Meeting Notes:
No new officers were elected, because no one volunteered.
No meetings are scheduled
OUTING RESULTS
Hi,
Thanks to all of you for the great turnout.
I enjoyed meeting each and every one of you, and hope you will continue with your prospecting
interest.
I hope that those of you that attended found that is not necessary the amount of treasure that you find
but the hunt, being in the great outdoors, and fellow person who like the same activities.
The outing had about
40 in attendance and 22 that stayed for the Bar-B-Que dinner. The gold nugget was won by Valerie Carter
For those
of you who do not know, we owe a special thanks to Bob and Linda Jones for finding the location.
Our gracious hostess
Ms. Elisca Parson, advises that we are invited back at any time, so please drop he a line at "Your, Mine, and Ours Treasures"
904 Ford Street, Llano, Texas 78643, 325-247-2477, and express your thanks. We might be returning latter this summer for a
day outing were we will be dry-washing, if there is enough interest.
For those of you who are not AMPO member I
would appreciate it if you would consider joining us, as member, as we are looking at a outing on our AMPO claim in New Mexico
hopefully later this year.
Walt has added a few thing to the website and he advises that he is working on adding
more, so please keep checking back.
The June outing that the Roundrock GPAA is coming up quick so make sure you
go to there website and keep updated.
If you have an comment please send them to me.
Lott Computer
<lottcomputer@hotmail.com>
Thanks
Ron Carroll
AMPO
Good evening all!
Well, it's official....we have our
first claim. It is just outside of Red River, NM. We chose this creek due to easy access and accommodations nearby.
While your out digging, it's plenty for the family to do and see. The river is open to prospecting from about May to
late fall. During late summer it rains every afternoon, so take rain gear! We're only allowing sluicing and panning...no
motorized equipment. You can also metal detect within the stream bed.
While on the claim, take some
time and check out the old mining areas. Many of the buildings are still up....take a camera! Make your first
stop the Visitors Center in town. There are pamphlets that tell the history of every mining site on the claim.
There is also a museum in town with a large amount of historic mining equipment on display. Red River'sweb site is
www.redriver.org, check it out.
I've attached a map of our claim. The total size of the claim is 140 acres and follows the
stream. For the rock hounds out there, you will find interesting rocks and crystals. Wild life is everywhere,
be mindful of the bears!
I hope you all get a chance to check out the claim. The rules for the claim are posted
on the AMPO website,
www.AMPO.us .
