There is an open camping area by the creek, off the road,

See further down the listing the buying process and how to purchase this claim.

See with the pictures maps and satellite views.

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

There are bends in the creek acting as good gold catching areas.

We also found some nice crystal specimens up the mountain ridge on the claim.

Located in a beautiful mixed conifer forest, including Douglas-fir, Cedar, and a variety of Pine trees.

Gold prices had reached an all time high of $2000 per ounce.

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.

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.

Lassen County is an outdoor paradise, where the beautiful Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountains meet the desert of the Great Basin. Because of the unique terrain, theres something here for everyone.

The climate is nearly ideal: generally dry, warm days and cool nights, with an average summer high of 89 degrees and daytime temperatures in the 40s during the winter months.

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 $99 deed processing fee is paid with payment, total = $3599.

A signed contract will precede payment.

After receiving your payment, your ownership of the 20 acre claim will be legally recorded with the local Bureau of Land Management and the Shasta County Recorder.

This is not a sharing with others of your 20 acre claim.

Gold was discovered in this area that would become Shasta in the spring of 1849.

The discovery was far north of the Mother Lode discoveries and sparked a second gold rush within California as miners from California and Oregon flooded into the newly discovered northern California gold fields.

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 72 and my wife 69, and we have gained the experience to select the best areas to locate claims.

For the possibility of putting something like a yurt or constructing any building you or others could live in, you need to file a Plan of Operation with the BLM for approval, though anything for full time living is doubtful.

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 and prospecting for gems.

Gold prices are over $1900 per ounce.

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.

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 and gem mining placer claim, the Squaw Creek #2, with the beautiful Squaw Creek running through the claim, and is in Shasta County, California, 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 Shasta 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.

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 or gems 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 $1900/ounce. Though we could never guarantee what you will find, we did locate this claim in an historical area for gold and gem prospecting.

Gold prices have gone up over $400 in the past 3 years.

We also found some nice crystal specimens up the mountain ridge on the claim.

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 x 1320 ft.

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In UpState California lies one of the best kept secrets - the Shasta Cascade region! From glistening lakes and world-class rivers to scenic drives and back-country roads, the Shasta Cascade provides something for everyone to discover and enjoy. Covering 20% of California, this area offers great recreation, adventure or pure relaxation - the perfect escape from the fast pace of city life. You can enjoy the uncrowded, unspoiled wide open spaces where you'll have the chance to explore, reflect, refresh and bond.

SHASTA LAKE

Theres plenty of room to move on this30,000-acre reservoir, the largest in California.

A typical summer day finds the crystal blue waters sprinkled with fishing boats, jet skis, inner tubesalmost anything that floats. Especiallyhouseboats. Some 370 miles of shoreline wrap around mirror-smooth coves ideal for anchoring. Cast for bass, crappie, catfish, and sturgeon, and keep your eyes peeled for as bald eagles and osprey soaring overhead.Or just kick back with a cocktail on the deck of your floating vacation home and drink in views ofMt. Shastas perennially snowcapped, 14,180-foot peak.Rentals from marinas and resorts around the lake range from basic models with comfortable accommodations to multi-tiered, floating palaces, with whirlpool spas, gourmet kitchens, and master suites with flat-screen TVs. Camping is also an optionthere are severalcampgroundsin the area, some accessible by boat only,

and the lake is known as a fishing destination.

SHASTA COUNTY

Shasta County is one of the original California counties, having been established in 1850 when statehood was ratified. That doesn't mean it's stayed the same for all this time, though.

Naturally enough - or so it would seem - Mount Shasta was originally in the county of Shasta but alas, when Siskiyou County was created from parts of Shasta and Klamath Counties just two years later, Mount Shasta had found a new home.

But Shasta County is still home to Lake Shasta, which holds the title,Houseboat Capitol of the World.

Shasta also contains part of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, Lassen Peak (also called Mount Lassen), and part of Lassen Volcanic National Park.

This claim has direct, legal road access, on a dirt National Forest Road for most any type of vehicle, with areas for camping, and gold and gems discovered in surface prospecting. Willard 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 Lassen 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 $165, or can be paid online. 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 $165 fee for this year, not due again until September 1, 2023.

Shasta County taxes = $60/year, due again in Spring 2023.

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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 the Lassen County Recorder.

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The Squaw Creek #2, is a gold and gem placer mining claim, ideally situated on Squaw Creek in Shasta County, that has a history of rich gold discoveries.

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Your 20 acres is the S 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 8, Township 35 North, Range 2 West, Mount Diablo Base Line and Meridian, known as the Squaw Creek #2 mining claim, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

BLM claim number: CA105787340

DRIVING DIRECTIONS:

Located 23.4 miles NW of the town of Montgomery Creek,

and 58.5 miles NE of the resort area of Shasta Lake.

Take CA-122 West out of Montgomery Creek for 1.3 miles,

Turn right, West, onto Fenders Ferry Road at 40.8235, -121.9314

Travel 21.9 miles on Fenders Ferry Road, being the claim road, to the claim,

Then using GPS coordinates below to the claim.

GPS Coordinates:

Squaw Creek #2

NW 40.9051, -122.1194

NE 40.9051, -122.1149

SW 40.9033, -122.1194

SE 40.9033, -122.1149

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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Squaw Creek running through the claim is a unique advantage for gold prospecting and prospectors always look for creek bends as on this claim for where the gold accumulates.

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:

Pure Squaw Creek running thru the claim for panning.

Fishing in Squaw Creek.

Flatter areas for tent or RV camping by the creek.

Great boating, swimming, and fishing at Shasta Lake.

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 can legally camp, with camper and RV use of the whole 20 acres.

Prospect, explore, and camp on the whole 20 acres.

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 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 $99 deed processing fee is paid with payment, total = $3599.

A signed contract will precede payment.

After receiving your payment, your ownership of the 20 acre claim will be legally recorded with the local Bureau of Land Management and the Shasta County Recorder.

This is not a sharing with others of your 20 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 went to prospect and locate mining claims in Colorado, then traveled to do the same in California, 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 now 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:

Landsalelistings, Landwatch, LandsofAmerica, 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 purchased a 40 acre claim in California from Mr. Leu. Our claim is everything he told us it would be: Beautiful area, great for family camping outings, and, we have found gold while panning in the creek on our claim. We could not be happier with our purchase!"

"Living in Colorado, the purchase of our mining claim from you has been great for family fun and recreation. We have camped overnight a number of times, and panned for gold in the creek. We were even able to find gold flakes on several of our attempts. Thank you so much!."

"We purchased 2 mining claims from Michael Leu over the last 2 years, one in California, and one In Colorado. We have been to our claims on several occasions, and we could not be happier! They are exactly as described, and our camping on our claims and prospecting in the creek on each claim is the highlight of our vacations. You can trust Mr. Leu. If you are looking for a great time in the awesome beauty of the west, buying a mining claim from Mr. Leu will be a blessing."