Rocky Mountain Prospectors &

Treasure Hunters Newsletter

The News
v. 15, n. 3 March, 2011 Going for the Gold
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Contents How To Use A Topo To

1 How To Use A Topo To Search
Search For Eastern
2
For Eastern Ghost Towns
About The News
Ghost Towns
2 Book Review "Get the most from old topos and other maps."
8 Winterizing Your Equipment

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10 Calendar of Events n a moment I’ll show you how you can get the most
11 Calendars out of old maps to aid your search for the ghost
12 GPS, Compass & Map Clinic towns in the east.
14 Coyote Hole Or Rathole Mining
Using these maps correctly, in addition with other maps,
15 Hunting Local “Micro Sites”
which I will explain, you will be well on your way to lo-
16 Trading Post cating the old settlements.
17 Setting Sluice Angle
18 2011 Schedule of Events The US Geological Survey Topographical Map
19 Contact List
These maps show the area of all the land in the United
States. By sections, they will show the contours of the
terrain, the height of the land above sea level, what
swamps there are, any forested areas, where the roads
and creeks are located, what rivers and ponds are there,
as well as all building structures that were in existence at

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The location for the monthly club

meetings has changed beginning in
"A friend is one who knows you and loves you February, 2011. We are now meeting
just the same."
- Elbert Hubbard at the Pulliam Community Building, 545
Cleveland Avenue, Loveland, Colorado.
See Page 10 for details.
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Book Review
The Battle of Glorieta, Union Victory in the West, Don E. Alberts editor, c. 1998,
first edition by Texas A & M University Press, College Station. ISBN 0-89096-825-X.

Book Review by Paul Lange

I am sure many of you like me are interested in the Civil War and items that remain from that era of this
countries history. Just this past month, there has been mention on the radio and in the press about the
150th anniversary of the Confederacy. The Civil war did not all happen in the eastern part of the country. On
March 26, 1862, Confederate and Union forces met in Glorieta Pass in New Mexico. The Union forces prevailed
and the Confederate Rebels straggled back into Texas. This book offers the first full, detailed and accurate ac-
count of this battle. In a days drive you can be visiting this area and use this book to guide your visit. The 226
pages contain pictures, sketches, maps and other definitive details to support the narrative. Also promoted are
two other publications, Blood and Treasure, Confederate Empire in the Southwest by Donald Frazier and Con-
federate General of the West by Henry Sibley and Jerry Thompson. Enjoy all three books. 

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the time the topo was made.
Hikers, campers and backpacker’s use Topos. Profes-
sional people, like surveyors, or land developers, forest
rangers and the Department Of Conservation, also use
Topographic maps. They are an invaluable tool for the
outdoors person and should be in the possession of eve-
ryone who intends to hike, travel or backpack into a wil-
derness area.
Important…By noticing structures that are listed on an
old topo you now have a definitive, known existence of a
building in the area. This benefit makes the use of older
topos for research very important.
Purchasing a new topo of any area is easy. Most Army
and Navy Surplus stores, and many of the large outdoor
retailers, sell them to the public. You can also download
them from the Internet.
But a new topo is not what we need when searching for
old ghost towns.
The reason why is because the updated and newer topos
of an area, will not show the ghost towns, or older struc-
tures that were once in exis-
tence.
Although written toward the location of ghost
You need to get an old topo of towns in the east, this information is relative
the area where you are going to and useful all across the country.
do your searching. The purpose - RMPTH Editor
of the old topo is so that you
can compare it to a modern
map of the same area. Locating an old topo is not diffi-
cult. Most libraries have old topos in their history sec-
tions; all you need to do is make a copy.
Bookstores that sell older, used books of local history,
will sometimes carry old topos. Antique stores who spe-
cialize in local history may carry old maps. Estate and
house auctions sometimes auction off old topos. After
you find the older topo for the area you are going to
search, you should then purchase an up to date map of
the same area. One of the best maps to use is a county
map. They can be purchased at most local service sta-
tions and convenience stores. If you are having trouble
locating a county map, try the county highway depart-
ment of the area you are searching in.
Before we begin the instructions on how to use topos to
guide you in your search for the lost towns, I think it’s
important that you understand why the ghost towns in
the east no longer exist. A good understanding of their
demise will benefit you in your research.
Gone But Not Forgotten
Ghost towns in the east once existed as a small town or
village. They may have been the first settlement of an
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area. Perhaps the ghost town grew from a tiny hamlet
consisting of only a few homes, and then grew into a
thriving settlement that consisted of many homes and
businesses.
Whatever the size the ghost town once was, today, many
of them are nothing more than holes in the ground. Most
are covered and hidden by vegetation and thick scrub
brush.
Time, whether, and man, have all played their parts in
the destruction of the old eastern towns; And yet, there
are many old settlements still to be found.
I have hiked through thick brush, crossed streams and
rivers and climbed many hills to locate the gone but not
forgotten towns. Oftentimes, that is the effort that is
needed to locate them. However, for John and I, the re-
ward is worth the effort. Perhaps it will be for you as
well.
As mentioned, many of the ghost towns in the east con-
sist of nothing more than a hole in the ground. Those
empty holes are the only reminders that at one time a
family had lived there.
There are many reasons why
the original frames of the
homes are no longer standing.
Of course time is the main rea-
son. Over the years the wooden
frames have deteriorated and
fallen to the ground; Nature
then takes its course. Rot and bacteria destroy what is
left of the old structures.
The harsh weather conditions in the east have played an
important role in the destruction of the old buildings.
On many of the State Lands across the United States,
where ghost towns exist, most of those homes were
taken from the property owners because of nonpayment
of their property taxes. These were usually large farms
or whole farming communities.
This was happening during the early days of the twenti-
eth century when the industrial age was booming, but
farms and small farming communities were desperately
trying to survive.
After the States took the property they would then burn
the structures to clear the way for the CCC’s, the Civilian
Conservation Corps. The CCC’s would then plant trees
on those lands as part of their reforestation program.
It is for this reason that one of the best areas to discover
old ghost towns are on the State lands of every State. At
the time of this writing there are no permits required to
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search State Lands for ghost towns. However, do not
pick up any old relic or artifact from these areas.
"We do not inherit the earth
Especially important is the fact that you cannot metal
detect on any State lands. If you do, you will be in viola-
from our ancestors; we
tion of what is known as ARPA of 1979. The Archaeologi-
cal Resources Preservation Act.
borrow it from our children."
ARPA 1979

This federal law goes all the way back to 1906. I will go
- Native American Proverb
into more detail about this law and how it affects all of
us in another section.

Using Topos To Locate Ghost Towns

Before you can locate old ghost towns you must do some Gold Glossary
research. Unless you’re the adventurous type and you
ignore the research and decide to just drive the back
Flour Gold/Gold Dust - Gold that is so fine that it looks
roads, hopefully spotting a cellar hole.
and feels like flour or dust. "The bread and butter of
Sometimes this is what my partner John and I will do. prospecting." Nuggets are just a bonus.
However, John and I know what signs to look for. I’ll
show you the same techniques that we use. The best way
to research a possible ghost town, is to first locate the
possible sites using an old topo map. You’ll save on gas
and precious time by doing it this way. TREASURE HUNTER’S
CODE OF ETHICS
You can begin your research for old ghost towns by
browsing used bookstores. Look for old books and maps
in the local history sections.
I WILL respect private property and do no treasure
Sometimes by reading through an older book about your
hunting without the owner's permission.
area, you can get a lead on an old town, and then from
there you can move to the actual search on a topographi-
I WILL fill all excavations.
cal map.
I WILL appreciate and protect our heritage of natural
My personal library has over 200 volumes of older
resources, wildlife, and private property.
books and hundreds of old maps on local history. I use
all of them in my searches for ghost towns, old picnic
I WILL use thoughtfulness, consideration, and courtesy
groves and swimming holes. Sometimes those searches
have led me nowhere, other times however, I’ve been re-
at all times.
warded with a great adventure.
I WILL build fires in designated or safe places only.
Another great way to begin your search for ghost towns
is by visiting the historical societies…every county has I WILL leave gates as found.
one. These organizations carry a wealth of information
on the history of the area. I WILL remove and properly dispose of any trash that I
find.
You may locate old topos at the historical societies. I
have found ghost towns by searching through old news- I WILL NOT litter.
papers that many of the historical societies keep on file.
By reading these newspapers I have discovered the I WILL NOT destroy property, buildings, or what is left
names of towns that vanished years ago. of ghost towns and deserted structures.

Old church records, and of course your local libraries I WILL NOT tamper with signs, structural facilities, or
also have a smorgasbord of information available for equipment.

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your research. I have used all of these ideas in my
searches.

Important - Try talking with the older individuals of

small towns and villages.

Many of the older residents have great memories when it

comes to local history. They may tell you things that you
may never find in an old book. Older people are often
lonely and they enjoy talking to anyone who will listen.
So don’t be shy about getting the names of the local eld-
ers who may know everything about the area you want to
search in.

Computers and the Internet are becoming a wonderful

research tool for all kinds of information. Researching
ghost towns on the Internet is no different. If you have
access to a computer, put it to work to research ghost
towns in your area.

Once you locate a potential area for a ghost town, the

next thing you should do is get your hands on a county
map of that area. Also, try and locate a copy of the older
maps made by F.W. Beers. I like to use the Beers maps
for my area. The maps I use were printed in1869 and
they show the original structures or buildings that were
in existence at that time.

Lets Begin Our Search For An Eastern Ghost

Town

For illustration purposes I am going to show you how to

locate a ghost town that is on State reforested Land. I am
doing this because the search for old cellar holes on
State Land is the easiest way for anyone to locate them.

Important reminder…You cannot dig for or remove any

artifacts on State land. The reason why it is much easier
to locate ghost towns on State Land is because we know
that a previous landowner, or perhaps more than one,
had originally owned the land.
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Refreshment Volunteers
Property Wanted
March - Tom Warne For Detector Hunt
April - Lupe Bobbitt & Anne Nichols
May - Ray McGeheel & Anne Nichols RMPTH is looking for private property on which to hold
June - Betsy Emond & Mike Noll an organized club detector hunt. Obviously, it would be
July - Bryan & Lucy Morgan most ideal if this property is known to have seen some
August - Gary Anderson past historical activity. If you have such property or
September - Barbara Schuldt know of someone who does, please contact Paul Lange
or Rick Mattingly to plan a club field outing event.
October - Johnny Berndsen
November - Dave Montoya

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Remember, the State had taken the property from the
landowner because of his failure to pay the property
taxes. Many of these landowners were large farms. When
you find State land, always remember there must be at
least a cellar hole in the area, because someone at one
time owned that property.
Also, there are times when landowners have given or
donated their properties as gifts to the State. However in
most cases during the early 1900’s, the land was taken
away by the States.
The non-payment of property taxes was another reason
why the old towns passed away into obscurity. Remem-
ber, the times and the areas were difficult to live in.
The lack of income forced many families including entire
towns to move away. Thus leaving their homes behind.
On a much larger scale this was what had happened dur-
ing the gold rush era out west.
It was not uncommon for old settlements to evaporate as
quickly as they were built. John and I have been to many
ghost towns that only existed for a few years. The harsh
winters and the difficulty of earning a living forced many
families to move on.
Compare Your Maps
For purpose of illustration, I will call our ghost town
“Frog Hollow”, a settlement that was in existence during
the 1870’s. Let’s assume I found out about Frog Hollow
by reading an old history book. Okay, there may be a
Frog Hollow that is really in existence somewhere, but as
far as I know I’m using a fictional ghost town name. At
least I hope so.
I just had a thought. Frog Hollow? Isn’t that where
Kermit The Frog lives? Anyway…the first thing I need to
do is to see if Frog Hollow is located on my new county
map.
If it is, then that makes our research a whole lot easier.
However, let’s assume that Frog Hollow does not show
up on the county map.
Okay, now I will go to that old topo and search the area
where I think Frog Hollow is located. Chances are good
that Frog Hollow will be noted on the older topo.
This is why it’s important to get an older topo. All topos
will designate structures by using little dots in the vicin-
ity of any home or town.
These tiny dots are locating where the homes and any
buildings were located at the time the map was made.
Unless Frog Hollow was in existence today, locating this
ghost town without and older map would be difficult.
Here’s why.
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Important…Since the time the topo was made, many of
the roads have changed.
Let’s assume that you’re looking at a 1908 Topo. It’s
more than likely that the roads that were on that map at
the time it was published, either no longer exist, or they
have been changed.
Perhaps the road is now where a shopping mall is lo-
cated. Or maybe a housing development has been built
there. Possibly it could be that the old road is there, but
it’s hidden by years of tree and vegetation growth, which
make it difficult to recognize.
And sometimes the older roads have been either
straightened or changed in some way.
Let’s also assume that there is a Frog Hollow Road
clearly marked on my old topo. Now this makes our
search easier. All I need to do now is to drive to Frog
Hollow Road and locate Frog Hollow. Piece of cake!
But as we know, life isn’t always a piece of cake. This is
especially true when searching for ghost towns. So we’ll
assume that I cannot locate Frog Hollow Road on either
map. What do I do now?
I need to compare my old topo with my new county map.
So now I will try and locate the nearest road or highway
on my county map that is closest to Frog Hollow and
then try and locate that road on my topo. It sounds diffi-
cult, but it really isn’t.
If I place both maps, on a flat surface side by side, it
makes it easier to compare them. I like to stretch out on
the living room floor with my maps spread out and a
beer or glass of wine in my hand. It makes research so
much more fun. Hiccup!
Next, I will look for any similar roads on both maps. For
instance…I’m looking for any roads that have similar
curves, or perhaps identical, straight stretches of road
on both maps in the vicinity of Frog Hollow.
By checking the terrain on the topo I can assume
whether or not a town could be there. If I see a swampy
area in the area that I think Frog Hollow was located,
then I immediately no that a town could never have been
built in a swamp.
Let’s say that as I compare both my old topo and my new
county map that I see a road that is running through the
area where I think Frog Hollow is located. Yet, that road
is not on my new county map. What’s this mean?
It means…GREAT!
Frog hollow is no longer in existence. Both the road and
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the old town have faded into history.
I’m now on to an old ghost town.
Now it’s obvious why it would not be noted on the new
county map. Important…Topography maps will show
older roads that are no longer in existence as dotted
lines. This is an invaluable tool when you are searching
for ghost towns.
Sometimes these old roads that are
shown on the old topos are snowmo-
bile trails, or 4-wheel drive trails on
State land. Most often, by just
searching old topos and looking for
the old roads you can
locate an old settlement.
It’s Time To Scout The Area
Okay, I’ve located what I believe to be
Frog Hollow on my topographical
map. Now that I’ve done that, it’s
time to “scout out that area”. We’re
gonna actually drive to the area to do
a visual search for the ghost town. I
love this part. Always have the topo
with you on your drive through the area. The topo
especially will help you to locate the buildings that were
once occupied.
If you have a copy of the Beer’s map it’s also useful to
have that map with you as well. Remember, the F.W.
Beers maps also showed where any structure was lo-
cated at the time the map was made. It’s a great way to
back up your topo.
Important…If you are going to search on private prop-
erty ask for permission from the property owner. If you
are polite and courteous you won’t have any problems
getting an okay.
By the way, most property owners have no idea that cel-
lar holes or a ghost town may exist on their property.
For this reason, they will be glad to give permission, es-
pecially if you are going to metal detect the area and
share with them your finds.
If You Search On State Lands
If your search for a ghost town takes you to State land
it’s important to understand the following. Most State
lands still offer access and use of the older roads that
were in existence when the ghost town was populated.
Today these roads are stone and dirt packed resem-
blances of what they were hundred’s of years ago.
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Most often these roads are also designated as the dotted
old roads on the topo. Remember, at the time the ghost
town was in existence, these roads were used by wagons
that were pulled by horses, mules, or oxen.
The old roads were not very wide either. They were ap-
proximately the width of an old wagon. Today, the State
often maintains the roads during the warm months; but
during the winter months, especially in the Midwest and
the east; the roads are not plowed and become very
treacherous.
It is always best to drive these older
roads during the dry months of the
year. Whenever you venture onto a
backcountry road, whether it’s on
State land or private property, a 4-
wheel drive vehicle is an added plus.
It is not imperative that you have one.
However, it will make your journey
much easier. Especially when the old
roads become wet from rain or too
steep to climb.
There have been times that John and
I have been in very difficult terrain.
Even as we filmed a ghost town seg-
ment for our TV series, we encoun-
tered a difficult road situation. Had we not been in
John’s 4-wheel drive truck, we would have been
stranded for the night.
You should always carry a cell phone, extra water and
snacks in case of an emergency. John and I have had
tires blow and mechanical problems while on back
roads, miles from any main highways.
Okay, let’s move ahead and assume that we have located
the area where Frog hollow is located. It’s time to drive
the old road, scout the area, and visually look for any
signs of the ghost town or cellar holes.
Now that I am on Frog Hollow Road, I’m going to take
my old topo and locate where the little dots designate
structures in Frog Hollow.
Remember, those tiny dots or markings are where the
buildings were located at the time Frog Hollow was in
existence. By the way, at this time it’s always best to have
someone with you. It’s much
easier to drive the old roads when you have someone
with you who can pay attention to the map.
The first thing we need to do is to check the map and see
what side of the road the buildings are located on.
I also want to know how close together they are situated.
By knowing how close together the structures were
placed will make it easier for me to determine approxi-
mately where those cellar holes are located. Here’s what
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I mean. Lets assume that I have located an old home-
stead on the road I am driving, actually now it is a cellar
hole. To locate the next cellar hole I use the odometer of
my vehicle and the scale on the topo.
By knowing where the structure is located on my topo, I
locate the next dot on my map, the next structure, and
check the distance between that dot and the cellar hole I
just located. I do this by using the scale on the topo map.
To make our example easy, let’s assume the scale equals
1 mile for every inch. That would mean that ¼ inch on
my topo equals ¼ of a mile in distance.
Knowing this, all I need to do now is to measure the dis-
tance on my topo between the dot of the structure I just
located, and the next closest dot, or structure on the
map.
Let’s say that the distance between the two dots is ¼
mile. All I need to do is drive approximately ¼ mile, by
watching the odometer of my vehicle and locate the next
cellar hole.
I can continue this method until I have located all of the
cellar holes in the area. If I locate more than one or two
cellar holes, then it is a good chance that I have located a
ghost town. As I mentioned earlier, by using a topo in
conjunction with a F.W. Beers map makes ghost town
searches much easier. You can double check the consis-
tency of the structures on the topo with the Beers map to
see if you are in the right area.
It’s not often that you’ll be able to see the cellar holes
from your vehicle. During the late spring and the sum-
mer months, vegetation becomes thick and overgrown.
Many times the vegetation hides the old structures or
cellar holes; this makes it difficult to see them from your
vehicle. So, here are some clues for you to use when you
are trying to locate ghost towns.
Maple Trees, Myrtle and Pottery Chards
If you are not familiar with my TV series and DVD Ghost
Towns Of The East please visit here. Be sure to watch
the video trailer.
Every method I have told you about on this page has
been used in my TV series and DVD's.
You can locate eastern ghost towns using the same tech-
niques.
http://www.metal-detecting-ghost-towns-of-the-east.com/
topo.html 
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Winterizing Your
Equipment
W
inter affords you the time to look over your
prospecting equipment for damaged parts,
think about modifications, and a spare parts
kit. Winter you say? Hello, this is Colorado and our win-
ter season can be loooong….it can still snow in May!
GOLD PANS - Wash them off, do not leave them to sit all
winter caked with dirt. The dirt will pull moisture from
the pan overtime causing the pan to become hard, brit-
tle, and eventfully crack. Who knows? You may find
some hidden gold in that dirt! Next summer, when you
get out your gold pan, take a piece of 60 grit sand paper,
and sand the bottom of the pan in a circular motion.
The fresh scratches will grab the flour gold.
SLUICE BOXES - This applies to the sluice box that you
throw down in the river, and sluice boxes that are on
high-bankers, and dredges. Open it up, check all the rif-
fles for damage, and repair as needed.
If you have the standard blue ribbed carpet, usually cov-
ered with expanded metal, carefully take out the carpet.
it should be dry by now, hold it over a wheel barrow box,
or plastic, and beat it. You
wouldn't believe all the fine facial powder gold that will
come out.
The gripping power of the water previously held it in
place. Now that it is dry the gold will come out with no
need to burn the carpet.
Now is also a good time to think about replacing it with
“miners moss“, 3M Nomad carpeting. The miners moss
will capture the finest gold and it washes out every time
with incredible ease. It holds more material than the
standard ribbed carpet and you will not need the ex-
panded metal anymore. Miners Moss cost about twenty
bucks for a piece to fit a large sluice box.
The winter is a good time to look your equipment over
and decide what modifications to make on your dredge
or highbanker.
As you have figured out by now, when you buy one of
these pieces of equipment, they are ready to run, but
they are the bare minimum. So you need to modify, or
improve them. You have been using it all summer, you
know what is wrong, or what could be improved. So pull
out your machine, set it up and look.
HIGH BANKERS - What about that grizzly that has every
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"The average American works three months a year,
other wire wielded, sometimes not at all, on the bottom
edge. I recommend welding them all. It keeps the bigger WITHOUT PAY, for the federal government."
rocks from clogging up the sluice and it rarely jams up If you are in a higher tax bracket, you could be
the grizzly. O.K., weld you say, I don't have any resource! spending up to half your life working for Uncle Sam.
(There are several
And how is your money being spent?
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start is at the car parts store. There is a nifty material The Securities and Exchange Commission spent $3.9
which is used for sealing a radiator, that according to million rearranging desks and offices at its
one of our member's did a pretty good job. Lin ) Washington, D.C., headquarters.
The refusal of many federal employees to fly coach
Check your hoses. Intake on the pump - is it dry rotting,
is it cracking? Pressure hose, the blue lay-flat hose, costs taxpayers $146 million annually.
wears out fast. Washington will spend $2.6 million training Chinese
prostitutes to drink more responsibly on the job.
If it needs replacing, replace it with gray lay-flat. It's a
few cents more, but you get two, three, four times the
Newmax
life. Did you have enough lay-flat hose? 200 to 300 feet is
a good length to have.
We all know this goes on but try not to
Cut into 50 foot lengths. Anything over 50' is too hard to dwell on it as it would make us sob out loud.
roll and manage. Do you still have the old lug-n-pin type
connectors?

You might want to think about cam-lock, quick release

connectors. They can knock a half hour off your setup
and takedown times.

DREDGES - Check those hoses as above. If your suction

hose has a crack in it, it will be breaking through soon.
Duck tape will make for a quick repair, but replacement
time is here. 15' is a good length. Do you have a swivel
nozzle? Do you have a crevice suction tip?

How about a quick release on the power jet, or on the

pressure hose. What about replacing all those cheap
screwdriver hose clamps with real hose clamps that take
a wrench to tighten down. Weld a tee handle on the hose
clamp for the dredge box/power jet connection. A small
1/2" boat plug works great in the pontoons to help drain
them. So there's a few ideas to get you started.

HAND DREDGE – If your hand dredge has a metal

plunger pull it out and let it dry completely. They can
rust and this may weaken them.

THE ENGINE - The most important thing to winterize!

This is what its all about. Without that engine, you're
through. I have seen people come out and go home be-
cause of an engine that they did not maintain properly.
Some of you are not so mechanically inclined. If this is
the case, take your engine to Golden Small Engine 25th
& Kipling, 237-5680 and have them winterize it for you.
The good prospector will let his engine run out of gas the
last time he goes out and leave it that way. Now the gas
tank, hoses, and carburetor are all clear. If you didn't do
that, you can pull the hose from the gas tank and drain
the gas. Reattach the hose.

(Continued on page 12)

The News, March 2011 Page 9

Calendar of Events
March Meeting
Wednesday, March 2. We will meet at the Pulliam
RMPTH DUES
Building in downtown Loveland at 7:00PM. Refer to
the adjoining map for directions.
RMPTH is an unincorpo-
Meeting Agenda
6:00 - 7:00 Planning & Social Hour
rated Social Club with
7:00 - 7:30 Business, Announcements & Find of no income generated. All
the Month Program
7:30 - 7:45 Break expenses are covered by
7:45 - 9:00 "Update on Mining Laws, Permits donation. Members are
and Land Access for the 2011 Prospecting Season,
What the Future Looks Like." by Ben Higley, Presi- requested to consider
dent, Gold Prospectors of Colorado. donating a minimum of
$1.00 at each monthly
meeting to cover club
expenses.

MAP TO THE MEETING PLACE

Pulliam Community Building
545 Cleveland Avenue, Loveland, Colorado

Directions:
The Pulliam Community Building is situated on the west side of Cleveland Avenue in Loveland,
Colorado. Park at the rear of the building (west side). Entry to the meeting room is from
the doorway on the south side of the building (not the main entrance on Cleveland Avenue!).

Page 10 The News, March 2011

 March 2011
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5
RMPTH Planning
Session 6:00P
RMPTH Meeting 7:00P

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Daylight Savings St. Patrick’s Day
Begins

20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Spring Begins GPS Field Clinic at
Lions Park 9:00A

27 28 29 30 31

April 2011
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
RMPTH Planning Clear Creek Gold
Session 6:00P Panning
RMPTH Meeting 7:00P

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Good Friday

24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Easter

The News, March 2011 Page 11

(Continued from page 9)
Take your garden hose and run water through the
pump. Start the engine. It will run only a short time, and
the garden hose will cool the seals in the pump. Gas will
start to break down after 3 months of above-ground stor-
age, so do not leave gas in your engine over the winter!
Drain the pump of water. Drain the oil and fill it with a
straight 30 weight good grade oil. Pull your spark plug
and replace it with a new one. Be sure to gap the new
plug. Pour 1/2 ounce oil for a 3.5 hp, 3/4 ounce oil for a
5 hp, and 1 ounce for a 8 hp engine through the spark
plug hole.
Wait a minute, then pull the cord two times. That will
coat the piston head and cylinder with oil. Put in the new
plug. Take off the air cleaner. If it is a paper cartridge,
replace it. If it is the oiled foam type, take it to the sink,
and wash it by hand with a good liquid soap in warm
water. Ring it out and let thoroughly dry overnight. You
can pour the same oil through the foam filter that you
put in the engine. Wrap the foam with paper towel and
squeeze out the excess oil.
Then put it back on your engine. You've just done a ma-
jor tune up on your engine, and you've
winterized it too. Store it in a dry place. Next year, fill it
up with a good, mid-grade gas, 87 octane. Change that
oil every 25 hours and you'll have a good running engine
all summer long!
METAL DETECTORS - Many coin detectorist can go out
RMPTH Field Outing Statement
NOTE: The Coordinators and participants stay in touch
and continue to review and plan upcoming presentations
and outings for the year on a monthly basis. Our editor
Rick Mattingly needs timely event information for each
issue of The News. Please get information about any par-
ticular event to him by the 15th of the month to meet the
printing deadline for the next issue.
Planned trips, outings, activities, and meeting programs
are in the newsletter and on line at the clubs website.
Planning is a work in progress and additional outings and
activities are added and sometimes deleted on an ongo-
ing basis. Events planned in the upcoming month are
emphasized to the attendees at the monthly meetings.
Contact the Presentations Coordinators or Editor if you
have any suggestions or ideas throughout the year for
fieldtrips, outings, and programs.
The best made plans may change at the last minute due
to the illness of the Trail Boss, weather, land access, ve-
hicles breaking down, wrong meeting sites, etc. Please
be understanding of extenuating circumstances and con-
tact the coordinator or Trail Boss of a specific event if
there is any question of an event being cancelled or
changed at the last minute.
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all winter long because the snow comes and melts. The
gold detectorist usually has to go to the high country and
that is snowed in. So pull those batteries out of your de-
tector.
Even ni-cads leak. Take out those batteries and put new
ones in next year. How's your coil cover? If its ready to
wear through, replace it.
Only this time, put some silicone on the top crack. This
will keep dirt and black-sands from working in between
the coil and the coil cover.
My family to this day will echo: “Did you remember the
tent poles?” When we went to set-up our tent on one of
our rockhounding trips we discovered that the tent poles
were back at home! When you have a family of 5, 1 cat,
and 1 dog all not happy, you never forget the tent poles.
A spare part kit would be a great item to assemble dur-
ing the winter. Washers, screws, nuts, bolts, duct tape,
spare parts for your dredge – you name it there is noth-
ing more disappointing that being far from town and not
having a spare part to get your equipment up and run-
ning.
From GPOC The Prospector’s Quill Vol. 38 No. 2

THE ART OF
BEING UN-LOST
A GPS, Compass & Map Clinic
By
The Rocky Mountain
Prospectors &
Treasure Hunters Club
WHERE: Lions Park in Laporte, Colorado
WHEN: Saturday, March 26, 2011
TIME: 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM
WHO: All RMPTH Members, Family &
Friends
P.S.: Bring your GPS Unit and/or
Compass and/or U.S.G.S. Quad Maps.
The News, March 2011
 Tell Forest Service We Need Some Room To Roam

Believe it or not, the national forest is not private property. It belongs to us, the people. Remember us, we, the peo-
ple? We need room to roam. We like little two-track roads where we can disappear. We want mean little roads for
four-wheeling. We want quiet places way back in for camping or picnicking - on the creek, too! We want roads that
will take us where there "ain't nobody." We don't like to be bunched up on county roads in dry campsites 20-27,
where hundreds of others have camped. We don't like forest service policies. It's despotic and selfish.

There is room in the forests for everybody if the roads were not closed or a locked government gate barring the way.
Take the gates out and open the little two-track roads that have closed. Give us our forests back. We need room to
roam, and your policy doesn't cut it. This is not a national park; it is a national forest, and we don't want it locked
up.

Those of you who agree with this, please show your support. Call a supervisor's office at , give your name and say
"room to roam."

Mike Brinkhoff,
Manhattan, Larimer County

Fort Collins Coloradoan Editorial — February 4, 2011

Paul Lange and Robert Crain (center) present Paul Mayhak (left) with award of Detectorist of the Year 2010
and Bryon Morgan (right) with award of Prospector of the Year 2010. February, 2011 club meeting.
Congratulations to Paul and Bryon!

The News, March 2011 Page 13

Coyote Hole Or Rathole
Mining
A
coyote hole is also known as a rathole (rat-hole, rat
hole). They are inexpensive, simple, man-sized
shafts.
Coyoting is the practice of digging shallow coyote holes in
search of gold.
They were mined by individuals who did not work in con-
junction with a company. The miners would often work in
teams with one in the hole digging and gathering dirt. The
other miner would hoist the dirt out at the top of the hole.
The dirt would then be panned in
water to obtain the gold concentrates.
The term “rathole” is an apparent
corruption of the sixteenth-century
Spanish science of mining known as
el sistema del rato literally “the sys-
tem of the moment,” but actually
meaning a pragmatic or empirical
system.
Because much of the West had been
part of Mexico and Spanish prospec-
tors remained, their traditional min-
ing technology persisted. Many small-
time operators, regardless of ethnic-
ity, wished to avoid the expense of an
engineer. Those who sought to pros-
pect underground in a limited, effi-
cient way typically used the same
techniques of coyote holes used by
early Mexican miners.
The rathole mines wandered and followed the veins of ore
disregarding classical mining engineering techniques. Coy-
ote hole mines were a quick way to explore a prospective
site. The Nevada landscapes are peppered with tens of
thousands of these small-scale endeavors, most of which
yielded little profits. Miners were usually only able to
make a profit by selling their excavations or investment
stock.
In Virginia City, the Maldonado brothers employed the
sixteenth-century method for their Mexican Mine, making
it a curiosity to its technological neighbors.
Contemporaries described Spanish-speaking miners
climbing notched logs (boca-mina tree trunks) called
chicken ladders often ascending hundreds of feet.
Workers hauled ore in rawhide buckets on their backs
suspended by straps across their foreheads. Shunning the
expense of square-set timbering, the Maldonados used line
supports consisting of columns of native rock left un-
touched in strategic places. The profitability of the Mexi-
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can Mine, one of the richest Comstock properties in the
early 1860s, testifies to the effectiveness of its coyote min-
ing. An exception to the usual poor production of small-
scale rathole mines was the 1866 development of the Ken-
tuck Mine in Gold Hill, Nevada. John Mackay and J.M.
Walker excavated this property with rathole modesty.
They used a hand wench to descend the shaft and to haul
up ore and debris. In this way, they avoided the cost of a
steam-driven hoist room with all its employees. In three
years, their operation produced over three million dollars
in gold and silver.
When coyote holes were too deep for the miner to throw
out the dirt with his shovel, a windlass with a bucket was
used; but where the depth was not too great each miner
had his separate hole, in which he delved, collecting the
pay dirt from the bottom of his pit and as far on
either side on the bed rock as he dared to exca-
vate. Sometimes the excavations, instead of be-
ing vertical shafts, were sloping or horizontal
tunnels into the side of a hill or bank and in
some instances ran in hundreds of feet. In all
these cases the men, while at work, were en-
tirely out of sight of a person looking over the
bar, flat or slope in which there were opera-
tions; the approach of night or any alarm or
unusual noise would cause them to pop out of
their holes; and their supposed resemblance
under such circumstances to the Californian
animal corresponding with the prairie wolf of
the Mississippi states caused these pits, shafts
or tunnels to be called coyote holes and the
character of mining done in them coyote-mining.
In subsequent years when hydraulic mining su-
perseded other kinds of placer work, coyote
mining, like the old operations of the pan,
rocker and long-tom became antiquated; but
while it was in vogue many places were completely honey-
combed by so-called coyote holes. One place near Nevada
City, consisting of a rich hill of gravel, was so pierced with
holes that it was named Coyoteville.
(History of California, Volume 3. Hittell, Theodore Henry.
San Francisco, N.J. Stone & Company. 1898.)
In one description of a coyote miner by Wood, a miner
spent several days digging his hole when he fell through
the bottom into a drift occupied by a Mexican busily en-
gaged in taking out rich pay dirt. The air was blue with
curses for awhile, but as the best of his claim was worked
out by the Mexican before the American struck bedrock,
he had to make the best of it.”
Coyote holes are dangerous to dig and dangerous to enter.
The only support for these holes is the surrounding bed-
rock. Unexpected cave-ins can occur in which you may be
buried alive.
The Prospector's Quill Newsletter
Gold Prospectors Of Colorado
June 2010 
The News, March 2011
Hunting Local “Micro-Sites”
Gold Glossary
by Vince Migliore

I love going out on our club hunts on Sunday mornings, but we are often
faced with that familiar problem of too many people working the same
over-hunted parks. To remedy that situation, some of us are linking up
in small groups (2 or 3 members) and setting out to smaller sites. These
mini-excursions usually pay off big-time, because the smaller search areas
generally have not been scoured by detectors before. We often come across
that detectorist’s dream – the “virgin” site. These are locations that have
never been hunted before, and you can find coins and jewelry at all depths,
even on the surface of the ground.
Flumes - Flumes are like sluice boxes, they
do not have riffles though and are used
solely to transport water in areas where a
ditch would be impossible (cliff sides,
rocky hillsides). Two flumes were built in
the construction of the China Ditch.

Last week I was fortunate to find a small park, about 2 acres, that was un-
touched. I found 22 coins in just over one hour, and three of them were ear-
lier than 1965. I plan to go back there soon with a bigger coil and look for Gold Facts
the silver that is most certainly hidden there.
Symbol: AU
So, how do you find such sites? Simple: keep your eyes open! Every time Atomic Number: 79
you drive to work, or take a trip in the car, start looking for those small
patches of land where lots of people have walked. It might be a tiny park or Atomic Weight: 196.967
a strip of public land on a busy street. After a while, like a photographer, Melting Point: 1063° (1945° F)
you develop a habit of searching for and finding those special locations Specific Gravity: 19.2
brimming with opportunity. You store those locations in your memory
banks, or even chart them on a map. Then, when you have the opportunity
MOH’s Scale of Hardness:
of a spare hour or two, you can run out and hit the jackpot. 2.5 - 3

Not too long ago, I had jury duty in downtown Sacramento. I decided to take Karat
the light-rail train from Folsom to the courthouse – every day for a week.
The tracks run along Folsom Boulevard, which is one of the oldest streets in
the metropolitan area. From the train I could see dozens of tiny search sites 24K = 100% Pure Gold
that are ripe for hunting. 18K = 75% Pure Gold
14K = 58% Pure Gold
This has worked well for me, because sometimes I have only half an hour to
hunt with the detector, but that small strip of grass I noticed last week will 10K = 42% Pure Gold
only take 20 minutes to search anyway. For the areas that are a little larger,
I call up a friend or two from the club, and we go out together to these micro Troy Weights
-sites. The Sacramento Valley Detector Buffs Club provides us with a great
opportunity to meet other hobbyists in our area. Many of them are open to a
spur of the moment hunt, or a planned trip to a local site. 1 grain = 0.0648 grams
24 grains = 1 penny
weight (DWT) = 1.552 grams
Metal Detecting Hobby Talk
http://www.mdhtalk.org/ 20 DWT = 1 ounce =
480 grains = 31.10 grams
Vince Miglore is a researcher and technical writer with a keen interest in
metal detecting. He's written for numerous magazines, including W&E treas-

YOUR
ures, and is former editor of a hobbyist newsletter.

"I bought a detector back in 1982, and in the first 5 minutes I found an In-
dian Head penny dated 1881 -right in my own front yard! Since then I've ADVERTISEMENT
been hooked."
COULD BE HERE!
You'll be hooked too, when you see how great this sport is for your physical
fitness, your appreciation of natural science, and most of all for the wealth
of treasures you can find.
Call Rick Mattingly
Vince is the author of Metal Detecting for the Beginner 2nd Edition, 2010
at 970-613-8968
which can be found at Amazon.com . 
or rickmatt@q.com
The News, March 2011 Page 15
 Trading Post
FOR SALE: MINELAB SD 2200 Detector: 10-1/2"
Mono Super Coil; 10-1/2" SD-Series Super Coil; Two About Trading Post
Batteries w/Wall Charger; Headphones; Battery Back-
pack; Waist Battery Pack; Signal Enhancer; Extra
The News runs classified ads in Trading Post
Lower Stem; Backpack Carry Case; Video. $2,100.
for three consecutive issues. Trading Post ads
Call Paul at (970) 482-7846. for topic related items up to 10 lines (or 70
words) long are free. To place an ad in Trading
FOR SALE: Trout Unlimited Colorado Pontoon Boat Post contact Rick Mattingly at (970) 613-8968
with 8'-6" pontoons and motor mount. Brand new and evenings
never used. Perfect for lake or river fishing and pros- or e-mail at: rickmatt@q.com
pecting. New price $575. Sell price $350. Contact Tim
Cline in Frederick at (303) 833-3372.
Commercial Advertising
FOR SALE: Price Reduction - 18” DOUBLE DECK VI- Specifications
BRATING LAP by Diamond Pacific. You can do rough
grinding and finish polishing at the same time! The (Monthly Donation Rate)
machine is made of non-rusting aluminum castings. It
Full Page (8 1/2" X 7") $30
weighs 50 lbs. It has never been used – is in its origi-
Half Page (3 1/4" X 7") $20
nal crate. It is assembled and ready to run. List price One Third Page (3" X 4") $15
is $1290. Will sell for $849 – a savings of $441 (a re- Business Card (2 3/4" X 1 1/2") $ 5
duction of 34%)! Call Bob at (303) 819-3523.
Ads must be received by the 15th of the
FOR SALE: Keene High Banker, includes stand, hose preceding month. Contact Rick Mattingly for in-
and 5 HP Briggs and Stratton pump. Great condition, formation on this service at
$900.00 or Best Offer. Contact Cindy Bone at (970) (970) 613-6968 evenings or e-mail at:
669-8247. rickmatt@q.com.

FOR SALE: Prospecting equipment: 4" Dredge and

more plus Whites VSAT Gold Detector. Contact
Homer at (970) 224-4244

FOR SALE: Two CoilTec coils for MineLab GP or SD

Series: 14" Round Mono, $150.00. 5" x 10" Joey
Mono, $75.00. Like New. Plus Shipping. Call (307) All mistakes and
misspellings were
886-3937 or Cell (307) 654-1432.

WANTED: Federal or state duck stamps; mint or

used. Contact John Hart at (307) 778-3993.
intentionally made so
that you could have the
FOR SALE: Garret Treasure Ace 300 Detector.- $225
OBO. Contact Roger at (970) 622-0821.

pleasure of finding them.

NOTE:
Purchase arrangements are between the buyer and
seller only and involves no financial benefit to RMPTH.

If stress burned
calories I'd be so
skinny I would fall
through my zipper and
hang myself!
Page 16 The News, March 2011
 WEEKEND & SMALL-SCALE
MINER’S CODE OF ETHICS
I WILL respect other prospector’s claims and not work
those claims without the owner’s permission
I WILL have on-site all necessary permits and licenses
I WILL build fires in designated or safe places only, and
in accordance with current State and Federal guidelines
I WILL be careful with fuels and motor oils and be cog-
nizant of their potential destructive effect on the envi-
ronment
I WILL remove and properly dispose of all trash and
debris that I find - I will not litter
I WILL be thoughtful, considerate and courteous to
those around me at all time
I WILL appreciate and protect our heritage of natural
resources, wildlife, fisheries and private property, and
respect all laws or ordinances governing prospecting
and mining
I WILL NOT remove stream bank material, destroy
natural vegetation or woody debris dams, nor discharge
excess silt into the waterways
I WILL NOT refuel motorized equipment in the stream
I WILL NOT allow oil from motorized
equipment to drip onto the ground or into the water
I WILL NOT prospect in areas closed to prospecting
and mining
Offer Your Assistance To Any
Of Our Program Coordinators
The News, March 2011
Setting Sluice Angle
I can't tell you how many times someone has
asked, "What angle do I set up my sluice box". The
worst part is, there is no stock answer. Every
river and stream is different. The average specific
gravity of the sand can vary so much, there is not one
setting to go by, water flow may be faster in one spot
than another. I have moved up river 50 ft and had to
change the angle.
Here is a sure fire way to tell where your angle be-
longs. First off, you will have to move any larger rock
through your sluice. If you classify your material
(getting out the big stuff), you may be able to use less
flow or angle. You have to understand that, the riffle
is the catch. As water flows over the riffle it makes
what is called an eddy, this is a back flow that puts
down a low pressure area just behind the riffle. I'm
not going to go into riffle design here, but know that
the riffle is the key. Some riffle's like fast water and
some like slow. Makes no difference here.
To set up the box you have to move all the large stuff
off and then get rid of most of the heavier sands. A
box is running right when you fill the front with gravel
(and hopefully some gold). When the box has finished
running the gravel
down onto the riffle
area of the box, the
space fills between
the riffles, you can
start to look for the
last of the gravels to
leave the front of the
box. Now, if the box
is running too slow,
you will not see most
of the carpet clear
behind the first riffle
for something over
45 seconds of time.
If the box is running Proline Sluice Box
too fast then you will
see most of the carpet in 15 sec of time. Remember
that the box is affected by four things: average weight
of the gravel, size of the gravel, water flow throughout
the box, and the angle of the box. When you get it set
for time you are ready to go mining. Remember 45
Sec. is too slow and 15 Sec. is too fast.
Tip Courtesy of GetGold.com

Page 17
 Rocky Mountain Prospectors and Treasure Hunters Club
2011 Schedule of Events

Month Meeting Program Trip/Activity

January Club Business and Open Forum No Trip/Activity Scheduled

Love Token Coin Presentation

February By Rick Mattingly
No Trip/Activity Scheduled

Update on Mining Laws, Permits and

Land Access for the 2011 Prospecting
March Season, What the Future Looks Like. GPS, Compass & Map Clinic
By Ben Higley, President,
Gold Prospectors of Colorado

Gold Refining Presentation

April Clear Creek Gold Panning
By David Emslie

‘Let’s Go Gold Panning On The Arkansas’ Event

Crack & Crevasse Prospecting
May Prospecting, Detecting & More Clinic at Lions Park -
By Bryan Morgan
Advertised and Open to the Public

Gold Nugget Shooting Presentation Nugget Shooting Clinic at Lions Park

June
By Rick Mattingly Eldora Ski Resort Detector Outing

Gold and Platinum in Wyoming Manhattan Ghost Town Detector Outing

July
By Wayne Sutherland, WGS Gold Nugget Shooting Outing

Detecting Presentation Ames Monument, Vedauwoo & Wyoming State Museum

August
By Tom Warne Tour

Annual Coin & Prize Hunt

Meteorite Presentation
September Colorado Mineral & Fossil Show—Denver
By Dr. Robert Brownlee
Lucite Hills Wyoming Gem Outing

Bottle Hunting Presentation

October Off-Road Detector & Cache Hunt
By Rick Mattingly

Annual “Show & Tell” &

November Local Detector Outing
Silent Auction

Annual Find of the Year Awards &

December Flatirons Mineral Club & Model Train Show
Christmas Party

Good Hunting in 2011!

Page 18 The News, March 2011
 Rocky Mountain
Prospectors & Treasure Hunters
Contact List
RMPTH Coordinators Home E-Mail
Coordinator Paul Lange 1-970-663-5776 plange50@msn.com
Coordinator Robert Crain 1-970-484-6488 ———————–
Coordinator Bryan Morgan 1-970-416-0608 brymorg@frii.com
Coordinator Rick Mattingly 1-970-613-8968 rickmatt@q.com

The News Staff

Editor-in-Chief Rick Mattingly 1-970-613-8968 rickmatt@q.com
Assistant Editor Dick French 1-970-482-2110 dickyf99@comcast.net

Internet Web Site

Web Master Rick Mattingly 1-970-613-8968 rickmatt@q.com

Volunteers/Coordinators
Joe Johnston 1-303-696-6950 cjoej1@peoplepc.com
Find of the Month Betsy Emond 1-970-218-0290 ———————–
Paul Mayhak 1-970-482-7846 pjmcolo@q.com

Paul Lange 1-970-663-5776 plange50@msn.com

Presentations
Johnny Berndsen 1-970-667-1006 johnnyberndsen.com
Club Historian Peggy Stumpf 1-307-632-9945 circlestar@yahoo.com
Club Librarian Joe Johnston 1-303-696-6950 cjoej1@peoplepc.com

Bryan Morgan 1-970-416-0608 brymorg@frii.com

Panning Demos
Darrell Koleber 1-970-669-2599 gutshot1016@yahoo.com

Setup &
Volunteer Needed! ———————– ———————–
Refreshments

Tom Warne 1-970-635-0773 goldigger48@msn.com

Door Prize Jacob Wootton 1-970-980-6016 jacob-wootton@yahoo.com
Johnny Berndsen 1-970-667-1006 ———————–

General Information Contact: Paul Lange at 1-970-663-5776

Visit RMPTH on the Internet at: http://rmpth.com

NOTE
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RESTRUCTURING
OUR VOLUNTEER POSITIONS WITHIN THE
CLUB. PLEASE CONSIDER COLUNTEERING
SOME TIME TO ASSIST YOUR CLUB!

The News, March 2011 Page 19

The News
Rocky Mountain Prospectors &
Treasure Hunters Club
P.O. Box 271863
Fort Collins, CO. 80527-1863

MARCH, 2011 ISSUE