Land for Sale - Jefferson Lake Road, Jefferson, CO 80456 - 20.0 acres

$375/month Creek and Lake Rocky Mountain Gold and Gem Mining Claim

Jefferson Lake Road, Jefferson, CO | Lat/Lng:  39.4147, -105.8360

$3,950
20 ac.
09/20/2026
ACTIVE
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JEFFERSON LAKE RECREATION AREA PARK COUNTY CREEK ROCKY MOUNTAINS GOLD MINING CLAIM OWNERSHIP OWNER FINANCING This is a legally registered, 20 acre gold and gem Mining Claim for sale, the Jefferson Gold #2, with Jefferson Creek running thru the whole claim for over 660 feet, and is north of the town of Jefferson and about 22 miles northeast of the quaint mountain town of Fairplay. The town of Jefferson 4 miles south has a market and gas station. Jefferson Lake with boating and excellent fishing is just up the road only 3.5 miles. Gold prices have reached an all time high of over $4000 per ounce. Located in the Jefferson Lake Recreation Area, close to large Jefferson lake with boat ramp and great fishing. Jefferson Lake Recreation Area is a great area for camping, picnicking, fishing, and hiking. Campgrounds include: Aspen, Lodgepole, and Jefferson Creek. For backpacking and day hiking, the Colorado Trail passes through the area on its way to Georgia Pass, and the Jefferson Lake and Jefferson Loop trails also offer day hikers options for long or short walks. We feel we are selling more than the gold and minerals on beautiful land. You would be acquiring an experience that will give you a good feel for what the old time prospectors must have felt during the days of the original Colorado Gold Rush. A mining claim is an affordable way to enjoy the beauty of the land combined with the adventure of panning for gold. Owning a mining claim is having access to a lifetime of great family fun and recreation, in a very beautiful, natural setting. See the Buying Process further down this listing, my owner financing options to choose from, and how to purchase my claim See maps and satellite views with the top pictures. Click on the top picture then arrow right to all those. This area known as South Park is an all season area for outdoor activities in a valley surrounded by the Rocky Mountains. Is about 45 minutes east of the town of Fairplay. Is about an hour southeast of the cool resort town of Breckenridge. Park County is where the show Gold Rush filmed for a season. National Forests remained open at all times during the virus with a televised invitation by the Director for families to visit them as safe places for family recreation, making our mining claims some of the safest places for your family to enjoy and get away from all the nonsense. Being in a valley surrounded by mountains, annual winter snow runoff brings down gold and gems into Jefferson Creek. Beautifully forested area of pines and aspens. The bends in the creek make for excellent gold catching areas. Beautiful Jefferson Lake has a boat ramp for boating, and the lake is known for excellent fishing. This claim lies within Colorado’s historically rich, mineral belt. The largest nugget unearthed from this area and possibly all of Colorado, was discovered just north of our claim. It weighs an exceptional 9.3 pounds and is referred to as “Tom’s Baby”. This Nugget is the centerpiece of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science Mineral Collection, and can still be viewed and enjoyed today at the museum. Rockhounding in Colorado Starting with the rich gold and silver deposits which were the starting point of so many Colorado towns, the Centennial State, with over 770 types of minerals to be found, is second only to California in the number of different gems and minerals statewide. Colorado is also host to a dizzying array of rocks and minerals. Some of the higher profile include dinosaur fossils. Colorado can certainly be considered a rockhound and gem hunters dream. The vast mountains of national forests gives one a newfound sense of exploration and discovery. This claim is less than an hour from where the TV show Gold Rush was filmed on location at the Todd Hoffman mining claim near Fairplay. Park County has miles of ATV and snowmobile trails to add to your mining claim experience. Another good sign for our claims here are the other experienced prospectors who have claims in this area before us. The discovery of gold in 1859 brought thousands of prospectors to this exact area. A new mining camp called “Fair Play” was established. Be a part of your own gold prospecting journey in having your own mining claim as those who came before you. It is a little known fact that Park County contains the highest gold and silver mines in North America. It also contains some of the highest historic ranches and a wealth of historic railroad sites. Some working ranches in the region provide accommodations and access to private fishing. Visitors who take advantage of Park County’s attractions do so in a beautiful mountain area that has remained relatively unchanged for more than 100 years. BUYING PROCESS: To purchase my claim, the process would be, I would need your name(s) and street mailing address, and which payment option you choose, where I would then scan and email you a signed contract. Total price of $3950, that can be paid in one full payment where your ownership is then transferred after receiving payment, or $4000, paying $2000 first month, and $2000 2nd month, or $4000, paying $2000 first month, $1000 2nd month, and $1000 3rd month, or $4000, paying $800 per month for 5 months, or $4000, paying $500 per month for 8 months, or $4500, paying $375 per month for 12 months. A $299 deed processing fee is paid with final payment. After receiving your final payment, your ownership of the 20 acre claim will be legally recorded with the Bureau of Land Management and Park County. Jefferson Creek is a trout fishing creek, See the Park County fishing map with the pictures. Besides gold, this area is also known for having precious and semi-precious gemstones, including the state named gemstone aquamarine, and gems such as fluorite, turquoise, crystals, opals, topaz, amethyst, and smoky quartz. I am a retired teacher, and got into prospecting as a hobby with my family. I am 75 and my wife 73 and we have gained the experience to select the best areas to locate claims. If within one year you are not satisfied with your claim, you can trade for another comparable claim, just paying the BLM and County transfer fees which will be about $125. Buyer will receive after final payment a Free Gold Panning Kit: see picture of this kit with the top listing pictures: Comprehensive 11 Piece Gold Panning Kit: Includes everything needed for gold prospecting - 3 gold pans in 8”, 10”, and 14” sizes, 2 sifting sieves, magnified tweezers, plastic bottle, magnetic separator pen, sand scoop, and glass vials. Mining Claims as an investment: if you purchase a claim from us, at no charge, I would help you if you ever decided to sell in the future. Mining Claims are a great investment, as claims go up in value over time, just as land does. Gold and gems discovered in our own prospecting long with the beauty of the area, makes for awesome camping and prospecting. There are no more areas on Jefferson Creek to locate a claim. Owning a mining claim is having access to a lifetime of great family fun and recreation, in a very beautiful, natural setting. This is a 20 acre unpatented, gold mining placer claim, the Jefferson Gold #2, with the beautiful Jefferson Creek running thru the claim, in the Rocky Mountains, and the Pike National Forest. The claim is legally registered with the Colorado Bureau of Land Management and Park County. You own the mineral rights, not sharing with others, on the 20 acres, and use your 20 acres recreationally for camping and prospecting in an awesome, beautiful area. For any building like a shed, you need to file a Plan of Operation with the BLM for approval. For anything to live in, you would need to file a Plan of Operation with the BLM for approval, and to be considered, you would need to have developed a full-time mining operation. For the possibility of constructing any building you for others could live in, you need to file a Plan of Operation with the BLM for approval, showing you have developed a “full-time operation” performing “diligent mining.” You do not need a plan, permission nor a permit to camp and prospect. You do not need to be a full time prospector to file a Plan for a shed type structure. With an approved BLM Plan of Operation, a building can be built on the land: any building that benefits and improves the claim. As stated by the BLM, this can be the "construction of a building, road, fence, or enclosure necessary for mining." Current usage, is what the BLM calls, Casual Use: panning, shovel, rock hammer, metal detector, creek powered sluice box, where no permission nor permit is needed to camp and prospect. On our visits to the claim, we gathered in and around the creek, approx. 1/8 of an ounce of gold, being worth about $300. As the BLM does not specify the amount of gold to be found to locate a claim other than gold needs to be discovered, we use this amount for a 20 acre claim as a projection of good gold potential. Someone with more time may find more. Gold prices are over $4000/ounce. Though we could never guarantee what you will find, we did locate this claim in an historically rich area for gold prospecting. Gold in just this past year has gone up over $500 per ounce. You are allowed to post No Trespassing for Prospecting signs in and around the claim. A mining claim owner may limit or restrict public recreational use of/or public access across claims or portions of claims that are actively used for prospecting, mining, or processing operations where public recreational use of a claim would endanger or materially interfere with legitimate mining pursuits. Camp on your claim or nearby national forest campgrounds. A claim owner does not need permission nor a permit to camp and prospect. You can prospect as little or as much as you like. Now that we have located the claims, you never have to declare to the BLM any gold or gems you find. _______________________________ 20 acres = 660 ft. x 1320 ft. _________________________

Details

CountyPark
Zipcode80456
Property Type OneRecreational Property
BrokerageGold & Gem Mining Claims 4 Sale
Brokerage Linkwww.landsofamerica.com/member/48299/
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Michael Leu
Gold & Gem Mining Claims 4 Sale
(440) 225-5991
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