20.66 acres Legendary Superstition Mountains Lode GoldVein MiningClaim

LEGENDARY SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS GOLD PROSPECTING MINING CLAIM OWNERSHIP This is a legally registered rare, unpatented 20.66 acre LODE gold and gem mining claim for sale, the Superstition Lode #6, located in Hewitt Canyon and Hackberry Canyon, this area having a rich history of gold and gem discoveries including the legend of the Lost Dutchman Mine, in an area once roamed by the Apaches. Located in scenic Hackberry Canyon. There is a side road from the main road into the claim making it easier to access the interior of the claim. Gold prices have reached an all time high of over $3000 per ounce. Gold and gemstones abound in this area. This is my only lode claim in Arizona. Unique to this claim is having mountain ridges on all the claim boundaries. There is an open camping area just off of the road. Located off of Hewitt Canyon Road which is one of the better roads in these mountains. Located about 16 miles from the quaint mountain town of Queen Valley that has all the necessities, about 33 miles from the larger city of Apache Junction, and 67 miles east of Phoenix, In Pinal County, Arizona. See further down this listing to see the Buying Process and how to purchase my claim. Click on the top listing picture then arrow right to see all the pictures, maps and satellite views. Click on the link on the listing about half way down on the left that says Show More, to see all the details A lode claim differs from our placer claims, as on a lode claim you can dig into the mountain side and can even go to the extent of building a mine shaft. Having a lode claim is an advantage as you can dig into the claim with a shaft if you choose, and can prospect in the washes for gold, increasing your prospecting potential. Our lode claim has veins of valuable minerals including gold in veins (called lodes) cutting thru rocks. Quartz and gold are frequently found together and digging into the quartz vein is called chasing the vein. Veins of quartz, chrysocolla, and turquoise are on the claim. On the claim I found a quartz vein with gold traces in the rock. Pick and shovel, rock hammer, metal detector, and is hard rock mining. I did not expose the whole vein, though was able to follow it going through the claim, intermittently. The process of lode, hard rock mining, is the process where gold is extracted directly from the lode vein beneath the ground. Dig down about 3 feet as go through the claim, then pick, shovel, and rock hammer working the sides of that hole. Filling in the holes when leave the claim as required by the national forest. For the use of any machinery, you need to file a Plan of Operation with the BLM for approval. Scratch your rock ore against an unglazed white ceramic streak plate. If it's gold, it will leave a golden streak. Or scratch the surface of the specimen with a knife. Gold is a soft metal that will show scratch marks. The Superstition Mountains are a rock collectors heaven including an abundance of gemstones. This area has one of the longest histories of gemstone production. Arizona ranks first for where all of the natural gems are located and is famous for its turquoise and petrified wood. This historical area of the Superstition Mountains has the most desired claims and lives up to its reputation that is so widespread. The legend of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine centers around the Superstition Mountains. According to the legend, a German immigrant named Jacob Waltz discovered a mother lode of gold in the Superstition Wilderness and revealed its location on his deathbed in Phoenix in 1891 to Julia Thomas, a boarding-house owner who had taken care of him for many years. Many since then, and even today, search for the Lost Dutchman Mine, including the TV series, Legends of the Superstition Mountains. 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. Another good sign for our claims here are the other experienced prospectors who have claims in this same area before us. A large, extended wash also runs thru the claim being a good place for gold deposits. There is a nice cleared camping spot off the claim road. The claim is in a canyon surrounded by mountain buttes, being great places for gem prospecting. The wash on the claim is a great advantage for prospecting, especially when the summer rains run down the wash, then depositing gold flakes down from the mountains, buttes, and rock formations. The claim is located on Hewitt Canyon Road, being one of the better roads in the Superstition Mountains. This Hewitt Canyon area is all claimed up, as is an historical area for gold prospecting. Up the mountains on the claim are good areas to explore for gems with your rock hammer. Besides gold, this is also a great place to hunt for specimen rocks and other gemstones as agate and ruby red garnets are often found in this geological region. Arrowheads and relics are often found in this area dating back to the Apaches. BUYING PROCESS: To purchase my claim, the process would be, I would need your name(s) and mailing address, where I would scan and email you a signed contract. Total price of $3500, paid in one full payment where your ownership is then transferred after receiving payment. A $199 deed processing fee is paid with payment, total = $3699 After receiving your payment, I will process 2 notarized deeds, transferring my claim ownership over to you, with both the BLM and Pinal county. You will also receive a free Gem Prospecting Kit once you have paid for your claim that includes, a Rockhounding Geology Hammer Tool, Rock Pick Axe, 3 PCS Digging Chisels Kit, with Musette Bag, and a Compass. See picture of that kit with the listing pictures. I am a retired teacher, and got into prospecting as a hobby with my family. I am 74 and my wife 71, and we have gained the experience to select the best areas to locate claims. A mining claim is an affordable way to enjoy the beauty of the land combined with the adventure of panning for gold. We feel we are selling more than the gold and gems 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 Arizona Gold Rush. 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. Owning a mining claim is having access to a lifetime of great family fun and recreation, in a very beautiful, natural setting: Arizona, is a great, scenic state, where the spirit of the old west still lives on. Mining Claims are also a great investment, as claims go up in value over time, just as land does. if you purchase a claim from us, at no charge, I would help you if you ever decided to sell in the future. This is a 20.66 acre unpatented, gold and gem lode mining claim, the Superstition Lode #6 claim. The claim is legally registered with the Bureau of Land Management out of Phoenix and Pinal County. You own the mineral rights, not sharing with others, on the 20.66 acres, and use your 20.66 acres, recreationally for camping: tent, camper, or RV, and prospecting. In awesome Hewitt Canyon, with beautiful views of nearby mountain ranges and rock formations. Great combination of good access, wilderness beauty, and gold prospecting potential. See the listing onsite pictures, showing one of the most beautiful areas in Arizona. This claim is surrounded by mountain views. Located in the Tonto National Forest and the Superstition Mountains. Location Monument is a 4 foot wood post that has been placed, with an attached copy of our Location Notice, as required by the Arizona BLM. As noted on the listing for mining claims, the federal govt. owns the land being in a national forest, and claim owner owns the mineral rights for prospecting. You own the mineral rights, including gold and gems on the claim, as real property, being the same legal ownership as for land and homes. For the possibility of constructing any building you or 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. You can prospect as little or as much as you like. Now that we have located the claim, you never have to declare to the BLM any gold or gems you find. On our trips to the claim, we found about 1/8 of an ounce of gold in a vein on the claim, value approx. $225. Those with more time to prospect may find more. Today's gold prices are over $3000/ounce. Though we could never guarantee what you will find, we did locate this claim in an historically rich area for gold prospecting. We also found veins of quartz, turquoise, and chrysocolla. I know of no more accessible areas in these mountains to locate a claim, as the whole area is claimed up, many being long time prospectors. Gold prices in just this past year have 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 pr