There are open camping areas on the north and south claim areas.

Lassen National Park is just 15 miles North and makes for an easy day trip.

Lake Almanor is 18 miles SE, making for a great location right in between an awesome National Park and beautiful lake with all the water activities.

See further down the listing the buying process and the financing offered.

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.

The river flows thru the whole claim for over 660 feet from West to East and has some nice bends, acting as good gold catching areas.

At least one of the bends has a river pool area for swimming.

There is also a campground at Lake Almanor with the town of Chester there having all the necessities.

Pan for gold in the river and prospect for gems up the mountain ridges,

The Feather River is well known for gold prospecting.

Beautiful scenic area with all the water sports on Lake Almanor.

The Plumas County Tax Collector will has a value on this claim of $4446.

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

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 where I would scan and email you a signed contract, and which payment option you choose:

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.

A $99 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.

Chester is a quaint Northern California town mostly known as a home base for exploring Lake Almanor and Lassen Volcanic National Park.

However, if you just limit yourself to these two famous attractions, you will be missing out.

Chester may be small, but it is filled with many great options for eating, drinking, shopping, sightseeing, or just relaxing.

Nestled in the northeastern corner of California, youll discover Shasta CascadesLake Almanor, one of the Golden States best-kept secrets. The large man-made lake with 52 miles of coastline has something for everyoneincluding family-friendly activities and picture-perfect mountain vistas from practically every vantage point.

Play a round ofgolfamong towering pines, encounter black-tailed deer munching on breakfast during a sunrise hike, coast over the reservoirs glassy waters on akayak or boat,or soak in the sunsets fiery aspen glow over Lassen Peak, an active volcano that measures 10,457 feet.

Plumas County is on the far northern extent of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, and includes several very rich gold deposits. This area was being mined not long after the initial discovery of gold in California. Within a few short years, major mining operations were in place.

There are many large hard rock mines throughout Plumas County, but most of the gold production from this area has come from the placers. The Feather River is the major drainage that flows through the county, but there are also some ancient river channels, also called Tertiary gold bearing rivers and creeks that were the primary gold producers.

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.

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

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 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, though the BLM is reluctant to approve anything to live in.

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.

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. Campground is also at Antelope Lake.

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. This would be helping you with the contract and deeds,

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 mining placer claim, the Feather Creek #1, with the beautiful Feather River running through the claim, and is in Plumas County, California, in the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Lassen National Forest.

The claim is legally registered with the Bureau of Land Management out of Sacramento and the Plumas County Recorder.

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, though you cannot live on a mining 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 river, approx. 1/8 of an ounce of gold on the claim, 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 $1900/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 $400 an ounce over the last 3 years.

We also found some nice crystal specimens up the mountain ridge, as is also a good place for gem prospecting.

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 ft. x 1320 ft.

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Plumas County is located in the NE corner of California, where the Sierra and the Cascade Mountains meet. Plumas County has more than 100 lakes and 1000 miles of rivers and creeks with over a million acres of national forest land.

Plumas County offers a high quality of life and the natural beauty of the land is why many choose this area for family fun and recreation.

The numerous lakes and mountain creeks create a playground for those who love the outdoors.

With the beauty of the surrounding mountain ranges, this area is a hikers dream.

This claim has legal road access, with areas for camping, and gold and gems 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 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 Plumas 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. 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.

Plumas County taxes = $60/year billed in the Summer.

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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 Plumas County.

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The Feather River #1, is a gold placer mining claim, ideally situated in Plumas County, that has a history of rich gold discoveries.

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Your 20 acres is the S 1/2 of W 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 and the N 1/2 of the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 22, Township 29 North, Range 5 East, Mount Diablo Base Line and Meridian, known as the Feather River #1 mining claim, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

BLM claim number: CA105787400

Driving Directions:

From the North:

About 12.6 miles NW of Chester at Lake Almanor

Take CA-36 out of the town of Chester to West on Feather River Drive,

Left on Chester Warner Valley Road, that becomes Section Old Red Bluff Road,

then a left onto a side dirt road at 40.3618, -121.4175,

then .6 miles to the NW claim corner

Then follow claim GPS coordinates below to the claim.

From the South:

About 23.7 miles NW of Chester

Take 36 West out of Chester, also known as Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway

To right on Wilson Lake Road,

To right at 40.3504, -121.4291,

Bend left at the Feather River Rod and Gun Club,

to a right at 40.3618, -121.4175, which is the claim road, that goes south then east,

then follow the GPS coordinates below to the claim,

Is just 15 miles south of Lassen Volcanic National Park

18 miles NW of Lake Almanor.

GPS Coordinates

Feather River #1

NW 40.3563, -121.4121

NE 40.3563, -121.4095

SW 40.3527, -121.4121

SE 40.3527, -121.4095

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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The Feather River 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 Feather River running thru the claim for panning.

Fishing in the creek.

Flatter areas for tent or RV 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 can legally camp, with camper and RV.

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.

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TERMS: To purchase our claim, the process would be, I would need your name(s) and mailing address where I would scan and email you a signed contract, and which payment option you choose:

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.

A $99 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 Bureau of Land Management and Plumas County.

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, 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, LandandFarm, and LandsofAmerica.

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."