The bends in the creek make for excellent gold catching areas.

The creek on this claim runs thru a brush meadow, and the meadows in this area are unique to the Rocky Mountains.

There is a large cleared camping spot on the claim near the creek.

The creek runs just off the road making for easy access.

See further down the listing the buying process, my owner financing offered, and how to purchase my claim.

See with the pictures maps and satellite views.

Click on the top listing picture then arrow right to see all.

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.

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.

Jackson County has miles and miles of snowmobile trails to add to your mining claim experience.

See the Snowmobile Trail Map further down the listing pictures.

To purchase my claim, the process would be, I would need how you want your name(s) and mailing address on the contract, and which payment option you choose, where I will then scan and email you a signed contract.

Total price of $3500, that can be paid in one full payment where your ownership is then transferred after receiving payment,

or $3500, paying $1750 first month, and $1750 2nd month,

or $3500, paying $1500 first month, $1000 2nd month, and $1000 3rd month,

or $3500, paying $700 per month for 5 months,

or $3500, paying $500 per month for 7 months,

or $3750, paying $375 per month for 10 months.

A $199 deed processing fee is paid with final payment.

Owner financing, No credit check. No interest charged.

No down payment

You can use the claim as yours while making monthly payments.

Ownership transfer after final monthly payment.

A signed contract will precede payment.

After receiving your final payment, your ownership of the 20 acre claim will be legally recorded with the local Colorado Bureau of Land Management and Jackson 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.

Like many of the tributaries of the North Platte River in this area called North Park, Willow Creek holds a variety of trout and is known as a good fishing creek.

Besides gold, this area is also known for having precious and semi-precious gemstones, including the state named gemstone aquamarine, and gems such as 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 74 and my wife 71, and we have gained the experience to select the best areas to locate claims.

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.

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.

Claim buyer will also receive a new, free, Gold Panning Kit:

One 14 inch Gold Trap pan; One 10.5 inch Gravity Trap pan, One combination sifter/classifier with 7/16 of an inch exit holes, One Gold Guzzler snuffer bottle, One Tweezers/ Magnifying Glass combo tool.

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.

Willow Creek is a tributary of the further north Michigan River and before that the historically gold rich Platte River. The Michigan River and Platte River are all claimed up, and with gold always traveling downstream, this creek has excellent gold panning potential, as we discovered in our own prospecting, and along with the beauty of the area, makes for an awesome area to camp and prospect.

There are no more areas on this 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 county is known as the Moose Viewing Capital of Colorado, and we had a moose sighting while we were there.

This is a 20 acre unpatented, gold mining placer claim, the Willow Creek #1, with the beautiful Willow Creek running thru the claim, in the Rocky Mountains, and the Routt National Forest.

The claim is legally registered with the Colorado Bureau of Land Management and Jackson 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.

Great secluded valley, with flatter claim areas for camping. Easy walk to the creek, not too far from the Rocky Mountain National Park, an hour from the Wyoming border.

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 $225. 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 $2500/ounce. Though we could never guarantee what you will find, we did locate this claim in an historically rich area for gold and gem prospecting.

Gold in the past 2 years 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.

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20 acres = parcel size of 660 ft. x 1320 ft.

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Welcome to North Park - Jackson County, Colorado!

Raw, remote, tucked deep in Colorados rugged Rockies, the high valley of North Park and its County of Jackson literally scream frontier and a past fast-held in present days. Holding true to rough and rugged times when native hunters, trappers, prospectors, and early ranchers survived off its lands and forged its history, North Park is the real West, where travelers can embrace what once was, while happily escaping what now is.

With over a million acres covering more than 1600 square miles; 65% public land; lakes, rivers and reservoirs that attract and support unique and abundant wildlife; and access to five of Colorados most rugged and pristine wilderness areas North Park lies at the center of a minimally used and amazingly untapped recreation universe.

Light on links to the world-wide web, with mall shopping, bright lights and traffic jams at least 65 paved-miles away, it is removed from civilization, but easily accessed by civilized folk in search of solitude. Raw, Rough, Real make your getaway to North Park this year. Unplug to plug in disconnect from your life and reconnect with your soul.

As heavy mist rises from the lush, valley floor of Colorados North Park, a flaming Western sun gently layers the 360 horizon with pinks, reds, purples, and shimmering golds. As a large bull moose appears, disappears, and reappears along one of many river paths, a playful otter splashes ducks intent on finding breakfast in a nearby beaver pond.

And, as passing moments become priceless memories, the raw nature of North Park and Jackson County awakens the frontiersman in us all and leaves us wanting more.

North Park is truly a land of wonders, where your mind can rest, while your spirit soars.

The Routt National Forest extends from north central Colorado to central Wyoming.

The forest encompasses portions of many mountain ranges including the Gore Range, Flat Tops, Parks Range, Medicine Bow Mountains, Sierra Madre, and Laramie Range.

The Forest provides year-round recreation opportunities for thousands of people, and provides wildlife habitat, natural resources, timber, forage for livestock, and are a vital source of water for irrigation, domestic use, and industry. There are 10 designated Wilderness Areas on the Forest, and eight mountain lakes with developed boating facilities. There are also miles and miles of hiking trails.

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This claim has direct legal road access on a good County and Forest Service Road, with areas for camping, and gold discovered in surface prospecting.

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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 me, as I am the original claim locator.

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Your ownership is legally conveyed via a Quit Claim deed, and legally recorded with the BLM and Jackson 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 form with the Bureau of Land Management, along with $200. By doing this, you keep the claim forever. You can also pay the fee online by credit card with the BLM.

I have paid the fee for the new claim year, not due again until September 1, 2025.

There are no taxes on mining claims in Jackson County

You must be a current US citizen with a US address to own a mining claim in the US.

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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 Jackson County.

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The Willow Creek #1 is an unpatented, gold placer mining claim, ideally situated on the Middle Fork Arapaho Creek, surrounded by beautiful Rocky Mountain ranges.

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Your 20 acres is the North 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 36, Township 5 North, Range 79 West, 6th Prime Meridian, known as the Willow Creek #1 mining claim, in the Rocky Mountains. BLM claim number: CO106391609

DRIVING DIRECTIONS:

About 13 miles south of the town of Rand:

East on CO-125 South out of Rand, to right on Forest Road 106, that becomes CO Rd 50 further down the claim road.

Then follow GPS coordinates below and maps on the listing to the claim.

GPS Coordinates:

Willow Creek #1

NW 40.3667, -106.2079

NE 40.3667, -106.2032

SW 40.3648, -106.2079

SE 40.3648, -106.2032

The claim location monument has a 4 foot wooden post near the river, with copy of Location Notice attached, as required by the State of Colorado.

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The creek on the claim is a unique advantage for gold prospecting.

Gold always occurs in gravels in the metallic state and when so found has various physical characteristics. Gold is dense and heavy, it has a characteristic metallic color, and it is soft and easily malleable (it is easily formed by hammering). These are the characteristics used by prospectors to identify gold in the field.

Placer gold occurs on the claim as small grains derived from gossan formed by weathering, and oxidation of the gold, copper and iron rich veins. Gold also occurs as grains flakes and small nuggets derived from the erosion of mineralized fault zones on, and upstream from the claim.

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Additional Features:

Free, flatter open camping areas are on the claim.

Year round creek on the claim for panning.

Fishing in the creek.

Beautiful Rock specimens for you Rock Hounds

Located in one of the most beautiful mountain areas in the US.

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The Federal Government owns the land.

You are purchasing the mineral rights.

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.

Prospect, explore, on the whole 20 acres.

You can camp on a claim while prospecting.

You are allowed 14 overnight camping days per month.

For more, you need to file a Plan of Operation with the BLM for approval, and this cannot be guaranteed.

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TERMS

To purchase my claim, the process would be, I would need how you want your name(s) and mailing address on the contract, and which payment option you choose, where I will then scan and email you a signed contract.

Total price of $3500, that can be paid in one full payment where your ownership is then transferred after receiving payment,

or $3500, paying $1750 first month, and $1750 2nd month,

or $3500, paying $1500 first month, $1000 2nd month, and $1000 3rd month,

or $3500, paying $700 per month for 5 months,

or $3500, paying $500 per month for 7 months,

or $3750, paying $375 per month for 10 months.

A $199 deed processing fee is paid with final payment.

Owner financing, No credit check. No interest charged.

No down payment.

You can use the claim as yours while making monthly payments.

Ownership transfer after final monthly payment.

A signed contract will precede payment.

After receiving your final payment, your ownership of the 20 acre claim will be legally recorded with the local Colorado Bureau of Land Management and Jackson 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.

We live in Ohio. Our connection to Colorado is our daughter lives in Denver, though she is not involved with our claims. We visited her in September, then went to prospect and locate mining claims, as we have been doing for a number of years.

And just a note of encouragement for you if purchase:

My wife and I have located, prospected on, and sold mining claims in

California, Colorado, & Arizona, going on now for over 25 years.

You can trust we will process your notarized deeds correctly and quickly.

In that mining claims are processed thru the Bureau of Land Management, a Federal Govt. agency, not following thru per our legally signed contract, would be a federal crime. I certainly will do what I say, and would never put myself nor my wife in any legal jeopardy.

Also, we have sold properties on 4 sites online for over 25 years:

Landcom, Landwatch, and LandandFarm.

Our continued good status on these sites is due to our always following thru, as just one time we would not, we would not be allowed to sell on these sites ever again.

COMMENTS FROM SATISFIED CLAIM BUYERS:

You are awesome!!! I cannot thank you enough.

I seriously cant say thanks enough for making this process so seamless. I look forward to visiting the claim in the coming weeks! If more claims pop up around this Colorado location, I have a buddy who is interested as well.

I'm looking forward to having some time on the mining claim.

We used to go camping 4-6 weeks out of the year.

Even though I realize this is a retirement business for you. I wanted to say thank you for giving so many people over the years the opportunity to purchase your claims. I've seen them available for a long time, but never had the opportunity to purchase anything. They have probably brought many smiles to so many people. It will be the same for us.

"Living in Arizona, the mining claim we purchased from you has added greatly to our family outings. We are finding gold in the wash on our claim most every visit.

Thank you so much!"