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ARTHUR WAUGH
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07 Apr 2014 10:24 AM
    Thought for a new page in the GPAA and LDMA sections.  Make up a page for claim reports that members can post to, by claim number in the guide (which might change in new issues of said guide) or by claim name since non members can't drill that deep.  That will give the home office more reports than are probably mailed in, and give members more information on claims and what to expect.  Also give us a place to report issues with them such as missing markers, etc.  For instance, went to 2 in Oregon yesterday, and neither are marked, nor have they been for at least 3 years.
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    07 Apr 2014 02:53 PM
    That would be a great feature to add to the forum, as the guide becomes outdated very quickly.
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    07 Apr 2014 05:35 PM
    As an LDMA member why isn't the guide online??? And updated regularly, there's really no reason other than they sell it... I never got an updated guide when I went to LDMA from GPAA....? For as much as I pay for my membership at least send me the new guide,,,
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    08 Apr 2014 08:52 AM

    Thank you for the suggestions.  There has been discussion about an online version of the Mining Guide and how folks could contribute. We hope to fulfill this request in the future.

     

    For now, Mining Reports can be submitted here: http://www.goldprospector...ation/Mining-Report.

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    08 Apr 2014 09:40 AM
    What I don't get is you send the PDF, Quark, or Adobe or any other digitized file of the guide to print shop to have the physical paper copies made, why not make the file available for members as well...
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    08 Apr 2014 09:57 AM
    And all the trees that would be saved from not printing a full guide...
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    28 Apr 2014 02:40 PM
    Hi James
    Having updates on the web is being looked at and may be in the future. From a Mining Claims Dept. point of view having more communication about claims both to and from members would be a help here to. Printing would most likely still be needed for members to take with them and many members also do not use computers. Thank you for your posts.
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    12 May 2014 08:55 AM
    I believe it was Brandon that I talked to at the Vegas show. I explained that I have no desire to have a printed copy of the mining guide. While it is a very interesting book and I can tell that there has been a LOT of time and effort put into it. I just don’t use it. It sits under my night stand and that’s it. I have opened it maybe 2 or 3 times. I live in Montana where we have minimal GPAA claims to begin with. I would much rather have a updated (updated by staff and actual users and maybe even some feedback and hints about the area) online version that I can choose a state and then look for where I will be at and see if there are any claims. Then if so I can print a simple PDF file and be done. But I don’t travel much as I still have to work and my club claim is where I do most of my prospecting already. So I feel that the money that was spent to print my mining guide was kind of a waste for the GPAA. I hear that one of the concerns of the GPAA is claim jumping by non GPAA members. Well I am sorry but if a thief really wants to steal they will find a way. And yes I understand some folks need to have the mining guide as that is their resource. But if an online version gets established maybe when people call in to renew their memberships or even new members the GPAA staff person can check to see if they need it??? I know that I am willing to pay the same fees for not getting a mining guide if there was another source for it.
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    12 May 2014 10:48 AM
    I know it's kind of a hassle, but in the GPAA rules doesn't it state you have to have your mining guide with you when you are on a claim? Is that still the case?
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    12 May 2014 02:56 PM
    I was told as long as you have your GPAA membership card you are good to go. I could have heard wrong too
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    12 May 2014 06:31 PM
    LOL You can tell I am the newbie. I bring the Mining Guide, All 3 of my copies of the Pick and Shovel and my membership cards. And probably 3 times the gear I really need.
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    13 May 2014 08:04 AM
    Hay Tim,Thats ok better to have and not need then to need and not have. Welcome to the fun!
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    13 May 2014 03:35 PM
    Tim,

    Over time you will learn what you need to take and what you don't need, with that being said.....

    If you don't take it, youll wished you had at some point in your travels.


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    17 May 2014 08:58 AM

    Exactly !  I always carry my bug out bag which is a backpack loaded with all survival gear, pistol cwp, and of course all my camping/ mining supplies.

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    17 May 2014 09:22 AM
    Getting back to claim reports, I'll start submitting them when GPAA decides to make them available to members. I'm sure that anyone visiting a claim for the first time would want more detailed information than what's provided in the guide, and this gives a "feet on the ground" perspective.
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    17 May 2014 12:35 PM
    Sylvester please submit any mining claim reports you can. This is valuable information and helps other members. GPAA publishes this information in the mining guide as well as the Pick & Shovel Gazette. GPAA relies on this information from members so that we can help other members as well.
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    18 May 2014 10:27 AM
    Dominic, What is in the mining guide is the barest of summaries, and often out of date. GPAA needs to make any full claim reports available to it's members so that they have the latest information. Things on the ground have a habit of changing since the guide was published, often several years previously. Your members want only what they've been promised with their membership - up to date, accurate information on GPAA's claims. Should be pretty simple.
    Dominic Ricci
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    18 May 2014 11:00 AM
    Sylvester I completely agree. On the bottom right side of this page under communicate is a tab for "submit Mining Report." We need members to submit the reports so we can validate and update all members. Let's spread the word so members submit reports and then GPAA can let the whole membership know. Miners helping miners!
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    19 May 2014 06:34 AM
    Is there a place we can go to and see the reports people are submitting? Would be really helpful for people that are not from the local community.
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    19 May 2014 09:16 AM
    Hi Shad,
    Currently there is not a place to view Mining Claim Reports. We review, validate, and then publish in the Pick & Shovel Gazette. As this is a brand new site for people to communicate and share, we may in the future have a section that members can review the reports themselves. We also work with our Local Chapters in passing the information out as well.
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