Welcome to February Everyone,
The first and most important item is the announcement on our upcoming election; this year it is for the offices of President and Treasurer to be held at the April meeting. Nominations are open and if you are interested in throwing your hat into the ring, please let one of our nominating committee members know. They are Sue Connor, Mary Troseth, and Leslie Laveroni.
Next item, February’s outing. Due to the underwhelming turnout for the Gem and Mineral Show combined with the Quartzsite Metal Detecting Club not holding their seeded hunts on the same weekend as the shows, I am just leaving the outing as either the Gold Show or Seeded Hunt, your choice. I realize it is a long way to go, but the seeded hunt did well with like 18 folks there from the combined associations, as did SPMA’s mining trip with 30 people. In my opinion separating the seeded hunts from the show weekend had a negative effect on the attendance for the combined event. Only Bruce and I stayed for the duration and were joined later in the week by Janice. Maybe in the future we can do a totally independent trip to the Gold Eye Mine.
Things are getting better on the Freedom claims complex, the ruts have been filled in up RM 26, thank you Peggy, but the ground while drying is still damp and clumpy with only the southwest facing hills dry enough to freely shovel through the drywashers. Hopefully, without more rainstorms we will be back to near normal in another couple of weeks.
Lastly;
WHAT ABOUT THE PRICE OF GOLD AND SILVER!!!!
Record high at $5500+ that is $177 a gram, then a $600 drop to the $4900 area. And Silver at $115, then down to $78…. Wow! Fasten your seat belts!
Also, a reminder, the scammers are hard at work and for the fifth month in a row WE DO NOT REQUEST ANY ASSISTANCE FROM THE MEMBERS IN PAYING ANY OF THE ASSOCIATION BILLS OR VENDORS.
That’s about it for now.
See you at the meeting or outings.
Jerryk