Dear Members, 10/8/08 We just finished our Bear River Outing. Even though it rained on Friday and the weather was a little cool, it changed just in time for the Saturday pot-luck and it was very nice. We were able to have a fire and visit with everyone. Don will cover this in his notes. ANNUAL SIXTEEN-TO-ONE MINE TOUR, 10/18/08. - We received a call from Mike Miller, President of the 16-1 mine and he is willing to give us a tour himself. We need a minimum of 4 and the cost would be $95.00 per person but if we have 10 an over the cost will be $80.00. This tour will be 2-3 hours long and will probably be one of the last tours before the weather changes. On their website (www.origsix.com) you can down load a “Release of Liability” form and a map on how to get to Alleghany. Mike would like to start the tour at 9:30 AM at the Underground Gold Miner’s musuem, located at the end of town on the right side. The fact that Mike will be your tour guide would be worth the money as he will give you lots of insight to the work that the Miner’s have done over the years. August 7, 2008, The Mountain Messenger, Downieville, (California’s Oldest Weekly Newspaper) ran a full front page on the “Sixteen to One.” (email mtnmess@cwo.com) and Mike Miller’s decision to sell off some of their prized gold collection. “I did have a hard time bringing myself to recommend selling the col-lection,” admits CEO Mike Miller. “We’ve collected it over many years, and each piece represents a part of the mine’s history. But we’re about mining, and we’ve had a dry spell, probably only 100 ounces this year. We simply need money to keep going.” Before the late uptick in gold prices, the company valued the collec-tion at $3.5 million. If you are interested in buying any of the unique 16 to 1 gold in quartz this would be a good time to look it over. I need to know how many are interested and to make sure you can meet everyone 9:30AM sharp in Alleghany. I may not be able to be there because of our own mine work priorty due to weather conditions changing here in the mountains. I told Mike I would keep in touch with him on the number of people we will have for the tour. You will need to bring flashlights, boots, warm clothing, hardhat and lunch. OCTOBER 25, 2008, IOWA HILL GOLD RUSH DAYS. This is an annual fundraiser and raffle for this old Gold Rush community. All proceeds go to help the Volunteer fire department and Community Club. We will be there to teach gold panning and enjoy the Bar-B-Q. Breakfast to start 8:00 AM, for information call 530-367-2891. If you have not been here before, this is the time. This will be held at the Fire Station. IDAHO-MARYLAND MINE, EIR: From the Sierra Nevada Mining & Industry Council, Oct.08.Nevada County Commission members set Oct.21 date to visit the Idaho-Maryland Mine. The long -awaited environmental impact report for the mine will be ready sometime in October with a 45-day public review scheduled before any Planning Commission or City Council votes are cast. The City of Grass Valley filed a lawsuit against Newmont Mining Corp.that has been postponed until March 2009. The city is suing New-mont for damages that occurred after a city sewer plant expansion in 2000 uncovered an old company owned mine shaft that started spewing wastewater into the plant. We wish the Idaho-Maryland good luck with this lawsuit. It seems this is a way to halt all efforts to mine in Nevada County by dragging it through the courts for years. A sample of what the G.V. Union newspaper has been getting is a letter from Bob Shoemaker of the Sierra Nevada Council published 9/2/08 in rebutal to the Mike Thornton’s column on Sat., 8/16. “Mike Thornton’s diatribe seems to be nothing but hogwash. He says, “The ongoing presence of mercury, arsenic, asbestos, lead and other heavy metals from historic mining threatens healthy life in the Sierra.” If this is true, then why has our life expectancy increased year by year and why are the hospitals not filled with pati-ients who have been poisoned by these elements? The answer to these questions is that these threats do not exist and have never existed. I challenge Mr. Thornton to produce the name of one person who has become sick from any of those metals. I wish to inform all the people living along the 150 miles of the Mother Lode that they are in no danger from any of the above, including cyanide (which is self-destroying in a matter of hours).” Bob Shoemaker, 55 years as a chemist and metallurgical engineer.

page -2- OCTOBER 30, 31, 11/1 AND 11/2 - FROM NOON 10/30 TO MONDAY, 11/3, 9:00AMANNUAL OUTING AT OUR HOME, ANCADON PROPERTY AND HAPPY BRIDE MINE, MEMBERS ONLY We have plenty of room for trailers, motorhomes, and camping. Don will set the schedule for us on Fri-day, Sat. & Sun., as it all depends on the weather. Pot-luck on Sat. at 5:00pm, bring a dish to share for 8, your own utensils and drinks. We do not have power so bring something you do not need to heat up. Also bring your own drinking water, chairs and tables. THIS IS A MINE SO LAYERED CLOTHING IS BEST AND ALWAYS PREPARE FOR THE COLD & RAIN. You will need boots and hard hats if you want to see the mine. Bring flash lights as it gets dark early and no outdoor lighting. Cell phones only work if weather clear. We will be sending an email out about a week before to update you on weather conditions and send a map. As you come down our road you will see green metal boxes on the side of the road. We have been ap-proved for a mircowave phone and that is the beginning of the telephone company getting ready to lay our line. Now it has been 30 years living here without a phone and I hope it is not 30 years before they get the line into our home from the mirco-wave tower. Now all this does not make sense as to how it works, but they say this is the only service that has been approved for this community. So you can be sure we will not see power in our lifetime! But we love our home and mine. Yep! I have gone nuts! Annie_________________________________________________________________________________________CHRISTMAS POT-LUCK 12/12/08 AND IOWA HILL “PROJECT LOVE” AT IOWA HILL SCHOOL, 12/19/08

AT CHRISTMAS TIME WE HAVE TWO DRAWINGS, OUR REGULAR RAFFLE AND A SPECIAL ONE FOR IOWA HILL. WHEN YOU BRING YOUR GIFT CERTIFICATE IN FOR THE CHILDREN YOU WILL GET ONE RAFFLE TICKET ONLY FOR THE SPECIAL RAFFLE, REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY GIFTS. Goldhounds adopted this Community and School 15 years ago. During Christmas we give turkeys, canned food baskets and gift-certificates to the children. Iowa Hill has a one-room schoolhouse powered by solar and a generator. Mr. Marks, the teacher, has been traveling from Grass Valley to Iowa Hill School for 25 years. He is dedicated to this community. We give to the community through the school and Community Club. Cathy Morgan, teacher’s aide, helps by letting us know who has special needs. We have 3 children in School and 16 needy young-sters and teenagers in the area that are home schooled. Most of the children need warm clothes, backpacks, school items, sleeping bags, jackets, warm socks and mittens. If you prefer to donate gift certificates, put the amount on the face of the card, along with your name. We have about 20 families we help each year. Thank you everyone for your years of support for “Project Love.” EMILY RUTH, AGE 12 LACY CAMPBELL, AGE 13 JASON FILOSANA, 10 DAWN FILOSANA, 8 KYLE FILOSANA, 6 JOZI GRACE GULLICKSON, 8 DANACA MACY, 7 WYATT MACY, 4 TRACI ALEXANDER, 15 MICHAEL ALEXANDER, 14 JIMMY MCINTRYE, 11 LIZ GUGIN, 15 LOGAN GRIMES, 7 DUSTIN GRIMES, 5 NATHAN MORRIS, 3 DERICH RODGERS, 11 JOHN HAYES, 12 MARIAH HAYES, 14 CRYSTAL SNYDER, 15 As you come into the meeting, give your gift to Bill or Kathy and they will give you a ticket for the special raffle. Thank you Bill and Kathy for your years of friendship and help!

POT LUCK WILL START AT 7:00PM (WHEN DON GET’S THROUGH INTRODUCTION) COME EARLY TO HELP OUT. WE WILL BE THERE ABOUT 5:00. BRING A DISH TO SHARE FOR 8, UTENCILS AND YOUR CHOICE OF DRINK. WE WILL HAVE TEA COFFEE AND TREATS BEFORE THE DINNER. Any questions, call 530-367-2891VM, leave a message, and one of us will return your call. Annie------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bear River outing Thursday October 2nd - Monday October 6th (Photos by Joe Cardoza and Don Robinson)

This is the way it started. The gate was to open at 2:00 PM so I decided to get there early at 10:00 AM to check things out and to make sure the new lock worked, etc. I brought the morning newspaper to read while I would wait for the Hounds to start arriving. Well, as I came down the hill to turn into the main parking area there was this picture for me to see!! They were lined up waiting for me. Not only that, but most of them had been there since 7:30 AM!! The party was started long before I even arrived.

Carol Ebbitt and Barbara Cardoza started the main gold rush. They were panning down on the river in an area that we would later define as a pay streak. They found the spot and were tak-ing gold out with every pan. Some of their flakes were very nice and they were generous to share their area with the rest of the Hounds.

I should mention right off that we did have some wet weather. Friday afternoon the storm rolled in and by Friday night it was raining hard. Then Saturday morning it quit around 9:30 AM, and except for a few showers now and then up till noon, the weather was good. Saturday afternoon was very good and Sunday beautiful.

Bear River outing Thursday October 2nd - Monday October 6th

Goldhounds at the paystreak area.The pay zone was up on the bank, about 100 feet long and 40 feet wide.Carol and Barbara worked there for the entire outing. Carol kept the gold from each day separate. She did very well.

In this pay zone, Dale and Sue Hammon went to town, in a manner of speaking. The left picture shows Dale down deep in some bedrock. He dug this entire area out, exposing the bedrock, and then proceeded to break it up. He was actually picking small flakes up right off the bedrock. The right picture shows others at the same dug out area, sharing in some of the gravel that was tossed up out of the way. You got it, the gravel throuwn up and out of the way also carried! Not as much gold, but enough to pan it out. All of the Hounds had a great time in this area, for most of Saturday afternoon and all of Sunday.

Bear River outing Thursday October 2nd - Monday October 6th

Art and Tim Speegle sluicing. Steve Larson running his box.

Ed Ebbitt going for the gold! Harley Lukenbill panning out from the pay streak area.

Tom Frederick getting ready for sniping. He scored the best of all, taking home 1/3 of an ounce of gold!!!

Jim Ruppel sniping as well. He also got some nice gold.

Bear River outing Thursday October 2nd - Monday October 6th

Fire Master Art Speegle getting the camp fire ready!

Art, Annie and Tim.

Bob Nordhauser and John Gray

Bill Bowman and the new Goldhound, Sandy.

Jim Ruppel’s gold from Sunday.

Bear River outing Thursday October 2nd - Monday October 6th

Later in the evening, after dinner, enjoying the camp

Two dredges were going throughout the outing. Wendy Sorenson shows the easy way to gold pan!

John Kathleen and Phil Patricia, her Mom and Bob

Redhats On the Move Again By: Carol Ebbitt Roving Reporter

With the world in the throws of financial upheaval, it was once again time for the Red Hat Ladies to shut out the chatter of economics and have fun for a day.

The city of Folsom was the choice of retreat this day with the Folsom Zoo the first stop on the agenda. This zoo has come a long way since the early 1960’s. While many children were enjoying the sight of bears, cougars, monkeys, wolves, foxes, deer and a variety of birds, the ladies were just as excited to be up close to these creatures of nature. All the ladies enjoyed a step back into the days of youth.

Then we were like children again, off to a short train ride around the park. The train was the miniature of an old time coal burning steam engine. Waving to adults and children along the way and having them wave back in return was fun.

After all the walking, it was time for lunch in Old Folsom Town. Our hostesses for this outing, Lorelie Merrill and Louise Chaplin had made an excellent choice by selecting “My Brother Vinnies” Italian restaurant. Good food, ambiance and talk was the order for the next hour and one-half. We then left the restaurant for the shops of Old Folsom. Another walk into times past was accomplished as we strolled through the many antique shops along the way.

A full day of fun was had by all the participants, Anne Brown, Susan Korn, Carol Ebbitt, Winnie Clark, Carol Bowman, Henrietta Markley, Ruth Witcher, Karen Bartholomew and our hostesses Louise and Lorelie.

Left to right: Ann Brown, Ruth Witcher, Louise Chaplin, Susan Korn, WinnieClark, Lorelie Merrill, Henritta Markley. back row: Carol Bowman.

Nuggets Arrive At Railroad CelebrationBy: Carol Ebbitt Roving Reporter

As trains whizzed through the middle of town on their scheduled runs, the old time town of Colfax was celebrating the arrival of the Trans-Continental rail tracks to their spot on the way through the Sierras.

The Goldhound “Nuggets” were presenting a step back in time by dressing in their period costumes and demon-

strating how to find gold by the panning method. Once again our aim was to educate the children but it was also the adults that wanted to know more about panning. As usual most of the panning “students” were very surprised to find their gold still at the bottom of their pans after washing out all the other sand and gravel.

On display there was a sample of gold pans showing how the pans had evolved over the years from the metal pans of the 1800’s to today’s “Ferrari” style pans. The adults were very interested in our display and we were able to give demonstrations of their use as well as talk about their history.

This was a two-day event covering September 27th & 28th. Our presence apparently was the biggest draw of the event. Some of the vendors were heard to say that next year they want to be in the same area where we were be-cause of our ability to draw so many more people to us.

This event had a full contingent of “Nuggets” in attendance. Those participating were: the Cardozas, Joe and Barbara, the Markleys, Sam and Henrietta, Don Evans, the Makineys, Stan and Jan, Carol Ebbitt, Karen Bartholomew, and Ray Dodds. A special thank you also goes to Ed and Cyndy Burchard who stepped in to help with the panning when we had a large group come all at one time.

The representatives of the Colfax Historical Society and the Chamber of Commerce expressed their thanks to the Nuggets and want us back again next year.

Left to right: Barbara and Joe Cardoza, Henritta Markley, Ray Dodds, Carol Ebbitt, Don Evans, Sam Markley.

Nuggets Arrive At Railroad Celebration

Entrance to panning. Designed and made by Ray Dodds. Thanks Ray.

Ray Dodds teaching. Top picture: Carol Ebbitt, and bottom picture: Barbara Cardoza.

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GOLDHOUNDS MEETING SCHEDULE & OUTINGS FOR 2008 - PUBLIC INVITEDOct. 10 Goldhound meeting, 100 East St., Auburn Veterans Memorial Hall, 7-9 pmOct.30/11-2 Annual Outing, Ancadon mine, info will follow via email as weather may be a factor.Nov. 14 Goldhound meeting, 100 East St., Auburn Veterans Memorial Hall, 7-9 pm. Our Iowa Hill Project Love will go forward. Info to follow in newsletter and emails.Dec. 12 Goldhound meeting and Pot Luck. Also Iowa Hill “Project Love.” Auburn Veterans Memorial Hall, 7-9 pm. PotLuck and Party.Dec. 19 Iowa Hill School, “Project Love” At the Iowa Hill School, 11:00 am. Jan. 9 Goldhound meeting, 100 East St., Auburn Veterans Memorial Hall, 7-9 pmFeb. 13 Goldhound meeting, 100 East St., Auburn Veterans Memorial Hall, 7-9 pm SPECIAL EVENTSOctober 11-12 Nevada County Gem & Minerals Society. Nevada County Fairgrounds call 530-470-0388 for info.October 18, 16 - 1 Annual tour of the mine. We are waiting to hear from them now if they will be giving a tour. Info will follow by email and we will announce this at our meeting 10/10.October 18-19 El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville, El Dorado County Mineral & Gem Society, 530-677-2975. October 18-19 Shasta Gem & Mineral Society, Shasta District Fairgrounds, call Bill Seward, (530) 365-8641.Oct 25 Iowa Hill “Gold Rush Days.” Iowa Hill Volunteer Fire Station. Pancake breakfast, 8:00AM. Bar-B-Q, raffle, food served all day and live band, for info call 916-216-2402 or 530-367-2891. Proceeds to help fire department & community club. Nov. 5th & 9th 17 ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF GEMS & MINERALS, SUTTER BUTTES GEM & MINERAL CALL 530-272-3752 FOR INFO.March 21 & 22 Annual Roseville Rock Rollers Gem & Mineral Show. Mark your calendars so we can help out! OTHER CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONSRoseville Rock Rollers Gem & Mineral Society meets 2nd Tues. monthly, Roseville Fairgrounds, Garden Room, 800 All America City Blvd., www rockrollers. com or Box 212, Roseville, 95678 or call Florence, (916) 961-6868. email rockrollers @ hotmail.com. or WWW.ROCKROLLERS.COM Gold Prospector Association of America, meets quarterly, for info, Jim Hutchings, 530-367-5108. (Claims) next meeting, October 18, FOR INFO WWW.GOLDPROSPECTORS.ORG OR 1-800- 551-9797.Sacra. Valley Detecting Buffs meet 1st Thurs. monthly, Sac.County Old SMUD Bldg. corner Elkhorn & Don Julio in No. Highlands, or call 916-987-9336 - www sacramentovalleydetectingbuffs.com.United Prospectors meets every other month at outings, www. unitedprospectors.com. Info 510-733-3253. Club has claims and newsletters every 2 months. meets at outings.Shasta Miners, meets 3rd Friday, Happy Valley Center, Anderson, for info 530-623-4209, claims & newsletr. monthlyPublic Lands for the People, 7194 Conejo Dr., San Bernardino, CA 92404, (909) 889-3039, WWW.PLP2.ORG- PLP continues to work on your behalf to keep public lands open. Donations are tax deductible.New 49’ers Prospecting Club. Box 47, Happy Camp, CA 96039, new49ers@goldgold.com, WWWGOLDGOLD.COM For info call 530 493-2012. Claims ClubICMJ”S PROSPECTING & MINING JOURNAL, BOX 2260, APTOS, 95001, OR WWWICMJ.COM,831-479-1500 Comstock Gold Prospectors, Box 20781. Reno, NV 89515 , ClaimsRoadRunner Prospectors’ Club, Box 56804, Phoenix, AZ 85079, WWW.ACCESSARIZONA.COM, 602274-2521American Lands Access Association website:www.americlands.org CO-OP website: www.ourfieldtrips.orgCalifornia Federation of Mineralogical Societies website: www.cfmsinc.orgAmerican Federation of Mineralogical Societies website: www.amfed.org ITEMS FOR SALE - FREE TO MEMBERS.Keene Model 140 Drywasher, used once, like new. $350, call Bill 916-478-2733._________________________________________________________________________________________________MEETINGS ARE HELD the 2nd Friday of each month at the Veterans Hall in Auburn, 7:00om-9:00pm, 100 East St. Take Hwy 80 to Auburn, then Hwy 49 east, at the first stop light, turn right, go one block, turn right again, Veterans Hall sits on the left, parking in the back. Public Invited!__________________________________________________________________________________________________ IN CASE OF EMERGENCY THE AUBURN VETERANS MEMORIAL HALL IS 530-888-9861

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