South Fork Mineral Creek Colorado Gold Mine Dredging Sluice Mining Claim Silver

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South Fork Mineral Creek Colorado Gold Mine Dredging Sluice Mining Claim Silver :
$970.00

South Fork Mineral Creek Mine

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SILVERTON GOLD MINE

This 20 acre placer claim is fairly easy to access off hwy 145. It is located in San Juan County, Colorado. This claim spans over 1275 feet of river to work at your leisure. You don\'t need to pull any permits to dredge as long as the intake line on the dredge is less than 4” and you aren\'t causing surface disturbance. Remember to stick existing roads and don\'t damage vegetation. If you have questions please feel free to direct them to the district\'s BLM geologist.

QUICK FACTS ON THE MINE:

Commodities: Primary Gold / Secondary Silver

County: San Juan, CO

Elevation: 8,442 feet (2,573 meters)

BLM SN:CMC288461

Cell Coverage: Verizon coverage is spotty here. On a couple of higher spots the team got 1 bar of 3G coverage. If you travel about 4 miles south, you pick up good Verizon 4G/LTE coverage

During the second rush to Baker\'s Park (Silverton) in the 1870\'s placer mining had given way to lode mining as the source of the gold in the creeks was tracked to the high outcroppings along the slopes of the valleys. During this second rush many silver veinswerediscoveredas well as a few gold veins. In 1873 Henry F. Tower and Wesley A. Stevens brought the first sawmill into the Animas River area and assembled the mill on Mineral Creek where many straight spruce and fir trees grew. The sawmill saw instant success and could not keep up with demand.

In 1882 gold was discovered along South Mineral Creek. The Bandora Mine was established on the northern slope of Fuller Peak and a small community developed. In 1890, William Sullivan began developing the Bandora Mine, which proved rich silver ore. He sold it in 1891 to investors that organized the Bandora Mining & Milling Company.

The road cuts through this claim

The creek ranges in width from a few feet to more than 20 feet wide. In some spots where it pools, you\'ll have close to 50 foot wide moving pools. The depth ranges from 9 to 12 inches all the way up to probably 5 to 6 feet deep in spots.

Buyer will receive the following with their completed transaction:

Quitclaim deed showing full ownership of the claim. This will be stamped, recorded and verified with the County and the BLM offices.
Welcome packet with all of the rules and regulations as they relate to the State and BLM where the claim is located.
Educational documents to annually renew your mining claim with the BLM.
A CD of all of the documented images of the claim including maps of the site.
Map of claim marked and GPS coordinates.
Multiple maps showing claim location and surrounding areas for access.

This valley was actually carved by ancient glaciers. It is what has deposited the gold here and made it such a productive area for mining.

Come to Hike, Camp, Ride and Shoot - or come to pull some shiny rock$ out of the ground;-)

The bottom if the creek is made up of sand and gravel. Our team noted seeing lots of black sands in the bends, and plenty of exposed bedrock scattered throughout the claim.

SOUTH FORK MINERAL CREEK MINING

Mining operators in the San Juan mountain area of Colorado formed the San Juan District Mining Association (SJDMA) in 1903, as a direct result of a Western Federation of Miners proposal to the Telluride Mining Association for the eight-hour day, which had been approved in a referendum by 72 percent of Colorado voters. The new association consolidated the power of thirty-six mining properties in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan counties. The SJDMA refused to consider any reduction in hours or increase in wages, helping to provoke a bitter strike.

The San Juan Mountains are a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado, and is the largest mountain range in Colorado by area. The area is highly mineralized (the Colorado Mineral Belt) and figured in the gold and silver mining industry of early Colorado. Major towns, all old mining camps, include Creede, Lake City, Silverton, Ouray, and Telluride. Large scale mining has ended in the region, although independent prospectors still work claims throughout the range.

COUNTY HISTORY:

A major producer, San Juan County yielded 1,665,000 ounces of lode gold through 1959. An estimated 500 troy ounces of placer gold have been recovered in San Juan County, with the upper Animas River above Silverton the main placer location. A tributary of the Animas River, Cement Creek, once had limited but fairly rich placers, and should not be ignored if you\'re in the area.

ACCESS

The location of the claim is about 7 miles west from the town of Silverton. The main road that leads you to the mine is Co Rd 7/Forest Rd 585. This road is 4WD recommended, although it is a big dirt road, you may be able to reach the claim with 2WD, but the best suggestion would be to check the road conditions before you head out. The Forest Rd 585 also goes through the claim, for easy parking and easy access. From the road to the creek it is about 300-400 feet depending where you park. There is enough room and flat space to park a camper or trailer.

*Before heading to the claim, you will need to check the road conditions, since some of the roads can be closed different times and days

The area is full of dirt roads, so a good map and a good GPS unit is a must, but we\'ll show you exactly where it is on the map as well as provide you with the precise latitude and longitude of each corner marker, so finding it will not be a problem for you.

I advise caution whenever driving or hiking on this claim – the entire valley is dotted with abandoned mines – most of them are easy to see from a distance, but some of them are impossible to see until you are right on top of them. I would estimate that only 20% of them are roped or fenced off – the rest are wide open and you should be extremely careful if entering them.

A couple of spare tires or an air compressor and patch kit or at least a couple of cans of tire sealant is strongly recommended for obvious reasons! Also, be sure to bring in whatever water you may need, as there are almost no water sources in the area 10 months out of the year.

This sale is for full/all interest in this 20 acre placer mining claim. This claim covers the entire site, 1,320 ft. by 660 ft., and includes full rights to all minerals, gems and just about whatever else you may find on the property. The winner of this sale will receive a notarized quitclaim deed to the full claim and all associated documentation showing full ownership of the claim.

Maintenance on all BLM mining claims is $155.00, per 20 acre parcel, annually. This must be paid on or before September 1st, every year unless you do more than $100 per year in improvements to the property, in which case you can file for and receive a waiver of the maintenance fee.

NOTE: If you own fewer than 10 claims nationwide, we can assist you in filing the paperwork to waive the maintenance fee every year. That means you can only plan on paying $10 per year for your maintenance fee instead of $155.

And let me just re-state once more the answer to the one question that I get asked the most often; you are offerding for full claim ownership, not just a down payment or a part of this claim. sale end price is the final price for the entire site – there are no phony transfer fees or handling costs of any kind!

Transfers of Ownership in Mining Claims;

Interest in a properly recorded mining claim or site may be transferred in part or its entirety. So you can will, gift, sell or lease your interest in this claim at any time in the future. A quitclaim deed or recordable conveyance document is required and if you do sell the claim, the transfer documents should be filed within 60 days after the transfer.

With regard to transferring this claim initially into your name, we take care of all the paperwork at our expense. You do not have to worry about anything – we handle the BLM transfer documentation and the recording. Then if you ever want to will or sell your claim in the future, we will gladly assist you on the paperwork for no charge.

Can you camp on your mining claim?

Yes, as owner of an unpatented mining claim you are allowed to camp on your claim pursuant to the rules of the surface management agency. In a nutshell, the rules are pretty simple on camping; if you are not doing any mining, you are permitted to camp on your claim 14 days every month maximum. However, if you are mining (even by the standards they designate as \"recreational\" mining - which can mean a day or two a week you get your shovel out and move some dirt), you can camp indefinitely on your property.

You can store whatever equipment you need to support your mining efforts, and you can make infrastructure improvements to your property to help your operation.

Can you build on your claim?

You are allowed to build on a claim with restrictions if the structures are in direct support of mining activities. Contact the surface management agency for details.

Again, this covers everything from building storage shed to shelter your equipment and tools to building a gate at a mine entrance for security. As long as you are at least doing some recreational mining, you can build on this property if you submit a plan and get a permit in advance. But, building on claims is difficult – and they will likely require you to post a reclamation bond to insure that if you do ever sell or abandon your claim, the bond will cover removing any structures.

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A mining claim gives the holder the right to mine on mineral-rich land that belongs to the federal government.Mining claims are a tangible asset and show proof of all interests in minerals in the area. They can be bought, sold or used as collateral, just like any other piece of real estate. A mining claim can be sold, traded, leased, gifted, willed, used as collateral or transferred in part or in its entirety just like any other real property using a quitclaim deed which is a recordable conveyance.

We offer a lifetime guarantee should the BLM take back the land.

As the largest company in the mining industry selling legitimate and valuable historic claims, you can rest easy that there is no fine print on any of our claim sales telling you will have to deal with any games like being charged phony fees or having to pay inflated “processing” or “transfer” fees. The final sale price for this mine when the sale ends is ALL you will pay.

Our in-house legal counsel will complete all of the paperwork and documentation for recording and transferring FULL ownership of this mine into your name if you win the sale, AND we will ship you everything in one to two business days of receipt of your payment in full (usually just one day!). So you can plan to visit (and start working) your claim the next day without the lengthy delay you will experience with other companies selling claims –and you will not have to pay any extra costs, fees or other poor excuses for extra profit that normally just go into a seller’s pocket.

offer WITH CONFIDENCE- we are a very reputable seller, I.D. Verified AND PayPal Verified with over 18,000 payments received, and not a single Paypal complaint or dispute.

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We\'ll take care of all the paperwork and arrangements so you can enjoy your claim immediately after payment and we keep you informed through the entire process with confirmations when payment is received, when your paperwork has been shipped.

While we cannot physically ship land to you as it doesn\'t quite fit into the mail box ;)

We will ship all paperwork/maps upon payment clearing we ship same business day (if payment is received by 1PM P.S.T.) We always provide tracking information so you are always informed.

Your payment of this item gives you 100% ownership of this entire claims, all fees and other costs for the transfer of ownership is included. This is NOT an sale for the down payment, this is NOT a partnership arrangement where someone else will own part of the claim with you, and there are NO fees or costs for the transfer of this claim in your name.

PayPal does not allow payments for real estate or land purchases, and mining claims are considered real estate - so we are unable to accept payments through PayPal at this time. Should PayPal ever change that policy, we will accept payments for mining claims through PayPal. We DO accept: Personal and Business Checks, Cashier\'s checks, Personal checks, Bank Wires, ACH payments as well as all major Credit Cards (American Express, Visa, Master Card & Discover).

We provide financing plans with no interest or fees. Financing terms are minimum of $500** down and the balance due within 90-days.

For longer term financing, please touch base with us, as we may be able to provide automatic credit card billing for terms up to 12 months.

*Please contact us first should you decide on a payment plan.

**If there is less than 90 days until August 1st and automatic $155 will be added bringing the down to $655 to cover the maintenance fees.