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Volume 27-3A Monthly Newsletter Published by the RoadRunner Prospector’s Club
April 2013
PRESIDENTS CORNER
The weather for prospecting is as near to perfect as its’ going to get. I went to the outing at the Double R
claim as described on map 19. The “dig” was on Saturday, March 23rd and many other Roadrunners came
out. Kris Smith deserves a vote of thanks for his work in digging the holes with the backhoe for us to work
and also in filling them in afterward to stay within the BLM regulations. I was working in a hole along the
old riverbed where some members said there was no gold. I found some, not a lot, but it still made my day.
Gold was found in some of the small washes as well by other members and all had a good time.
As many of you may be aware, there is a gate at the access road that had a chain on it, but no lock.
This was to keep cattle from moving about. An individual, claiming to be the property owner, decided to
put a strong chain and lock on that gate and some Roadrunners had difficulty leaving the property. To my
knowledge, everyone got out but there were some minor problems. I understand we have using that road for
decades and this is the first time I was aware of a problem. The Board has met and we are referring the matter to our attorney. Therefore, I am not going to say anything further about in this article, but rest assured,
we will proceed to legally protect the Club’s rights. I am asking that no one use that gate until we work out
this problem, as we do not want any type of confrontation. Until this is resolved, members can use the alternate access route as described in the previous version of Map 19 prior to March 2012. (see separate article
in this newsletter)
This month, April, we have the spring picnic at the same location as last year. I placed the food order
with the caterer and the menu will be the same as last year with the BBQ being served at noon. The food
will be excellent and I urge you to buy your tickets now. If people don’t purchase their tickets in advance
there is a chance that they will not be able to purchase them at the picnic. It’s an open secret that I always
plan for more attendance than the advance headcount, but one of these times I may get it wrong. Therefore,
please buy your tickets now as we need as accurate a head count as is possible. I hope for a good turn out
and am looking forward to it.
It has come to the Boards attention that some one or a group of persons dug a huge hole on one of our
claims, Turkey Buzzard #4, and did not fill in the hole. In fact the dirt disappeared, probably hauled off by
the offending parties. I suspect that this was not done by any of our members and if you see anything of this
nature occurring, please write down license numbers and give the Board the information. Hauling dirt off
site for processing is not allowed and leaving holes unfilled is not allowed as all members are aware. Please
help us protect our claims.
Lastly, many of our members will be heading back north soon. We have enjoyed being with them
this winter, renewing old acquaintances and wish them a safe journey to the cooler regions. We hope they
have a good summer and will return next year to find the elusive ‘yellow’.
Remember to be safe out there and make it a good month.
- Frederick Horn, President
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BOARD & OFFICE DIRECTORY
MONTHLY MEETINGS
General Meetings:
3rd Thursday of the month - 7:00 PM @ Arizona American Italian
club 7509 North 12th St. Phoenix, AZ (No meeting in December)
Monthly outings:
Held on the weekends following the Third Thursday of the month.
Guests are welcome to attend regular meetings and outings.
Board Meeting:
forthTuesday of the month - 7:00pm Club Office
New Member Orientation:
Club Office 7:00 p.m.. See calendar for dates.
The Bird Tailings is published as a service to Roadrunner Prospectors’
Club, Inc. members. Opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of
the management or of its members. Publication of information in this
newsletter constitute, no guarantee of accuracy. Use of any information
found in this newsletter is at the sole risk of the user. Neither the RRPC,
it’s board of directors, nor the editor of this publication assume any
liability for damages resulting from the use of information found within
the newsletter content.
PRESIDENT
Fred Horn
VICE PRESIDENT
Karl Weber
SECRETARY
Carol Nickel
TREASURER
Bill Hunt
3 YEAR BOARD MEMBERS
Bob Wierzal
Bruce Myers
2 YEAR BOARD MEMBERS
Jack Engbrecht
The contents of this publication may not be reproduced either in part or
in whole without written consent of the Roadrunner Prospectors’ Club.
Randal Stockwood
The newsletter encourages submissions of any article mining related,
opinion pieces, cartoons, want-ads, sales of items, etc.
1 YEAR BOARD MEMBERS
Reeve Kahabka
Roadrunner Prospecting Club phone numbers:
Bill Nickel
News Letter
Voice message 602-274-2521
Office Fax: 602-274-4335
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Office Manager
Membership Manager
Pete Baker
Pete Baker
Mailing address:
RRPC
P.O. Box 56804
Phoenix, AZ 85079
Email:
rrpc-office@roadrunnergold.com
Website
Pete Baker
Brian Jost
Website:
http://www.roadrunnergold.com
Club Office is located at:
2744 W. Osborn R.
Phoenix, AZ 85017-5023
(Open 9:00am to 1:00pm Wednesday). Between Thomas Rd
and Indian School Rd, west of 27th Ave.
Member Address Change Form:
Send to: RRPC, PO Box 56804, Phoenix, AZ 85079-6804
or email: rrpc-office@roadrunnergold.com
Member Number: ________
Name: ________________________________________
New Address: __________________________________
__________________________________
Phone Number: _________________________________
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Dues/Fees:
• Annual dues are due by December 1st
of each year.
•
Annual Maintenance Fee (AMF =
$44.00) due by December 1st of each
year.
BUDDY LIST
Echo Maurer, (623) 377-0808, mritter4@cox.net
Area: Surprise
Available: Any day, Cannot drive.
Equipment: Drywasher, Dredge, Hi-banker, final recovery systems.
Have pickup. Limited driving due to vision problems.
Preferred claims: Any claims area
Dick Tucek, (623) 975-2849
Area: Surprise
Available: Any day but Sunday, Can not drive
Equipment: Metal Detector
Preferred claims: Stanton area, Leave No Holes,
Bumblebee King
Mike Landgraf, (602) 678-6789,
bzazab@hotmail.com
Area: 7th Ave./Dunlap - Sunnyslope
Available: Any day, Can drive, 2WD, Intermediate
Equipment: High-Banker, Metal detector
Preferred claims: Turkey Creek
“Have 650cc buggy for offroad, carries a lot. I’m retired.”
Randall Stockwood, (928) 501-7901,
ran1mo@aol.com
Area: Pleasant Harbor Resort, Peoria
Available: All days except Sunday, Can drive, 4WD
Equipment: Dry washer, Metal detector
Preferred claims: Any and all“Need some one to be
with”
Don Tennis, (575) 535-4463
Area: Meyer, AZ.
Available: Fri., Sat., Sun., Can drive, 2WD
Equipment: 2 ½” High-Banker, other misc.
Preferred claims: Big Bug 1&2, Turkey Creek
claims, Mercers
“I am open to suggestions. Please call and we can go
from there.”
Rich Nipko, 321 432-8209, Email: rknipko@yahoo.com
Area: Goodyear
Available: All days, Can drive, 2WD, Experienced
Equipment: Metal detector, panning
Preferred claims: Any
“New to club, recently retired”
Michael Schratt, 815 814-2145, Email: auroracad5@aol.com
Area: Tempe
Available: Saturdays, Sundays, Can drive
Equipment: Metal Detector, pan
Preferred Claims: all claims
Interests: Nugget hunting, coin hunting, ancient
artifacts, antique treasure maps, tales of lost or buried treasure
Brian Venetz, 602 486-5976, Email:
bvenetz83@gmail.com
Area: Phoenix
Available: Fridays, Saturdays, Can drive, 2wd, Beginner
Equipment: Sluice, Pan
Preferred Claims: All
Claim dropped
The Karen Lynn (claim J on Map 21) has been
dropped.
Please do not prospect on the claim. Our signs and
poles have been removed. An updated map is
enclosed in this newsletter.
Thank you
The following folks have joined RRPC since
our last newsletter.
Please welcome them into our club:
Robert & Laurie Brainard Surprise, AZ
Richard & Belva Mcmains Glendale, AZ
Naomi & Ron Hensley
Peoria, AZ
Bob & Cora Terhune
Peoria, AZ
John & Patsy Estes
Gilbert, AZ
William & Brenda Riera
Phoenix, AZ
Marc & Joanna Cone
Phoenix, AZ
Bill Cone
Phoenix, AZ
Andrew Zweiger
Dewey, AZ
Terry & Janis Reese
Litchfield Park, AZ
Bill & Debbie Dyer
Chandler, AZ
Roy & Gail Mccracken
Cottonwood, AZ
Jean Rashkind
Tempe, AZ
Thorsen Levitte
Anthem, AZ
VIP Winners from the March Meeting:
Richard Meisel – Claims Marking
Faye Weber – Meeting Support
Chuck Horner – Claims Marking
½ oz. Nugget Winner:
Jean Rashkind
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Silver Rounds
Our new 30 year 99.9% silver anniversary rounds have arrived and are now available for our members to purchase. Below, please note the cost of the rounds, guaranteed shipping and optional gift box. Rounds and gift
boxes can be mailed or purchased at the monthly meeting. Purchasing rounds at the meeting will save members shipping and insurance charges. Gift boxes are in limited supply and rounds are being sold at or near cost.
If you are purchasing silver rounds in person, at the meetings, the prices are:
$45.00 per round w/o display box.
$50.00 per round with the display box.
Did You Know…
The largest stockpile of gold is located five stories underground inside the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York’s vault. This vault holds 25% of the world's gold reserve (540,000 gold bars). Though this bank holds more gold than Fort Knox,
most of it belongs to foreign governments.
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Roadrunner Prospectors Club, Inc.
-------------------------------------------------------------------Please use this form to make Dues or AMF payments and for ordering replacement
Maps or Badges or for ordering the 30th Anniversary Silver Rounds
Name: _________________________________________________ Member Number: __________
Street Address: ___________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip: ___________________________________________________________________
Phone Number: ___________________________________________________________________
Replacement Maps: $20.00. Replacement Badges: $10.00 each.
Dues Pymt: $__________AMF Pymt: $_______ Maps Pymt:$_______ Badges(s) Pymt: $_______
If ordering replacement badge(s), the name(s) as you want it to appear on the badge:
(first name): ___________________________________________
(second name): ___________________________________________
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Use this section to order the 30th Anniversary Silver Round. Quantities are limited to TWO per membership. The price is $50 per round w/o display box and $55 per round with display box.
(price includes shipping, handling, insurance and tracking).
# of Silver Rounds (limit two) ___ @ $50 = $________. # of Display Boxes ___ @ $5 = ________.
Total amount of order: $ ____________
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Please make Check or Money Order payable to: Roadrunner Prospectors Club, Inc.
PO Box 56804
Phoenix, AZ 85079-6804
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Use this form if paying with a credit or debit card
Credit/Debit Card:
___
___
Please Print Legibly
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Card Number: ________________________________________
CVV Number: ______ (on back of the credit card)
Billing Address:
Total Amount: _______
Exp. Date: ____/______
mm / yyyy
First Name: _______________________ Last Name: ____________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________________
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Once again its time for
RRPC’s Annual Spring Picnic
April 20, 2013
Betty Claims, Map # 6
Events start at 10:00 am
Tickets will be sold at the February and March General Meeting.
Tickets also on sale by mail starting now - see below.
Tickets cost $15.00 each, no charge for children under 12.
Events include Pan Toss and Panning contests.
Bring your own tables and chairs.
Tickets may be ordered by mail. Send the form below and a
SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE to:
SPRING PICNIC TICKETS
P.O. BOX 56804
PHOENIX AZ 85079
Tickets will be held and given out at the picnic if there is not a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope.
TICKETS SOLD AFTER Wednesday, April 10, 2013 must be picked up at the picnic location the morning of the
event.
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2013 RRPC Annual Spring Picnic – April 20, 2013
Name: _________________________________________ Member # ________
Member ticket: __1__ (Green ticket for nugget drawing)
Spouse/Partner ticket: ______ (White ticket)
Number of tickets for children 12 and older: ______ (White tickets)
Number of Guest Tickets: _____ (White tickets)
Total tickets being purchased: ______ x $15 = _____ (total amount enclosed)
Number of tickets for children under 12: ______ (No charge – White tickets)
(Even though children under 12 eat free, they need a ticket so we can get an accurate headcount)
Total tickets ordered: ______
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April 2013 Classifieds
For Sale: Life Membership #2098. $400, Buyer pays
$250 transfer fee. AMF paid
for 2013. Please call Paul at: (512) 516-2194(home)
or (575) 574-8760(cell).
For Sale: Life Membership #4052. $400, Buyer pays
$250 transfer fee. AMF paid
for 2013. Please call Gary or Tecla at (928) 639-4611
.
For Sale: Life Membership #3170. $400, Buyer pays
$250 transfer fee. AMF paid
for 2013. Please call Joe at (480) 288-8339.
For Sale: Life Membership #3279. $250, Buyer pays
$250 transfer fee. AMF paid
for 2013. Please call Bob at (480) 926-1298.
For Sale: Life Membership #3208. $400, Buyer pays
$250 transfer fee. AMF paid
for 2013. Please call Debi at (623) 842-2910.
For Sale: Life Membership #2552. $400, Buyer pays
$250 transfer fee. AMF paid
for 2013. Please call Jon at (706) 726-3491.
For Sale: Life Membership #1110. $400, Buyer pays
$250 transfer fee. AMF paid
for 2013. Please call Jacki at (623) 877-2497.
For Sale: Life Membership #1607. $400, Buyer pays
$250 transfer fee. AMF paid
for 2013. Please call Ray at (928) 899-8621.
For Sale: Life Membership #2041. $400, Buyer pays
$250 transfer fee. AMF paid
for 2013 Please call Kevin at (920) 848-7788.
For Sale: Life Membership #3634. $400, Buyer pays
$250 transfer fee. AMF paid
for 2013 Please call Alan at (602) 540 4728.
For Sale: Life Membership #3583. $400. Buyer pays
$250 transfer fee. AMF paid
For 2013. Please call Bud at (480) 830-7949.
For Sale: Life Membership #2329. $350. Buyer pays
$250 transfer fee. AMF paid
for 2013. Please call Gladys at (623) 977-3552
For Sale: Life Membership #3181. $300. Buyer pays
$250 transfer fee. AMF paid
for 2013. Please call Mike at (719) 495-4479.
For sale: New 3" dredge hose, Tigerflex, SH300,
grey, 36 feet at $6.00 a foot. Will
cut. Also, 17 feet of Kanaflex #112cl, white for
$50.00.Call Gail @ (480) 982-4147
For Sale: Deep Seeker – If your after large, deeply
buried treasure, the Whites TM808 is for you. Use
Cave Mode to locate caves, wells or tunnels. Paid
$700.00, asking $400.00.
Please call Charlotte at (928) 636 0598
For Sale: The Roadrunner club is selling the Gold
Screw trammel. Just serviced with a new foot
valve. Includes a complete service manual. $1,500.00
Call the club office (602) 274-2521
or email: rrpc-office@roadrunnergold.co.
Wanted: 4WD truck, and Quad and a Trailer. Also
need a metal detector. And, looking for a white canvas wall tent. Please call Mike at (928) 499-0202
Wanted: One Roadrunner Club silver round year
2002 to complete my year date collection. Will pay
$5.00 over spot silver price. Brad Rutledge #6240
(970) 879-7733 or bradrutledge42@gmail.co
For Trade: Looking for a Minelab X-terra 70 or 705
metal detector to trade for a Whites Gold
Master metal detector. Please call Bill at: (602) 3488261.
For Sale: Accurate Locator PI 5500 deep target detector. Find treasures, gold, meteorites. Also have the
18" blanket. $3,500.00. Gold Getter Buggy Recirculater/sluice. Holds over 300 gallons of water. Gas
motor. $4,000.00. Call Jack at: (928) 427-9597.
For Sale: Electrascope Model 301 Long Range Detector with video, manual, and hard case $1,500.00.
Trommel (home made) 2.5 gas motor, reverse helix
$1,200.00.
Call Jack at: (928) 427-9597.
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Members enjoying the assessment dig on the RR
claims. The weather was grand, the turnout was
great and a little gold was found with a lot of hard
digging.
I think the biggest piece of gold out of the holes dug
by Chris was the flake found by our club president,
Fred Horn.
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Map 19 – Temporary Access
GENERAL DIRECTIONS / LOCATION:
Take Grand Ave (Hwy 60) or Carefree (Hwy 74) West 2.3 miles past their intersection in Morristown, to the Hanson Materials Concrete Co.. (This is just West of San Domingo Wash).Turn right
and follow the road to the visitors sign. Set odometer to zero. Turn right at sign. Just short of the
gate, turn left, then a quick right into the wash. At .3 miles, look for power line and BLM Off-Road
Vehicle Sign. Turn right up the hill. At top of hill, the road makes a sharp left turn by the big Saguaro. Take this left branch. Follow this road to for 2.1 miles. Turn right and follow road for 3.8
miles. Turn right to main body of claims. The route may require high-clearance and/or some 4
WD. No motor homes or camp trailers.
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Shadow Mountain
Screw Products
Prospecting Equipment Repair
2545 E. Marilyn Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85032-4920
Ph - (602) 992-9173
Cell - (602) 625-4572
Howard R. Bentley
NUGGET-SHOOTER
Authorized Minelab & Nugget Finder Dealer
Bill Southern
623-910-0345
Your Guide To Finding Gold Nuggets!
Website: www.nuggetshooter.com
Mail Address: PO Box 576
Morristown, AZ 85342
“e” Mail Southerndesert@yahoo.com
Gold King Mfg LLC
Prospecting Supplies
Mavis (623)-386-6430
Scott (623)-694-4389
BunksArizonaProspecting.com
Home of the Hermit Pick
Dry Washers, Maps, Accessories,
Carbon Fiber Detector Shafts
Calvin “Bunk” Bunker, 928-830-5350
PO Box 2581, Chino Valley, AZ 86323
RYAN DESHON - Owner
Pat McCormick - Manager
Falcon Metal Detectors
PO Box 8353 Mesa AZ 85214 (480) 396-1181
www.falconmetaldectectors.com
Wally DeShon
ROADRUNNER CLOTHING AND PRODUCTS
Pro Gold Prospecting Equipment &Supplies is now the new distributor of the
clothing and products for the club, you can go directly to the mining shop to purchase your shirts hats and decals, also Pro-Gold will be soon be offering some new
items, such as hat pins Car window decals, Sweat pants and many more neat new
things to show your support of the club. If you plan to go and buy the product from
the store keep in mind that they will want to see that you are a current member so
be sure to bring your current membership card, The store does not want to be selling club merchandise to non members. You can reach the mining shop at 623-6709732 if you have any questions.
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Roadrunner Prospectors’ Club
P.O. Box 56804
Phoenix, AZ 85079-6804
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