September, 2016
Cache Rock & Gem Club
Editor Anita McCollum 53 North 200 West, Brigham City Utah 84302
Meetings are on
the 2nd Thursday From the Top of the Rock Pile
Gary Warren Club President
of the month at
Summit For those of you that did not
Elementary make it to the August Field Trip,
7:00pm you missed a good one. We had
22 people there and I think that
80 West Main everyone found something to their
Smithfield, UT liking.
In the morning we went over to
Junior club members Texas Springs and stopped for bog
meet separately after wood and then went on to find
opening Limb Cast. Limb Cast was hard to
announcements. come by, but there is still some
around to find. We tried to find
Visitors are welcome. where the Agate was, but it was
getting late so we decided to go
Annual Club
over to Contact. We went up to a
Membership
mine with lots of Chrysocolla with
Individual $15.00 the beautiful blues and greens.
We did pick up a bucket of that
Family $20.00 for the club for our show. When
Calendar we go out on these outing, we
of Events have taken the first 20 minutes to
pick up material just for the club
Club Meeting and we are getting a lot of
Sept. 8th material added to our pile for our
rock show, so I want to thank
Field Trip everyone who has helped with this
Sept. 10th project.
Kemmerrer, WY For our August meeting we had
Cost is $65/adult our annual picnic and we really
$32.50/for age 12 and
had a great turnout. We had, as
under.
Participation cap has
close as we can figure, 72 people
been set at 45. there and there was a lot of good
food, visiting, and fun times for all.
Thanks to Rick for bringing up a
game that every age was able to
play, everyone had a ball.
Those of you who were not at
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the picnic and do not know, our
Newsletter editor, Anita McCollum
was awarded 2nd place for our
newsletter at the Northwest
Federation convention in Portland
Oregon. This award is presented
by the American Federation of
Mineralogical Society, who is the
society over all the rock clubs in
the United States, and is an extra
special honor as it covers the
newsletters submitted from across
the entire country.
Congratulations, Anita!! We are so
proud of you!
For September, we will be back
into the Summit School in
Smithfield, but watch for an email
as they were still remodeling in
places so I am not sure just where
we will end up, but plan on going
back to Smithfield for sure. So
mark your calendars for
September 8th at 7:00pm for our
club meeting.
On Saturday Sept 10th we are
going over to Kemmerer Wyoming
for the day. Dave Nielsen has lined
up a dig for us over there and the
cost will be $65.00 per person to
dig for 4 hours. Kids are half price.
He said that the owner will be
there to help us find fish and also
said that in just a couple of hours
we should have our bags full. In
October, we can get a class (cont.
page 2, Rock Pile.)

Rock Pile
(cont. from page 1.)
together to help you with preparing your
fish for display. We do need to have
reservations for this trip, so do not plan
on just showing up and getting to go on
the dig. The Dig begins at 8:00am. Get
with me or Dave Nielsen and let us know
that you would like to go so we can get
you on the list.
Cache Rock and Gem Club Gary Warren
Nevada Field Trip
Quite the crew from Utah made it
over to Nevada for rock hounding.
Destination was for bog wood and limb
casts at Texas Springs and then further
down the road to Contact for some
really nice looking Chrysocolla.
For some it was a very long day,
those who stayed in Jackpot Friday, and
an even longer day for those that left
Utah early that morning.
Also out in the field we found the
Golden Spike Club. They appeared to
be having a grand time camping and
hunting for their club as well. Jay and
Anita would like to thank them for
sharing a chair, a chat and a collecting
site. Will be seeing you come next
spring as the season begins again.
Above: After hunting bogwood
and limb casts, this group made
it down to Contact, NV for
Chrysocolla.
Right: Unwrapping the Hot
Potato.
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We are also planning on going over to
the Blue Forest in the afternoon if
anyone wants to go. We are going to
leave this up to you or if you just want
to go over to the Blue Forest we can
make 2 groups for the Day, one going to
the Digs and one going to Blue Forest.
I look forward to seeing all of you in
September at our meeting in the 8th of
September.
435-720-1775 (c)
Annual Picnic
Over 70 people made it to our
annual picnic up Blacksmith Fork
canyon. As tradition, there was lots of
food and it was yummy! If you didnt
leave stuffed, you were at the wrong
picnic.
This year, the group was introduced
to a new game of hot potato with a
twist by Rick Hepworth. Instead of
trying to pass the potato as fast as
you could, the goal was to unwrap the
potato as fast as you could liberating
treats before having to pass it on.
An unexpected presentation was
made to Anita McCollum by way of
Evan Day who had the good fortune to
attend the annual American
Federation of Mineralogical Societies
convention hosted by The Willamette
Agate & Mineral Society Linn County
Fair & Expo in Albany Oregon. Our
little bulletin took home 2nd best in
Nationals. Kudos to all of you!
The 2017 convention is scheduled to
be held in Ventura, CA and will be
hosted by CFMS. Hope to see you
there, its sure to be a lot of fun.
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Birthstone Junior Members
Did You Know That?
Sapphire
Musings from collector
extraordinaire and owner of
aluminium oxide
the Idaho Heritage Museum
Al2O3
at 2390 Highway 93 South
Twin Falls ID, Jerry Lee Young.
Mohs Indian artifacts. idahoheritagemuseum.com
Jerry and Papa Jay.
9.0
The petrified watermelons or round boulders around the Twin Falls area are
glacial debris left by one of the ancient icecaps that reached this far south and
Occurs in many colors.
receded leaving ice rounded rocks and swamps that trapped mammoths,
Blue, Yellow, Purple,
three toed horses, etc in fossil bone yards directly across the Snake River.
orange and party
colors.
In 1860, the largest community in the Pacific Northwest was not Seattle or
Portland but the territorial capitol, Idaho City, 90 miles north of Twin Falls.
It does not occur in red,
The Idaho City area and Boise Basin has produced more gold than all of
that would be the
Alaska.
corundum variety of
ruby.
Recent archeological finds near Browns Bench, 50 miles to the south of Twin
Falls show that Idahos earliest human inhabitants lived here more than
In North America,
10,000 years ago.
sapphires have been
mined mostly from
deposits in Montana:
fancies along the
Missouri River near
Helena, Montana, Dry
Cottonwood Creek near
Missoula, Montana,
and Rock Creek near
Oh No! Papa Jay has lost his rock
Philipsburg, Montana.
Fine blue Yogo
hammer, help him find it.
Papa Jays Workshop
sapphires are found at
Yogo Gulch west of Jay Andersen workshop for kids is
Lewistown, Montana. A open for junior members to come
few gem-grade learn, cut and polish without
sapphires and rubies competing with adults for
have also been found in equipment.
the area of Franklin,
North Carolina. Contact Jay at 435-754-9742
to schedule a time. There is no
charge for Jr. members. Please note,
you must be accompanied by an
adult.

Yogo Sapphire
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 Cache Rock & Gem Members Rock Shed Page 4
I have
Rocks in my 400 West ~60 South
Shed Hyrum, UT Due to Holiday the Shed is
Closed Saturday September 3
The shed is open by appointment on
Wednesday 5-8 pm and Saturday 10-2 pm
with the exception of field trip days and
holidays.
Only trained shed crew are authorized
to set up and run the saws. Shed Crew
Larry Christopherson 435-723-6476
Cost is ; Adults Jr. members Jay Andersen 435-754-9742
Wheels $2.00 $1.00 Gary Warren 435-720-1775
Slab saw cost 0.10 per inch of rough.
Board Meeting
RMFMS Richard Jaeger A Board meeting was held Saturday August
27th to address issues that will be affecting
In the August issue, RMFMS President club trips, shed and annual show. Highlights
Richard Jaeger reminds us to mind our are listed below, more will be shared at the
manners when out collecting. Sites can and next meeting.
have been closed due to negligence or over The following is being initiated for field
collecting. Remember it is a privilege to trips; For each outing, a safety hand sheet
collect on private land and there are rules regarding trip will be distributed, liability
and regulations for public lands. Limit your forms for each person or family group,
take because once a site has been naming all group members, must be filled out,
exhausted, thats it, its gone, and gone is a log book will be provided for attendance.
gone. 2017 Club Show; New signage as well as
maintenance on equipment is needed.
Gem Fair Our next show will remain at BATC, however
South Town Exposition Center due to loss of space availability in 2018, a new
Sandy Utah location will need to be secured.
23 Sept -- 25 Sept 2016 The shed is quickly being maxed out in
Club member Carolyn Eddy will be at electricity due to heavy use and is not usable
the show and I hear she has a new book during winter due to lack of insulation. It may
out. Be sure to stop by and see her. be necessary to add or change locations. This
may entail additional costs. Also, all persons
Upcoming Club Shows using the shed will need to have a signed
in the Neighborhood liability waiver sheet on file, please see Garry
Warren.
Tooele Gem & Moab Rock Club As our club grows, and it is growing, so do
Mineral Moab, UT the logistics in making sure everyone stays
Tooele, UT October 7 9 safe and haves fun. We hope you will bare
September 23--25 with us through these changes.
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Club Officers
Bob & Maria Stewart
Club President Gary Warren rock_hunter1@hotmail.com Mexicanroseagate.com

1st Vice President Craig Stewart candmstewart@msn.com We have been assembling

a large collection of
2nd Vice President Dave Nielsen dsnielsen@live.com silicates, mainly agate,
jasper and quartz from
Secretary Jean Daddow jean.daddow@gmai.com Mexico for over 10 years.
We are now offering our
Treasure Kathy Farnsworthd farnsworth@hotmail.com collection for sale online
and at various rock and
gem shows. Our mission is
Board Members to find, collect and sell the
finest agate, jasper, geodes
Head Chair Dave Farnsworth dfarnsworth@hotmail.com and other forms of
chalcedony, mainly from
Shed Mngr. Larry Christophersen Larry-0021@comcast.net family-owned property in
Assist. Jay Andersen jandersen2014@outlook.com Mexico, to offer to you at
affordable prices.
Trip Mngr. Dave Nielsen dsnielsen@live.com
Trip Assist. Dustin Lofthouse

Jr. Member Mngr. Shawndra Johnson calandshawn@gmail.com

Assist. Sally Warren and Shelly Lofthouse
Rock Show Mngr. Craig Case case2cn@gmail.com
Assist. Jay Anderson

Advertising Mngr. Craig Stewart candmstewart@msn.com Rock Buckets

Assist. Luann Wilmore
The club has 3 gal buckets
of rough rock for sale. The
Web Master Craig Case case2cn@gmail.com
rough is a varied collection
from club trips and include
Social media Mngr. Vacant
petrified wood, palm, agate,
etc. The cost of a bucket is
Welcoming committee Debra Fabre` n/a
$10.00 to club members. If
Assist. Marsha Christophersen
interested, contact one of
the club officers.
News Bulletin Editor Anita McCollum anitamccollum@comcast.net

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