Groveland, CA 95321(Tuolumne County)

California is one of the best states in the U.S. for rockhounding due to its extraordinarily diverse geology and wide variety of minerals.

The state contains many distinct geological provinces, each with its own, long history and associated rocks and minerals.

Even before the famed gold rush, California had become famous for its high-quality gems.

California contains a diverse array of rock and mineral specimens such as serpentine, benitoite, jade, agate, jasper, moonstone, quartz, epidote, and rhodonite.

Famous for the gold rush, there remain many places in Californias National Forests where rockhounds can hope to find gold and gems.

Located about an hour and a half from the town of Groveland and same for the town of Jamestown.

Yosemite National Park is only an hour and 20 minutes east.

There is a side road camping area just off the river.

Beautifully forested area of pines and aspens surrounded by mountain ranges,

The bends in the river make for excellent gold catching areas.

Awesome area of lakes and mountain valleys.

Also a good area for gem prospecting up the mountain ridges.

See with the pictures maps and satellite views.

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 Colorado Gold Rush.

A mining claim is an affordable way to enjoy the beauty of the land combined with the adventure of panning for gold.

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.

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.

To purchase our claim, the process would be, I would need your name(s) and mailing addresswhere 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.

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.

Toulomne County, California - New Gold Rush Pans Out in Motherlode area.A news story from June 17, 2010."The miner who found the gold did not want to be identified on camera, nor, understandably would he tell anyone where he found it except it was found in or around one of the local rivers. (There are three in the area; they are the Stanislaus and Clavey rivers, and the longest, the Toulomne river). The gold prospector displayed his 3 pounds of gold for the camera, worth about $75,000."The news story notes the gold came from southern Tuolumne County, because of some of the other minerals attached to the gold. The Clavey River is in the southern part of the county.

Nearly 3/4 of the gold recovered from this county was from placer deposits. Many consider the placer deposits here to be the best in the Sierra Nevada range. Total production for Tuolumne County has been in excess of 11,000,000 ounces to date. Our Clavey River claims are placer claims. Tuolumne County, is one of the Mother Lode counties, which are those counties having the most gold discoveries.

Town of Groveland:gold was discovered here in 1849, and thousands of dollars in placer gold were taken from mines on Garotte Creek, Big Creek, and other diggings. Among the buildings remaining from the Gold Rush is the Iron Door Saloon built in 1852, still flourishing and claiming to be the oldest saloon in California.

Current Gold Prices are over $1700 per ounce.

The Clavey River is a tributary of the Tuolumne River, having a history of gold discoveries.The river has bedrock pockets making for what prospectors call "Gold Traps" for panning.The nearby town of Groveland is known as the gateway to Yosemite National Park.TheClavey Riveris one of the fewundammedrivers inCalifornia, which allows for any gold to flow freely downstream.

The Clavey is special because it has some of the highest biotic integrity of any river in California, meaning, it has little to no pollution. This river is unique because it still harbors a pre-glacial remnant population ofcoastal rainbow trout.

This is a 40 acre unpatented, gold mining placer claim, the Clavey River Gold #5, with the beautiful Clavey River running through the claim, and is in Tuolumne County, California, in the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains, and the Stanislaus National Forest.

The claim is legally registered with the Bureau of Land Management out of Sacramento and Tuolumne County. You own the mineral rights, not sharing with others, on the 40 acres, and use your 40 acres, recreationally for camping: tent, camper, or RV, and prospecting: an awesome, beautiful area.

With an approved BLM Plan of Operation, a building could be built on the land: any building that benefits and improves the claim, though you cannot permanently live on a mining claim. Current usage, is what the BLM calls, Casual Use: panning, shovel, rock hammer, metal detector, creek powered sluice.

On our locating of the claim, we gathered in and around the river, approx. 1/8 of an ounce of gold, being worth about $220. 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 40 acre claim as a projection of good gold potential. Someone with more time may find more. Gold prices are over $1700/ounce. Though we could never guarantee what you will find, we did locate this claim in an historically rich area for gold 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.

Camp near the river or the area national forest campgrounds.

A claim owner does not need permission nor a permit to camp and prospect.

You can prospect as little or as much as you like.

Now that we have located the claims, you never have to declare to the BLM any gold or gems you find.

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40 acres: = 1320 ft. x 1320 ft.

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Tuolumne County has produced over 3 million ounces of lode gold and over 8 million ounces of placer gold: the placers are thought to be the richest in the states history. The word itself, Tuolumne, means Golden Adventures, named after the rich gold discoveries in the 1800s, and gold prospecting continues here today. Our claims are located on the way to Yosemite National Park known as the gateway to Yosemite.

The proximity to Yosemite makes this area a perfect vacation destination, with plenty of Gold Country to experience including hiking, biking, fishing, river rafting, camping, gold panning, skiing and sightseeing. The towns of Sonora, Columbia, Jamestown, Twain Harte and Groveland have much to offer including arts, festivals, theater, living history, shopping and entertainment. Whether you're a couple on a romantic wine-tasting weekend, or you've loaded up the family in the RV and hit the open road, Tuolumne County is your perfect place to shop, dine, explore, relax and get back to nature!

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This claim has legal road access, on a Forest Service road, 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 me, as I am the original claim locator.

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Your ownership is legally conveyed via a Quit Claim deed, and legally recorded with the BLM and Tuolumne 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 form with the Bureau of Land Management, along with $330. By doing this, you keep the claim forever. You will need to have 2 names on your deed. 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 this year, not due again until September 1, 2022.

County taxes of $100 will be due in the Spring,

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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 Tuolumne County.

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The Clavey River Gold #5, is a gold and gem placer mining claim, ideally situated in Tuolumne County, the county known to the locals as golden adventures, and located in the Mother Lode District, the district name itself referring to gold rich veins in the area.

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Your 40 acres is the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 35, Township 1 North, Range 17 East, Mount Diablo Base Line and Meridian, known as the Clavey River Gold #5 mining claim, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, about 150 miles SE of Sacramento, California, near Yosemite National Park.

BLM claim Number: CA105265101

Driving Directions:

From the south:the recommended route

From Groveland, take a left on Cherry Lake Rd that becomes Forest Service Rd 1N07, then right to stay on Forest Service Rd 1N07, to left on FR 1N04, to left on FR 3N01, to right to stay on FR 3N01, to left on FR 1N08, to right on FR 1N01, continuing on FR 1N01 which is the claim road, then using GPS coordinates listed further down this listing to the claim.

From the north:

From town of Jamestown: Buchanan Road to Fish Hatchery Road, to Forest Service Road 1N04, to left on onto Cottonwood Road, to right onto FR 2N07, to sharp left on Cottonwood Road, continue onto FR 1N04, right onto FR 3N01, to right on FR 1N08, to right on FR 1N01, and continue on FR 1N01, then using GPS coordinates below to the claim.

Clavey River running through the claim is a unique advantage for gold prospecting.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:

Yosemite National Park is an hour and a half east.

Pure running Clavey River on the claim for panning.Excellent trout fishing in the Clavey River.

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 40 acres.

Prospect, explore, and camp on the whole 40 acres.

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TERMS:

To purchase our claim, the process would be, I would need your name(s) and mailing addresswhere 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.

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 40 acre claim will be legally recorded with the local Bureau of Land Management and Tuolumne County. The quit claim deed is the correct document to be recorded for a mining claim, as stated by the BLM.

This is not a sharing with others of your 40 acre claim.

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."

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 inCalifornia, Colorado, & Arizona, going on now for 30 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, aFederal 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 5 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.

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GPS Coordinates:

Clavey River Gold #5

NW 37.8979, -120.0768

NE 37.8979, -120.0722

SW 37.8941, -120.0768

SE 37.8941, -120.0722