Sounds good to me. That's a great idea having Sunday after the outing as a travel day.

My only question is, what would be the change in cost?

Thanks, Paul

Without giving all the details, what is 2 extra days with material, 2 quality dinners, hands on education training in the field and classroom plus a few more goodies worth to you? This will be a prospecting and mining week.

Sounds good to me. Give it a trial run to see how it works.

But your going to have to build a bigger lake, we filled up Duisenburg in four days and we did not use all of the equipment available. Need a lake twice the size or cut down on the group size.

 

Hi Joseph . . . we can build a bigger lake, but will probably split between drywashing and highbaning at Duisenberg. Lots of new things happening

Sounds great to me. I am looking forward to participate a crew member.

Sounds like a blast to me. Maybe corner Kevin into taking us out metal detecting one day at those sites where we might find something. I would be willing to include what I found that day in the common pile.

Careful what you ask Tim. BUT any gold you find when a field training class iss happening is yours (I mean your wife's).

LOL, I look forward to a 7 day outing.

You want me to work harder than I do now.

 

Sounds like it could be fun though.

Sounds Great! to me. Count me in. How about April at the Loud Mine to beta test the idea?

Looks like we may launch this for all the 2016 outings. Will update with details soon. More days does not mean more work. Common will be 3 days (3 shifts) with lots more planned for the rest of the time.

Looking forward to the outing schedule for next year being posted. I really want to try to get to one out west the next year.

More time to learn other aspects of prospecting is a great idea Dominic. I will definitely bring my MD next time and learn how to actually use it with Kevin.

Again, Great Idea! LDMA 7 Day Outings

I can always use a day or two for seminars or BOF (Birds of a Feather) type gatherings.
Some of the sessions on metal detectors could use time for some in-the-field
demonstrations. The lectures are nice. But, there is no substitute for hands-on.

Yeah, I would go for a Sunday check-in and a Saturday check-out.
I would need the Sunday to rest-up for the next event.

Keeping my eyes peeled for the update on the 7 day... this would be just the ticket to twist my supervisor up at work!

Dominic, if we go 7 day you need to teach a class.

Tim ...... They will be 7 days so what subject would you like me to teach?

Dominic,

Maybe a do a session on the Mining Guide & new claims/leases? As people plan their vacations for 2016, this info may prove useful.

 

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7-Day GPAA-LDMA Gold Mining Outings packed with: a welcome dinner, common dig operation with split, education (both seminar and hands on in field), activities, fundraising games and a BBQ Miners Dinner at the end.

Hosted at Lost Dutchman’s Mining Association Camp properties:

SPRING SCHEDULE - 2016
STANTON, AZ - March 20 - 26
ITALIAN BAR, CA - Apr 24 - 30
SCOTT RIVER, CA - May 22 - 28
BURNT RIVER, OR - May 29 - June 4

FALL SCHEDULE - 2016
LOUD MINE, GA - Sept 18 - 24
VEIN MOUNTAIN, NC - Sept 25 - Oct 1
STANTON, AZ - Oct 16 - 22
DUISENBURG, CA - Oct 23 - 29

Bring your own equipment too because there will be a pile to pull material from when not working your common dig shift. All the gold you recover from this pile is yours!

For full details and to sign-up, call Dominic direct at 951-375-3320.

Loud Mine in September for 7 days....HERE WE COME!

Congrats! Brad and Linda are the first to register for a 2016 GPAA-LDMA Gold Mining Outing.

No outing at staton for new years next year.

Joseph, there will be an event at Stanton for New Years next year, but it will not be a 7-Day Outing, We will announce other special events shortly.

Dominic, teach a dry washer class in Stanton next year. C and I will be registering for Loud Mine in September and I will need to decide which one out west I want to register for.

Just signed up for my first outing, going to be at Burnt River in the spring, the wife and I are so excited to begin camping with a purpose. Yippee

Posted By Keith Perron on 15 Dec 2015 02:19 PM
Just signed up for my first outing, going to be at Burnt River in the spring, the wife and I are so excited to begin camping with a purpose. Yippee

 amen to that!

What a great response to members calling in and getting signed up for next years outings. I can't wait to be out in the dirt having fun! Let all your fellow miners know to call in and sign up.

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We are looking forward to seeing you at the outings. We believe that you are going to be thrilled with
the new experience of the 7 Day Gold Mining Outings.

Hopefully for some will still have the 3 to 4 day outings? 7 days more than once a year is hard to do for some.

Hi Jeff,
We will be working with GPAA Chapters and Manufactures to host "Events" at LDMA Camps which will be 2+ days. Stanton will have a New Years Eve event as well that will be 3 or 4 days. We will announce as they are confirmed.

Hope to see you playing in the dirt soon.

I think change comes hard to some people and this is a big change for everyone! That being said, 7 day outings make sense. If you are traveling any considerable distance, why not maximize your time at the destination? 7 day outings allow for more time for socializing, lectures, field trips for what (and where) to look for gold in that camps particular area, hands on demonstrations like metal detecting, and yes even time for each individual participant to use their own equipment running dirt. Individual camps can still have mini outings on their own if they have the interest. I have a feeling that there will be some fun in our future. What members will get out of the new format will all depend on what they put into it.

Points below are well taken, and it is clear you have the members interest at heart.  We in the LDMA/GPAA are like a family, what is best for the family is what has to happen. 

But, I don't think "change is hard" has much to do with it.    Or it will be what the members make it.  Members make every outing a success. 

It is more like some of the working people may only have limited weeks off in a year and 7 day outing would limit some of us (like my family) to one outing a year, due to the length of time required off of work. With these time restraints if other than Stanton due to travel, we won't be able to make more than 1 LDMA outing.  A choice of which is what we will have to make.

Issue is a 7 day outing is not 7 days off.  One must have one or more days for travel to the outing and one must have one or more days to travel from the outing. Can and will be 6, 7 or more days of vacation for anything out of Arizona for those in our situation.  This would exclude Stanton. 

I do agree a 7 day format will allow more time for free time and some other activities.  The current 3 to 4 day format currently allows some of us the chance to attend more than one outing a year, allows plenty of time for socializing and community dig times, and some close exploring and prospecting.  Not saying I would enjoy more free time at some of the sites.  Being a member of the LDMA allows us as members more time at a site anyway if we choose.  

Do, Please consider to add or have a 3 or 4 day option for those with limited time.  More than a once a year trip is nice, we do enjoy attending 2 or more outings a year.  The new format is a limiter for us in our situation, may or may not affect others.   

Will be interesting to see if attendance and participation at outings, increases or decreases after a year of 7 day outings.  

What works and benefits the LDMA is what needs to happen.  Understand we may not always like it (speaking for myself and family), but we will support it, if it is the right thing to do for the LDMA, GPAA. 

Just some food for thought.

 

 

 

  

I agree with Jeff. My wife and I have in the past combined the Scott Bar and Burnt Rivers in one trip as have many others we know. When they are scheduled a week apart it makes the 500+ mile trip between them an easy trip. Having to do it basically overnight towing a trailer seems a little much. I do like the ides of longer "digs"

Brian Cutler

Dominic...even though I am a Back-Easter and do read the Pick & Shovel, I think it would be good to hear the no BS skinny on the prospects for dredging...shoot, even any form of prospecting/mining in your part of the country!  Doesn't have to be a "lecture", but just a topic of discussion at the outing! Sounds pretty grim and not a lot of hope for a resolution to our liking!  Seems like we can't compete with the bucks from the deep pocketed special interests...money seems to trump common sense and facts!

Dick

Has anyone learned the cost for the new outings?

Dick - Welcome to the LDMA family. I was at the Stanton new Year's Outing when you joined. We appreciate you and hope to see you playing in the dirt.GPAA/LDMA tries to keep members updated through our publications (The Pick & Shovel Gazette is dedicated to "hard news" and mining issues across the country is there a reason you do not read it?), The Nugget email newsletter, our facebook page and of course the GPAA website. If you have a speciffic concept/idea that doesn't fit where we already post things, please let me know.

Tim - Cost of new 7-day outings ...

LDMA members $150

GPAA members $250

Non-Members $350 (includes a 2-year GPAA membership)

The cost includes the Welcome Dinner on Sunday night and the Miners Dinner on Friday night

Also participants will have access to a "community" pile of material to run on their own time plus many other fun social activities.

If one has "non-Participants" with them, they can purchase the Welcome Dinner and the Miners Dinner.

That price is amazing Dominic. Thank you for sharing it.

Dick, You are wise to keep up with the struggles the miners are facing here in the west because the same tactics will be used and spread east. The reality is that the miners are winning key judgments, but this infuriates the enviro's and the politicians so they come up with another layer of regulations. All these actions are just stall tactics, which works very well, how long has the dredging ban been so far?

There is a court date on January 20th in San Bernardino aimed at "settlement" of the dredging ban. There is actually some evidence to be hopeful that the miners will prevail. The Karuk tribe has "settled" (for $350,000 paid by Fish and Wildlife of tax payer money, ya,,,, that pissed off a lot of the miners in the fight) and dropped out of the case. Way too much going on behind the scenes to go into here.

If you want to keep up to date look for articles by Brad Jones he keeps on top of things. Western Mining Alliance is a small group at the head of the fight (they the main party in the Jan. 20th hearing) and their website is very informative.

AMRA will get the info out the fastest, mostly through facebook. Shannon will be at almost all of the 2016 GPAA spring Gold Shows and should have a lecture at all he is attending. Or stop by the AMRA booth get him started and then try to shut him up!

Hope this helps, Jere.

How about a modified 7-day event. Divide it up into a 3-4 day section for some who can't make the full
7 day run. Then add an optional 4-3 day add on to make a full 7 day run.
Sort of like the old "3 day, 5 day" event?
Or how about a 10 day extravaganza ? How much dirt is too much for the hi bankers?
I don't think I could make it through 10 days of non-stop fun?
I also think my wife might forget what I look like after 10 days.

P O R - Press On Regardless

How about a 20 day "blue light" special, split into 10 days each, with a gold split on every other 4 days?

I'm kinda excited about the new format. It is going to take a little bit to work out all the details but it sounds like fun. It seems to me (my opinion only) that this format gets us back to the Buzzards original idea of getting together with other like minded individuals for camaraderie, fun, education, and of course a little gold. Yes it will be harder to get from Scott River to Burnt River but it doable. It does make travel from a distance a little harder to take the time off of work but you would have 1-2 days on the weekend. The kitchen crews are already planning on how to accommodate participants at expanded outings and I know they have some yummy meals planned! Where else can you go camping that you don't have to cook most of you meals and then have to wash the dishes? Leo I like your idea of a "Blue light special" . Maybe that could be something a camp could do on their own in place of the second outing a year at a camp. Maybe it could also incorporate a couple of half days to upgrade the facilities at some of the camps. I know at least one that needs a fresh coat of paint. There is no reason that camps cannot have their own events -- like Stanton at New Years. Keep the ideas coming. . .

I am really looking forward to it. Can't wait to make some new friends and see the old ones. Also planning a few practical jokes 😚

Thanks Jere, good amplifying info!  As I had mentioned, I have been reading the P & S articles, however knowing how articles for the rags are normally written, there generally is a "story behind the story" that doesn't come out in the articles!  That was the gist of my comment to Dominic for maybe some "further" discussion at our gatherings.  If there is no other story to tell or pertinent amplifications, then that's OK too.

 

Will be looking forward to something good coming from the 20 Jan court date!  Will also check out the recommended web sites!
Thanks Again,
Dick

Dominic,

    As I mentioned in my initial note, I DO READ the P & S.  My though was that in printed stories there usually is either a "story behind the story" or additional amplifying information that doesn't make the press, but lends insight to understanding both sides of the issue.  In this case, didn't know if there was any such things that could/might be passed on to member at the outings.  If the P & S articles are complete and there is nothing more to offer, then OK but that was my though to the initial comment to you.
Let's hope the 20 Jan court date goes well!

See ya in Sept at Loud Mine...already signed up for me, Cous' Al and my wife Nina,
Dick

OBTW, membership package just arrived yesterday with the X-Terra 705 Gold Pack. Thank You!   On my first outing in the yard I found 2 nails, a spent 22 lead bullet, another piece of trash, AND one of my property markers I have been looking for!

Will there be any outings during the summer June/July? This would be easier for families to try and make it when school is out. Couldn't find on site if so. Thanks!

You can find updated information on all the upcoming LDMA Outings on the Official Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/LDMACAMPS/events?key=events

You don't have to have a Facebook account to see the info, only one to comment and say you are going or interested in going.

 

Call 951-375-3320 for more information and to register for any of the events.

 

Happy prospecting!

Paul

What is the feasibility of staying in a Baker City hotel for the Burnt River event?

Obviously it would be a total city slicker move but it's only about a half hour from Durkee.

I have a car guy buddy in Nampa and he says perfect timing for weather and bugs...etc, etc!! Phil

YES! Phil and Susan you most definatly can stay in a motel/hotel in Baker City. It's about a 25 to 30 min drive and there always seems to be a few people that do that at each outing. You are required to stop at the Safeway Grocery store and bring me a Starbucks each morning.

10-4 and thank you for the quick response...I'll make reservations.

An LDMA membership is on the to do list...maybe a motorhome too

Still in the Garloc area and planning a stop by the Duisenburg Camp today.

Due to the gravel road it's actually a 50 min drive to get to Baker City.  We have a few who stay in town every outing. Keep in mind that there is an 8am mandatory meeting every morning. Hope to see you in May!

 

Jim & Pam Haney
Caretakers
Burnt River Camp

I will have a coffee pot going all day Dominic. And I am sure the club house has one going too. Just tell me your favorite brand and I make sure to get some going for you. I intend to puck your brains this trip and give Kevin a break.

Are these outings kid friendly?

Great Question Clifton . . . Are the 7-Day Outings Kid Friendly? Most Outings have kids there, BUT please understand that the Outing Participants must be 16 years of age or older to be around and run the equipment. If we know in advance that there will be a group of kids then the caretakers try to organize kid friendly activities as well. Hope this helps. If you have more questions or want specifics, please call in to the office.

Dominic,

I feel outing are very kid friendly.  The piles you have are a great way for kids to spend time.  (see me if they need a pile, I will have 2 or more for kids use, no cost).  Prospecting on the claims are super fun and many at the camp (including the Martins) are more than happy to include the kids on our prospecting trips.  The kids are our future.  Educating them should be a high priority on what we do, our rights and the right way to mine and prospect.

Onward Dominic onward,.

It has been my experience that the outings are very kid friendly. Almost all of us have kids of our own, grand kids, nephews, nieces etc. and with this bunch of people they could not be safer.

yes.

i see this is like most emails. i did not comment on this but here i am.

Great questions, ideas and comments all. I look to great outing here in 2016, but can't do it without all the support members give to make them a success. I thank you all in advance.

I must enjoy my honeymoon now, be back on the 27th or January.

Aloha my friends

Thanks for all of the input everyone. We are looking at doing the loud mine in September. We are excited!

Dominic,

 

Okay,  I was able to find events on facebook, still not able to get on the GPAA website, community, outings.  Nothing appears.  Not all are facebook users. So what am I doing wrong here? 

Anyhow.  In Hawaii make sure you "Eat more Spam".  LOL  Happy honeymoon and wishing you 2 best wishes.

Jeff & Karen