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ELGAMBRISINOGem Crafters & Explorer's Club Bulletin, Las Cruces, NM

Affiliated with the AFMS and a member of the RMFMS

August 2009 - Volume 51, Issue 8

Notes from the Previous Meeting:As there was no regular meeting in July there are no notes. The Fuller's Pool Party took the place of the

meeting so here is a little breakdown of events for those who couldn't be there. It was a smash hit with lotsof pool time, games, good conversation and lots of great food. Here's a photo for those of you who couldn'tmake it. Many thanks to the Fullers once again.

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Mineral Meeting News:

There was no Mineral Meeting in July. The next Min Mtg. will be August 26th which is the Wednesdayfollowing the regular meeting.

Reminders & General Info:

The next regular meeting will be, as usual, the third Friday of the month, August 21, in Room 189,Breland Hall on the NMSU campus at 6:30 for social and 7 PM for the meeting. Refreshments will behosted by Lee Attaway, Joan Smith & Elaine Franz.

Our speaker for the evening will be Tom Townsend who will speak on Venomous snakes and as aConcealed Carry Instructor will speak briefly on that subject. All in all should be another good talk.

If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?

Trips & Such:

The Cloudcroft campout was another good time once again. The weather was wonderful, daytimetemps in the 70s and blanket time for sleeping. There were a lot of dark clouds and thunder in theafternoons but just a few drops fell once. We had a rather small group compared to the last severalcampouts with only about eleven people and four dogs' total. Saturday was the the big hunt for ammoniteswith several nice pieces found. Most of the time was spent riding the trails of which there are hundreds ofmiles of and/or relaxing. A good time was had and with blessed relief from the heat of Las Cruces.

Lots of good food & discussion Kathy Fuller

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Early Happy Hour w/Maps & Watermelon Doug Hall

Mystery Location?

This location was discovered on one of our camp-outs. It is near a verywonderful collecting site here in southern New Mexico. It is probably bestknow for an ever popular, very colorful mineral that was once mined there.The area is full of long abandoned mine and a town site. Many artifactshave been found there also. The sign was found near the old mine siteson a working ranch which raises longhorn cattle.

Please contact me with your answer or if you need additional hints.max4680@fastwave.biz

And now for last month's Mystery Location which was apparentlya real mystery as there were so few who knew the answer. Thisadit/storage area is in the Hine's Claim Barite mine north ofHatch, in the lower level just off the road. The area is know asPalm Park and we have thru the years, as a club, collected manyfine Barite and Quartz specimens along with some fluorite,fossils and even an occasional artifact.

Correct answers came from Joe Mork who informed me that hehad been out there for the first time just a few days prior toreceiving his Bulletin, Donald Bustamante, Tom Stramiello, AlSpencer and Don Saathoff.

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Upcoming Show Dates:

Aug. 6-9 Buena Vista, CO: Continental Tailgate at the Rodeo Grounds, outdoor show. Free admission.(303)833-2939 or (720)938-4194. www.coloradorocks.org

Aug. 14-16 Lake George, CO; Lake George Gem & Mineral Club, next to Post Office, free admission. Contact

John Rakowski (719) 748-3861 www.LGGMClub.orgAug. 29-Sept. 7 Apache Creek, NM: "Agate Rendezvous 2009", an Inter-federation Campout & Field trip

Event. Please RSVP by Aug. 24th. Contact Yonis Lone Eagle, RMFMS VicePres. at 505-860-2455or rockymountainrockhounds@yahoo.com

Sep. 5-7 Silver City, NM: 26th Annual Rolling Stones Gem & Mineral Society Show,Silver City Recreation Center. Free admission, Field Trips, more than 60 dealers. Contact L. Lett575-538-3216. show09@stockmanfamily.net http://rollingstonesgms.blogspot.com/

Sep. 18-20 Denver, CO; "The Denver Coliseum Mineral, Fossil & Gem Show", Denver Coliseum,contactLowell Carhart (719) 886-7046 http://eons-expos.com There are also numerous shows inother Denver locations - See www.rockngem.comfor info.

Oct. 2-4 Roswell, NM: Chaparral Rockhounds "Roswell Rock Rendezvous", Roswell Civic Center. TheRMFMS Conventionis held in conjunction with this show. Plan to attend if you can. More

information to follow.

Nov. 13-15 New Mexico Mineral Symposium, NMT, Socorro, NM - For your planning, moreinformation to follow.

For further information or shows please go to www.rockngem.com

Thought for the Day:

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A CIVIL WAR?

Classifieds:

ATV 2001 400 Big Bear, 4 wheeler w/wench - great shape 644-4685$2500.00. Ask for Lanie, Tony or Sharon

Some Interesting Web Sites for you to check out:

Members occasionally send me web sites to check out and pass on plus the ones that I run across.Please send me any of your favorites that you think our members might be interested in.

www.clickerinc.com Fascinating, fact filled, even scary site called "Did You Know"

www.artificialowl.net/search/label/Ghost%20town Ghost towns & other abandoned works of man

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Gemcrafters & Explorers Club, P.O. Box 3091, Las Cruces, NM 88003

Member of: American Federation of Mineralogical Societies: www.amfed.org

Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies: www.rmfms.org

Blue Ribbon Coalition: www.sharetrails.org

2009 OFFICERS:

President Dave Smith 521-3103 joandaves@msn.comVice President Kathy Fuller 524-0204 kathyf@nmsu.eduTreasurer Lee Attaway 523-4017 leeretired@comcast.netSecretary- Susan Banning 532-9612 skstauffer@aol.comRefreshments- Pat Mauer 526-4939 mpmauer@comcast.net Historian- Don Saathoff 382-3464 auagte2@comcast.netPrograms - Eric Fuller 524-0204 ghosthiker@gmail.comNewsletter - Maxine Wyman 649-4900 max4680@fastwave.biz

We meet on the third Friday of the month at Breland Hall, Room 189, NMSU campus at 6:30 pmfor social and 7 pm for the meeting. There is no meeting in July. Dues are $10 per person per

year and each additional family member is $2 per year. They are due Jan. 1st of each year. Amembership form will be emailed to you to fill out and to be returned with your check BY MAILto the treasurer.

Info for the Newsletter:

If you have information, articles, pictures or a website related to gem crafting, rock collecting or exploring andwould like to share please give a call or email me at max4680@fastwave.biz. If you have a good idea or storyto tell I will be more than happy to help you write it up. Also if you have minerals, outdoor or campingequipment, etc. that you would like to sell please let me know for the "Classifieds."