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Anyways.. new to GPAA as I said.. in the Tucson, AZ area. so if anyone wants a greenhorn asking stupid questions in the area..  Hey .. i'm here.  

Can't wait to learn more about this.. I've already been on youtube and watched about 100 videos on it.. even a 46 episode mining course offered on youtube.  got a LOT from that.. and of course saw I think just about all of Mr. " Let's GOoooo" .. Jeff W's. videos on youtube. 

there is a GPAT group here in Tucson, so I'm going to go look them up!!  

Hope you folks get everything worked out here !  

Lifes way to short to get upset about what other folks are , or aren't doing.. I always find it easier to just do things myself  and Not rely on others.. 

Frank

Posted By Brad Lamb on 22 Nov 2016 10:39 AM
UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL (FAIL)

We are all like minded in that we got obsessed, to some varying degree, over prospecting for the Au.

If nothing else, the discourse over the last 4 pages has almost come full circle. There is more respect in the posts, more substantive information and some strategy, with a letter example, for returning the rights of the land to the rights of the people.

Well said and sometimes those not in the know  can get upset and lash out as opposed to asking what can be done to help. I have worked with Brandon as well as Kevin to help educate and bring in new members which in turn funds efforts to work at keeping our right to mine alive. Openly bashing the leadership of a group only displays weakness to our foes on government for them to exploit.

 

 

Complaining and throwing insults does nothing positive and  our efforts should be to helping leadership succeed as a company and a voice against government regulating us out of existence. This forum is not here for the leadership, but for us and they indeed see what is written here I would think. Expecting  them to respond to insulting posts is  way off base. I see very little agreement here Adam and perhaps we should concentrate our efforts on support even if not fully in the "know"

 

Cheers, Bill

    "Openly bashing the leadership of a group only displays weakness to our foes on government for them to exploit."

The only weakness here is the silence & lack of leadership at the GPAA...Our foes exploit us because our leadership lets it happen. They sit by while we slowly lose our right to mine & prospect.

I rally everyone to do something...Because the leadership doesn't. This isn't about me, but if it makes you feel better to trash me...I could care less. I only care about doing what the leadership 'should' be doing.

I am new to the gpaa and I assume that you are talking about Brandon Johnson. Shortly after joining  I submitted a request for a shop profile and he was johnny on the spot emailing and even giving me a call and making sure all my info. was correct so this don't sound like somebody who does not care. One thing for sure is that you have wrong is IT AIN'T DEAD, As long as there is one prospector with one pan and a pick and shovel it ain't dead. Sound familiar, the line from the movie Monty Walsh  with Lee Marvin where he tells them as long as there is one cowboy and one cow it ain't dead. When I was young I had  dinner   with him at a watering hole in canyon dam ca. where Lee came in and bought the whole place steaks and whisky. Most people don't know this but Lee owned a mine in the ghost town of Senaca ca. You as one person can make a difference whether you believe that or not,  I know I believe I do and I believe whether you are from calif. or any of the other 49 states you can to. The Name of some of our claims reflects that, The Rotten Luck Willie, the Rumson #1, The Mad Jack, No Name Creek, The Horton and others and we own these not the government  so suck it up buttercups and stand your ground and as the old saying go's if you need more than five to stay alive your in the wrong place at the wrong time. Tom Glenn

   Monte Walsh is a great western, I just watched it again last weekend. That's a great saying... "If there's one Gold  panner left, it ain't dead"

Lets all help Brandon win our rights back. I'm not trying to pick a fight with Brandon, I just don't want to see anymore golden opportunities get wasted. The Dec. - Jan. Pick & Shovel 'should have' rallied everyone to ask our mining friendly President to get the USFS & the BLM off of our backs and stop closing our forests to Gold prospectors.

Posted By ADAM ANDREWS on 13 Dec 2016 09:26 AM

   Monte Walsh is a great western, I just watched it again last weekend. That's a great saying... "If there's one Gold  panner left, it ain't dead"

 

Lets all help Brandon win our rights back. I'm not trying to pick a fight with Brandon, I just don't want to see anymore golden opportunities get wasted. The Dec. - Jan. Pick & Shovel 'should have' rallied everyone to ask our mining friendly President to get the USFS & the BLM off of our backs and stop closing our forests to Gold prospectors.

 

I'm sure that will be coming, as soon as the new admiistration is in place, and we have names to go with our comments.  Until the new people get in, it will just fall on deaf ears and get round filed.

   Monte Walsh taught me to be nice to cooks...Or else you'll literally get the crappy flap jacks

Posted By ADAM ANDREWS on 13 Dec 2016 03:30 PM

   Monte Walsh taught me to be nice to cooks...Or else you'll literally get the crappy flap jacks

AND THE CRAPPIES!!!!!!!!  oh, that's what you said huh.

The camp cook is the most important person in camp. 

           Many thanks to Shannon Poe for his important speech at the Calif. Water Board meeting about Dredging...

   And what did Brandon & the leadership of the GPAA have to say about this...Nothing...(The sounds of Crickets)...Are any of you getting it now???

  Why are three of my GPAA friends refusing to renew their GPAA dues??? You figure it out.