[Rockhounds] New here, intro and Q/A about Ashwood
Tim Fisher
rockhounds@lists.drizzle.com
Sun Jan 18 13:28:01 2004
That's a question for the All Rockhounds' PowWow chairman, he should be
listed on their website. I will be there so if they don't do it we will go
on our own :) I have never had a problem getting permission to dig any of
the ranches. Mt Hood was never involved in the PowWow trips, only Memorial
and Labor Day...
At 10:55 AM 1/18/2004, you wrote:
>Tim,
>
>You use the past tense in connection with the Mt. Hood Club. Do you know
>if at least several ranches will be open during the Madras Pow Wow? It's
>my intention to take a CFMS trip up there.
>
>John
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> From: Tim Fisher
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> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 9:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] New here, intro and Q/A about Ashwood
>
>
> Dean, feel free to call me, I know more about Ashwood than any person
> has a
> right to ;) 503 631-7236. If you mean Ron Ochs, good for you, he rarely
> lets people dig the Pony Creek bed. Terry Ensell & I got his permission in
> October, and we left plenty of huge eggs in the ground (alright we didn't
> leave any exposed lol). As I am sure you are aware, their website is very
> stale, having been put up by Cathy one day about 4 years ago and never
> touched since. That's why I never point anyone to it for info. Call
> Darrell, he is listed, or call me for his #. I don't see any reason they
> wouldn't have the Memorial Day dig, but I can only speculate that Friends
> and possibly Marstons and MacDonalds will be participating. If they got
> insurance, Ochs would allow digging but it is about $400 and is the reason
> they don't get many more ranches participating like the Mt. Hood Rock Club
> did (we have had Ochs, Keegan, Nartz, John Friend, and other participants
> in the past when the club ran the event). Another possibility for an
> organized trip is the former Big Muddy ranch, aka Rajneeshpuram of late,
> now a Christian Camp. Darrell and a few from the club talked to the
> management a few years back and they seemed willing but nothing ever came
> of it. I am sure I will be there as I need Marston agate bad and I am
> going
> to try a jackhammer on some of the old beds on MacDonalds that have great
> jasp-agate that is inaccessible with hand tools. And there is a new egg
> bed
> on Trollin property (not the one Terry & I found about 7 years ago)
> that is
> accessible for those in-the-know ;)
>
> At 08:17 AM 1/18/2004, you wrote:
> >Hi Gang,
> >
> >I'm new to this particular list. I found out about it via John
> >Stockwell. John gave a very nice presentation to the club I'm in, Santa
> >Cruz Mineral and Gem Society, just the other day about thundereggs.
> >
> >My wife and I are the field trip co-chairs for our club. I'm also a
> >past president and we are both "past directors." I had always been a
> >little interested in rocks and minerals but never really a collector.
> >She was more of a collector. Now we collect together, sell a little
> >here and there, and use collecting as an excuse for seeing some
> >beatiful country. For us, the "getting out of dodge" is as important as
> >the collecting itself, if ya know what I mean.
> >
> >Back to Ashwood: During the meeting John came to, I was reminding the
> >club about a major field trip that we are planning. It is going to the
> >Madras, Oregon area. My wife and I have been several times, including
> >once going to the Memorial Day "Rockstock" event. However, each time
> >we've gone there is one mine/claim that we wanted to go to but it has
> >been closed. So, I've been in contact with the owner of the mine and
> >making arrangements to go there some time during the Memorial Day
> >weekend. I also was trying to find out if the Ashwood Rockstock digs
> >would be happening this year and could make a combined trip for our
> >plans.
> >
> >John mentioned to me that the Ashwood event had been discussed here. I
> >also quickly perused the list archives and saw Tim's reply. I looked up
> >the Ashwood website (did you know they had their own site?) and tried
> >to email Darrell/Cathy but the message bounced. The site content is
> >also a little stale. Did anymore info come out, perhaps off-list?
> >
> >Dang this message sure seems to be rambling. Hope it makes sense when
> >you read it.
> >
> >Dean
> >
> >
> >
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