This claim has a national forest road from the main road that leads into the claim for easier access to the claim interior.

There is 2 short side roads off the main road leading to 2 open camping areas, one right by the creek.

A lode claim allows for digging into the mountain where you can even build a mine shaft if you choose.

The advantage of a lode claim is the valuable mineral vein running thru the whole claim.

The town of Mount Shasta 14.7 miles SE has all necessities as well as the town of Weed, just 6 miles NE.

The majestic Mount Shasta is only 12 East.

See further down the listing the Buying Process an my owner financing offered.

See with the pictures maps and satellite views.

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

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.

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 gold in quartz and smoky quartz 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.

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.

Our claims here are in the Klamath Mountains, part of the Sierra Nevada Range.

There have been no wildfires in this area of our claims.

Gold production of Siskiyou County from 1880 through 1959 was 1,773,000 ounces.

Siskiyou County has certainly earned its reputation as being one of the most productive areas for gold mining in the US. Lying at the heart of the famous Northern Mines, Siskiyou County has had over 370 gold mines in its history dating back to roughly 1850.

CALIFORNIA ROCKHOUNDING:

Although known for its gold production, California is a virtual haven for rock and gem collectors.

Rockhounding is the recreational collecting of rocks and/or mineral specimens from their natural environment. Recreational gold panning is a popular type of rockhounding in California.

California is an extraordinary state for rockhounding.

Geological forces have created one of the widest varieties of rocks and minerals found in any state.

California was the first state to designate an official state rock.

California designated native gold as the state mineral in 1965.

California minerals including Agate and Crystals are on many lands,

Rockhounding Clubs are organized throughout the state.

BUYING PROCESS:

To purchase our claim, the process would be, I would need your name(s) and mailing address, and which payment option you choose, where I would 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 $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 $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 monthly 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.

This is a 20.66 acre unpatented, gold mining placer claim, the Eddy Creek Lode #3, in the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

The claim is legally registered with the Bureau of Land Management out of Sacramento and the Siskiyou County Recorder. You own the mineral rights, not sharing with others, on the 20.66 acres, and use your 20.66 acres, recreationally for camping and prospecting in an awesome, beautiful area.

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.

I am a retired teacher, and got into prospecting as a hobby with my family.

I am 73 and my wife 71, 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.

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 choose.

Current usage is what the BLM calls, Casual Use: panning, shovel, rock hammer, chisel, metal detector, where you do not need a permit for the use of such hand tools.

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.

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.

You will also receive a free 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.

Camp on your claim 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.

Owning a mining claim is having access to a lifetime of great family fun and recreation, in a very beautiful, natural setting.

On our visits to the claim, we gathered in the mineral vein, approx. 1/4 of an ounce of gold, being worth about $450. 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 20.66 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 historical area for gold prospecting.

Gold prices have gone up over $500 in 2 years.

You are allowed to post No Trespassing for Prospecting signs 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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20.66 acres = 600 ft. x 1500 ft.

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Above it all atop California lies a destination beyond the ordinarya place uniquely touched by all four seasons, shaped by rich local pride and watched over by a legendary mountain. Wander above and experience adventure how it was meant to bewild, pure and untamed. With four unique regions to explore, no two stories are the same.Embark on your exploration of Siskiyou County today and discover the four-season outdoor adventures in Californias northern boundary.

The panoramic beauty of Siskiyou County is home to many varieties of wildlife, flora and fauna. Dominating the landscape is the friendly giant, majestic Mt. Shasta (summit elevation 14,162'). Covered in snow year round, the mountain provides quiet respite from a hectic life.

Nearby Lake Shastina provides a heavenly place to ski, hike, camp, fish and golf while also offering a place for peaceful reflection.

For thousands of years Native Americans of the Shasta, Klamath, Pit, Modoc and Wintu tribes utilized the abundant natural resources of the Mount Shasta area. The first Europeans arrived in about 1820 when trappers came here for fur bearing animals. Silver and gold brought miners to this area after 1851, and when the railroad laid tracks through Strawberry Valley in 1887, the timber industry got underway.

Today, outdoor loversfrom extreme sports enthusiasts to family vacationers and retireesare enjoying the vast recreational opportunities the Mount Shasta region has to offer.

The town of Mount Shasta is one of Northern Californias fastest growing new locations for destination vacationing, from luxury resort retreats to wilderness camping.

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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, a valuable mineral had to be found on the claim, which was completed by me, as I am the original claim locator.

AREA LANDMARKS:

Nearby Mount Eddy is the highest mountain in the Eddys (a subrange of the Klamath Mountains), the highest point in Trinity County. Mt. Eddy was named after Olive Paddock Eddy, the first woman to climb Mt. Shasta. Mount Eddys biggest attributes are its solitude, beautiful surroundings, a relatively painless route up a majestic peak.

Lake Siskiyou is at the foot of the Trinity Divide and is fed by five mountain streams. The crystalline lake has all the perfect ingredients for a summer vacationwarm water for swimming, miles of sandy shoreline, and plentiful rainbow and brown trout.

Mount Shasta, soaring to 14,179 feet high, this magnificent volcano scrapes the turquoise-blue sky, and can be viewed from almost anywhere in the northern part of the state. And while some mountains climb gradually, this one rises from surrounding flatlands in such perfect, cone-shaped, snow-capped majesty that it seems almost unreal.

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Your ownership is legally conveyed via a Quit Claim deed, and legally recorded with the BLM and Siskiyou 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 can also pay the fee online with the BLM by credit card.

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

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

County taxes of $60 have been paid, due again in the Fall 2024.

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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 Siskiyou County.

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Your 20.66 acres is located in the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and part of the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 18, Township 41 North, Range 5 West, Mount Diablo Base Line and Meridian, known as the Eddy Creek Lode #3 mining claim, about 16 miles NW of the town of Mount Shasta, California.

BLM claim number: CA105787369

DRIVING DIRECTIONS:

Take Mt. Shasta Blvd. out of the town of Mount Shasta,

to Highway I-5 North,

to Eddy Creek Road west, that is the claim road.

then following the GPS coordinates below.

Forest Road 41N20 leads up into the claim.

See road map with the pictures.

Is 14.7 miles from the town of Mount Shasta to the claim.

Is about 6 miles from the town of Weed to the claim,

GPS Coordinates:

Eddy Creek Lode #3

NW 41.4037, -122.4661

NE 41.4037, -122.4635

SW 41.3993, -122.4661

SE 41.3993, -122.4635

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

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Gold 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.

Lode gold occurs on the claim usually in quartz veins derived from gossan formed by weathering, and oxidation of the gold, copper and iron rich veins. Gold is derived from the erosion of mineralized fault zones on the claim. .

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Additional Features:

Majestic Mount Shasta is just 12 miles east.

Great fishing in all of Siskiyou County.

Areas for camping.

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.

You can legally camp, with camper and RV use of the whole 20.66 acres.

Prospect, explore, and camp on the whole 20.66 acres.

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TERMS:

To purchase our claim, the process would be, I would need your name(s) and mailing address, and which payment option you choose, where I would 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 $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 $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 monthly 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 20.66 acre claim will be legally recorded with the Bureau of Land Management and Siskiyou County.

This is not a sharing with others of your 20.66 acre claim.

We live in Ohio. Our connection to the West is our daughter lives in Denver, though she is not involved with our claims.

We visited her in September then traveled to California to prospect and locate 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 3 sites online for over 25 years:

Landwatch, Landcom, 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:

"We visited and panned on our claim creek in Colorado this past June and had a wonderful time. Were very pleased with the location and the claim itself."

"We have been to our mining claim in California that we purchased from you last year. The area is stunningly beautiful, and we couldn't be happier with our purchase."

"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!"