PA Prospectors A Chapter of EGPA

 Minutes of June 20, 2009

The meeting was opened by President Brady Crist.

The Secretary and Treasurers reports were read and approved.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: (1) The July and August meetings will be at the Frank Gray property. (2) The July meeting will be our major outing.

EGPA updates: (1) Rick Atkins currently has a map of the newly acquired property in Knoxville, PA. They will be mailed to all EGPA members at some point. (2) There is another property that has just been added to the Pennsylvania properties in Linesville, PA., near Meadeville, PA. (3) Dredging-EGPA is close to getting the dredge permit for the York property. (4) The South-Central Chapter will be having an outing at the York property from July 30-August 2, 2009. (5) The Virginia outing has been canceled.

OLD BUSINESS: (1) July outing committees overview was done. (2) Prospecting at the outing will be limited to non-motorized equipment (e.g. pan or sluice box) or recirculating equipment such as the Gold Buddy. (3) The Metal Detecting group will be handling the hunts. The cost for the adult hunts will be $10.00 each. There will also be a metal detecting hunt for the kids. There will be one or two treasure chests buried for us to find as well. (4) The Chinese auction will be set up Saturday morning. Dixie is in charge of this. (5) See Bob Hettinger or Rob Schultz for camping assignments. (6) Don Schmidt is in charge of the Duck races. (7) The agenda will be posted on the web site for the Outing.

NEW BUSINESS: (1) It’s Cody’s birthday! Every one got to wish him a happy birthday and have some cake. Thank you to everyone who made this possible.

Paul Lindenmuth recommended to everyone who metal detects to get a pin-pointer if you don’t already have one. It really makes finding your target easier.

For the door prize raffle, Henry donated a bag of ore dirt and Rick from EGPA donated two bags. Thank you both.

The raffles were held and the meeting was adjourned for the Potluck.

Respectfully submitted,

Linda Houseknecht-Secretary

PA Prospectors Chapter of EGPA