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Rich Mining Claim in La Porte, CA Great Gold, 2wd Road, History, 1/2mi of Creek!
$ 4202.88
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Description
One of the richest placer claims available with about a 1/2 mile of Onion Valley reekCuts through a tertiary channel, is downstream from rich hydraulic mines, and gold-quartz veins
Direct 2wd access with camping
Located in a beautiful area with fascinating history
0 down with the balance carried over 3 years at 0% interest, 2/month.
Beat inflation, find gold, and enjoy the outdoors with a mining claim in California's Gold Country
Location and Access
This claim is approximately 9 miles north of the historic Gold Rush town of La Porte. Quincy, the Plumas County seat, is about 10 miles north. The claim encompasses about a half mile of Onion Valley Creek and is 20 acres.
Access is via a paved 2wd drive road that goes to the eastern part of the claim.
There are nice camping areas just a few minutes walk from the creek.
In addition to finding gold there are great places to hike, hunt, fish, and more in the area. The claim is about 6 miles from Little Grass Valley Reservoir.
The claim name is Universa. The serial number is CA105239707.
The boundary coordinates are:
Upstream 39.793657 -120.887773, Downstream 39.793548 -120.895677
History
The immensely rich creeks and ancient river channels around La Porte were discovered in 1850. Not long after a party of men led by “One Eyed Moore” camped in a valley full of wild onions. Moore struck gold when he tested the creek and soon a thriving mining camp sprouted up. A rich quartz vein yielded over 00 in 1.5 hours, a nugget worth 00 was found and several others worth around 0 and this was with gold at /ounce.
Onion Valley’s population peaked at 1500 but was left a ghost town not many years after the boom times.
Still within that time huge quantities of gold were found. On Washington Hill (which drains into this claim) and estimated million was recovered.
Geology and Gold Resources
This claim cuts right through the Sawpit-La Porte tertiary river channel. This channel was one of the richest of the ancient riverbeds in California and is estimated to have yielded million in gold with prices at /ounce.
The main method of working the old riverbeds during the Gold Rush was hydraulic mining. This was notoriously inefficient and these mines are estimated to have gold loss rates of 30-50%. The hydraulic mines upstream from this claim have added a lot of gold to the creek.
The claim has gold from three sources: directly from the ancient river channel, tailings from hydraulic mines, and erosion from nearby gold-quartz veins. These sources make it one of the richest claims available and new gold is continually being washed into the creek.
Panning, sluicing, metal detecting, etc will all work well here. There are gravel bars, bench deposits, and bedrock to work and enough material to keep a miner busy for generations.
This is a truly rare claim in the heart of one of the richest and most beautiful locations in California’s Gold Country. It’s a great asset that can hedge against inflation and provide a lot of fun to the individual prospector or a whole family.
Terms
The full purchase price is ,960 and I can offer owner financing with 0 down and the balance paid at 2/month for 36 months with no interest. Once the down payment is made you can start mining and have mining rights throughout the payment period. When all the payments are made I will record a Quitclaim Deed with Plumas County and the Bureau of Land Management transferring ownership to your name.
Once the down payment is paid the claim will be under contract. I will end the listing and put the claim under contract to the first person ready to make the down payment.