BEDROCK-NEWS
THE OFFICICIAL QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE BEDROCK PROSPECTORS CLUB
JULY 2012
MONTHLY MEETING PLACE
1005 West Pioneer Ave.
PUYALLUP MASONIC HALL
HELD ON THE THIRD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Now, doesn’t this look like fun? Our Rendezvous just keeps getting better and better. The weather was great, the food was fantastic, and everyone had a blast. What more can I say. Pictures are a thousand words. This year has been so packed filled with great events, it’s hard to get everything in these few pages. Well in the pages to come we will try to hit the highlights and the rest you will just have to catch on the website. More importantly, with all we have done this season so far, can you believe we’re just getting started. There’s so much more planned for the upcoming months, it’s exciting just thinking about it. Seemed like just a little while ago we were making plans for the gold shows . Well, they’re behind us now. The Monroe, The Cashmere, The Puyallup, The Spokane Gold show and two Cabela’s events, a day with Idlewilde Elementary School and Our Blewett clean up and memorial Wk. end outing. And just a few weeks ago, our Rendezvous. All in the record books now. Now for the upcoming events and outing scheduled. Hmmmm….
Hey ya’ know that little yellow slip of paper that’s coated in plastic you received when you joined this organization. Just consider it your open pass to all of our events to come. Our next great Adventure is just days away so start packing, call in sick, get a sitter for the cat, finish that shopping list, just do whatever it takes so you don’t miss out.
Memorial Day Week End
I decided to leave for Blewett on Wed. afternoon, figuring I would beat the traffic and be assured a good camping space for the week end. Well I got up there around 6:30 pm. Or so and to my surprise there happened to be more than a few members thinking the same thing. The space I wanted was already taken, but did however get a real nice space to set up for the trip. Folks straggled in to the claims all night and thru the next few days. I don’t think there was an empty place to camp left by early Sat. morning.
I spent a lot of time on the creek prospecting and really didn’t get a chance to see and talk to a lot of folks but those I did speak to were all having a good time and were finding the gold. I was privileged to meet a few new members on the water and made a few friends at the same time. I think this was an exceptional week end for finding the gold. It seemed like almost everyone was having at least a little good luck. I know I did.
The weather was about as good as it gets for memorial week end. Yeah, it showered a bit, but nothing to cry about. If you wore a light jacket, you were fine…
We sat around the fire each night telling tales of the day’s events and of plans for the tomorrow. I was amazed of how many folks came to sit at our usual camp fire each night.
Now let’s get to the heart of the trip……The Pot Luck Supper….. Or should I say “POT LUCK EVENT!”… 15 or 20 people make for a nice pot luck dinner but counts of the high 50’s were repeated thru this night. This was an event. And the food, those who missed it, well, what can I say… Big Mistake. There were three tables full of food to choose from and like the expression goes “ If you left this dinner hungry, it’s your own fault”…. Now please remember, all those who participated in this event. At the Pot Luck, you were asked not to forget to fill out those work sheets and hand them in to any board member so we may get credit with BLM for them. This is very important and insures our requirements to keep our claims active.
To all who participated in the event, may I say Thanks for making this outing a fantastic success .
Our Blewett Pot Luck
Our Prez. playing on Scotty Creek
Memorial Wk. End our Scotty Creek Claims
OUR SPRING RENDEVOUS
Sat. June 9th was our annual club rendezvous or should I say flea market/swap meet/pot luck event. Weather held out just fine and our advertising must of done the trick because I think the parking lot was full all day long. We all had a great time and to add to the day. We invited Cascade treasure Hunting Club (one of our local metal detecting clubs ). To join in with us and hold a metal detecting contest which we opened up to the public. This put the day way over the top for it being a huge success. There were two contests. One for the kids, and then, one for adults. Our own Mike Zeka won first place, winning a new White’s Bullseye Pinpointer II. Way to go Mike! Cascade held a silver dollar raffle and I think one of our members won that as well. Bills grandson won the candy jar guess raffle and glen won the adult candy jar guess raffle…. Oh, and Bedrock held a gold nugget raffle and the winner was, huh!, Mmmmm. Oh yeah, ME! …I am pretty sure all the kids who participated in the contest went home with prizes and lots of coins.
Now this was a potluck luncheon and there was no shortage of good food on this day. Let me tell you! Richard worked the grill with a little coaching from our Bill Addy, those Hot dogs and hamburgers flew off the grill for most of the afternoon..
All through the day, I saw items bought and lots of things sold. Lots of happy faces. I got a great deal on some cast iron cooking things we really needed and a decent pair of hip waders. There was a huge variety of things up for sale or trade and a lot of great deals to be had.
We have to thank a few people for keeping this event flowing nicely, whether it be on the outside or in the kitchen. Shawn, Sandy, Glen, Mike, Doug, Richard, Kathy, Jim and Kathy and Bill. A job well done would be an understatement. SO let’s just say “THANKYOU”. I know there were more who helped out but, I don’t know every one yet. You folks know who you are. Thanks for all you help and support.
Again, another day where if you missed this, BIG MISTAKE! We will remember this one for a long time to come.
A Great Outing Rendezvous Our Junior Contestants Rendezvous
Our Chefs Rendezvous Swap Meet
Super Raffle Winners List So Far….
Phase one of our huge raffle is now over. We pulled 13 tickets at the Spokane GPAA gold show. We had the GPAA representatives at the show pull the tickets. Our trips have all been awarded along with a few unadvertised merchandise prizes. We just have so many prizes we had to start giving them out. Don’t worry!, there’s so many more prizes left, including more prizes not even advertised. Now tickets are still available for the next phase of this Incredible Raffle, so don’t be shy, let us know how many you need and maybe you will be one of our lucky winners of over a still amazing 30 some prizes.
This is the list of winners from Phase 1.
Keith West of Kettle Falls The GPAA 5 DAY TRIP
Roger Putnam of Moses Lake The 49er’s 5 DAY TRIP
John Maguire of Olympia The MINELAB 200.00 GIFT CERT.
Lila Millard of Wash. The SEATTLE DREDGE TRIP
David Urick of Camas, Wa. The MEMBERSHIP AND JACKET
Dan Newman of Livingston, Mt. A LOADED BACK PACK
Marion LaTuiouletpe of Republic,Wa. WHITE’S BULLSEYE PINPOINTER
Sid Elkins of Parkland, Wa. The APEX PICK
Bill Van Slyke of Spokane,Wa. LOST TREASURE SUBSCRIPTION
Ugene Tucksen of Snohomish,Wa. LOST TREASURE SUBSCRIPTION
Don Stevens of Snohomish, Wa. LOST TREASURE SUBSCRIPTION
We had a nice young lady who won a 200.00 MINELAB CERTIFICATE that got so excited at the show, it was all we could do to get her photo. She handed us her winning ticket and I received the wrong side, so we didn’t even get a chance to get her name. Well congratulations to her anyway, as well as all the others.
So like I said, there’s lots and lots of prizes still left and you still have a really good chance of taking home a great prize so get your tickets and maybe we will be drawing your name at the next show, which is the Resources Coalition, Liberty Miners Rally in August……
ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO ALL WHO TOOK TIME OUT TO WORK THE GOLD SHOWS AND SELL THESE RAFFLE TICKETS.
2012 Bedrock Prospectors Officers and Board Members
President Richard Holcomb 253-359-5890
Vice
President Doug Irish 206-824-9232
Secretary Glenn Simmons 360-893-4464
Vice
Secretary Shawn Cosgrove 253-389-4429
Treasurer Bill Willette 253-581-2342
Vice
Treasurer Sandy Cosgrove 253-389-4429
Board Members
Dennis Schmitt 253-225-1976
Richard Dusatko 360-895-0513
Patti Irish 206-824-9232
Ken Denny 253-230-1779
Jack Rikansrud 253-884-4346
Jack Ragusa 253-301-1558
Sargent at Arms
Ron Ocheltree 253-208-8558
Claims Chairman
Jim Curtiss 360-427-7210
Membership Chairman
Bill Addy 253-922-6138
Membership Drawing
Jack Addy 253-475-4554
Webmaster
Ron Larson 253-850-0699
Raffle
Mike Zeka 253-503-7857
OUR CLAIM WORK REPORT SHEETS
Now any members spending any time up at any one of our claims, please fill out one these sheets for us. It’s very simple to do and takes only a minute and it insures we keep our claims active. They can be handed in to any board member at any time. We thank all who have already filled one out. Remember you can fill out as many as you need and for each time you spend a little time at any claim till the end of the year.
OUR UPCOMING EVENTS CALENDAR
June 20125 Board Meeting
9 Rendezvous 9 A.M.—6 P.M.
16 Waddell Creek Outing
18 Club Meeting / July 2012
1 Naches Opens
3 Board Meeting
7-8 Weekend outing including:
Season Opener Picnic, work party
Quartz Creek
14-15 Naches
16 Club Meeting
21-22 Cabelas
(Class Topic - History of Placer Mining)
28-29 Naches
August 2012
1 Blewett Opens
4-5 Blewett/Crystal Mt.
7 Board Meeting
11-12 Cabelas (TBD)
15 Naches Closes
17-18-19 Washington Jam Scouts
@ JBLM (Ft. Lewis)
20 Club Meeting
24-25-26 Resources Coalition Rally @ Liberty, Washington / September 2012
1-2 Blewett
4 Board Meeting
15-16 Blewett
17 Club Meeting
October 2012
2 Board Meeting
2 Board Meeting
13 First Breakfast (Johnnies at Fife)
15 Club Meeting/Nominations for Officers g
13 First Breakfast (Johnnies at Fife)
15 Club Meeting/Nominations for Officers / November 2012
6 Board Meeting
10 Breakfast (Johnnies at Fife)
19 Club Meeting/Elections
22 Happy Thanksgiving
December 2012
Note: NO BOARD OR CLUB MEETING IN DECEMBER:
8 Christmas Party
22 Breakfast/ Christmas Family Delivery
24 Christmas Eve
25 Merry Christmas / January 2013
1 Happy New Year
8 Board Meeting
12 Breakfast (Johnnies at Fife)
21 Club Meeting
Our Ongoing Saga With The Blewett Bridge Construction
News Flash! Latest update from Chelan County is that the bridge will be open until the second week of July. After that, it will be a day by day. We can’t guarantee anything after the first week to be safe. So watch the Bedrock web page for any news closer to the 10th of July.
Our Naches Claim Outing July 7th and 8th
Well we blew the lid off the Blewett outing with a record attendance. Now, Can lightning strike twice? Here’s where we combine our work week end with a club picnic and a little prospecting and a whole lot of fun. Again, we’re asking our members, who ever can attend, we need as many to come out and play. Again we’re asking for those who attend to fill out those pesky work report sheets for BLM compliances. So if you can come, Let us know. Let’s all set another record outing…..
Washington Scouts Jamboree Aug. 17th 18th 19th
We will be looking for volunteers to help work out Gold trailer at this outing. This means a lot to the scouts and they are depending on us to put on a great display. So let’s not disappoint them. If you have some time you can spare helping out, please let us know.
Resources Coalition Miners Rally at Liberty. Aug. 24th 25th 27th
Our huge 2012 Raffle finally comes to an end. This is our last big event for the year and should prove to be another record setting outing for the club. Here’s where we get to give all those great prizes we’ve been hauling around all year a way. Who will be the lucky winners of the Gold Cube or the Keene Concentrator? Come on out and maybe it’s you! As long as you buy a ticket, that is.
Good Luck…
That’s what we’re looking for!
Rendezvous 2012