New Approach to Outing Reportings: Will Go There, Then Tell You About It Plus Some Links for More Information
October 10th-13th, Wednesday-Saturday, 23rd Outing, Butte, Montana, for the 4th Annual Montana Bureau of Mining and Geology Symposium
October 8th, Monday, 22nd Outing, Great Falls, Montana even thought the season is over, one can still find rocks in the most unusual places
September 26, Wednesday, 21st Outing, York and Nelson, Montana
September 26, Wednesday, 20th Outing, Unionville, Montana
September 17, Monday, 19th Outing, Crystal Lake, Montana
September 1 & 2, Saturday & Sunday, 18th Outing, Dewey, Montana along with Bannack Gold Panning and Tour
August 25, Saturday, 17th Outing, Searching for Sapphires at the Helena Mineral Society Canyon Ferry Lake Claim called the Beverly #1
Could be called a gold search too
Mid Week Special
August 22, Wednesday, 16th Outing, Gold Panning and More at Gold Panning Adventures in Avalanche Gulch, out of Helena with Steve Hicks
Scenes of the Day on Avalanche Gulch
August 18, Saturday, 15th Outing, Sapphire Mining at Blaze N' Gems Sapphire Mine out of Helena, Montana
August 11, Saturday, 14th Outing, Gold Panning On GPAA Claim (actually Tim's claim too from Helena Club), Helena (Rimini), Montana. Plus a stop at Good Samaritan Thrift Store netted rocks in bags and in a table already made up for you!!
August 5, Sunday, 13th Outing, Sapphire and Gold Panning, Utica, Montana
July 29, Sunday, 12th Outing, White Earth Agate Hunting, Winston, Montana with a Canoe Ride Across Canyon Ferry Lake
July 21, Saturday, 11th Outing, Blackfoot River Chapter of GPAA Dig and Business Meeting with Texan, Will Heierman, Presenting Facts, Experiences and Advice in Dealing with the US Forest Service
July 14, Saturday, 10th Outing: Telegraph Creek out of Elliston, Montana, with Andrew Luna Digging Crystals. Check out the Video of His Diggings Below our Scenes and Write up
This same weekend with crystal hunting out of Elliston, Montana hills the Fudge Family from Great Falls were at a camping retreat for the hearing impaired and deaf at Lolo Hot Springs and they had the opportunity to dig for crystals as well in the volcanic hills around the area.
Apparently the shady side of a rock has the crystal formed as one cannot find them on the sunny side. Talking with the locals who can show you where to dig, one can get crystals there as well. Althought the family thought the crystals from Elliston were bigger and better.
Just fun to gather them fresh from the earthy vein found in both places.
July 7, Sunday, 9th Outing: Lincoln, Montana for Heritage Days Demonstrating Gold Panning and Talking Local Claims on Stemple Pass
Gene Keel, President of the Blackfoot River Chapter of GPAA Gave Gold Panning Demonstrations All Day
July 1, Sunday, 8th Outing: Helena Sapphire Panning at Blaze N" Gems in the Helena Valley teamed with visit to the Trex Agate Shop in Bynum more about both places by clicking on the buttons below
June 30, Saturday, 7th Outing: Two Medicine Dinosaur Center for the 40th Birthday of the Discovery of the Maiasaurus
June 24th, Sunday, 6th Outing: Going Only As Far As the Backyard Experimenting with a Homemade Dredge
June 17th, 5th Outing: Blackfoot River Prospecting Club's: Let's Test Drive Prospecting Equipment Rendezvous, Lincoln, Montana
June 9, 4th Outing: Butte Mine Tour, Mining Museum and the Butte Gem and Mineral Show ....total blast!
June 2, 3rd Outing of the Season: A Trip to a Prospecting Equipment Manufacturer...Gold Fox of Conrad, Montana FABULOUS!!!!!!
Second Outing of the 2018 Season: Zortman Big Dig May 26-28 An immersion in a total prospecting experience, especially good for the newbie; for more details check out these links below
First Outing of the 2018 Prospecting Season: Lincoln, MT a serious meeting about governmental effects for the prospector
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