CENTRAL VIRGINIA GOLD PROSPECTORS

NEXT MEETING NOVEMBER 1, 2003

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The next meeting of the Central Virginia Gold Prospectors will be 
held November 1, 2003 at 10:00 AM, Small Country Campground, Louisa, 
VA. This is a change from the original date of October 18--an 
explanation is in the below Minutes.

DIRECTIONS:

From Richmond Area: Interstate 64 to exit 143 (Rt.208-North)...go 
2.5 miles and turn LEFT at small sign onto 640 and go 150 yards and 
turn RIGHT at small sign on 649. Go 2 miles (bearing left on 649) 
into Small Country Campground. Campground entrance will be on the 
right. As you drive up the dirt road, pavillion is on right.

From Harrisonburg Area: Route 33 East- go through Ruckersville, 
Barboursville and Gordonsville to Trevillians-at intersection of 
Routes 33 and 22 turn left onto Route 22 then take immediate RIGHT 
onto Rote 613 - go to Route 649 and turn LEFT - go 2 miles (bearing 
left on 649) into Small Country Campground. 

From Manassas Area: South on Route 29 to Route 15 South. Take 15 
South through Orange to Gordonsville - turn LEFT onto Route 33 - 
take 33 to Trevillians - turn LEFT onto Route 22 and immediately 
turn RIGHT onto Route 613 - go to Route 649 and turn LEFT. Go 2 
miles (bearing left on 649) into Small Country Campground

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As you will see in the Minutes below, there will be an election of 
new club officers at the November 1 meeting. Hopefully there will be 
a large number of members in attendance. An organization is only as 
strong as its leaders!

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MINUTES

September 20, 2003 Meeting


The meeting was called to order by President, Ned Skinner. A moment 
of silence was observed. There were 17 people in attendence. 
Prospective new members and guests were welcomed.

The establishment of a new officer position was suggested, a motion 
was made, 2nd and passed unanimously, Naomi Hartman agreed to take 
the new position. She will be handling the raffles and merchandise 
sales.

The minutes of the August 16, 2003 meeting were read and the 
Treasurer's Report was given.

Grace Cartwright could not attend the meeting but had reported a 
meeting with VMRC had been scheduled and a demonstration would be 
done for them. We look foarward to hearing more about the meeting. 

Ned announced that Wilma Massie, Mother of Tom and Perry, passed 
away August 21, 2003 and that she was buried in Alaska beside her 
husband "The Buzzard".

It was announced that the Goldvein Jubilee scheduled for the 
afternoon of September 20 had ben cancelled and re-scheduled for 
September 27th from 3 until 7 PM. Gary Sensabaugh made a rocker box 
to donate to their Museum--we had a brass plaque made showing that 
the CVGP had donated the box.

IMPORTANT: Our October 18 meeting has been changed to Saturday, 
November 1, because a number of our members will be attending the 
Gold Show in Winston-Salem on 18th and 19th.

At the November 1 meeting there will be an election of new officers. 
Also, the special gold nugget drawing for club volunteers will be 
held.

Several possibilities for a meeting place (with heat) for the winter 
months were discussed and are being checked on. There are also some 
possibilities of places where we may be able to go as a club to 
prospect that are being looked at. Hopefully something will be found!

Next, one of our members brought an article from "The Central 
Virginian" newspaper titled Creek Bed Dredging Raises Environmental 
Concerns. (The article is talking about Contrary Creek, which many 
of you are familiar with. This information has been passed on to 
Grace for her use.)

Club member Ben Vaughan raised a question about what property the 
club owned. President, Ned Skinner replied with a statement about a 
Keene dredge, spiral gold recovery system and a Chuck's Gold Trapper 
and how they came to be in his possession. There was then an open 
discussion among the members present. From this discussion the 
suggestion of club by-laws came up. Carl Powell made a motion that a 
committee be formed to begin work on by-laws for the club. This 
motion was voted on and passed. Ben Vaughan, Cyndi Huffstutler and 
Carl Powell volunteered to be on the club by-laws Committee. If 
anyone else is interested in being on the committee, please let us 
know. We would like two more members. GPAA rules will be included in 
our by-laws.

Ben then reported on the Field Days of the Past demonstration he had 
set-up along with the help of several volunteers. He said despite 
Isabel, there was a great turn-out and people were showing an 
interest in the panning demonstration, Ben said they were very 
pleased with the gold they found in the concentrates when trying 
their hand at panning.

The drawing for one Alaskan and one Australian nugget was then held. 

The meeting was then adjourned.

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