PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

WINTER IS STILL HERE AND THE GROUND HOG CAME OUT AND THERE IS MORE WINTER TO BE HAD. THE HOG NEEDS TO WORK FOR THE WEATHER CHANNEL, IF HE IS SO GOOD. LAST MEETING WE HAD 50 MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE WITH A NET DONATIONS OF $814.24. GREAT JOB FOR ALL THAT ATTENDED. OUR NEXT MEETING , WE WILL HAVE LYNN KESLAR, FROM THE FOREST SERVICE, IN WHICH HE WORKS WITH THE MINES AND MINERALS SECTIONS. THERE SHOULD BE A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION GIVEN AND UPDATES OF WHAT HAS OR WILL BE TAKEN PLACE. THERE HAS BEEN PROPOSALS BY THE "EPA" ABOUT HAVING A PERMINT FOR ALL DREDGES 5" AND BELOW TO HAVE A PERMIT FOR WATER DISCHARGE COMING OFF THE DREDGES. JUST ANOTHER WAY OF THE GOVERNMENT TO TRY AND SHUT DOWN THE SMALL PLACER MINERS. THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO GET SO MUCH CONTROL OVER THE GOLD IN THIS COUNTRY. IF HE KILLS THE SMALL OPERATOR AS IT IS BEING DONE IN CALIFORNIA AND NOW THE THREAT MOVERS NORTH AND WEST, AGAIN, AS IN IDAHO. BEFORE YOU KNOW IT IT WILL BE GOLD PANS ONLY. IT HAD BEEN SAID THAT IN THE LATER TIME THE COMMODITY OF EXCHANGE WILL BE GOLD AND SILVER. IF THE GOVERNMENT IS BACKING ALL THESE PROGRAMS OF "CASH FOR GOLD" AND OTHER GOLD BUYING ENTITIES. IF EVERYBODY THINKS THERE GETTING A GREAT DEAL IN SELLING THEIR GOLD, THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE TIME WHEN YOU HAVE TO USE IT AS A FORM OF PAYMENT, GUESS WHAT, THERE WON'T BE ANY TO BE HAD. MORE GOVERNMENT CONTROL. SO PROSPECTORS TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS TO HOLD ON TO THOSE ITEMS THAT THEY HAVE NO USE FOR!!!!!!! ANYWAY, THE OUTING FOR THIS YEAR WILL PROBABLY CONSIST OF THREE COMMONS WITH AN EXTRA OUTING AND MAYBE A PICNIC THROWN IN. COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN AT THE MEETING AND WILL BE FINALIZED. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET WILLARD CREEK SECURED FOR LEGAL PROSPECTING FOR THIS SUMMER. A LOT OF LAND ISSUES ARE INVOLVED AND THESE CAN BE WORKED OUT. THE LAND IS OWNED BY THREE DIFFERENT OWNERS. WE HAVE TO BRING UP THE PROBLEM ON LITTLE SEVIER ,& ON THE RED DOG CLAIMS. THEIR ARE PERSONS OR CLUB MEMBERS DIGGING ON THE WRONG CLAIM AND THE ADJACENT CLAIM OWNER IS UPSET DUE TO THE FACT THAT HIS CLAIMS CANNOT BE LEFT ALONE. IF THIS KEEPS UP, THE CLAIMS WILL BE CLOSED DOWN FOR A TIME IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN AT THE MEETING ON THIS. THESE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD CLAIMS AND WOULD HATE TO HAVE TO ISSUE AN ACTION SUCH AS THIS. WELL, ALL KEEP WARM, AND THINK OF ALL THE GOLD THAT YOU MISSED OUT ON LAST YEAR AND THE POSSIBILITIES THAT THE NEW YEAR WILL BRING. UNTIL THEN A LITTLE THOUGHT FOR ALL, " LIFE IS A FIFTY, FIFTY CHANCE, YOU ARE EITHER PART OF THE PROBLEM OR PART OF THE RESOLVE" , AND WITH OUR EMPLOYMENT OR WORKING A JOB OR BUILDING A CAREER. I GUESS I BETTER GO NOW BEFORE I GET IN TROUBLE. SEE YA AT THE NEXT MEETING:::)))))

THANKS AGAIN PHIL