MSHA Training

From: jdrules3@gmail.com <jdrules3@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2016 10:35 PM

Subject: Re: MSHA Training revisited

 

Hi Everyone!

 

I’ve talked to Jeremiah the trainer and he can do the training at Jack Hoxie’s shop in Janesville on February 11th and 12th. This will be a commitment. We have to have 15 people, the more people we can recruit the cheaper it becomes but it will be about 10hrs of training each day.

 

15 people = $115 each

16 people =  $111.88 each

17 people =  $109.11

 

Subject: MSHA Training revisited

 

Hi Everyone

 

Jeremiah has notified me that if we can get 15 people he will come and give us the MSHA training. It would run about 100-110 per person. I was talking to Tyrell, a club member who goes to Canada quite often to Thunder Bay and he told me that you can’t get into the mine now without MSHA certification. We’re close to 15 if everyone still wants to do this. Is there anyone else you can think of that we could recruit?

 

Let me know if there’s still interest. He was just layed off at his job so he has the time to do this fairly quickly so let me know

 

Thanks

Debbie Wehinger

Northwest IL Rock, Gem, and Mineral Show November 12-13

A little bling, a lot of dazzle, plus the stunning creations of nature will take center stage at the annual Gem, Mineral, Fossil, Jewelry and Gift Show on November 12th and 13th at Highland College in Freeport. Vendors will showcase fascinating specimens from all over the world; there will be eye-catching gifts for holiday shopping, door prizes, and fun for all ages. A children’s game area, lapidary and wire-wrapping demonstrations, and the ever-popular geode cracking booth are among the highlights at this annual fall event. Show hours are from 9 a. m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Sunday at the Highland Student/Conference Center. Lot A offers plenty of parking. 

Sponsored by Northwest Illinois Rock Club, one of the show’s goals is to educate the public about the spectacular wonders of the geological world. A number of prestigious speakers will be on hand for presentations in their fields of expertise. All lectures are in room H127 with the following schedule: 

Saturday, Nov 12.

                                               

10:30 a. m. :  The Most Dangerous Profession

David Rice, retired paint chemist and former coal mine “Shot Firer,” “Roof Bolter” and foreman. 

1:30 p. m.:   Ice Age Fossils of Illinois

Dr. Les Fay, Rock Valley College Geography and Geology instructor, Ice Age Paleontologist and author.

 3:30 p. m.:  Good Fishing at Fossil Lake 

Scott Williams, Director of Science and Exhibits, Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford, IL

 

Sunday, Nov. 13

 11:00 a. m. :  Geologic Evolution of North America

Richard Udell, University of Wisconsin Madison geology student and geology museum tour guide                                                

 2:00 p. m. :  Gold Micro-inclusions in Natural and Laboratory Grown Minerals

Dr. Mark Frank, Mineralogy and Geochemistry Professor, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, IL                                                  

A free will donation is appreciated to defray the cost of the show. For more information contact  Brian Green at 815-745-2228 or email bgreen57@hotmail.com.

Rock Swap and Auction September 17,2016

Curry Lapidary Auction Sept. 10, 2016

PUBLIC  AUCTION

LAPIDARY

Boone County Fairgrounds

8791 Rte 76 (Fairgrounds Rd)

Belvidere, Illinois

Saturday September 10th

at 9 am

Machines​​ ​   ​​Miscellaneous

Very Nice UtahTec faceting machine​​Highland Park bull wheel​​​Desk lamp - new

7 New 8” faceting disc​​​27” Highland Park flat lap - used​Sm plastic boxes

2 Wheel poly arbor​​​Craftsman 2 wheel grinder​Jewelry earring case​     Lortone gem sparkle​​Single barrel tumbler​​Asst’ Polishes​        Expandable wheels​Homemade machine​​Hobby abrasive gun​       Extra fine diamond wheel​​Polishing wheel​Display case

Polishing pads​​​6” Craftsman gem polisher​​Albatross spray gun​            Sm Dopwax heater​​Used pump and more!​Pro-Craft Sonic cleaner

​​​Metal 6 drawer cabinet

Crystals + Minerals​​​​​Dop sticks

Pyrite​​​​Marcrasite​​​​Plastic pails

Bauxite​​Gysum​​​Milk crates

Wavelite​​Vanadinite​Shells

Calcite​ ​​Galena Lead​​Plastic Trays      Klenite​​​​Stilbite​​​​Faceted stone

Chalco Pyrite​​Mica​​​​​Assortment stones

Glauconite​​​Wulfenite​​​Jewelry

Apatite​​Sphalerite​​Soapstone carvings

Clinoclase​Alabandite​Plus more!

Actinolite​3# Barite Rose​​​

Thumb nail minerals​Copper​Fossils

Limonite​Druzy Quartz​​Misc Fossils

Manganocalcite                Celestite​Plus more!​Amonite​

Special​​​​Rough Rock​             ​

Howard’s Exclusive 30 x 40​Turritella agate​Fossil Rock​Labradorite​                 cab collection approx.​75​​11 ½#  Montana moss​Brazilian agate​Tiger Iron    

in showcase​​Cullet​​Plume agate​​Turquoise

​​Marble​​​Petrified wood​Thunder eggs

Var. Goshonite​​​Geodes​​Tigereye​Mahogany Obsidian​      23# Dino Vertebrae​             ​Lots of chunk rock​Montana moss​Tumbling mix

33# Dino Bone​​Core samples​Malachite​Lupis Luzuili

18 ½ inch stagmite​​Polished slabs​​Pink Dolomite​Chunk Fire Agate​             ​​Large ass’t slices​Lace agate​Jasper

​​Plus more!

​   OWNERS:​

​J. Haberman​B. Sherman​J. Podielski

​A. Past​C. BonField​M. Trokam

​P. Tepavcevich​M. Litt​D. Harrison

​R. Crawford​J. Leikam​

Auctioneers Note: This will be a large auction. This is a partial listing, come check it out!

TERMS: Cash or Check with proper I.D NOT responsible for accidents or items after purchased. All items sold “as is”. Any questions call Gary at 815-871-9212

The food booth will be provided by Royal Family Kid’s Camp, a camp for neglected foster children, stop by the booth and show your support!

It’s been wonderful doing business with you; our Auction family – Thank you!

Hope to see you next year!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Thanks again, the Curry Auction Crew

Agate Collection Field Trip

From: Trocke, Laurie A. <Laurie.Trocke@landsend.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2016 10:40 AM
To: Trocke, Laurie A.
Subject: Saturday Field Trip

Hi Badgers, The field trip for Saturday, August 13 will be to the Bellevue Quarry for agates. Please RSVP to this email so that we know who to expect.  Hope you can join us! Laurie

Bellevue Iowa Sand & Gravel Quarry.   This has been a fun site to visit and no one ever seems to go home from here empty handed.   We hope to find Lake Superior Agates, carnelian, and jasper.  Thomsonite, sagenite agate and even petrified wood has been found here, but is very rare. This has been an excellent producing quarry.  Sorry - there are no bathroom facilities in the quarry.

Date: SATURDAY, Aug 13th, 2016

Field Trip Leader / Contact Person: Dan Trocke, Cell # 608-215-5307 dtrocke@acscm.com Please call my cell if you are running late or lost.

                                                       

Meeting Places & Times:

10:00AM   - Meet us at the Bellevue sand & gravel yard near the Bellevue golf course (any time after 10:00 AMuntil sundown).  For those of you who have not been there before, look for a gravel driveway heading east off of 395^th Ave, across from the Bellevue Golf course and between 320^th Street and 334^th Street.  The gravel drive may not be marked other than a chain gate.  If the gate is open you should drive in and park near the gravel piles. 

                     Note: The Badger club was given permission to enter the quarry by the owner.  This trip is open to all Badger Club & MWF Members – please do not contact the owner to set up additional collecting trips or trespass on this property.  

6:00 PM    - Leave the quarry and head home.  We might catch a bite to eat in Dubuque.

What to bring: Sack Lunch, as we will be eating lunch in the quarry.  Small garden tools, buckets, knee pads, gem scoops, sunscreen and plenty of water and liquids! 

See you Saturday!

Dan Trocke

Badger Lapidary and Geological Society

MSHA training info & invite

Hello everyone

 

I am inviting all rock clubs to send out notices to their members for the following FULL MSHA Training. I have finally located a trainer who will give the full 24 hour certification.

 

It is open to anyone 18 years or older.

 

Cost will be $95 per person

 

We are currently looking at having the training at the First National Bank of Monroe courtesy room. Since the trainer will be coming from Indiana, we will need to do approximately 12 hours of training on a Saturday and Sunday, most likely 8am to 8pm for a weekend. If the class moves fairly quickly, the times can be shorter. There will be breaks for you to go grab a bite to eat or you can brown bag it.

 

This is just a preliminary email to see what the interest would be. In order to make this possible, we must have 30 people interested in the training.

 

We are tentatively looking at the weekend of August 27th and 28th although that is not written in stone. Again, this is a preliminary email to see how many people would commit to the training.

 

If you are interested in the MSHA training, please email, or call me with questions, or to put you on the list.

 

Please include your first and last name, full address (street, city, state, zip) and a phone number.

 

Thank you

Debbie Wehinger

2016 Badger Lapidary and Geological Society Showchair

608-897-2608

jdrules3@gmail.com

Monroe Rock, Mineral, Gem, and Fossil Show!

Fossil Show AND Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show April 2016

Northwest IL Rock Club Display

Our club has a display cabinet at the Freeport Public Library for the month of March. You will find it on the second floor. Thank you to Brian and Cindy Green for setting it up.

Jewelry-Making, Rocks, Fossils Auction

JEWELRY-MAKING, ROCKS, FOSSILS ABSOLUTE AUCTION

Saturday, January 30, 2016​9 am (Doors open at 7:30 am)

Walnut Creek Auction Headquarters    334 2nd Avenue West, Milan, IL 61264

The old Caprock business ends its trip here with the final sale of fossils, fern fossils, dinosaur bones, rocks & large lots of jewelry making equipment, including pound after pound of collectible rhodenite over sterling jewelry, silver, sterling, etc. 

ROCKS: Dinosaur fossils, black chalcedony, Mozarkite, seashells, amber stones, hand cut quartz in bags, selenite, geodes, aurora borealis, moonstone in lots of colors, turquoise, polished conakite, rhodochrosite, rose quartz, snow quartz, fossils, agglomerate, brachiopods, quartzite, fossils from Collinson Quarry (Milan), schist, philite, marble fern fossils, petrified wood, pink dolomite, Eden Valley petrified wood.

JEWELRY MAKING EQUIPMENT (OLD CAPROCK BUSINESS): (Most jewelry pcs. are rhodoniteover original sterling silver). 100s of belt buckles, necklaces, rings, pendants, stick pins, earrings, bracelets, brooches, cufflinks, gold & silver patons, wood beads, ceramic beads, hematite beads, display cases & stands by the dozens, display bags, grinding & polishing compounds, single ring display boxes, old clock parts, jewelry pliers & hammers, NEW lapidary rubber drum, rock cutting blades, stone crafting & jewelry making books, plastic beads & strings, needlecraft books, wax, rubber sanding wheels asstd sizes, ring sizing sets, aluminum sanding wheels, jewelry chain asstd sizes, gold-filled chains & beads, 14k chains, sterling, jewelry flat storage file drawer, working threads/tapes/glues, 8” sanding belt, malachite pins, silver safety pins, buffing pads, cylinder sandpaper (Dremel style), jewelry dip-cleaning jars, craft beader machine, small display cases & bags, tons of beautiful cameo pieces, jewelry chain & wire, wooden storage & show boxes, metal display signs, jewelry scale, spool cork.

Chicago Rocks & Minerals Society is Having a Silent Auction

For more information: http://www.chicagorocks.org/auction.htm