RMPTH0911 Newsletter

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Meteorite Hunters

World famous meteorite hunters Steve Arnoldand Geoffrey Notkin have scoured the planetfor meteorites.And found hundreds of them, from the harsh desertsof Chile, all the way to the streets of Chicago. Theyhave almost thirty years of combined meteorite hunt-ing experience, and they want to share it with you.

Meteorites are extremely rare! If you want to find oneof your own, your best chance is to go with the ex-perts.

Steve stunnedthe internationalscientific com-munity in the fall

of 2005 when hediscovered a1,430-lb palla-site meteorite,buried seven feetbelow the rollingfields of Bren-ham, Kansas. Hewas featured onCNN, CBS, theNBC Today show, ABC, The Discovery Channel andhundreds of other news outlets around the world. His3/4-ton meteorite is the largest pallasite ever found in

the United States and one of the largest found in his-tory. Geoff Notkin joined him in the hunt, and to-gether they recovered several more large meteorites.One of those excavations was filmed specially for theTravel Channel, PBS, and others.

Science writer Geoffrey Notkin has published morethan sixty articles on meteorites, meteorite hunting,

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v. 15, n. 9 September, 2011 Going for the Go

Rocky Mountain Prospectors &Treasure Hunters Newsletter

The News

Visit RMPTH On The Internet At http://rmpth.com

Contents

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting onwhat to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armedlamb contesting the vote."

- Benjamin Franklin

1 Meteorite Hunters2 About The News2 Book Review

3 Buried Loot Mystery5 Five Years Of Gold Cached Away6 Annual Detector Coin & Prize

Hunt7 Colorado Mineral & Fossil Show8 Routt County Colorado Mining

History9 Lucite Hills Gemstone Outing10 Calendar of Events11 Calendars13 News Regarding The 2011 Detector

Coin HuntRevised!

13 Ramblings Of A Retired Mind15 What Is Gold?16 Trading Post18 2011 Schedule of Events19 Contact List

Steve Arnold and Geoffrey Notkin


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Page 2 The News, September 2011

The News is the official newsletter of the RockyMountain Prospectors and Treasure HuntersClub (RMPTH): our mailing address is P.O. Box

271863, Fort Collins, CO. 80527-1863.

Opinions expressed in The News are those of theauthors and do not necessarily reflect those of the

club or its members. Publication of information inThe News constitutes no guarantee of accuracy. Useof any information found in this publication is at thesole risk of the user. NeitherRMPTH, nor its coordi-nators, nor The News, nor its editors or contributorsassume any liability for damages resulting from useof information in this publication.

Submissions

Articles, letters and short items of interest on pros-pecting, detecting and treasure hunting topics arewelcome and encouraged. All items submitted forpublication are subject to editing. Submittals for pub-

lication may be made in writing or, preferably, in AS-CII text format on IBM-compatible disk. If you havequestions about a submission, please contact the edi-tor for information.

Copyright

Unless otherwise noted, other nonprofit groupsmay reprint or quote from any articles appearing inThe News without prior permission, provided thatproper author and publication credits are given andthat a copy of the publication in which the article ap-pears is sent at no cost toRMPTHat the above mail-ing address. Clubs wishing to exchange newsletters

withRMPTHare invited to send a copy of their news-letter together with an exchange request.

About The New s Adver t is ing

Classified advertising for topic related items is freefor non-business ads. See the Trading Post sectionfor donation pricing of camera-ready display ads. Do-nations for ad makeup from sketches, etc., are avail-able on request.

About RMPTH

RMPTHis an independent nonprofit hobbyist socialclub, open to anyone interested in prospecting, detect-ing or treasure hunting. Its purpose is to provide aneducational and social forum of mutual benefit formembers.RMPTHholds a monthly meeting and con-ducts various field outings, as well as offers specialpresentations and seminars. Active participants havevoting privileges. The monthly newsletter, The News,is readily available on the Internet. Persons wishing toreceive the newsletter in hardcopy, mailed format arerequired to provide the amount of $24 per year re-quired to print and mail. Otherwise, no annual duesare charged as the social club functions strictly bydonation.

Book Reviewby Paul Lange

The Official Military Atlas of the CIVIL WARby Major George B. Davis, U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry and Joseph W. Kirkley,Civilian Experts, c 2003 edition by Barnes and Noble Publishing, Inc New York, 397 pages, ISBN 0-7607-5044-0.

This atlas was drawn together to accompany the War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Un-ion and Confederate Armies, also called The Official Records or simply O. R. These records covered all theatersthroughout the war and were assembled into 128 volumes of primary source material of the union and confederate

armies. This project was completed in 1895. The army drew together this atlas to accompany the official records and con-tains 821 reproduced maps which the commanders used, 106 engravings chiefly of fortifications and 209 drawings of weap-ons, logistical equipment, uniforms and Federal corps flags on plates. The contents are rich with information showing thecountry in which the armies operated. It is easy to read reprinted just as the original was in full color in sharp, clear imageswith names, farms, woods, hills, and creeks standing out distinctly as in the original. The atlas is in of itself a treasure ofinformation indispensable to understanding the Civil War. For the Civil War enthusiast, this is a must have book. You willnot have to do any weigh lifting if you carry this book around measuring 16 1/2 inches by 13 inches by 1 inches.


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Page 3The News, September 2011

Buried Loot Mystery

By MATT APUZZO and ALICIA A. CALDWELL,Associated Press Writers

The businessman arrived at the Treasury De-partment carrying a suitcase stuffed with

about $5.2 million. The bills were decompos-ing, nearly unrecognizable, and he asked to swapthem for a cashier's check. He said the money camefrom Mexico.

Money like this normally arrives in an armored truckor insured shipping container after a bank burns or avault floods. It doesn't just show up at the visitor'sentrance on a Tuesday morning. But the banking hab-its of Franz Felhaber had stopped making sense tothe government long ago.

For the past few years, authorities say, he and his

family have popped in and out of U.S. banks, lookingto change about $20 million in buried treasure forclean cash.

The money is always the same decaying $100 billsfrom the 1970s and 1980s.

It's the story that keeps changing:

_It was an inheritance.

_Somebody dug up a tree and there it was.

_It was found in a suitcase buried in an alfalfa field.

_A relative found a treasure map.

No matter where it came from or who found it, thatburied treasure stands to make someone rich.

It could also send someone to jail.

paleontology, travel, technology, and the arts. Hisphotographs have appeared in Readers Digest, Sky &Telescope, Wired, Rock & Gem, Lapidary Journal,Meteorite, Seed, Geotimes and in many othernational and international publications. He has madenumerous TV and radio appearances and is currently

working on a book about his life as a meteoritehunter.

Steve and Geoff co-star with well-known TV personal-ity Becky Worley in the meteorite hunters episode ofThe Best Places to Find Cash & Treasures, which pre-miered on December 19, 2006. They made their PBSdebut in January, 2007 in the new series Wired Sci-ence and are stars of the Science Channel show Mete-orite Men.

Their website is:www.meteoriteadventures.com

Thanks to Eureka Soundoff Newsletter February2010

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2011 LOVELAND STONE AGE FAIRFeaturing Displays of Prehistoric Artifacts

DATESSaturday, September 24 - 9:00 AM to 7:00 PMSunday, September 25 - 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Pulliam Community Building545 Cleveland Ave. Loveland, Colorado

Public is Welcome! Admission is FREE!

Website: http://www.stoneagefair.com/index.html


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"Ninety percent of the politicians givethe other ten percent a badreputation."

- Henry A. Kissinger

TREASURE HUNTERSCODE OF ETHICS

I WILL respect private property and do no treasurehunting without the owner's permission.

I WILL fill all excavations.

I WILL appreciate and protect our heritage of naturalresources, wildlife, and private property.

I WILL use thoughtfulness, consideration, and courtesyat all times.

I WILL build fires in designated or safe places only.

I WILL leave gates as found.

I WILL remove and properly dispose of any trash that I

find.

I WILL NOT litter.

I WILL NOT destroy property, buildings, or what is leftof ghost towns and deserted structures.

I WILL NOT tamper with signs, structural facilities, orequipment.

Gold Glossary

Flour Gold/Gold Dust - Gold that is so fine thatit looks and feels like flour or dust. "The breadand butter of prospecting." Nuggets are just abonus


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Property WantedFor Detector Hunt

RMPTH is looking for private property on which to holdan organized club detector hunt. Obviously, it would bemost ideal if this property is known to have seen some

past historical activity. If you have such property orknow of someone who does, please contact Paul Lange

or Rick Mattingly to plan a club field outing event.

Refreshment Volunteers

September - Barbara SchuldtOctober - Johnny BerndsenNovember - Dave Montoya

Five Years Of Gold

Cached Away

Larimer-Weld County

In the early 1900s, a man came to Fort Collinsand said he was searching for his uncles lost

treasure. He asked about certain terrain features

along the Cache La Poudre. What little he did volun-teer was as follows: In 1857 a group of miners were

returning from California with the accumulated gold

from 5 years of working in the gold fields. The groupcamped near the site of La Porte where they were

attacked by Indians. The gold was buried at the base

of a bluff like terrain feature that looked differentfrom the others. Only one miner escaped, the mans

uncle, who would not have survived if he hadntbeen chanced upon and cared for. The uncle recov-

ered and made it back to his home where he told thestory. Many years had pasted since the day of the

attack and the nephew had decided to spend some

time searching for the gold. He never did find thegold cache and it should still be there somewhere

along the river.

Friendly Metal Detecting Forums Colorado Stories

http://metaldetectingforum.com/

Best Military Quote

"When I joined the military it wasillegal to be homosexual, then it becameoptional, and now it's legal. I'm getting

out before Obama makes it mandatory."

GySgt Harry Berres, USMC


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September 10 Detector Coin & Prize Hunt

Just a few additional notes about the upcoming hunt:

Please follow the directions to the Mioseks provided above and remember that bathroom facilities will be limited. We want tothank Bob and Darlene in advance for opening their property to the club once again for this annual event.

Remember, a fun event like this with good friends is hungry business! So, bring your favorite foods for thepotluck after the hunt. The club will provide eating utensils, plates, cups, napkins, and coffee.

Also, this year we will have a Swap Meet after lunch , so bring your items for sale or trade!

2011 ANNUAL DETECTOR COIN & PRIZE HUNTSATURDAY, September 10, 2010

10:002:00Bob & Darlene Miosek Property

3413 Meining Road Southwest of Berthoud, Colorado

This fun detector hunt is open to all. Cost for active RMPTH members and immediate family will be $10 per adult,$5 for 13-16 of age and no charge for 13 or younger. Fee for non-member adults will be $20 and $10 for

non-member children 16 and younger. The field will be planted with colored pennies which will be redeemed forantique coins, and prizes. This will be a hunt based purely on luck rather than skill, with easy to locate

and recover targets for all.Come join us for a fun hunt and collect your coins and prize finds!

Map to Miosek Property southwest of Berthoud, Colorado2011 Annual Detector Coin Hunt


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Interesting Financial Thought

"But not everyone recommended owning more gold. GaryGibson, the editor of Whiskey and Gunpowder newslet-ter, had an interesting twist. Instead of buying goldcoins, he said we should stock up on nickels. Right now,he said, you can walk into your bank, give them a $100

bill, and receive $120 worth of nickels. Yes, the metalcontent of that lowly coin is actually worth 20 percentmore than its face value."

And theres another plus to owning nickels, Gary toldthe crowd. If youve got $10,000 worth stashed athome and a burglar breaks in, no way is he going to cartoff more than $40 or $50 worth.

From "Fight Or Flight: Which Do You Choose?"August 12, 2011 by Chip Wood

The Only Complete Swiss Army Knife

The sellers claim that this is the largest Swiss Army knife in theworld and is the Guinness World Record holder for the most

multifunctional penknife. It has 87 different tools that canperform up to 112 functions. Some of it's more unique

tools are: cigar cutter, fish disgorger, laser pointer,nail cleaner and magnifying glass. Price: $2,795.

Christmas is coming upGet your order in!

Lucite Hills Gemstone

Outing

P

aul Lange will lead another outing to the LuciteHills of southwest Wyoming to search for gem-stones and relics in September. Pauls work

schedule for September will not be set until next weekso he will announce details and dates for this outingat the September 7th club meeting.


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Calendar of Events

MAP TO TH E MEETING PLACE

Pul l iam Communi t y Bu i ld ing

545 Cleveland Avenue, Loveland, Colorado

Directions:The Pulliam Community Building is situated on the west side of Cleveland Avenue in Loveland,

Colorado. Park at the rear of the building (west side). Entry to the meeting room is fromthe doorway on the south side of the building (not the main entrance on Cleveland Avenue!).

RMPTH DUESRMPTH is an unincorpo-

rated Social Club withno income generated. Allexpenses are covered bydonation. Members arerequested to considerdonating a minimum of$1.00 at each monthlymeeting to cover club

expenses.

September Meet ingWednesday, September 7. We will meet at the PulliamBuilding in downtown Loveland at 7:00PM. Refer tothe adjoining map for directions.

Meeting Agenda6:00 - 7:00 Planning & Social Hour7:00 - 7:30 "Meteorite Presentation by Dr. Robert

Brownlee7:30 - 7:45 Break7:45 - 9:00 Business, Announcements & Find of

the Month Program

NOTICE SEPTEMBER MEETING IS BACK TOOUR NORMAL FIRST WEDNESDAY

SCHEDULE !


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Septem ber 2011Sun Mon Tue W ed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

4 5 6 7RMPTH PlanningSession 6:00PRMPTH Meeting 7:00P

8 9 10Annual DetectorCoin & Prize Hunt

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24Loveland Stone AgeFair

25Loveland Stone AgeFair

26 27 28 29 30

October 2011Sun Mon Tue W ed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 3 4 5RMPTH PlanningSession 6:00PRMPTH Meeting 7:00P

6 7 8

9 10Columbus Day

11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30 31Halloween


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RMPTH Field Outing Statement

NOTE: The Coordinators and participants stay in touchand continue to review and plan upcoming presentationsand outings for the year on a monthly basis. Our editorRick Mattingly needs timely event information for each

issue of The News. Please get information about any par-ticular event to him by the 15th of the month to meet the

printing deadline for the next issue.

Planned trips, outings, activities, and meeting programsare in the newsletter and on line at the clubs website.

Planning is a work in progress and additional outings andactivities are added and sometimes deleted on an ongo-

ing basis. Events planned in the upcoming month areemphasized to the attendees at the monthly meetings.Contact the Presentations Coordinators or Editor if youhave any suggestions or ideas throughout the year for

fieldtrips, outings, and programs.

The best made plans may change at the last minute dueto the illness of the Trail Boss, weather, land access, ve-hicles breaking down, wrong meeting sites, etc. Please

be understanding of extenuating circumstances and con-tact the coordinator or Trail Boss of a specific event ifthere is any question of an event being cancelled or

changed at the last minute.

Field Guide for Prospectors and Geologists

After two years, our book on GOLD - Field Guide forProspectors and Geologists is now finished. It is written to helpprospectors, geologists and the layman understand how and

where to find gold and describes nearly every golddeposit in Wyoming. It is available at the CreateSpace E-store

[https://www.createspace.com/3646838]and has been submitted to Amazon for sale. Or you can visit

our blog on gold panning [http://aupan.blogspot.com/] and clickto access the bookstores or visit our GemHunter

website [http://gemhunter.webs.com/].

Dan Hausel

Deep-sea explorers go to court over $500m treasureAP | May 26, 2011

ATLANTA:Florida deep-sea explorers have asked a federal appeals courtto overturn an earlier ruling that 17 tonnes of treasure recov-

ered from a sunken Spanish galleon belongs to Spain, deepen-ing a long-running battle over a trove worth an estimated $500million that has unfolded not on the high seas but in federalcourtrooms.

Attorneys for Odyssey Marine Exploration asked the three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the"finders keepers" rule that would give the treasure hunters therights to silver coins, copper ingots, gold cufflinks and otherartifacts salvaged about four years ago from the galleon off thecoast of Portugal.

Spain's lawyers countered that US courts are obligated by in-ternational treaty and maritime law to uphold Spain's claim tothe haul.

The ship, called the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, wassunk by British warships in the Atlantic in 1804 while sailing

back from South America with more than 200 people onboard. Odyssey created an international splash in May 2007when it announced that it raised more than 500,000 silvercoins and other artifacts from the wreck and flew the treasure

back to Tampa.

Spain went to the US district court in Tampa, claiming owner-ship while Odyssey disputed the Spanish government's owner-ship of the valuable cargo. A federal judge sided with Spain inJune 2009.

Always ask permission first!


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Ramblings Of A Retired

Mind

I

was thinking about how a status symbol of todayis those cell phones that everyone has clipped ontotheir belt or purse. I can't afford one. So, I'm wear-

ing my garage door opener. I also made a cover formy hearing aid and now I have what they call blueteeth, I think.

You know, I spent a fortune on deodorant before Irealized that people didn't like me anyway.

I was thinking that women should put pictures ofmissing husbands on beer cans!

I was thinking about old age and decided that old ageis 'when you still have something on the ball, but youare just too tired to bounce it.'

I thought about making a fitness movie for folks myage, and call it Pumping Rust'.

I've gotten that dreaded furniture disease. That's whenyour chest is falling into your drawers!

When people see a cat's litter box, they always say,'Oh, have you got a cat?' Just once I want to say, 'No,it's for company!'

Employment application blanks always ask who is tobe notified in case of an emergency. I think youshould write, 'A Good Doctor'!

Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the PostOffice? What are we supposed to do...write to thesemen? Why don't they just put their pictures on thepostage stamps so the mailmen could look for themwhile they deliver the mail? Or better yet, arrest themwhile they are taking their pictures!

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bi-ble a whole lot more as they get older. Then, itdawned on me; they were cramming for their finals.

As for me, I'm just hoping God grades on the curve.

News Regarding The

2011 Detector Coin

HuntRevised!

This September RMPTH will again be holdingour annual Detector Coin Hunt. Since this isprimarily an event for members with detec-

tors, about one half of the cost of the coins and prizesis covered by the club, along with donated prizeitems. The other half is then covered by a small entryfee paid by participants.

The fee for this event for RMPTH members and im-mediate family will be $15 per adult and $10 perchild 13 - 16 years of age. Younger family children arefree.

The discounted fees for pre-payment entry will be $10per adult and $5 per child 13 - 16 years of age.Younger family children are free. Please see RobertCrain to enter this event.

Because it is always a challenge to estimate participa-tion for this event, and the equivalent number ofprizes required, we will be offering a discounted entryfee structure this year for pre-payment. This will alsoassist with the cost of obtaining coins and prize mate-rial prior to the hunt in September. Anyone who optsto take advantage of this pre-payment plan but cannotmake it to the hunt may request a full refund, so you

cant lose on this deal.

Oh, and dont forget the popular Pot-Luck lunch. And,as an added incentive this year, we will be holding aSwap Meet after lunch so start putting together allthose items for swap or sell.

Finally, you do not have to participate directly in thedetector hunt to join in. Should you just wish to ob-serve and participate in the Pot-Luck lunch and SwapMeet, please do so!

Thanks for helping us put on another fun hunt thisSeptember!


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How To Install A Southern Home Security System

1) Go to a second-hand store, buy a pair of men's used size 14-16 work boots.2) Place them on your front porch, along with a copy of Guns & Ammo Magazine.3) Put a few giant dog dishes next to the boots and magazine.

4) Leave a note on your door that reads:

"Hey Bubba, Big Jim, Duke and Slim:

I went for more ammunition. Back in an hour. Don't mess with the pit bulls - they attacked the mailman thismorning and messed him up real bad. I don't think Killer took part in it, but it was hard to tell from all the blood.Any way, I locked all 4 of 'em in the house. Better wait outside.

Cooter"

Paul Mayhak presents the prize from his recent treasure hunt to Tom Warne. Tom put together all of the clues which allowed him tolocate the hunt target with detector in the Loveland park across from the McKee Hospital. The prize was a huge solid silver Maria

Teresa Thaler coin donated by Paul. Thanks for the exciting hunt Paul!


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Gold Glossary

Flumes - Flumes are like sluiceboxes, they do not have rifflesthough and are used solely to

transport water in areas where aditch would be impossible (cliffsides, rocky hillsides).

Symbol: AUAtomic Number: 79

Atomic Weight: 196.967

Melting Point: 1063 (1945 F)Specific Gravity: 19.2

MOHs Scale of Hardness:2.5 - 3

Karat

24K = 100% Pure Gold18K = 75% Pure Gold14K = 58% Pure Gold10K = 42% Pure Gold

Troy Weights

1 grain = 0.0648 grams24 grains = 1 penny

weight (DWT) = 1.552 grams20 DWT = 1 ounce =

480 grains = 31.10 grams

Gold Fac t s

YOURADVERTISEMENTCOULD BE HERE!Call Rick Mattinglyat 970-613-8968or [email protected]

What Is Gold?

Gold, in its purest form, is a malleable, noble, soft metal,yellow in color with a resistance to oxidation or corro-sion, and doesn't tarnish or rust under usual condi-tions. It's English name may come from the Old English wordgeolo, meaning yellow, and its chemical symbol AU may come

from the Latin term Aurum for gold. However, there are manyother opinions about the word's origins.

In gold's uncombined form it has one stable isotope, 118 neu-trons and 79 protons, a nucleus with an atomic mass of 197,and forms alloys with many other metals, most commonly theones nearest to it on the periodic table, It combines most read-ily with copper.

Gold is classified as a "chalcophile", which means that gold hasan affinity for sulphur. However, there are no known combina-tions with sulphur, but several with elements that are related tosulphur, such as tellurium, (known as telluride) and selenium.

Because of this relationship with sulphur, you will find gold as-sociated with chalcopyrite, which is a combination of iron pyriteand copper. Since Gold loves copper so much, all of these ele-ments are often found together in varying amounts.

Another alloy of gold is a combination of gold and silver usually25% silver, but the silver content can be as much as 50%. Thismetal combination is known as electrum, and was used exten-sively in the ancient world for coinage, although not necessarilyfrom a natural state.

That brief explanation of what gold is may not have been all you

wanted to know about it, such as it's chemical symbol, atomicweight, or what percentage of gold is contained in each Karatweight. The tables below are provided to help you find addi-tional information about gold.

Chemical Symbol, Atomic Weight and Number, Melting Point,and Specific Gravity for Gold.

The chemical symbol for gold is Au. Golds atomic number is 79 and its atomic weight is 196.967 Gold melts at 1064.43 Centigrade The specific gravity of gold is 19.3, meaning gold weighs 19.1

- 19.3 times more than an equal volume of water.

Gold TROY WEIGHT EQUIVALENTS to Avoirdupois conversion

1 troy pound = 1,097 ordinary ounces1 troy ounce = 480 grains1 troy ounce = 31.1 grams

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All mistakes and

misspellings wereintentionally made so

that you could have thepleasure of finding them.

Trading Post

About Trading Post

The News runs classified ads in Trading Postfor three consecutive issues. Trading Post ads

for topic related items up to 10 lines (or 70

words) long are free. To place an ad in TradingPost contact Rick Mattingly at (970) 613-8968evenings

or e-mail at: [email protected]

Commerc ia l Adver t is ing

Spec i f ica t ions

(Monthly Donat ion Rate)

Full Page (8 1/2" X 7") $30Half Page (3 1/4" X 7") $20One Third Page (3" X 4") $15Business Card (2 3/4" X 1 1/2") $ 5

Ads must be received by the 15th of thepreceding month. Contact Rick Mattingly for in-

formation on this service at(970) 613-6968 evenings or e-mail at:

[email protected].

FOR SALE: Keene High Banker, includes stand, hoseand 5 HP Briggs and Stratton pump. Great condition,$900.00 or Best Offer. Contact Cindy Bone at (970)669-8247.

FOR SALE: Prospecting equipment: 4" Dredge andmore plus Whites VSAT Gold Detector. ContactHomer at (970) 224-4244

FOR SALE: Two CoilTec coils for MineLab GP or SDSeries: 14" Round Mono, $150.00. 5" x 10" JoeyMono, $75.00. Like New. Plus Shipping. Call (307)886-3937 or Cell (307) 654-1432.

WANTED: Federal or state duck stamps; mint orused. Contact John Hart at (307) 778-3993.

FOR SALE: Garret Treasure Ace 300 Detector.- $225OBO. Contact Roger at (970) 622-0821.

NOTE:Purchase arrangements are between the buyer and

seller only and involves no financial benefit to RMPTH.

"Hunger for gold ismade greater as moregold is acquired."

- Aurelius ClemensPrudentius

Dont forget the Swap Meet at the2011 ANNUAL DETECTOR COIN & PRIZE HUNT

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010


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WEEKEND & SMALL-SCALEMINERS CODE OF ETHICS

I WILLrespect other prospectors claims and not workthose claims without the owners permission

I WILL have on-site all necessary permits and licenses

I WILLbuild fires in designated or safe places only, andin accordance with current State and Federal guidelines

I WILLbe careful with fuels and motor oils and be cog-nizant of their potential destructive effect on the envi-ronment

I WILL remove and properly dispose of all trash anddebris that I find -I will not litter

I WILL be thoughtful, considerate and courteous tothose around me at all time

I WILL appreciate and protect our heritage of naturalresources, wildlife, fisheries and private property, andrespect all laws or ordinances governing prospectingand mining

I WILL NOTremove stream bank material, destroynatural vegetation or woody debris dams, nor dischargeexcess silt into the waterways

I WILL NOT refuel motorized equipment in the stream

I WILL NOT allow oil from motorized

equipment to drip onto the ground or into the water

I WILL NOTprospect in areas closed to prospectingand mining

Offer Your Assistance To AnyOf Our Program Coordinators

1 troy ounce = 20 pennyweights1000 troy ounces = 31.3 kilograms1 gram = .03215 troy ounces1 kilogram = 32.15 troy ounces1 tonne = 32,150 troy ounces1 ordinary ounce = .9115 troy ounces

1 ordinary pound = 14.58 troy ounces1 pennyweight = approx. 1.5 grams

The European gold karat system is a standardizedsystem for determining the percentage of gold contentin jewelry or raw gold, and will tell you how muchgold is in 24k 22k 18k 14k and 10k gold

European Gold Karat System100 % = 1000 fine = 24 karat91.7 % = 917 fine = 22 karat75.0 % = 750 fine = 18 karat

58.5 % = 585 fine = 14 karat41.6 % = 416 fine = 10 karat

http://www.hookedongold.com/articles_of_interest.html

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A bottle of Bayer's Heroin

Between 1890 and 1910 heroin was sold as a non-addictivesubstitute for morphine. It was also used to treat children

suffering with a strong cough.


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Month Meeting Program Trip/Activity

January Club Business and Open Forum No Trip/Activity Scheduled

FebruaryLove Token Coin Presentation

By Rick MattinglyNo Trip/Activity Scheduled

March

Update on Mining Laws, Permits andLand Access for the 2011 ProspectingSeason, What the Future Looks Like.

By Ben Higley, President,Gold Prospectors of Colorado

GPS, Compass & Map Clinic

AprilGold and Platinum in Wyoming

By Wayne Sutherland, WGSClear Creek Gold Panning

MayDetecting Presentation

By Tom Warne

Lets Go Gold Panning On The Arkansas EventProspecting, Detecting & More Clinic at Lions Park -

Advertised and Open to the Public

JuneGold Nugget Shooting Presentation

By Rick MattinglyNugget Shooting Clinic at Lions Park

Eldora Ski Resort Detector Outing

JulyGold Refining Presentation

By David Emslie

Manhattan Ghost Town Detector Outing

Gold Nugget Shooting Outing

AugustCrack & Crevasse Prospecting

By Bryan MorganAmes Monument, Vedauwoo & Wyoming State Museum

Tour

SeptemberMeteorite PresentationBy Dr. Robert Brownlee

Annual Coin & Prize HuntColorado Mineral & Fossil ShowDenver

Lucite Hills Wyoming Gem Outing

OctoberBottle Hunting Presentation

By Rick MattinglyOff-Road Detector & Cache Hunt

NovemberAnnual Show & Tell &

Silent AuctionLocal Detector Outing

DecemberAnnual Find of the Year Awards &

Christmas PartyFlatirons Mineral Club & Model Train Show

Good Hunting in 2011!

Rocky Mountain Prospectors and Treasure Hunters Club2011 Schedule of Events


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Coordinator Paul Lange 1-970-663-5776 [email protected]

Coordinator Robert Crain 1-970-484-6488

Coordinator Bryan Morgan 1-970-416-0608 [email protected]

Coordinator Rick Mattingly 1-970-613-8968 [email protected]

The News Staff

Editor-in-Chief Rick Mattingly 1-970-613-8968 [email protected]

Assistant Editor Dick French 1-970-482-2110 [email protected]

Internet Web Site

Web Master Rick Mattingly 1-970-613-8968 [email protected]

Volunteers/Coordinators

Find of the MonthJoe JohnstonBetsy EmondPaul Mayhak

1-303-696-69501-970-218-02901-970-482-7846

[email protected]

[email protected]

PresentationsPaul LangeJohnny Berndsen

1-970-663-57761-970-667-1006

[email protected]

Club Historian Peggy Stumpf 1-307-632-9945 [email protected]

Club Librarian Joe Johnston 1-303-696-6950 [email protected]

Panning DemosBryan MorganDarrell Koleber

1-970-416-06081-970-669-2599

[email protected]@yahoo.com

Setup &Refreshments

Volunteer Needed!

Door PrizeTom WarneJacob WoottonJohnny Berndsen

1-970-635-07731-970-980-60161-970-667-1006

[email protected]@yahoo.com

General Information Contact: Paul Lange at 1-970-663-5776

Visit RMPTH on the Internet at: http://rmpth.com

Lets Go For The Gold !


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The NewsRocky Mountain Prospectors &Treasure Hunters Club

P.O. Box 271863Fort Collins, CO. 80527-1863

SEPTEMBER, 2011 ISSUE

RMPTH0911 Newsletter

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