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TY Roy 2025
We would greatly appreciate you contacting Jerry by email if you wish to attend this outing and mining expedition at the email shown below. TYROY information: History:TYROY is the name of the claim that the Portland Gold Prospectors owns. There are actually threeseparate claims that make up a total of 80 acres. ‘TYROY’ is the primary claim where we have found thehighest concentrations of gold. It consists of 20 acres of which we have prospected ~1 Acre over thepast 20 years. We have dug test holes around the current dig-site and it shows good gold continuing formany years to come. ‘TYPAT’ is another 20-acre claim that borders the TYROY claim…
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6 Facts About America’s Gold Rushes
During the 19th century, the discovery of gold in various parts of the United States sparked a phenomenon known as “gold fever.” An obsession with getting rich off the precious metal caused a stampede of hopefuls to rush to California and other areas where gold had been found. The 1848 discovery of gold in California wasn’t the first, but it led to the largest gold rush of the era, the California Gold Rush, which gave way to the northern Klondike Gold Rush in Canada in the late 1890s. Hundreds of thousands of prospectors flooded to these regions, sometimes enduring treacherous journeys in search of fortune. The gold rushes led to…
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President’s Corner December 2024
Well prospectors, it’s been a great year. I am so glad I jumped in and volunteered to lead the club for 2024. My term is up at the end of the December meeting. I really appreciated the interest from everyone who signed up for the nominations. I think we are set to have an active 2025. I also want to thank everyone for all the help and support… and please continue and let’s carry it forward. I’m going to look for ways to help out and improve all the functions I’m involved with going forward. I also hope to plan a few events and programs. So, we’ll have our election…