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March Meeting-- NW GA Chapter, Buchanan, GA
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10 Feb 2015 09:05 AM

    Hello All,  Spring is just around the corner and it's time for monthly meetings to begin.

     Just wanted to invite all members and anyone interested, to our first monthly meeting of the year. 


    When:  March 14th, 2015 -- 8:00 am till 7:00 pm


    Where:  The Farm Claim, Buchanan,GA


    Activities:  Miners Meeting - 8-9 am,  Mining and mingling - till 1pm,  speed panning contest (free to enter) with sponsored prizes (adult and youth catagories) around 1 pm, pot luck dinner around 4 (chapter provides hot dogs or burgers, buns) all else provided by attendees, chapter meeting begins at 5pm followed by fund raising raffle.


       There is primitive camping available at the Farm Claim, there have been folks in there with 30' motor homes.   Also porta potties are supplied on the claim.

     

    We are also the SGMA (Southern Gold Miners Association), a free to join club made up of mostly GPAA members, that meets at and takes care of the Farm Claim.  We welcome all GPAA members or anyone interested in joining the GPAA to come to one of the monthly meetings on the 2nd Sat of each month from March thru November.  Check the following link for any further info on meetings and club activities,           http://www.sgma-gpaa.com    

     

    For directions to the Farm Claim, Buchanan, GA., copy and paste these coordinates into Google maps:   
    33 45" 51.51"N,85 14" 00.48W

                                                                                   Hope to see as many of you as can make it for a fun day at the creek,

                                                                                                            Paul Straub    Outings coordinator- NW GA Chapter GPAA, SGMA

    PM me if anyone needs more info.   Paul

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    11 Feb 2015 08:29 AM

    Just a note about working this claim, dredging is okay up to 5", highbanking is allowed only in the creek with creek material, no digging in banks. No mining within 100' of road that crosses the creek. 25' between dredges. There are 3 ramps that can be accessed to unload dredges. A couple of them can be accessed by 2WD.

    Paul

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    08 Mar 2015 08:00 PM
    Is there any good areas for metal detecting....not gold but coins and relics??
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    08 Mar 2015 08:38 PM
    Hi Lucy, Unfortunately the only detecting that can be done is in the creek at this claim, as there is no digging outside the creek bed.

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    15 Mar 2015 03:16 PM
    Hey All, Just wanted to thank everyone that read about our meeting here, and a special thanks to anyone that attended. We had a good turnout, and everyone seemed to have fun.

    We had some newcomers to the GPAA that came. I taught some kids how to pan, others were showing the new folks how to read a stream and how to classify and pan material.

    We had a great speed panning contest, fastest time 8.66 seconds, and a great pot luck dinner. Our chapter meeting was very productive, and another fun raffle.

    Again thanks to all that came, without you it wouldn't have been as successful. I'll Have some pics to post later.

    Paul Straub, Outings Coordinator, NW GA Chapter of the GPAA.
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    15 Mar 2015 04:00 PM
    Sorry I missed it Paul. My granddaughter is being stubborn about being born. But you can look forward to her joining me in a few years.
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    15 Mar 2015 04:09 PM
    Cool! Congrats!!! ahead of time on the new "nugget" in your life. We missed you this month, but we'll see you soon I hope.
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