HookedonGold Gazette 6/27/08

Kingdom Days in Breckenridge

Mrs. John J. Brown, aka Molly, and yours truly

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $926.80
· Spot price last week: $901.30
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Calendar of Events
JULY
4th - Fourth of July
9th GPOC Regular Meeting
26th – 27th Burro Days – Fairplay 1st leg of the burro trifecta
AUGUST
1st – 3rd - COLORADO STATE GOLD PANNING CHAMPIONSHIPS Breckenridge, Co.
2nd – 3rd – Boom Days – Leadville 2nd leg of the burro trifecta
9th – 10th Gold Rush Days in Buena Vista 3rd leg of the burro trifecta
13th GPOC Regular Meeting
SEPTEMBER
· 1st - LABOR DAY
· 10th – GPOC General Meeting
· 12th – 14th Denver Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show Panning Demo with GPOC
· 30th – Last Day for Motorized Equipment on the Arkansas River in Colorado
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NEWS

Gold is way up this week, and we will be on our way to our first two weeks away this summer. Hooked on Gold will not be publishing a newsletter until after the 15th due to very limited internet service where we will be. Form requests will be answered as we have time until the middle of the month, as we are in prime gold finding season and have many things planned with friends. We will also be spending some time looking at properties and land while we decide what we will be doing next year. The two weeks will fly by and we will be back at home before we know it. Blog posts and pictures will get posted when we have a connection, too.

Have you been finding gold? If so, let us know. We love sharing our experiences with others, and there have been a lot of questions to answer this season. Please continue to be careful around the water. Run off this year will be long, and there is still a lot of snow to melt in the high country. We have run up for a day, here and there, and are amazed at the amount of snow still on the mountains. A drier pattern looks to be with us until monsoon season comes in around the middle of July. The Fourth is ONE WEEK AWAY!

The site template continues to plague me. Now, the Firefox browser is showing the text lettering all wrong, but everything else shows it correctly. Even viewing pages being worked on with Firefox gives me error messages and then refuses to open the page again. If you are using Firefox as your browser you will see some text in the colors it is meant to be in and other text in yellow. Can’t seem to get it to show correctly, and two pages now will not open for editing. Can’t even get a Fourth of July message posted!

Did you try the new toolbar yet? I have had many downloads this past week. I can’t seem to stop playing with the slot machine, myself, and it sure has been a lot of fun. You can find a download button on almost every page under the goldpanner on the left.

River update. Another river drowning occurred this past week near Buena Vista to a kayaker. Please e careful around the high water. Stream Flows will be updated for this week, but will not be while we are away. Hopefully, by the time we get back the rivers will be subsiding a bit, but I expect them to be high well into August. The Ski areas reported the first of June that they will not be in their “mud” season until this next week, a good two months late. In the mean time, you can look up the flows for yourself at:
http://www.stream-flow.allaboutrivers.com/Colorado/river_flow-sCO.html

Google had 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.

World Open Panning website has this year’s world wide panning competitions listed and they add more all the time. A great site to visit: http://www.worldopenpanning.homestead.com/ .

Until next week……
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If you find a broken link, please let us know
THE ARKANSAS RIVER is now opened TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT until October 1st.
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Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley Weilnau
http://www.hookedongold.com/
http://www.hookedongold2.com/ Metal Detectors at Auction
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HookedonGold Gazette 6/20/08

Gold Panning in Breckenridge.....Kingdom Days was the last time GPOC was there

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Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $901.30
· Spot price last week: $870.80
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Calendar of Events

JUNE
11th GPOC regular meeting
14th Flag day
14th-15th Breckenridge Kingdom Days GPOC Panning Demo
15th FATHER’S DAY
20th Summer Solstice (YAAH) 5:59 p.m.
21st-22nd Gem Show-Colorado Springs Phil Long Ford Expo Panning Demo with GPOC
JULY
4th - Fourth of July
9th GPOC Regular Meeting
26th – 27th Burro Days – Fairplay 1st leg of the burro trifecta
AUGUST
1st – 3rd - COLORADO STATE GOLD PANNING CHAMPIONSHIPS Breckenridge, Co.
2nd – 3rd – Boom Days – Leadville 2nd leg of the burro trifecta
9th – 10th Gold Rush Days in Buena Vista 3rd leg of the burro trifecta
13th GPOC Regular Meeting
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NEWS

Do you have gold fever? Boy, we sure do! The first day of summer arrives today at 5:59 p.m. mountain time, and along with it, the welling up of pent up winter frustrations at being cooped up way too long. The first of this years’ gold finds make us pine for the time to be away and wandering the mountains in search of gold. The yellow metal is back up this week, but we wouldn’t care if it was or not. The search for gold spurs us out the door and up the creek! We got camp opened up and found we had been having squatters coming in, making a mess and leaving their party goodies all over the place! No food to be found inside, so they had a BYOF event and couldn’t eat all they brought with them. Glad we went when we did, or it would have been MUCH worse. Plugged up the hole they were using and spent almost an hour vacuuming before we could unpack. OMG, I hate mice!!!!!!

Our golden camp will be closing this year, much to everyone’s sadness. We have known for a few years that this was coming, but hoped it would not be for another year or two. Alas, our caretaker is not well, and this past winter was particularly hard, and so this is our last season in our wonderful camp. We will spend some time this summer to investigate property and other alternatives for next year.

OK, now for some FUN. I found an interesting community toolbar that has been a hoot to test. You will find an example of what the toolbar looks like on the home page of http://www.hookedongold.com/ . I and a friend have spent literally HOURS playing with it. It has updates on the site, games, music, T.V., weather, news, and so much more. I put all my e-mail accounts on it and it pings me when anyone of them gets a message. The dropdown bar lets me click an address and check them without having to log in to all of them. You can add gadgets that you like to it very easily for a custom toolbar. You will find a download button under the “search” space on the menu to your left to download it and try it RIGHT NOW! There is even a chat function, and a Babylon word translator. Very KEWEL!

River update. 2 people have died this past week in rafting accidents. The snow is melting super fast right now, and the streams and rivers are raging. Be careful around it! The Arkansas was reported to have been at over 3700CFS yesterday when the latest accident occurred. Stream flow guides are posted for today and you can check them any day at:
http://stream-flow.allaboutrivers.com/Colorado/river_flow-sCO.html

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.

World Open Panning website has this year’s world wide panning competitions listed and they add more all the time. A great site to visit: http://www.worldopenpanning.homestead.com/ .

Until next week……
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If you find a broken link, please let us know
THE ARKANSAS RIVER is now opened TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT until October 1st.
_______________________________________
Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley Weilnau
http://www.hookedongold.com/
http://www.hookedongold2.com/ Metal Detectors at Auction
info@hookedongold.com contact us
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Got Gold?

Good Morning Gold Prospectors! Have you Got Gold? Sure hope so. With the weather finally warming up here in Colorado, more and more prospectors are out finding gold. Us too! Those first few days in the high country are taxing, though.

GPOC had wonderful crowd participation panning for gold at their panning troughs last weekend in Breckenridge during their Kingdom Days celebration. The outhouse races were a scream! We did get camp opened up and found we had had visitors. They must have had a BYOF party, as there were seeds and evidence of snacks everywhere. Of course there is no food in the trailer during the winer, so the little buggers brought in their own food and began storing it in the trailer. There was also evidence that they had begun to build nests, too! One of them, it seems, chewed a hole in the edge of the floor covering while standing on one of the tires. We plugged it up and made it impossible to get back to it. Some tin nailed all along the edge should keep them out next year. We cleaned for almost an hour before we could unpack after a long Sunday in Breckenridge that left us pretty well exhausted.

Next day we slept in a bit and put everything in order, did a little propsetcing and found some gold, then off to dinner with my sister and her husband. Tuesday was a trip to look at property, as our camp will be closing at the end of this year, and we will be locating in another spot next year. A little prospecting on the way home gave us a little more gold for our vials.

I want to mention the new form for a minute. I am still getting used to how it comes in, and one of the buttons wasn't coded correctly, so if I have missed your request, or you didn't get everything, please email me back and re-request it. Also, make sure you leave me a first name and email address to get the info to you.

Good Prospecting to You,

http://www.hookedongold.com/

Hooked on Gold Gazette 6/13/08

Gold Prospecting has begun in Colorado



· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $ 870.80
· Spot price last week: $902.20
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Calendar of Events

JUNE

11th GPOC regular meeting
14th Flag day
14th-15th Breckenridge Kingdom Days GPOC Panning Demo
15th FATHER’S DAY
20th Summer Solstice (YAAH)
21st-22nd Gem Show-Colorado Springs Phil Long Ford Expo Panning Demo with GPOC

JULY

4th - Fourth of July
9th GPOC Regular Meeting
26th – 27th Burro Days – Fairplay 1st leg of the burro trifecta

AUGUST

1st – 3rd - COLORADO STATE GOLD PANNING CHAMPIONSHIPS Breckenridge, Co.
2nd – 3rd – Boom Days – Leadville 2nd leg of the burro trifecta
9th – 10th Gold Rush Days in Buena Vista 3rd leg of the burro trifecta
13th GPOC Regular Meeting
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NEWS

Gold is back down this week, but it’ll be back up in no time! In the meantime, gold prospecting in Colorado seems to be in full swing from the number of requests for information, and reports of found gold I’m getting. Have fun out there, but be aware that the rivers are still high and we need to be careful around the water. All you “DAD’S” out there, have a fantastic Father’s Day! Where would any of us be without YOU!!!!!!!!!

Site should be Ok in Firefox now, but the form page was down with glitches. It took most of the week to get it back to working gain, but with a new program, it is back to taking requests for information A OK. Due to all this work, I did not get the Coloradoans piece posted last week.

Short newsletter this week as we are getting ready for a short trip that includes Kingdom Days in Breckenridge, which celebrates Breckenridge’s days as a kingdom unto itself, where we will be helping GPOC with panning demos. Then, a couple of days to open camp before we will be going back to “work”. Newsletters will probably be shorter and not every Friday for the next 9 weeks as we spend our time out in the field finding our own gold. Good luck to all of you, be courteous to one another, and be safe. Gold Prospecting is hard work, like in digging ditches or working on the railroad in the old days. Watch your back, and your energy levels as well as the altitude. Drink plenty of fluids. It is very easy to forget to drink water and you can dehydrate quickly at high altitude.


A streamflow guide is posted for your convenience while runoff is under way on some Colorado Rivers. You can check those each week on the Gold in Colorado page. I added more rivers this week, so you might be able to find one nearer to you. I check out http://stream-flow.allaboutrivers.com/Colorado/river_flow-sCO.html for my information.

Google had 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.

World Open Panning website has this year’s world wide panning competitions listed and they add more all the time. A great site to visit: http://www.worldopenpanning.homestead.com/ .

Until next week……
___________________________________
If you find a broken link, please let us know
THE ARKANSAS RIVER is now opened TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT until October 1st.
_______________________________________
Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley Weilnau
http://www.hookedongold.com/
http://www.hookedongold2.com/ Metal Detectors at Auction
info@hookedongold.com contact us
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Hooked on Gold Gazette 6/6/08

Can you see the face?

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $902.20
· Spot price last week: $886.10
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Calendar of Events

JUNE

11th GPOC regular meeting
14th Flag day
14th-15th Breckenridge Kingdom Days GPOC Panning Demo
15th FATHER’S DAY
20th Summer Solstice (YAAH)
21st-22nd Gem Show-Colorado Springs Phil Long Ford Expo Panning Demo with GPOC

JULY

4th - Fourth of July
9th GPOC Regular Meeting
26th – 27th Burro Days – Fairplay 1st leg of the burro trifecta

AUGUST

1st – 3rd - COLORADO STATE GOLD PANNING CHAMPIONSHIPS Breckenridge, Co.
2nd – 3rd – Boom Days – Leadville 2nd leg of the burro trifecta
9th – 10th Gold Rush Days in Buena Vista 3rd leg of the burro trifecta
13th GPOC Regular Meeting
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NEWS

Gold is back up this week. That’s about it. There isn’t much news about gold except the usual, and there are rumors that interest rates may get hiked up soon. SURPRISE! Inflation is raising its’ ugly head. Black gold is back in the $138 range after pulling back earlier this week. We read that the Saudi’s are building 4 or 5 mega cities to diversify itself away from oil.

For anyone who cares, it is my birthday today. “Happy bd to me, happy bd to me, happy bd, happy bd, happy bd to me. No, I’m not going to tell you how old I am. Let’s just say, I’m as old as the rocks, but not the dirt that comes from them. I figure, what the heck. Consider the alternative. As long as I can still hold a gold pan, who cares? Arther hasn’t caught up with me yet, and I can still walk in the mountains on a cool morning…..at least I could last week! LOL!


So, have you found gold this past week? If so, you are doing better than we are. The weather is still not cooperating well enough for us to be out much…..YET. It rained and snowed here the last couple of days and temps were chilly. People coming back from the mountains (including us) are shocked at the amount of snow still up high. Cache Creek should be producing some gold already, but the rivers are so high right now, that ANY recreation, even fishing, is hazardous. There is a threat that the Eagle River could be closed to everyone due to the number of people needing rescue. Even the raft companies are having trouble keeping people in the rafts this past week. If you are not finding much gold yet, you can make a detour up to A-Basin and catch some Colorado white gold and their last weekend being open for skiing. They have said they still have plenty of snow for skiing, but they do not have enough personnel who can stay to run the lifts and other equipment, so their season will close due to lack of employees, not snow.

Got news that some of our California panning competitors will be out in August this year to try their hand at the Colorado State Panning Championships this year. Craig, if you are reading this, get ready for some more competition. GPOC beware. Your titles could go to California this year. Or not. Come all, we relish a good three day competition every August in Breckenridge, Colorado.

Site updates….It came to my attention this past week, by a reader, that Firefox is not showing the pages correctly. I am happy to announce that it is fixed AND the forms page is now working again, as well. .

I got a very cute e-mail that pretty much sums up us Coloradoans. I’ll post it tomorrow. Then all of you MIGHT understand us better, but probably not.

A streamflow guide is posted for your convenience while runoff is under way on some Colorado Rivers. You can check those each week on the Gold in Colorado page. I added more rivers this week, so you might be able to find one nearer to you. I check out http://stream-flow.allaboutrivers.com/Colorado/river_flow-sCO.html for my information.

Google had 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.

World Open Panning website has this year’s world wide panning competitions listed and they add more all the time. A great site to visit: www.worldopenpanning.homestead.com .

Until next week……
___________________________________
If you find a broken link, please let us know
THE ARKANSAS RIVER is now opened TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT until October 1st.
_______________________________________
Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley Weilnau
www.hookedongold.com
www.hookedongold2.com Metal Detectors at Auction
info@hookedongold.com contact us
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High Water Alert for Gold Prospectors

HEADS UP people! Water levels are on the rise, FAST! Check out the "Gold in Colorado" page for today''s update on the rise in river water around Colorado. I have Friday's levels and Monday's levels together so you can get a read on just how fast the water is rising. Most of Colorado's rivers were placed on flood warning, and the Arkansas is on flood watch. There was a report that the Arkansas is going up 6 inches every day, so be careful out there. There were three drowning deaths this past weekend in the rivers all around the state. High water is here to stay with us for a while, so put your lifejackets on if you aren't diving, and if you are diving put on some extra weight, 'cause the rivers are swift with that much water running through them.

Good Prospecting to You,
www.hookedongold.com
info@hookedongold.com

Broken link to Gold in Colorado

OOPS! I announced the stream flows are on the "Gold in Colorado" page and then forgot to publish it! My bad. It's there now , so you can check the flows on many Colorado streams.

Hooked on Gold Gazette 05/30/08

Hey, I don't remember if I got this picture posted from the Tucson Show last February that was sent to me by a reader. I came across it while I was searching for a picture to put up and thought I would let you see it again, if it was here before. Mighty nice display.

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $886.10
· Spot price last week: $924.20
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Calendar of Events

JUNE

11th GPOC regular meeting
14th Flag day
14th-15th Breckenridge Kingdom Days GPOC Panning Demo
15th FATHER’S DAY
20th Summer Solstice (YAAH)
21st-22nd Gem Show-Colorado Springs Phil Long Ford Expo

JULY

4th - Fourth of July
9th GPOC Regular Meeting
26th – 27th Burro Days – Fairplay

AUGUST

1st – 3rd - COLORADO STATE GOLD PANNING CHAMPIONSHIPS Breckenridge, Co.
9th – 10th Gold Rush Days in Buena Vista
13th GPOC Regular Meeting
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NEWS
Wow, gold sure did take a corrective dip this past week, didn’t it?

You will be pleased to hear that the weather in Colorado is finally beginning to warm up! The Front Range will be in the 80’s this week with temps around B.V. in the 70’s. It looks like we will begin the summer pattern of sun in the morning and scattered showers in the afternoons. I hear that the rafting season is heating up and the water is high so if you are here to find gold with your dredge, be aware that we will have higher than normal water levels for a longer time this year.

The road to Cache Creek is open. The BLM opened it last Saturday and had a line of people waiting to get in. Make sure you have your highbanking special bonding permit specific to Cache Creek, and limiting you to 10 days when you go up. (Boy is that a mouthful). Panners, sluice boxes and hand equipment do not need this bond. The season is going into high gear, so watch the high water, be polite to each other, and obey the laws.

News this week seems to be lackluster. Perhaps that is good! We seem to be in the summer trend of flat markets until August or so. Everyone must be out having fun instead of worrying about their investments. Don’t be fooled, however, with the recent dip in oil, ‘cause you can be sure the price will go back up. The same with gold and silver. Getting to your special places to find gold will cost you a bunch more this year as fuel, food and accommodations are on the rise.

A streamflow guide will be posted for your convenience while runoff is under way on some Colorado Rivers. You can check those each week on the Gold in Colorado page.

Google had 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.

World Open Panning website has this year’s world wide panning competitions listed and they add more all the time. A great site to visit: http://www.worldopenpanning.homestead.com/ .

Until next week……
___________________________________
If you find a broken link, please let us know
THE ARKANSAS RIVER is now opened TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT until October 1st.
_______________________________________
Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley Weilnau
http://www.hookedongold.com/
http://www.hookedongold2.com/ Metal Detectors at Auction
info@hookedongold.com contact us
PLEASE BE ADVISED: Ads that you might find on this blog or on a website using third party ads, may use cookies or other tracking means to track your movements on the web. Please read our Privacy Policy to see how this affects you and what you might want to do to prevent cookies being used to track you.

Golden Memorial Day Weekend

Yeah, there's still this much snow in the high country!

How was your weekend? We had fun Bar-B-Queing with friends on Sunday and then took a trip to the mountains for a day of metal detecting on Monday. While we were after gold, we only found bullets, wire, slag, and those cinder things that say they are gold but aren't.

And snow! Wow, is there still a lot of it around! Roads that should be open by now are still snowed closed, and the wind was a bit more than CRISP! The sky threw snow pellets at us off and on all day, too. However, it was WONDERFUL to get out, look for gold, and walk the mountains for the first time this year. Water levels in the rivers are already high and climbing, so be careful if you are out placer mining. It reminded me that I had fogotten to put up the stream levels this last Friday for you. We are still waiting for that spring thaw to come and melt enough snow that we can go and really find some gold.

Website announcements: Apparently the forms page is not working, so until I can get it fixed, you can email me at info@hookedongold.com with your requests. You can put your request or "panning tips" in the subject line and I'll get those out to you ASAP. The web gremlins are out in force as I have had several problems with scripts this past week. Thanks to all of you who have been so patient with me. I sure helps when you are so kind and when you let me know when something isn't working right. Sometimes it is the only way I find out something needs fixing.

Gold had made a nice rally on Monday but is back down this morning. It sits at $905.70 as I write and still above $900, though, so that isn't bad for a start.

Hooked on Gold Gazette 5/23/08

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $924.20
· Spot price last week: $901.60

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Calendar of Events

MAY

9-11th Let’s Go Gold Panning Days – Point Bar, Colorado
11th Mother’s Day
14th GPOC Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.
17th Prospecting Introduction and New GPOC Member orientation Class – Reservation required at the Mining Museum in Colorado Springs
24-26th Memorial Day Weekend
30th Memorial Day

JUNE

11th GPOC regular meeting
14th Flag day
14th-15th Breckenridge Kingdom Days GPOC Panning Demo
15th FATHER’S DAY
20th Summer Solstice (YAAH)
21st-22nd Gem Show-Colorado Springs Phil Long Ford Expo

JULY

4th - Fourth of July
9th GPOC Regular Meeting
26th – 27th Burro Days – Fariplay

AUGUST

1st – 3rd - COLORADO STATE GOLD PANNING CHAMPIONSHIPS Breckenridge, Co.
9th – 10th Gold Rush Days in Buena Vista
13th GPOC Regular Meeting
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NEWS

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND TO ALL OF YOU GOLD PROSPECTORS! Take a moment to remember all who have fallen in defense of this country. I have posted a Memorial Day poem for you called The American Hero. Enjoy your BBQ’s, and don’t forget what has been sacrificed for you to be able to do so.

Are you watching gold recover from its low a few weeks ago? The ETF funds have stopped taking profits, and so the gold market will begin to recover from the sell off. The stock market is expected to take some more hits with banks having additional losses from the mortgage lending mess and the rise in oil prices. Gold is expected to rise as the stock market falls, this time, and not follow the stock market in its present downward trend. We aren’t looking for a total meltdown of the markets as there are many parts of the economy that are strong, and the weak banking sector is pulling everything else down. The oil situation IS affecting all businesses as gas and energy prices rise, but we are confident that the U.S. economy will pull itself up by its bootstraps and find a better footing on the other side of the storm. Besides…..copper is holding around $4.00, a good sign that the world economy is doing OK. Oh, half way mark for the gold rally is around $940. Look for a possible pull back when it gets there.

Are you having a “gas attack”? Boy, everyone I know is! Congress has had the big oil guys back on the hill to testify about the black gold. Same story as last month. 4 cents of every dollar goes to their profit line. Where does the rest go? Taxes, refining and the fall of the dollar, and competition in the market. Taxes you understand, you have to refine oil to get gasoline, and if the dollar has half its value, oil costs double. No confusion there. But what about the competition factor? Sure, China and India are making it tougher to buy oil, and the oil producing countries who have control over their oil have said they will not pump more, but a new report I saw this week added another competitor to the mix. Hedge funds. Yup, you read me right. Oil and gas hedge funds now control almost as much oil and gas as China buys, so you can add the stock market to the major players in black gold.

Am I off topic? I don’t know. I always think that the price of gas and equipment and laws for our public lands are relevant to our topic of gold. They all affect how and where you can go and find gold, not to mention how much it will cost you and how you will get there. Once you have found your gold, all of these things effect your bottom line as to how profitable your gold finding trip is. Laws are being changed that will effect where you can find gold and how much it will cost you to do so on public lands. These changes will pertain to anyone who goes afield to find minerals, gemstones, fish, pick up plain old rocks, file a claim, or enjoy the out of doors. There are revisions to the mining laws that could require to you to file a plan of operation, file a bond, and have a use permit to use a 4 inch dredge, highbank, collect gemstones, or collect rocks on BLM or Forest Service public lands. As stated right now, they will not provide an agency to get a bond from, so you can’t get one even if you file. HMMMM. This sounds like they want you to “Keep Out” of “Public Land”. How come “Public Land” is getting put into protected status so the “Public” can’t use it?

In case you have been away from a T.V., newspaper or computer, we had a tornado run through the north eastern part of Colorado yesterday with the worst damage west of Greeley in the town of Windsor. One life was lost as he ran for cover, and hundreds of homes were damaged. Trees were uprooted and evergreens snapped off their trunks leaving large stumps standing. The whole town and surrounding areas were pelted with up to golf ball sized hail. One report was of hail as big as small oranges. The most unusual aspect of this storm was its tract. It moved from the southeast to the northwest….exactly opposite of the usual tornado path.

News on the Odyssey Marine was out this last week. The Odyssey, to remind you, is the treasure recovery ship that found the debris of a sunken ship off the coast of England last year, containing substantial treasure including gold and silver coins. The Spanish government seized the Odyssey claiming the treasure belonged to them shortly after the announcement was made that the sunken ship had been found. The Spanish Government has sued Odyssey alleging that the found ship is to them as the USS Arizona is to the U.S., as a memorial. They also wanted the court to believe that “looting” it would be a crime against humanity. The Odyssey argues that the 200 year old site contains only debris, no bodies or actual ship intact, and that under international law it is fair game for recovery. This looks to be in court for a long time and quite possibly stay there for some time. I heard someone ask if the countries where the gold and silver originally was taken from have any claim against the Spanish government for taking it from them in the first place. And so it goes on and on.

I saw a report on what might be called the “golden liquid” that may be interesting to you. As most of you know, Denver will be hosting the Democratic National Convention this August, and one of their big things is that everything be as “green” as possible. Yesterday, Coors Brewery donated ethanol to them for use in E85 vehicles that will be used to get everyone around. I found it interesting to read that Coors has been making ethanol since 1996, and produces 3 million gallons a year of the fuel alternative. They make ethanol from their rejected or damaged beer, and mash waste. Now, if Coors can do this, how many other brewers and distillers can….or do. Do we really need to grow corn? The more I read about this, the more waste products I see that can and are being used without committing large tracts of farm land and additional fresh water to it.

World Open Panning website has this year’s world wide panning competitions listed and they add more all the time. A great site to visit: http://www.worldopenpanning.homestead.com/ .

Until next week……
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THE ARKANSAS RIVER is now opened TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT until October 1st.
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Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley Weilnau
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Metal Detecting in Idaho Springs

Small Rail Spike with Mining Scene, Great Gift for the Prospecting DAD

Did you see what gold is doing today? $916 as I write.

Can you believe we can finally put away the WINTER clothing here in the Denver area this week? Gorgeous weather and a mild wind Sunday sent us in search of gold up in the Idaho Springs area with the metal detectors. We did not find any yellow metal, but we did find our share of bullet casings, machine parts, and other junk. The day was wonderful even without finding anything substantial. Just finally getting out was a treat in itself!

Memorial Day outings in Colorado will be put on hold for many people as the campgrounds in the high country are still under FEET of snow and are closed. Looks like they will actually get Trail Ridge Road opened (You should see the walls of snow they are showing on the T.V.), but Independence Pass will not. We are looking at temps in the mid 80's here and mid 60's above 10,000 feet, so run off has begun and I will start posting stream flows on the website by Friday.

Father's Day will be here in a few weeks, so make sure you order your Prospector's Mining Scene from the catalog in time to get it. Dad will be surprised!

Good Prospecting to You,

Shirley Weilnau

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Hooked on Gold Gazette 5/16/08

New Silver ore jewelry, rings and pendants in Sterling Silver available along with a Gold Nugget men's ring in Sterling Silver. Ladies ring is size 7, men's ring is size 9. info@hookedongold.com for more information.

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $901.60
· Spot price last week: $886.00
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Calendar of Events

MAY
9-11th Let’s Go Gold Panning Days – Point Bar, Colorado
11th Mother’s Day
14th GPOC Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.
17th Prospecting Introduction and New GPOC Member orientation Class – Reservation required at the Mining Museum in Colorado Springs
24-26th Memorial Day Weekend
30th Memorial Day
JUNE
11th GPOC regular meeting
14th Flag day
14th-15th Breckenridge Kingdom Days GPOC Panning Demo
15th FATHER’S DAY
20th Summer Solstice (YAAH)
21st-22nd Gem Show-Colorado Springs Phil Long Ford Expo
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NEWS

WOW! Is it Friday again already! For anyone (and, yes, this means YOU) that is interested in the changes in the mining laws going on right now, information is leaking out about those changes and the impact on you. They are substantial and will go a very long way to keep you out of the forests. More on these changes as the information becomes available and is confirmable. Be aware that there will be a lot of rumors flying around and sent to you that may or may not be true. Do your due diligence and check them all out.

Gold is coming back up with the rise in oil and the easing of profit taking in the gold ETF’s. I found an interesting story on gold and the use of corn for ethanol you might like to read at http://www.kitco.com/ind/palha/may122008.html . An interesting point of view, well presented and one I share. How about using waste products? Colorado has thousand of acres of dead trees that will be totally wasted unless we have a plan in place to use them. The beetle kill cannot be stopped only minimized as much as possible. AND while you are here in my State, PLEASE be careful about fires. Our forests are ripe for fire.

Did you know it snowed here in the city last Monday night? Well, it did and the mountains have gotten upwards of 2 FEET of the white stuff THIS WEEK!!!!! To boot, the owner of the place we have our camp called to say they still have 8 inches on the ground (before the last two storms), and they will not be opening at the usual time, but a week later. That means we have to find something else to do Memorial Day weekend. Choices, choices.

New additions to the site this week include a couple of mining scenes at Gold ‘N’ Store and two new articles under the Articles of Interest called “Black Sand, What Is It?” and “Selling Your Gold”. Hope you enjoy them.

Hope you got yourself signed up at the Western Mining Museum in Colorado Springs for their Spring classes. They have lots of speakers lined up as well as demonstrations of both large and small equipment used in mining in the past as well as modern small mining methods. GPOC will have several people there with equipment for “show and tell”. HookedonGold has to work this weekend keeping your lights on. Soon the “job” won’t interfere with our activities in mining. Until then we are at the mercy of the company.

World Open Panning website has this year’s world wide panning competitions listed and they add more all the time. A great site to visit: www.worldopenpanning.homestead.com .

Until next week……
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If you find a broken link, please let us know
THE ARKANSAS RIVER is now opened TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT until October 1st.
_______________________________________
Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley Weilnau
www.hookedongold.com
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Hooked on Gold Gazette 5/9/08

More 14K gold, gold in white quartz, nugget and silver in white quartz in Sterling Silver jewelry

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $884.00
· Spot price last week: $855.60

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Calendar of Events

MAY
9-11th Let’s Go Gold Panning Days – Point Bar, Colorado
11th Mother’s Day
14th GPOC Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.
17th Prospecting Introduction and New GPOC Member orientation Class – Reservation required at the Mining Museum in Colorado Springs
24-26th Memorial Day Weekend
30th Memorial Day
JUNE
11th GPOC regular meeting
14th Flag day
14th-15th Breckenridge Kingdom Days
15th FATHER’S DAY
20th Summer Solstice (YAAH)
21st-22nd Gem Show-Colorado Springs Phil Long Ford Expo
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NEWS

Are you set up at Point Bar for “Let’s Go Gold Panning Days” today? The three day event is always populated with prospectors from all over and is an excellent way to meet others and see all sorts of equipment in use.

The Western Mining Museum in Colorado Springs will be hosting their annual, reserved seating, prospectors’ orientation and information day May 17th. There will be speakers, demonstrations and fun for all, so get your reservation in NOW. Seating is already filling up fast.

Well, my nephew is now married and the wedding went off with very few hitches. The weather was a bit chilly while the ceremony was performed, but was pleasant enough for the time of year. A hawk was seen flying in the background as the bride and groom exchanged vows in the golden, setting sun. The Lyons setting was beautiful and very romantic, with breathtaking colors of red and cream adorning the outdoor ceremony and hall where the reception was held. A magical evening.

Ok, ok. Back to GOLD!!!! After a sharp downturn in the yellow metal last week, it is making a strong comeback, what with oil spiking above $125.50 and the dollar sliding still further into the dumper. Memorial Day is approaching and the traditional opening of the summer season, with gas prices expected to peak around $3.75 a gallon in June. All gold prospecting areas are expecting a rise in the number of people out there looking for gold. We have had many requests for information about many areas. If you have done that and we have not gotten back to you lately, we will. Life has a way of getting in the way sometimes, and we have had a few time challenges lately. Information IS coming your way next week. Thanks for your patience in advance. We have not forgotten you!

In the news is the number of additional acres of western lands being put into “protected status”, effectively creating wilderness areas without an act of Congress. Much of this land is being purchased with State and private dollars to effect land control in the name of habitat conservation. If you control the land, however, you control the people very effectively.

I read an interesting article this past week that concerned the repeal of the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act in 1999 that has allowed the worldwide banking industry to return to their largesse that led to the Great Depression of the 1930’s. There is a possibility of it returning in the 2010’s due to this repeal, and the worldwide banking industries inability to restrain itself from repeating its’ mistakes of the past without government regulation. You can read this article at the kitco link here: http://www.kitco.com/ind/schoon/may052008.html You KNOW what I’m going to say now, right? You got it. BUY GOLD!!!!!

So, are you concerned about the recent slide of gold? Are you nervous that the gold bull market is over? Well, get over it. The long range charts are showing support price levels at around $835 to $850, and if it breaks out from there, it will most probably settle again around $750….a DEFINITE buying opportunity, and the up trend is at around $1200 by the end of the year. It might not get there quite that fast, but then again there is a lot of pressure on it to rise. The buying for the festival and marriage season in India is over, with a less than stellar buying season for the yellow metal. Apparently, the Indians are not thrilled with the high gold price and did not purchase as much this year as in previous years. On the mining end, less gold is being produced world than demand, and the South African problems with electrical power is persisting. On the stock side, the EFT fund GLD had its largest sell off at the end of the first quarter it has had since its inception as investors took profits. All of these indicators point to a rise in the price of gold.

Look for a couple of new articles this week under the “Articles of Interest” page this next week. More pages coming in the next few weeks. Under the “Gold in Colorado” page, I will be adding information to the Fairplay page, and starting a page on the Ouray/Silverton/Creede areas.

World Open Panning website has this year’s world wide panning competitions listed and they add more all the time. A great site to visit: www.worldopenpanning.homestead.com .

Until next week……
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If you find a broken link, please let us know
THE ARKANSAS RIVER is now opened TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT until October 1st. _______________________________________
Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley Weilnau
www.hookedongold.com
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HookedonGold Gazette 5/2/08

Gold Nugget Bear Pendant

Gold in Black Quartz Bear Pendant

14K gold and Gold in Wht Quartz ladies ring

Gold in White Quartz Heart Pendant with Diamond

Carved Jadeite

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $855.60 Low this week was around $845
· Spot price last week: $886.00

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Calendar of Events

MAY
9-11th Let’s Go Gold Panning Days – Point Bar, Colorado
11th Mother’s Day
14th GPOC Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.
17th Prospecting Introduction and New GPOC Member orientation Class – Reservation required at the Mining Museum in Colorado Springs
24-26th Memorial Day Weekend
30th Memorial Day
JUNE
11th GPOC regular meeting
14th Flag day
14th-15th Breckenridge Kingdom Days
15th FATHER’S DAY
20th Summer Solstice (YAAH)
21st-22nd Gem Show-Colorado Springs Phil Long Ford Expo
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NEWS

Is it MAY already? There have been many days this past winter and spring when I thought it would NEVER get here, and here it is. Let’s Go Gold Panning Days is NEXT WEEKEND! GPOC and Woody Regal team up to put this event on each year, usually the first weekend in May before they start sending lots of water down the Arkansas River to the Pueblo Reservoir for the summer run off. Bonding permits are needed to run motorized equipment on the Arkansas, so make sure you have your 2 year bond in place for the season. There are several extra requirements for certain areas this year, so heads up. Highbanking requires a special bond FOR EACH SITE you are highbanking on, and the Cache Creek area is also an extra LIMITED bond of 10 days. You can apply for an extension of another 10 days at the Salida office for an additional fee.

It is reported that the Arkansas is already above normal flow and you can begin to watch the stream flows that I will post each week until run off is over. Those can be found on the charts and regulations page. I will announce it here when that will begin. Also, we have heard from the BLM that the Arkansas River Headwaters Group has been saying in their meeting that prospecting is ruining the river. A reporter for the Mountain Mail contacted the BLM for comment and Dan Grenard said some nice things about us and is sending him to the Let’s Go Gold Panning Days weekend for some hands on experience with prospectors. Along with all the regulations you need to comply with for your prospecting, be aware that the State of Colorado is enforcing a no campfires outside a metal container rule. This means that you are not allowed a campfire unless it is contained within a metal container of some type. It cannot be in direct contact with the ground, and you must drown the fire COMPLETLEY in the metal container before you empty it. This is a compromise with campers who want their campfire and the State of Colorado who wants to keep forest fires to a minimum. Campfires and cigarettes are two main causes of forest fires, so please comply with this rule so that we can preserve what forest is left. There is so much beetle kill here that the entire state is in jeopardy of burning. And, no, pine trees should not be copper colored.

We have been super busy lately, but not so much with finding gold. (bummer!) We have a nephew getting married next week and have had a few things to do for that, as well as preparing for guests who will stay with us for few days for the wedding festivities. Along with that, work seems to be insisting we stay home on the weekends, or at least pretty close to home. Of course, getting a few inches to a few feet of snow around here and just to the west hasn’t exactly meant that we could do much anyway. The Fossil and Gem show last weekend was great! I picked up a beautiful piece of carved jadeite for a VERY reasonable price. As you can see above, it is a large piece, but not as large as some of the pieces were, just the best carved.

Also pictured above are some of the new gold nugget jewelry items I have posted on a slide show with information below the slideshow about ordering. These instructions are not as complete as I would like, so I will be working on them this next week. These are items I have in stock and there are about 50 of them. I posted these few to test this way of showing the items instead of each one individually. I’m not sure I will keep this format, but it looked like a possible way to post everything without taking up so much page space that the page was way too long to deal with. If you have comments on this idea contact me at info@hookedongold.com , I would love to hear your reactions as I am always striving to make everything easier for you to use. Oh, I will be using PayPal invoicing for these items as I feel a little more contact with the customer is in order for them so that you can request more pictures or ask questions before deciding whether or not you are interested. I do not want you to be unhappy when you get them and want to be able to answer ALL your concerns before you order. Also, if you have seen the pieces somewhere else, you can look at the again.

How about that gold price this week, eh? Talk about a tumble, but it was not unexpected. Most analysts I have read in the last 3 months were expecting it to fall to around $850 and it fell to $846.20 at its low. Not to worry, though. It will make it back and more in time for Christmas. Oh, if you are thinking of purchasing gold, do it now. You probably will not see these prices again for quite some time. Today’s reports blamed the lower price to selling off in several funds that have been long in the metal. Support price remains at about $850.

I noticed this week that my audio ads are finally active. Did you hear one? I was surprised when I heard one when I had to check a webpage to see if it was working correctly. Since it is now working I will put the code of a couple more pages. NOT WORRY! I will not have it on every page, just a select few.

World Open Panning website has this year’s world wide panning competitions listed and they add more all the time. A great site to visit: www.worldopenpanning.homestead.com .

Until next week……
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If you find a broken link, please let us know
THE ARKANSAS RIVER is now opened TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT until October 1st. (Sorry, I thought I had changed this a few weeks ago)
_______________________________________
Good Prospecting to You,
Shirley Weilnau
www.hookedongold.com
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Hooked on Gold Gazette 4/25/08

Gold 'N' Store items

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $886.00 - Low for the week was $877.60
· Spot price last week: $916.20

http://uk.reuters.com/article/goldMktRpt/idUKL2565882620080425 Reuters/UK gold article today
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Calendar of Events

APRIL
1st APRIL FOOLS DAY – Arkansas River is open for Motorized Equipment
9th GPOC General Meeting
12th GPOC Panning Demo at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science 10:00a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
25th – 27th SPRING Gem, Fossil and Mineral Show – Denver, Co.

MAY
9-11th Let’s Go Gold Panning Days – Point Bar, Colorado
11th Mother’s Day
14th GPOC Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.
17th Prospecting Introduction and New GPOC Member orientation Class – Reservation required at the Mining Museum in Colorado Springs
24-26th Memorial Day Weekend
30th Memorial Day
JUNE
11th GPOC regular meeting
14th Flag day
14th-15th Breckenridge Kingdom Days
15th FATHER’S DAY
20th Summer Solstice (YAAH)
21st-22nd Gem Show-Colorado Springs Phil Long Ford Expo
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NEWS

BUSY gold week! Busy site week. You can find some wonderful gold specimens and other minerals at the Spring Gem, Fossil and Mineral Show this weekend in Denver, located at the Holiday Inn North, on Broadway south of the 58th Street exit. Broadway is west, over the bridge and a left hand turn at the light.

I got so caught up in photographing and posting new items in the Gold ‘N’ Store, I forgot how much time it takes to do the description pages! You have 4 new items in the store this week, and more will be coming. I have a lot of prospecting design scenes, and will probably put more than one on a description page so there aren’t so many pages to format. Each item will be bookmarked to their specific spot on the page. I also have two pages of information I am working on, so watch for some new articles in the next couple of weeks.

On the Federal level, the Congress has asked the Energy & Resources committee, updating the 1872 mining law, to add a “fair royalty” as well as a roll back of tax preferences to their considerations. They propose an 8% royalty for new mining interests and 4% for those existing on net revenues. Spokesperson Luke Popovich for the National Mining Association, said they would support a “modest” royalty on net revenues, and that 4-8% on existing and new interest respectively, would be more than the mining community could endure. So far, little news on the changes has been seen by us, but the changes are destined to effect all of us, whether you are in mining or not.

I had a report from Arizona that a 4 ounce nugget was found in the Prescott area recently. (Probably while we were there, but it wasn’t US! LOL!) No one has actually seen it who knows anything about the area yet, but it supposedly was lying on top of the bedrock that had been washed away due to the building of a new bridge…..that’s right. Just sitting there. Me thinks this size of gold would be the size of the palm of my hand. Not bad for a day’s walk! The value of this baby? Somewhere in the $40,000 range. Makes your mouth water, doesn’t it?

I can smell the mountain snow melting. It is one of the pleasures of spring that I always missed the most while I lived out on the prairies of Colorado. I never realized what that smell was until we moved back to the Denver area 8 years ago. It has a fresh smell like no other anywhere else I have been, and since our prevailing winds are out of the west and southwest in the spring, it comes on a warming wind, too. Makes you yearn for the mountains and the chance to find gold.

GOLD is having a downturn this week, as expected, spurred on by heavy withdrawls from several ETF’s. Price supports have been predicted to be in the $880 range before beginning to rise again. No one is quite sure when that will be, but $1200 gold is expected by the end of the year. Now is a good time to add to your gold holdings, too.

Governor Ritter announced this week that he will be supporting an effort to repeal the tax credits the mining industry has benefitted from in Colorado for so long. Mining interests here are, of course, opposed to the new changes.

Anyone who is getting ready for Let’s Go Goldpanning Days in May needs to make sure they register for their bond with the BLM. The new forms can be found at http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/rgfo/minerals/locatable_minerals/placer_mining.html That’s Woody with the gold pan. Check around the pages to see which bonds you will need for whatever work you are planning to do on the Arkansas.

World Open Panning website has this year’s world wide panning competitions listed and they add more all the time. A great site to visit: www.worldopenpanning.homestead.com .

Until next week……
___________________________________
If you find a broken link, please let us know
THE ARKANSAS RIVER is now closed TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE WINTER UNTIL APRIL 1, 2008.
_______________________________________
Good Prospecting to You,
Larry and Shirley Weilnau
www.hookedongold.com
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Hooked on Gold Gazette 4/18/08

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $916.20
· Spot price last week: $913.90


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Calendar of Events

APRIL
1st APRIL FOOLS DAY – Arkansas River is open for Motorized Equipment
9th GPOC General Meeting
12th GPOC Panning Demo at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science 10:00a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
25th – 27th SPRING Gem, Fossil and Mineral Show – Denver, Co.

MAY
9-11th Let’s Go Gold Panning Days – Point Bar, Colorado
11th Mother’s Day
14th GPOC Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.
17th Prospecting Introduction and New GPOC Member orientation Class – Reservation required at the Mining Museum in Colorado Springs
24-26th Memorial Day Weekend
30th Memorial Day
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NEWS

As announced yesterday, there are site changes. I will be putting up 1 to 4 pages each week on the catalog pages, depending on how many links on each page will be required. I want to repeat that if there is any problem with the paypal buttons, please contact me so I can send an invoice to you with the specific items you want to purchase. I can sometimes adjust the shipping for your particular order, too. These invoices are similar to what you use with eBay, and are very user friendly. I know my last store was not as user friendly as I would have liked it to be, and so that, along with other problems, sent me in search of better solutions for you. I think the new site is working better and has several features I could not get anywhere else. I hope you think so, too. I will be making a push to get pages changed before the end of May, as the season heats up and we get extremely busy with other things. Not to worry, though. Orders were always, and will always be processed in a timely manner. Our first priority is you. If you have any suggestions, or have problems with anything, please let us know at info@hookedongold.com . In the mean time check out Gold ‘N’ Store and the sub pages under it, and come back each week to see what else is up. I have jewelry that is in stock, prospector’s gift ideas, highbanker DIY plans in pdf e-book form, a highbanker/dredge combo unit coming, and an addition to your 4 foot sluice box that we are developing and testing in May. On to news.

I haven’t gotten back to the conference in Dubai yet this week, so here you go. In case you don’t know about the Dubai, “City of Gold”, gold market, it is the largest in the world. The report this year was that they imported 559 tonnes in ’07 up from the 489 tonnes in ’06. Of that, they exported 274 tonnes out of the gold market in jewelry. It wasn’t stated where the rest went, but I would assume it was sold for coinage to minters and as bars to governments and banks who deal in the metal as a commodity. Their goal for this year is to position the city as the “Jewelry Destination of the World”. In conjunction with this lofty goal, they wish to develop a skilled and employable workforce, as well as encouraging entrepreneurialism.

On the home front, how does it happen that you get a 200+ point rise in the stock market on news that Citigroup only lost 5.1 BILLION dollars in the first quarter of the year?!!!!! This sent the dollar higher and gold lower, but how can this continue? It makes no sense, but really looks like desperation. Buy gold.

“Okay, okay, check it out”, as Randy Jackson from American Idol would say, I found this hilarious take on gold, the stock market, and the dollar on Kitco this morning, and I just had to share it with you. Sadly, this could very well be more reality than comedy, so follow the link for some levity on gold and the markets after you finish reading the Gazette. http://www.kitco.com/ind/Daughty/apr162008.html

Anyone who is getting ready for Let’s Go Goldpanning Days in May needs to make sure they register for their bond with the BLM. The new forms can be found at http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/rgfo/minerals/locatable_minerals/placer_mining.html That’s Woody with the gold pan. Check around the pages to see which bonds you will need for whatever work you are planning to do on the Arkansas.

World Open Panning website has this year’s world wide panning competitions listed and they add more all the time. A great site to visit: www.worldopenpanning.homestead.com .

Until next week……
___________________________________
If you find a broken link, please let us know
THE ARKANSAS RIVER is now closed TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE WINTER UNTIL APRIL 1, 2008.
_______________________________________
Good Prospecting to You,
Larry and Shirley Weilnau
www.hookedongold.com
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New Gold 'N' Store Is Up and Running

ANNOUNCEMENT! Check out the new Gold 'N' Store page at http://hookedongold.com/gold_n_store.htm
I know, I know. Long time readers thought this would never happen, and, quite frankly, I was beginning to wonder myself! My tech got the last bits finished late last week, and I got on a roll this week, and have published several pages, including some of the Orocal pdf pages so you can see a small amount what they have available. You can find them under the Gold 'N' Store pages as sub pages.

Who is Orocal? Well, they are a family owned and operated company that has been designing and making 14K gold and Sterling Silver nugget, gold in white quartz, and gold in black quartz jewelry for more than 40 years. Their catalog of gold jewelry is some 40 pages long, front and back. I have put up a few of the pages for you to view, with more to come, and will rotate them every month or so. If you would like to see a selection of the pages, like all the earring pages in gold in white quartz, I can send them to you in pdf files. The prices on any of the pages may or may not e current, due to the ups and downs of the gold market, and their sources.

On the front page of the Gold 'N' Store page you will find our corrugated mini sluice and kit, Madam Queen Shirley's Magic Panning Sand, and our geode pendants with gold or silver plating on the rims, with links to more information on each item. More will be added as time permits. I have a selection of gifts with prospecting themes, as well as close out items I have picked up with Orocal when they are in Denver.....some real deals, there.

I have decided to use PayPal buttons for payment, and you can either use PayPal or a credit or bank card of your choice to pay with. You will see the option to use a credit card on the log-in page, on the left toward the bottom of the page. You will click a link that will take you to a page to fill out with your credit card information. I'm not sure if this will handle multiple items, but we will go with this for now. We never did get very many requests for multiple items, anyway.

Also, if you have an item that you would like to order from the Orocal catalog, you can e-mail us about it and we can invoice you with a Pay Pal invoice, much like you get from eBay. You can do this also with anything in the catalog by e-mailing us and requesting that we invoice you. We have done this with many other customers and it works really well, and is easy for us and the customer. Other customers who have used this method have really liked it, and said it was very easy and user friendly, so don't hesitate to ask for an invoice for anything you would like to order.

Another note about Orocal. With items ordered from them, you get a 30 money back guarantee so that the item can be returned if you are not satisfied with it. Also, shipping will be made directly to you, so there is no double shipping charges. I can also offer very good prices as I do not have a storefront, and can offer items at a discount, so the prices you see on the pages are probably going to be higher than the price I will charge.

Take a look around at the new Gold 'N' Store. We are offering FREE shipping on most of the items on the front page.

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It's Sunday afternoon, and where is my Gold Pan?

Are you getting the "itch" to go play in the water with your gold pan? It is in the mid 60's today, and we have to be in HOA meetings today! Bummer. Our gold pans are in the truck waiting to find some more pay dirt like we did in Arizona. We did get to go and play in the water INSIDE yesterday with GPOC and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, teaching gold panning to the people coming in and out of there. It was way too cold to be outside in the morning, so they put us indoors. Anybody who came to see us and expected us to be outside was probably disappointed. We didn't know we would be inside until about an hour before we were to set up. We still had a large crowd and had a hard time breaking the troughs down, as usual, and everyone seemed to have a great time. The GOLD MIMES stuck around while we were there and played with the crowd. They are a great couple of guys who do their jobs very well. If you haven't been out there to see the gold show, do go. You won't regret it.

A lot is happening in gold. It has started back down this afternoon. The big gold conference is going on in Dubai this weekend, and I will have few insights on that later this week.

Let's Go Gold Panning Days is coming up faster than I expected! It will be May 9th - 11th at Point Bar Recreational area. You can check the GPOC Temporary Pages for more information now and as we get closer to the event. It is and always has been open to the public. Come and have some fun! Hooked on Gold won't be able to be there this year as we have a wedding going on the same weekend and will be hosting relatives for a few days. Don't think we are going to get out of it, either. Are you new to prospecting? Well, you have found a place to get some good, basic prospecting information at Hooked on Gold. Check it out!

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Hooked on Gold Gazette 4/11/08

Arizona Alan......That's my little brother!

· Gold Spot Closing Price for Friday: $924.90
· Spot price last week: $913.00

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Calendar of Events

APRIL
1st APRIL FOOLS DAY – Arkansas River is open for Motorized Equipment
9th GPOC General Meeting
12th GPOC Panning Demo at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science 10:00a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
25th – 27th SPRING Gem, Fossil and Mineral Show – Denver, Co.

MAY
9-11th Let’s Go Gold Panning Days – Point Bar, Colorado
11th Mother’s Day
14th GPOC Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.
17th Prospecting Introduction and New GPOC Member orientation Class – Reservation required at the Mining Museum in Colorado Springs
24-26th Memorial Day Weekend
30th Memorial Day
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NEWS

Hey all you gold bugs! We have been BUSY the last two weeks. Good news on the Hooked on Gold website front. My tech has completed all the updates and the search buttons are now working. Click on the “Go” button or the search bar and it will take you to the search page. Type in the prospecting word you are looking for in the search bar in the middle of the page, and the page will populate a list of pages on the site that contain that word. Pretty cool! More pictures of our trip will be posted this week on the blog along with some commentary of what we saw. I had hoped to get that up this week, but the website changes came in first. I have a store page up and accessible only from the home page, right now, to test the buttons on, and see what it looks like, as well as posting the return page after you have purchased an item. Mini Sluice Kit (poop tube) is on it now, with more to come. I have lots of stuff and some equipment to post….gold, too. Time is what I need more of!

The pressures on gold are still the same as reported earlier this week on the blog, so look for gold prices to stabilize and maybe drop to under $900 before taking off for the $1200 mark later this year. If you are thinking we are out of the woods with the stock market, the predictions are that we are only 1/3 of the way through the mortgage problems and more banks will need to adjust than have so far. This does not bode well for the dollar, BUT it will push gold prices up.

Snow again this week in Denver has us pinning for Arizona and warmer temperatures so we can go prospecting. We do miss the activity out of doors, and prospecting is what we like to do the best. We seem to work harder and longer in the pursuit of gold than any other activity. We always come home sore and tired after a week in the field, but we are always ready to go back for more. Join us this Saturday at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science from 10-2 where we will be volunteering with GPOC to teach the public gold panning. Come on out and say “Hi!”, and see the Gold Show they have going on, as well as the excellent museum. Dianes pocket is being shown in the minerals hall. In case you don’t know about that, it is the aquamarine and smoky quartz vug found on Mt Antero, Colorado a few years ago. You can also view some of the largest gold found in Colorado, as well as a lot of smaller (?) pieces on display in the hall.

Check out the new posting on the Articles of Interest page for some pictures and comments on a prospector in Arizona who only uses a gold pan to find gold with. Pretty impressive!

Off to do some more updates and work on the “store”. Have a great week!


World Open Panning website has this year’s world wide panning competitions listed and they add more all the time. A great site to visit: http://www.worldopenpanning.homestead.com/ .

Until next week……
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THE ARKANSAS RIVER is now open TO MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE SUMMER UNTIL October 30, 2008.
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