HookedonGold Gazette 10/31-08

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $723.70
· Spot price last Gazette: $733.40
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Calendar of Events
OCTOBER
· 1st – Arkansas River is now closed to motorized equipment until March 1st
· 8th – GPOC General Meeting
· 13th – Columbus Day
· 31st – Halloween

Have a ghoulishly good time!!!!!! BWAAHAHAHAHHAH!

NOVEMBER
· 2nd End of Daylight Savings Time
· 4th ELECTION DAY Get out and VOTE!
· 11th Veterans Day
· 12th GPOC Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.
· 27th THANKSGIVING
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NEWS

Hey all you gold ghosts and goblins! We have good weather in the forecast tonight, so you can troll for tricks or treats without your heavy coats here in Denver. In case you think you are on the wrong blog, you aren’t. I just thought I would have a little color fun today since it IS Halloween, and all, and I have learned so much in the last three years running Hooked on Gold! Yes, that’s right. We celebrated our third year of being online in October. (Looks like the black background and white text may not copy to blogger. BUMMER!!!! It looked FAB in Word!)

Check out the new gadgets in the side bar. Yeah, the one where you can subscribe to the rss feed and the one where you can be one of our “followers” just like on the social bookmarking sites. Of course, if you want to read anonymously, you can still do that, too. You can also catch me on Facebook.

The news seems to be all politics with the election looming next Tuesday, but I did pick up a few interesting mining tidbits this past week. Newmont reported their third quarter down and ExxonMobile was up…..way up. Their third quarter profit was reported at nearly 15 billion dollars. Lot of money, but the interesting thing I heard about this figure is the amount on TAXES they paid on that profit. Are you ready????? 32 Billion dollars. That’s right. They PAID more than twice the amount reported in profits, in taxes to Uncle Sam. The other thing that is never discussed is the amount of that profit that goes into exploration; 6.9 billion dollars for this next quarter.

And just what IS going on with the price of gold these days? I have been watching this past week as platinum sells for under $100 more than gold. Anybody seen copper lately? I didn’t check today, but is has been under $2.00 for some time, now. Stocks seem to think we are out of the woods…..or is that just wishful thinking on the part of bulls before the other shoe drops. Can’t say. Don’t know.

I’ve been very busy learning some new software programs this past week or so, and will be spending time with them as the next month goes by. They should help you find me better in the search engines when I am done, as well as a few new projects I will be starting. This past week was busy trying to lend a hand to a son who will be out of the country for the next three and a half months. He’ll have some golden memories, I am sure, when he gets back to share. We will celebrate Thanksgiving/Christmas with him and the family tomorrow, and wish him bon voyage.

Here is your first DIY link for the winter. Rocker Box: Rocker Box
http://www.goldprospectors.org/pdf/ROCKERBOXPLANS.PDF#search=%22rocker%20box%22
If the link will not open, copy and paste it into your browser and press the “go” button.

There is so much to comment on this week about gold and its future that I don’t have the space for it. I suggest you go to http://www.kitco.com/ and read some of the commentary going on. Really interesting to see what they are saying.

The new metal detector is out from Whites that mimics the Minelab. Only trouble is, is that it will not find most of Colorado’s gold. It has the same problem Minelab does, it won’t find some of our types of deposits as they don’t register on the Minelab or the new Whites as a solid target. Whites asked a local to review it and they were not pleased with the findings. A sample of the gold it won’t find was sent to Whites, and, sure enough, the new one won’t pick it up. If you are searching for gold in Colorado you might want to consider sticking with the GMT or the MXT. Save the new Whites and the minelab for where you can find gold that is in a more solid mass, not the wires, crystals and flake found in most of our deposits. Oh, the GMT and MXT pick those up too, just not at the depth of the new Whites or the Minelab. But then, these two cannot see this type of gold at all….even right under the coil.

That's all I got for this week. Stay tuned, and until next week.......


Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley (MQS)

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Hooked on Gold Gazette 10/24/08

Next Friday is HALLOWEEN! Time for the spooks and goblins

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $733.40
· Spot price last Gazette: $782.90
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Calendar of Events
OCTOBER
· 1st – Arkansas River is now closed to motorized equipment until March 1st
· 8th – GPOC General Meeting
· 13th – Columbus Day
· 31st – Halloween

NOVEMBER
· 2nd End of Daylight Savings Time
· 4th ELECTION DAY Get out and VOTE!
· 11th Veterans Day
· 12th GPOC Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.
· 27th THANKSGIVING
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NEWS

Who would have thought we would have seen near $700 gold prices this year. Even more startling is the fact that platinum has closed this week at $794.00. That’s right…..gold traded higher early last week than platinum is bringing this week. AND they are up from yesterday.

The Whites V/Sat metal detector was interesting last weekend to run, but it will take some getting used to, as I expected. Didn’t find much in the way of gold, and it is looking like it will be our last trip this season. Since our youngest is bound for the Philippines in about 10 days, we will spend his last two Saturdays with him in Greeley. The weekend after will take us to Longmont for a big family picture, as well as the Gem Show being in town. Then Larry will be on call the weekend after that. Pretty much ends our season for us. I am still hearing about trips being made to Cache Creek to find gold, and some exploring that is going on, and as long as the weather holds and the banks don’t freeze, people will still be taking gold out of there until the last day of November.

We saw pictures of a real nice $2.50 gold coin this past week, at Gold ‘N’ Detectors. It was found a few weeks ago with a metal detector and is in very good condition with sharp edges and images. Finder didn’t say where, of course, but he had also found another coin with it.

News is scarce right now, or maybe it is the amount of time I am using to learn a new software program and a script for a new store format. It DOES seem like the magazines are piling up for me to read. Oh, well, they will have to wait until I have time. It’s about time to start running the links again to DIY equipment. Stay tuned each week as I post one or two with the newsletter.

We will have fabulous weather here for the next couple of days before it turns cold just in time for Halloween. Yeah, that’s right. It’s almost “All Hallows Eve” already. Happy Birthday Marsha!!!! She isn’t a witch, ‘cause her B.D. is the day before. That means next Saturday is All Saints Day, Sunday is the end of Daylight Savings, Monday we get a break, and Tuesday we decide who will run our country for the next four years. Busy week! GET OUT AND VOTE!!! IT MATTERS!!!!!

Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley (MQS)

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Do you Think There Might Be Gold in the Philippines?

Scubba driving for gold?
Naw, that's not an underwater metal detector!

I got blindsided last night by my youngest son. (Yeah, for those of you who know him, that's Matt) He called to say that his company is sending him to the Philippines to help train some classes there for AT&T. Exciting and golden opportunity for him, yes. But here's the kicker.......he is leaving Nov. 3rd......and he won't be back until the middle of February. Yup, he'll miss Thanksgiving, Christmas AND his birthday with us. He was more astounded by that than I was, and I told him that life doesn't always give you opportunities on your terms....that it takes you somewhere and you just have to go regardless of whether the timing is convenient for you or not. So, he is getting his passport, and shots, and trying to figure out what to pack and what to wear, and how to pay his bills while he is gone. Fortunately he will be there during the drier and cooler? part of the tropical year. Humidty in the 90's and he's used to Colorado and Arizona. What a change!

Gold is down today at $730 right now!!!!! Are you still finding gold? We are still finding a little bit, but not much.

Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley MQS

Hooked on Gold Gazette 10/17/08

YES, I vant to suck your blood! I need it to go gold prospecting in the high mountains. HEH HEH HEH!

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $782.90
· Spot price last Gazette: $849.90
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Calendar of Events
OCTOBER
· 1st – Arkansas River is now closed to motorized equipment until March 1st
· 8th – GPOC General Meeting
· 13th – Columbus Day
· 31st – Halloween

NOVEMBER
· 2nd End of Daylight Savings Time
· 4th ELECTION DAY Get out and VOTE!
· 11th Veterans Day
· 12th GPOC Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.
· 27th THANKSGIVING
_______________________________________
NEWS

Who would ever have thought that the dollar would strengthen so much with all that is going on with the financials here, but that is what is happening to keep gold prices sliding downward. Of course, anyone who follows currencies had a glimmer of what would happen, but to see gold slide this far when so many thought it would be up by now is strange.

The new Gold Prospectors of Colorado officers for ’09 are…….(drumroll)……the same people as last year. I am dumbfounded. Now, I know Eric had decided not to run again this year, so what happened? Is there no one out there willing to let this man get on with his life? Ya, know…..if no one is willing to take the reins of this club soon, what is to become of it? Eric cannot go on being its’ president forever. This will be his fourth year. Even politicians have term limits. Maybe its’ time GPOC did, too.

We have word from the BLM office that they are working on next year’s plan for Cache Creek. They will try to coordinate efforts among two agencies and GPOC to get a porta potty in there next year. Also, we are working on having several retired and interested persons rotate weeks during most of the prospecting season and act as “camp hosts” to assist anyone new to prospecting and help clear up any misunderstandings of rules and regulations for the area. Hopefully this will also help to keep trouble down to a minimum. (We need to come up with another name for these people). The BLM is planning on doing some more tree management next fall, and digging out the beaver pond that has filled up with silt.

I have finally been convinced to buy a “big” metal detector. I love working with my Falcon, but everyone says I need to use a “real” detector. Now, I didn’t go out and get a fancy MXT, ‘cause Larry runs one of those and we can’t use them together. I also, did not get a GMT, as too many other people also use that one and they can’t be used near one another. I opted for what everyone used to use, a Whites V/SAT. It’ll do what I need it to and I won’t be running up and down hillsides with it, so it should be OK for where I will use it. I have trouble swinging them for more than two hours, so after that, I can go back to what I was doing before. Is everybody happy, now?

As I mentioned in an earlier blog, stuff happened today, as it often does, to keep me busy enough I could not get to the newsletter before now. Sorry it is late. As many of you know, I like to get it out around 4:00. However, better late than never, they say. We will have fabulous weather here for the next couple of days before it turns cold. Until next week.........

Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley

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Gazette

Hey, guys.

Stuff happened. Newsletter will get posted around 7:00, so check back later.

Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley

NEW! RSS Feed Added to the Prospectors Blog

Mt Elbert has snow on it, again, and two ski resorts are opening today. Gold Prospecting season is definitely winding down here in Colorado.

It has been chilly here in Denver the past few days, and the house has been wanting some heat. However, I'm stubborn, and try not to turn the furnace on until around Halloween. I have been working on the metal detecting blog for you, and also got a reminder from Rock and Gem that my deadline for a January article is coming up SOON!

I've been reading that Blogger has an RSS feed that can be added to a blog, and I have finally had time to investigate it further. I should be in the "Links" at the bottom of each blog posting. This posting is to see if I can activate it and get it to work right. If so, I have an opportunity to post it to the RSS feed sites. That means that more gold prospectors will be able to find this blog and hookedongold.com.

We have had contact with the BLM about next year's plans for Cache Creek. The office is very busy right now, but they do have a vision in place and I will let you know what it is as soon as I know.

No one from GPOC has let me know who the new officers are for '09, yet, but then I've been too busy to even send an e-mail, either. Ever have a great idea, but have all the support stuff not cooperate? Well, that's where I am this week. I have a line on a full size metal detector for myself, and we may have the 2 1/2 inch proline dredge sold. (Anyone who knows me, knows that I use a Falcon to detect with, AND knows the technique I use, too. Do I find gold? You bet 'cha!) All for now. As always,

Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley Weilnau (MQS)

P.S. The new RSS feed link can be accessed at the bottom of the blog, or by clicking on the "Links To" at the bottom of each blog in the tags and then finding it at the bottom of the page it brings up. I'll work on getting the widget on the template later. Gott run! TTFN

Hooked on Gold Gazette 10/10/08

Dillon Reservoir a couple of weeks ago. The beetles have taken their toll on the lodge pole pine trees, as you can see.

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $849.90
· Spot price last Gazette: $834.80
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Calendar of Events
OCTOBER
· 1st – Arkansas River is now closed to motorized equipment until March 1st
· 8th – GPOC General Meeting
· 13th – Columbus Day
· 31st – Halloween

NOVEMBER
· 2nd End of Daylight Savings Time
· 4th ELECTION DAY Get out and VOTE!
· 11th Veterans Day
· 12th GPOC Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.
· 27th THANKSGIVING
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NEWS - LINKS MAY NOT BE LIVE - COPY AND PASTE INTO YOUR BROWSER

Wow. What can be said about what is going on in the markets this week? Gold advanced into the $936 range and then back down. The dollar is up and the Euro is sliding. And the stock markets of the world are near crash mode. On a better note, I am slathering on golden Orange Ginger body lotion and breathing in the aroma deeply so I can go to one of my happy places until this mess sorts itself out. (You can get that at Bath and Body Works if you’d like to give it a try).


News this past week included some about the dredge piles in Breckenridge that the city bought last year and put into their “Open Space” program. According to one of the Planning Committee members, classifying the rocks and removing the dirt that bears gold is not allowed. Neither is gold panning or sluicing allowed. There are several people who are trying to get involved with modifying this attitude, but until we can resolve this issue, you cannot prospect for gold in the dredge piles that are in Breckenridge’s Open Space. The Denver club was successful in getting Jefferson County to allow our gold prospecting activities in their open space a few years ago, so this issue is not closed. Give us some time to work on it and perhaps next season we will have better news about it. (Dang, it’s a bunch of rocks, people!)


I noticed that the goldnstore page is not showing, so I will be spending a little time to see what is up with that. I purchased a shopping cart this past week, and as soon as I can get that working, I’ll be replacing it anyway. It’s a wonder that someone hasn’t told me about it before now.


Also, I was online this past week and watched as someone tried to send for panning tips and DIY bucket classifier instructions without a name or e-mail address to send it to. Folks, you can give me any name you want……Fido will do, but unless I have an e-mail address to send the request to, you can’t get it. I had to watch as this person sent the form in 4 times within 5 minutes. Honestly, I don’t want your e-mail address so I can send you a bunch of stuff you don’t want. I DO wish that some of you would respond to this blog and tell people you don’t get spammed by me. Please? You can post a comment at the bottom of this blog and it will go to get moderated by me and then posted. I only moderate so that I don’t have someone posting profanity I don’t have control over.


Did you find any gold this past week? How about this past summer? Respond to any of the blogs that are about finding gold, and it will get posted for others to read. I don’t care where you found your gold, just give a few lines about what you found in what state. You don’t need to give away your special spot or anything.


Have you visited any of the gold prospecting AUCTION pages? You’ll find 4 of them under AUCTIONS on the menu bar. E-Bay has a lot to offer you for really good prices. Check them out for Christmas and buy something that your favorite prospector would love to have.


Well, our golden fall weather is getting pretty cold today and the weekend looks like it will be pretty chilly, too. Kinda puts a hold on all of our gold prospecting activities, but we are hopeful that November will give us a few nice days to go looking for gold. I know for those in Australia, their season is winding down, too, as most of it is done in the winter months when weather isn’t so HOT. Halloween is just around the corner, and that means Christmas isn’t far behind. Gold and Sterling Silver Jewelry is a great gift for anyone on your list. Until next week, as always,


Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley

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If you find a broken link, please let us know
THE ARKANSAS RIVER is now closed TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT until April 1st.
_______________________________________
Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley Weilnau
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More Cache Creek Pictures

Ah....a few more scenes from Cache Creek to help you get over your 401K anxiety


Our resident "beggar"



The BLM marked campfire wood to be used in the area. This stuff has aspen canker and beeltes in it, so DO NOT REMOVE IT FROM THE AREA. You will spread the diseases.



Some of the tree removal that was done in the area.


This sure has turned out to be a wild week in the markets. Gold is up over $900 today. We are looking at some cooler temps in the Denver area this weekend as a cold front moves in from out of Alaska. I heard that the high yesterday in Fairbanks we 29 degrees....average is 40. After one of their coldest summers on record, we could be in for a cold winter here as well. Much of our winter weather comes down the jetstream from Alaska.

Did you see the trees that were removed from Cache Creek by the BLM and GPOC members late in September? The BLM is planning on removing more next spring. You can use the wood stacked around for your campfire, but DO NOT REMOVE IT FROM THIS AREA! It is diseased and you will carry that to wherever you take it and it will spread among healthy trees. Ft. Collins is having a time with the beetles that have come out of the mountains with wood that people have brought back with them. While we LOVE the golden Aspens, they simply do not look the same with the pine trees dead. I'll put up some of the pictures I took a couple of weeks ago with the Apsens and the dead lodgepoles in the Dillon area. Pretty sad.

The cold is beginning to bring the gold propsectors back out of the mountains. We spent a fridge day up high last weekend end. Needed a hot bath afterward to warm back up! Found a bit of gold, too, but not much to write home about. Still, and enjoyable day in the Rockies. As always....

Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley Weilnau (MQS)

Hooked on Gold Gazette 10/03/08

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Pyrite Panner $8.00, Geode & Pewter Figures $15.00

Geode $32.00, Amethyst Wagon Wheel $26.00

Sluice Box and Blue Agate $45.00

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· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $834.80
· Spot price last Gazette: $877.80
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Calendar of Events
OCTOBER
· 1st – Arkansas River is now closed to motorized equipment until March 1st
· 8th – GPOC General Meeting
· 31st – Halloween

NOVEMBER
· 2nd End of Daylight Savings Time
· 4th ELECTION DAY Get out and VOTE!
· 11th Veterans Day
· 12th GPOC Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.
· 27th THANKSGIVING
_______________________________________
NEWS

So how about that gold swing this week, eh? Up around 925 again and then back to where it is now. There was better news with Wachovia today as they accepted a buy out from Wells Fargo that did NOT include Federal money.

OK, it does look pretty bad out there, but few of us remember the G.D., so I thought I would share a list I saw earlier this week with you.

In the crash of 1929 the Dow Jones industrials plunged 40% in two months; this time around it has taken a year to fall 22%.
The jobless rate jumped to 25% by 1933; it is little more than 6% today.
The gross domestic product shrank by 25% during the early 1930s; it is up over 3% during the past year.
Consumer prices fell by about 30% from 1929 to 1933; and the last time I looked they were still rising.
Home prices dropped more than 30% during the Depression vs. about 16% today.
Some 40% of all mortgages were delinquent by 1934 compared with 4% today.
In the 1930s, more than 9,000 banks failed compared with fewer than 20 over the past couple of years.

AND gold was priced at $17.00 an ounce. There are pictures of lines of people on the South Platte here in Denver panning for gold or using sluice boxes to eke out some gold dust to buy a loaf of bread during the Great Depression, and accomplishing it. Colorado has weathered these things pretty well over the years, and I expect we will this time, too. Gold and Silver do well in times of crises, so I would suggest you find you some or buy a few bullion coins just in case. Heck, they’re nice just to collect!

Hey, has anybody been watching platinum lately? It closed today at $962.00 with news that the auto industry will require less platinum for car production. Build fewer cars with catalytic converters, and what cha think happens to the price of platinum? Copper is way down, too, what with fewer homes being built. Maybe those copper thieves will leave homes being built alone for a while. Oh, yah. There ARE none.

There was one other important thing I saw. Spending and money bills are required by the constitution of the United States to be introduced by the House of Representatives. So how come the spending bill that just passed today was started in the Senate? Has the Senate overstepped their authority? They also put in provisions to prevent the judiciary from prosecuting them or the Secretary of Finance. I’m pretty sure they only did that ‘cause they know it was illegal for the Senate to start this bill. Remember that both your Presidential candidates voted FOR this bill.

Is this good for gold? Most analysts say most probably. The dollar is up, though, and gold is back down. How long can that happen after 1 trillion additional dollars have been printed? Some are saying this is stop gap until the new administration is in office. I don’t know, but I still think I’ll buy a few more gold coins for Christmas.

GPOC’s regular meeting will be this next Wednesday night, and they will be electing their next year’s offices. I know that our present President will be leaving us and want to say what a most excellent job he has done for us the past three years. Eric Vesterby has to be one of the all time great presidents GPOC has ever had. I have been a member for about 18 years, and I have to say, things have run pretty smoothly under his wing. His cool head when things got tough to handle, and his all around command of things has served us well. We will miss your leadership, your good nature, your patience and above all your friendship to all who are members of this organization. Maybe now you can find the time to go prospecting with everyone who has asked you over the years, and you could not find time for, with all your commitments and duties for GPOC. Our next president has very big boots to fill.

And now, I will return you to your regular program and say farewell until next week. I won’t promise my soapbox will be put away, what with all the political stuff going on, but I will try to bring you some interesting news that does pertain to gold and prospecting, as well as your daily life. I’ll be working with the store pages this week, getting pictures up and links solidified. I could not believe I was putting up the November calendar today and seeing how close it is to Thanksgiving. That means Christmas is around the corner and you will be looking for gifts for that special prospector in your life. We still have a wonderful supply of prospector scenes to choose from, and if we run out here, we can have one delivered to you a couple of days later than I can get them to you from my house. My supplier is really fast on deliveries. Anyone looking for gold nugget jewelry can visit the jewelry pages found under goldnstore as subpages on the menu on that page. I will also be updating the calendars I have on Cafepress to ‘09’s with new pictures. That’s it for this week.


Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley

Google has begun running third party ads and is requiring adsense sites to include information about this change on their websites. You can read about this on our Privacy Policy page.

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If you find a broken link, please let us know
THE ARKANSAS RIVER is now closed TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT until April 1st.
_______________________________________
Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley Weilnau
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A Golden Fall in Colorado

HERE THEY ARE AS PROMISED Golden Fall Aspens in Colorado

WOW! What a contrast of gold and green!

Gold and Orange Apsens

Golden Aspens against Crystal Blue Skies

We found a lot of Aspens with a Cherry Red tinge

A Golden Canope above your head

Golden Aspens with the Promise of Winter the Background

Ok, I promised I would post the Aspen pictures today, and so I am doing that for you to see the beautiful scenes we saw this past weekend in the Cache Creek area. People were still running all over the piles and digging in the pits and finding gold. New gold panners came in for a lesson, and highbankers and sluice boxes were running full tilt. Water is still not an issue in the area and people are taking advantage of the wonderful weather while they can. We took a walk to check out some more areas and to possibly find another area to find gold. Several are looking good! While the V.P. candidates debate this evening, I'm sitting here putting up pictures and getting a word or two to you while I listen to what they have to say. I have a report on our metal detecting trip for next week, so stay tuned to see what we did and what we found, and a few pictures.

Crisp air is on its' way this next week, so be sure you have that jacket if you are out in the field. We will be on our way out our door on Saturday to find gold in the high country. After spending a couple of days sitting with my youngest grandson, and then back home to try to begin to get the house under control after a summer of being out and about, I will be ready to get out into the field this weekend to find some more gold. This winter may have a lot of cleaning and separating.......and I just MIGHT clean and separate stuff in the HOUSE, too. LOL! Newsletter tomorrow.

Good Prospecting to You,

Shirley Weilnau

Highbanking Cache Creek for Gold

Finding gold at Cache Creek the first week in September. Warm, sunny days were with us as well as some mighty fine company.

Here are Sam and Larry at the end of the second day with the hole opened up twice what it was.

There are the two 'bankers side by side. The one on the right is the 15 year old and the one on the left saw its' second year.

We struck water on day four.

Last Day. Boy are we tired!!!

I got to make a golden visit to sit with my youngest grandson Monday and Tuesday this week while his daycare sitter has shoulder surgery, so I’m a little late getting to the blog. I wanted to tell you more about our highbanking trip early in September, AND get some gorgeous fall pictures posted, with all the golds, oranges, and reds of the aspens. Oh, yeah, some gold prospecting pictures, too.

We actually did end up with 5 really wonderful days for highbanking. I’m gonna have to hold back a bit, though, as Rock and Gem magazine wants me to write a couple of articles for them on gold prospecting this next year, and this trip will be one of them. Can’t send them anything that was published anywhere else, either, so I’ll have to be careful with my wording and what pictures I use. I can tell you that our old level in the big hole got buried under a ton of rock and ‘banker tailings, so we were not able to work on the level that produced so much gold for us last year. However, someone dug under the little tree we had spent over a year trying to keep people out of and toppled it over. So, we decided to take the rest of the material out from under it. We spent the beginning of each day throwing off rock for an hour before we could even dig. If your aren’t doing that, too, your not securing your site from rocks falling in on you. DO NOT DIG UNDER THE ROCKS WITHOUT THROWNG THEM OFF!!! We REALLY do not want to dig you out or to hear that someone has been buried under them.

Anyway, after we secured the work area, we began digging out the dirt that was under the rocks down to the first clay layer and found decent color. A few bigger pieces came out, as you saw in the blog that was posted while we were away. However, the gold volume was a third (yes, you read me right ONE THIRD) what we took out last year on the level that is even with the creek. We even dug down to try to find it again and hit water. It’s still there, but it will probably be next year before we get it uncovered again. In the mean time, we want all of you to make sure you process all that stuff on top so we don’t have as much shoveling to do when we get back to it. And don’t be digging any further down in the gravels,’ cause WE WANTS IT ALL!!!!! LOL!

We also hear that the BLM will be removing a few more trees next year, but we guess it might be quite q few what with all the pines infested with those D****** beetles. The Dillon area looked grim when we went through there this last weekend with the trees already shedding their needles. One lightning strike will have the forests of Colorado consumed in a fire that will probably e impossible to stop. The wildlife will not be able to escape, either. And so now you know what Mother Nature really thinks, don’t you.

I have an announcement to make to all of you. The site is getting high enough rankings in the search engines that I am getting requests for paid onsite advertising. You’ll see some text links that go to external sites that have paid me a fee to link them. Most of them are relevant to the words, but a few have requested odd text links, so don’t be surprised if you get taken somewhere you didn’t want to go. I will try to make them as relevant as possible, but you know how it goes in the advertising biz, and, besides, it makes a couple of bucks for me to put toward the hosting fees for the site.

That’s about it for today. I should have another blog posting for you before Friday. The newsletter will probably have a bit of commentary, (I’ll keep it brief, don’t worry), about some of the information I found on the bailout, etc. this past week. Oh, and any of you who think you would get $425,000 if the government gave the AIG bailout to you, buy a new calculator, ’cause the one you used to check it out with isn’t working any better than the one the person who started this nonsense used. Oh, you say you didn’t check the numbers? And you though it was only politicians that lied. Silly you.

Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley Weilnau (That’s Madam Queen, to you) MQS

P.S. Didn't get the Fall pictures up, cause they're still in the camera!!!!!