Come to our Christmas party. You are invited to bring friends and family to Santa Rosa Gold Diggers annual holiday celebration on Wednesday, December 16th at 7:00 PM at the Sonoma County Veterans Building. There’s no charge, other than your attendance, for a dinner, drinks, and condiments. If you attend we do ask you bring a food dish Read more about COME TO OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY![…]
THE GOLD RUSH IN AMERICA I’m sure you have all heard the stories of the California Gold Rush of 1849; how from 1848 to 1858, a mere ten years, 24.3 million ounces of gold was found. At today’s prices, that’s about 31 BILLION dollars. We’ve all heard about James Marshall finding a few pebbles in Read more about Gold Rush Histories[…]
Happy Thursday Santa Rosa Gold Diggers We are working on getting the photos back on the main page, apparently they did not make it over during the website transition. In the meantime, I wanted to get them to you. Here are a few links to past trips and outings: 2009 Photos 2010 Photos 2011 Photos 2012 Read more about Club Photos Will be back soon[…]
See original post at Public Lands for the People MEMORANDUM To: Jerry Hobbs, Public Lands for the People From: James L. Buchal Date: September 24, 2014 Re: Court of Appeals decision in People v. Rinehart Yesterday the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, issued a unanimous opinion generally affirming our theory of federal preemption Read more about Major Decision in Suction Dredge Ban[…]
SRGD NUGGET NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER 2014 Can you believe it? I’m finally getting a newsletter out again. I had problem after problem with my computer after I moved to Sebastopol over a year ago; I finally just bought a new computer and thought my problems were solved. Then I realized that I didn’t Read more about SRGD Nugget News September 2014[…]
Roaring Camp 3rd Annual SRGD Club Outing Organized by Randy Richie! When: Sunday July 13th, 2014 Directions Vets Hall to Roaring Camp Time: 9:45a Arrive in Pine Grove Price: $36.00 per person Who: Roaring Camp is fun for all ages! Everyone is welcome. What to Bring: Bring your prospecting equipment! Buckets, shovels, Read more about Roaring Camp Outing: July 13, 2014[…]
The meeting topic’s poll is still active, check it out at www.santarosagolddiggers.com. Current results are this: Reading a Topographical Map and General Orienteering Everything you wanted to know about finding and staking a claim Fine Gold Recovery How to read a river Gold formation and general geology Place your votes soon, the poll closes April Read more about Meeting Topics[…]
Gold Prospectors Get the Short End of the Stick from EPA Last year’s Environmental Protection Agency raid on the gold prospector town of Chicken, Alaska, constituted a clear case of overkill by federal authorities seeking violations of environmental regulations, according to an official review of the controversial incident released Thursday. The review also concluded that Read more about The EPA Used Excessive Force on Alaska Prospectors[…]
California’s $80 million OCM Gold Fund produced the chart for a presentation at a Denver Gold Group industry forum last week in New York, entitled “Gold Equity Investing for Value Seekers and Contrarians.” The presentation, which pitched unpopular gold mining equities, comes amid recent calls by some investors that gold miners’ shares represent an attractive bargain, especially if gold reverses its Read more about Is Facebook Worth Its Weight in Gold?[…]
Wow! I’m finally getting the newsletter out! Again! It will be short and simple, but it’s in production once again! I thought I was going to have to do it on my iPhone, but ATT was here for the fifth time and things finally work! WOO HOO! I may even get the addresses entered so Read more about NUGGET NEWS – FEBRUARY 2014[…]