NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CREEK
GOLD and GEM MINING CLAIM OWNERSHIP
OWNER FINANCING
This is a legally registered 20 acre gold Mining Claim for sale, the Boulder Creek Gold #1, in Plumas County near the town of Janesville.
This claim has over 660 feet of creek running thru the whole claim from north to south, and has a large bend, acting as an excellent gold catching area.
Nearby Honey Lake has all the water activities.
Located at the base of Diamond Mountain, a well known gold bearing mountain, and summer rains bring down gold and gems into the creek.
A meadow area camping spot is on the claim.
The Plumas County Tax Collector has a value on this claim of $4446.
Boulder Creek has historical and registered gold and features bends and natural riffles that are known to trap fine gold. Plumas County sits at the northern end of the Sierra Nevada gold belt, meaning the broader region has an extensive history of rich placer and hard-rock gold production.
See further below the Buying Process, my owner financing options to choose from, and what I would need to email you a signed contract.
See with the top listing pictures maps and satellite views.
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Our claims here are for those who like a more secluded area, where you feel you are away from it all.
Year round, outdoor enthusiasts are attracted to the area's many streams and lakes, beautiful deep canyons, rich mountain valleys, meadows and lofty peaks.
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 California Gold Rush.
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 California Bureau of Land Management and Plumas County. The quit claim deed is the correct document to be recorded for a mining claim, as stated by the BLM. This is not a sharing with others of your 20 acre claim.
The US Government has kept 160 acres along Boulder Creek noted as a mineral withdrawal where no one can locate a claim nor prospect on that 160 acres. Though there is no sign of any government mining operation nor will there be, in that they would protect this acreage for those mineral deposits is a great sign for our claims here. Several other veteran prospectors have claims already established around this area, and now that we have located ours, there are no other areas to locate a claim that has a creek on it.
The government mineral withdrawal is also a way of protecting those 160 acres along Boulder Creek from any large, mining operation from coming in and disturbing the land to any large degree. The public is allowed on that 160 acres, but no prospecting can ever take place, being our claims here have exclusive prospecting rights.
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.
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.
A mining claim is an affordable way to enjoy the beauty of the land combined with the adventure of panning for gold.
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.
Camp on your claim with tent or RV, and a claim owner does not need permission nor a permit to camp and prospect.
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. This is one of the areas of the original California Gold Rush.
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 Boulder Creek Gold #1, with the beautiful Boulder Creek running through the claim, and is in Plumas County, California, in the beautiful Diamond Mountain Range of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and the Plumas National Forest. The claim is legally registered with the Bureau of Land Management out of Sacramento and Plumas County. You own the mineral rights, not sharing with others, on the 20 acres, and use your 20 acres, recreationally for camping: tent, camper, or RV, and prospecting: an awesome, beautiful area.
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.
Now that we have located the claim, you never have to declare to the BLM any gold or gems you find.
You can prospect as little or as much as you like.
When we located the claim over one weekend, we gathered in and around the creek, approx. 1/8 of an ounce of gold being worth about $400. As the BLM does not specify the amount of gold to be found to locate a claim other than a valuable mineral 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. Gold in just this past year has gone up over $500 per ounce. Though we could never guarantee what you will find, we did locate this claim in an historically rich area for gold prospecting.
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.
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20 acres: = 660 feet X 1320 feet.
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Plumas County is located in the NE corner of California, where the Sierra and the Cascade Mountains meet. Plumas County has more than 100 lakes and 1000 miles of rivers and creeks with over a million acres of national forest land.
Plumas County offers a high quality of life and the natural beauty of the land is why many choose this area for family fun and recreation.
The numerous lakes and mountain creeks create a playground for those who love the outdoors.
With the beauty of the surrounding mountain ranges, this area is a hikers dream.
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This claim has good legal road access, on a good, dirt forest service road for any type if vehicle, with areas for camping, and gold discovered in surface prospecting. Boulder Creek runs thru the whole claim.
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A transfer of ownership is a sale of legal, exclusive ownership of a mining claim site. To be a legally recorded claim, gold had to be found on the claim, which was completed by us, as we are original claim locators.
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Your ownership is legally conveyed via a Quit Claim deed and legally recorded with the BLM and Plumas County. A Quit Claim deed is the required legal document per the BLM. Each year, on or before September 1st, you need to file a simple form with the Bureau of Land Management, along with $200. By doing this, you keep the claim forever. You must be a current US citizen with a US address to own a mining claim in the US. I have paid the $200 fee for this new claim year, not due again until September 1, 2027. County taxes of about $60 have been paid, not due again until Spring 2027.
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An unpatented mining claim is a specific parcel of federal land, valuable for a specific mineral deposit or deposits. It is a parcel for which an individual has asserted a legal right of possession and the right to develop and extract a discovered, valuable, mineral deposit.
Mining claims are real property that you can buy, sell, or inherit. After proving the existence of valuable minerals on the land, the claim is legally recorded with the Bureau of Land Management and Plumas County.
You are purchasing the mineral rights on the whole 20 acres.
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.
BUYING PROCESS:
To purchase my claim, the