origin. I hope to see you all at the Christmas Party and wish you luck and successful hunting in the next year. Bill Mike Abernathy Guided Claims Outings: Guided Claims outings are scheduled the first Sat. following the general meeting. For more information contact Michael Abernathy, Claims Chair. Ucnokiss@yahoo.com Hello Fellow Miners, I trust you had a great time at the outing and found lots of gold! The next outing probably won't be until March of If you want to go out prior to that, I won't mind joining you but, I'll be watching from inside my warm truck! I look forward to seeing you at the next adventure! Until then have a great holiday and I'll see you next year or at the christmas party. Merry Christmas to and to all a good night...michael Abernathy Claim's Chairman Hey, be safe out there!

7 Shasta Miners and Prospectors Association (SMPA) December 2017 Pg. 7 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: 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 experienced members. See our web page at shastaminersandprospectors.org and join us on Facebook. Member Spouse Child 1 Child 2 Child 3 Child 4 PRINT First Name Last Name Birthdate ADDRESS Street: City: State: Zip: Telephone ( ) - Cell Phone ( ) - ADDRESS: Please carefully print: Receive SMPA Yes or No? Receive SMPA 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 attention 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 Mail the completed and signed application to: Shasta Miners and Prospectors Association Please make check payable to SMPA P.O.BOX Anderson CA 96007

8 Shasta Miners and Prospectors Association (SMPA) December 2017 Pg. 8 Shasta Miners & Prospectors Association P.O. Box Anderson CA Place Stamp Here Your Membership Expiration Date is on your mailing label Return Address Requested 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. General Meeting SMPA CHRISTMAS PARTY Thursday Dec VFW HALL 3210 W. Center St. Anderson