CVGP REPORT OF OCTOBER 30, 2004 MEETING__________________

The meeting was held on October 30th  at our leased property in 
Buckingham County.  There were approximately 50 people present.  
The weather was splendid and everyone was anxious to try their 
luck at finding gold.  But first, there was a brief meeting.

The Minutes for the September meeting and Treasurer’s Report were 
given and approved.

·                     The main business was the election of new 
officers:  Nominations for new club officers were made at the 
September meeting as follows:

·                      
President - Ben Vaughan – (804) 693-9843 BEVS23061@yahoo.com

Vice President - John Schlabach – (540) 949-4741 WEAS1000@aol.com

Secretary - Bob Stowe  (540) 948-6689 Bob&Sandy@crosslink.net

Treasurer - Sandy Stowe  (540) 948-6689 Bob&Sandy@crosslink.net

Claims Committee - Billy Cartwright, Randy Worden, Roland Harris

Since there were no  further nominations, the above listed members 
became the new officers for the 2005 season.  

Boundary lines at the leased property were discussed and it is 
anticipated that  by the beginning of our new season, they will be 
visibly marked and hopefully we will also have a map of the 
boundaries.  Please remember that the trails get very muddy when 
it rains, DO NOT TEAR-UP THE  ROADS.  ALSO, LEAVE NO LITTER AND IF 
YOU DIG ANY HOLES, FILL THEM BACK.  A work day will be designated 
early this spring.

Ben Vaughan told us about his weekend at Field Days of the Past 
and announced that Harry McElhone has volunteered to take over 
doing that event next year.  Ben said lots of people were 
interested in finding out about gold prospecting and that a good 
time was had by all, except when the flood came and literally 
almost washed Ben and his van away.  He did manage to save the 
gold !!

Harry also told us he is going to be organizing another trip to 
North Carolina in August.  If you are interested, let him know at 
HARRYMC1@people.pc.com or (410)749-2861. 

One of our members had a request for an upcoming meeting—he would 
like to learn about making gold jewelry.   If anyone has 
experience with this or knows someone who would be willing to do a 
demonstration, please let us know.

Bob & Sandy were acknowledged for their efforts for the club 
including hosting a meeting, etc.  Sandy was presented with a 
lovely BIG nugget on a gold chain, which was greatly appreciated 
and is worn with pride.  She says that is the only way she will 
ever get a nugget.

Last, but certainly not least, drawings and door prizes were 
done.  We would like to again thank the Spurrs for donating the 
Canadian nugget for our raffle and Tom Sablon for his  donation of 
bags of concentrates.

We would like to remind you that if you change your email address 
and want to continue receiving the newsletters and updates, please 
let us know your new address.   This would certainly help our 
record keeping efforts.

We have been contacted by a Coin and Relic Club in Roanoke, VA.  
They are looking for someone in the area who would be willing to 
come to a meeting and tell them about gold prospecting.  We have a 
number of members who live around Roanoke so if anyone is 
interested, please let us know and we will put you in touch.  It 
would be another good opportunity to get the word around about 
prospecting for gold as a hobby.

A meeting schedule for the March through  October 2005  season 
will be sent to you as soon as it is finalized.  Most of the 
meetings will be on the 3rd Saturday of each month.

We hope that each of you had a very Merry Christmas and  that the 
New Year is full of wonderful things.  Stay safe and we look 
forward to seeing everyone in March. 

P.S.  Joe Coyle and his son Danny wanted us to let everyone know 
that they have a 4” dredge for sale.  It has air with it that has 
never been used.  They are asking $1,800.00 for it and can be 
contacted at (540)672-9113.

HOPE YOUR PANS OVERFLOW IN 2005 !!!!