General Meeting – Thursday, November 10th Topic: Gold!! Speaker: Chris Holden, NAMA Board Member and CMS Member Chris Holden from Black Jack’s Metal Detectors will be talking about gold, gold, GOLD! We have had a lot of requests to have a meeting on finding gold in PNW. NAMA owns many gold claims in the PNW. […]
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General Meeting – Holiday Dinner – Sunday, December 4th
Our Holiday Party is Sunday, December 4th. Potluck dinner with the election of officers and club auction to follow. It’s our chance to visit with one another and also pick up some great bargains at our auction. The setup is at 11:30 AM. Dinner is at noon pm. The club provides turkey and ham plus […]
President Message – August 2022 (Click Here For More Info)
Sorry for the late update on the website. Due to Covid and the flu, our family has been sick. I would also like to note, that we have lost our videographer. Until we find a replacement volunteer, our meetings will not be on YouTube. From the Top of the Rock Pile Our Cascade Gem & […]
President’s Message – July 2022 (Click Here For More Info)
From the Top of the Rock Pile Our Cascade Gem & Mineral Show is coming up. We will be about 6 weeks from show time when you read this! We desperately need volunteers. Elsewhere in this issue is a list of the tasks we need help with. Please seriously look over the list and volunteer […]
Show Volunteer List
Our Gem Show Is Fast Approaching And It’s All Club Members On Deck! We 35 to 40 club members to volunteer to help produce the show. I have filled many positions, but we need more members to volunteer besides board members and the regular members that always step in when needed. I can not stress […]
President’s Message – June 2022 (Click Here For More Info)
From the Top of the Rock Pile …. by Kat Koch From the Top of the Rock Pile …. by Kat Koch Thanks to Zach Pratt’s efforts, our general meetings are on YouTube. We do have to work out the camera positioning for the entire meeting. Please give us a month or 2 to get […]
President’s Message – May 2022 (Click Here For More Info)
From the Top of the Rock Pile …. by Kat Koch Thanks to Zach Pratt’s efforts, our general meetings are on YouTube. Our show plans are well underway. The booth spaces are almost sold out. We need a load of volunteers for this event. James will have a sign-up sheet listing the positions he needs […]
President’s Message – April 2022 (Click Here For More Info)
From the Top of the Rock Pile …. by Kat Koch We have several members who cannot attend our meetings and have asked for them to be live-streamed. Zach Pratt, a new member, has volunteered to get this going for us. Zach plans on doing a test run at the April meeting to work out […]
President’s Message – March 2022
From the Top of the Rock Pile . . . . For the March meeting, we are back to in-person meetings. No vaccine verification is required, so we are good to go. As of April, there will be no mask requirements either. Hopefully, very near future, everything will be back to normal. I am looking […]
March General Meeting – Thursday, March 10th (Click for More Info)
Meeting Topic: I have heard from several members they are having a hard time obtaining a good polish when tumbling rocks. This month, several of our members will speak on the various polishing methods. A question and answer session will follow. Hopefully, you will solve your tumbling problems at this meeting. Do you have some […]