Updated 01/20/09
The WSMC sponsors field trips through the Wagonmasters. These field trips offer the rockhound the opportunity to collect a wide variety of materials from agates and jaspers to crystals and fossils. Experienced field trip leaders familiar with the selected collecting areas are on hand to help the novice collector find good quality material. Check with the local clubs in your area for further infomation.
Check out the Tools page for a description of the tools needed for many of the field trips
The following is the proposed list of trips proposed for 2009:| Date | Sponsor club |
Location | Meeting place & time | Material | Tools |
| 2/7 |
Msvl |
Walker Valley |
9:00 @ Big Lake Store |
Geodes & agate |
Hard rock & dig |
| 3/14 |
Msvl | Cedar Ponds |
9:00 @ Monroe Jack in the Box |
Jasper & fossils |
Dig & light hard rock |
| 4/18 |
MtBk |
Racehorse Creek |
9:00 @ Nugents corner |
Fossil & Morel mushrooms |
Dig, light, & split tools |
| 4/18, 19 |
Pow |
Saddle Mt/Diatom |
8:00 @ Boat launch S of Mat |
Wood & Opal |
Dig & light tools |
| 5/16.17 |
NwR |
Saddle Mt/Diatom |
9:00 @ Matawa Lepricon |
Petrified Wood & Opal |
Light & dig tools |
| 5/31 |
Boe |
Greenwater |
9:00 @ Enumclaw Ranger Station |
Agate, Jasper |
Dig & light hard rock tools |
| 6/27.28 |
Elb |
1st Creek |
9:00 @ West Fork Teanaway Camp |
T-Eggs, agate & geodes |
Dig & hard rock tools |
| 7/1-5 |
Pow |
Madras, OR |
8:00 @ Jefferson Fair Ground |
Agate, jasper, wood, T-Eggs | |
| 7/11 |
Contact Christina Morrisey, cmvw@verizon.net |
Yellow Hill |
9:00 @ West Fork Teanaway Camp |
Jasp-Agate | Dig (explore– 3/4 mile hike, rare & deep |
| 7/18 |
SWMS |
Salmon Creek |
9:00 @ I-5 exit 63 Park & ride |
Agate, jasper |
Dig tools |
| 7/19 |
WAMS |
Mt Higgins |
9:00 @ Oso closed gas station |
Rhodonite | Hard rock tools, TOUGH TIRES |
| 7/26 |
W Sea |
Lake Wenatchee |
9:00 @ Ranger Station |
Garnet, Actinolite, Talc |
Screen & dig tools |
| 8/22,23 |
Msvl | ||||
| 8/29.30 |
PVGM |
Greenwater |
9:00 @ Enumclaw Ranger Station |
Agate—Jasper | Dig & light hard rock |
| 9/12, 13 |
Pow |
Red Top Mt |
8:00 @ West Fork Teanaway Camp |
Geodes, Agate | Dig & light hard rock |
| 9/19 |
Boe/PVGM |
Little Naches |
9:00 @ Enumclaw Ranger Station |
T-Eggs |
Dig & light hard rock |
| 10/4 |
NwR |
Money Creek |
9:00 @ |
Ore & picture jasper |
Lights, light hard rock tools |
| 11/14 |
MtBk |
Blanchard Hill |
9:00 @ I-5 exit 240 exit gas mar |
Stilpnomelane |
Hard rock tools |
| NwR = North West Rockies | Ed Lehman (425) 334-6282 or wsmced@hotmail.com |
| Kathy Ernst (360) 856-0588 or earnstkk@comcast.net | |
| Msvl = Marywsvill Rock and Gem | Ed Lehman (425) 334-6282 or wsmced@hotmail.com Bob Johnson (425)-231-0716, bobinevrt@hotmail.com Bill Moser, jj@comcast.net |
| Pow = Pow Wow Club | Rocky McCall (360) 629-2515, rm711@tgi.net |
| Wams = Washington Agate club |
Mike Messenger (360) 456-6930 wams1939@comcast.net |
| WSMC = Washington State Mineral Council | Ed Lehman (425)334-6282, wsmced@hotmail.com |
| MtBk= Mt Baker Rock club |
Brian Hughes - (360) 671-7330, abhughes@comcast.net |
| Evt = Everett Rock club |
Bob Johnson (425)-231-0716, bobinevrt@hotmail.com |
| PVGM = Puyallup club |
Erik Chilson (360)-825-3138, infernalspawnofevil6@hotmail.com |
| Elb - Ellensburg Rock club |
Steve Townsend, srtrocks@aol.com |
| Boe - Boeing Rock club |
Erik Chilson (360)-825-3138, infernalspawnofevil6@hotmail.com |
| Christina Morrisey, cmvw@verizon.net |
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| W Sea - West Seattle club |
Brian Waters, bwaterss2000@yahoo.com |
