On Sat. Nov 9th we went up to the Greenwater FR72 area and visited 3 sites. It was a wet day, but 8 of us made the best of it, finding black agate and opal at the 1st site, green stone (chert?) some with red veins at the 2nd site, and red jasper at the […]
Category: Field trip reports
report summary for cms lead field trips
Sept 14th, 2019 Little Naches Field Trip Report
On Sat. Sept 14th we went over Chinook Pass to Little Naches for Thunder Eggs, Lily Pad Jasper and Leaf Fossils. We had 16 folks altogether in 6 vehicles. Weather was great. No rain. Lots of fun. I managed to load up a bucket from the thunder egg site, where we spent 3 hours. Then […]
Aug 3rd, 2019 NAMA Gold Panning Field Trip Report
We had 12 club members on this Gold Panning trip to NAMA’s claim at Peshastin Creek, 4 kids included. We met in Cle Elum at 9:30 and arrived at the claim about 10:00. We were given some panning instructions by NAMA members and then went to a section of the stream to try our luck. […]
July 20th, 2019 Greenwater Field Trip Report
We had a gorgeous day for our Greenwater trip. Sunny blue skies and perfect temperatures. 9 folks in 6 vehicles went up and we all made it back. FR70 has about 8 or 9 miles of paved road and then 7 or 8 miles of gravel to get to the opal dig site up near […]
June 15th, 2019 Red Top Field Trip Report
Had some beautiful weather for the Red Top trip. Gorgeous views. 9 of us altogether. I love the agate material from there, but also found some nice jaspers and I’m anxious to get them tumbled and polished. The Gray Jays found us during lunch and were coming right up to us for chips. Lots of […]
May 18th, 2019 First Creek Field Trip Report
A beautiful 65 degrees mostly sunny skies and pleasant breeze on our First Creek field trip last Saturday. We had 10 members join on this trip. First spot we tried was about 1.8 mile hike in and then up slope from there. Mostly seam agate in white, blue, and/or with green. Possibly some pocket agate, […]
April 20th, 2019 Saddle Mtn Field Trip Report
Turned out to be a beautiful day up on the Saddle Mountains for this trip. We had 16 vehicles in combination with Puyallup club. About half from CMS. Really nice tumbler material. Some of it just laying around on top of the ground. Much of it just under the surface. Logs are deeper if one […]
March 16th, 2019 Baker Lake Field Trip Report
We had beautiful weather for this fieldtrip to Baker Lake and Swift Creek. There was still quite a bit of snow to cross, but the waters were relatively shallow and easy to pick with waders and gloves. 7 CMS members made this trip. There’s interesting jasper (with golds, greens, browns, and reds) metamorphed into layers […]
Nov 17th, 2018 Blanchard Hill Field Trip Report
Gorgeous sunny weather for this fieldtrip to Blanchard Hill, although a bit chilly. The location is SW of Bellingham, about 90 miles from Renton. There were 10 vehicles on this trip, led by Ed Lehman. My son and I were the only CMS folks represented in the group. The material collected is different than what […]
Oct 20th, 2018 Clipper Mine Field Trip Report
We had perfect fall weather for our field trip to the Clipper Mine on Sat. Oct 20th. Fall colors were gorgeous. This was probably the largest group we’ve had which included 19 vehicles, jointly with the Puyallup Club. I didn’t collect very much material here, but my son and I came prepared with headlamps and […]
Meeting Announcements
Meeting Topic: John Cornell, CMS Member, will be showing off his bead work. He does wall hangings of portraits, landscapes, still life, etc. out of beads. He will bring examples of partially completed and completed works. His work is presently on display at an art gallery in Greenwood. Show ‘n Tell: Your favorite rock, mineral or lapidary item that you received or bought in 2019
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The Young Tumblers (youth members) have their own door prize drawing at each meeting. We encourage our Young Tumblers to participate in Show ‘n Tell each month. We also have a section of our monthly newsletter for them only to earn Rock Bucks. Rock Bucks can be spent on the monthly raffle or the club auctions we have throughout the year. The website and newsletter now has your own section. Be sure to look at to see what’s new this month and any announcements.