Updated:7/14/24
Claims for Sale (or lease) in California
We have two adjoining 20 acre claims in the El Paso Mountains of southern California. They are the Mormon Boy and the Bulley Boy. These claims are less than an hour from Tehachapi, Rosamond or Mojave (or Edwards AFB), and about 1/2 hour from Ridgecrest or Randsburg.
The Mormon Boy claim is in the narrows of Goler Gulch and includes the base of Mormon Gulch. We have found nice chunky gold on the Mormon Boy. The Bulley Boy claim sits immediately to the north and has about 1/4 mile of Goler as well as another side gulch. We found a 1-gram nugget on the Bulley Boy claim.
These are both dry-washing claims. There is abundant bedrock on the Mormon Boy claim. The Bulley Boy has bedrock in the side canyon and clay hardpan in the main wash. There is good access, with 2 wd (high clearance) roads right to the claims, and 4×4 road in the wash, down the middle of the claims. We are asking $4,000 per claim or $7,000 for both–but will consider offers.
Mormon Boy Claim
$4,000 for purchase of claim or $1,000/ year to lease
Bulley Boy Claim
$4,000 for purchase of claim or $1,000/ year to lease
IDAHO–SOLD
An old photo of Rocky Bar from around the year 2000.
Mining Claims for sale (or lease) in Idaho (All Sold)
If interested, please contact:
Alan at 801-560-1492 or email theridingtreepress@yahoo.com
08/13/2017
Utah Prospector and Rocky Mountain Ryan just made a visit to Rocky Bar to check out these claims. You can see their video HERE:
Rocky Bar, Idaho
Rocky Bar Idaho was founded in 1863 after gold was found on the Feather River. Soon prospectors found gold on Bear Creek, Red Warrior Creek, Steel Creek and Elk Creek. Many of the small side creeks in the area also contain gold. Prospectors soon found the lode deposits, and Rocky Bar boomed, becoming the county seat. Today, most of the lode mines are gone, but placer gold is still found in the area creeks.
Featherville and Pine are the closest town to Rocky Bar to the south, and you can swim in natural hot springs near Pine. Atlanta is an historic gold town about 20 miles to the north east of Rocky Bar, on the middle fork of the Boise river, and hot springs can also be found along the Boise.
Lucky Warrior Placer
Sold
Asking Price: $2,000 or offer. Lease option considered. Approx. 39 Acres.
The Lucky Warrior placer claim is located to the south of Rocky Bar, Idaho on Red Warrior creek. This claim is approximately 39 acres is size, and has a perennial creek running through the center of the claim. The road to Rocky Bar also runs through the center of the claim, so there is good access. There is also camping on a wide bend of the river.
On this claim, gold can be found both in the creek as well as on high bars–and there are numerous high bar deposits on both sides of the creek. The old high bars were typically worked by ground sluicing, and the old rock piles left behind are visible across the claim. Occasionally, rich gold can be found when digging in the virgin dirt that was buried when these rock piles were started.
The gold here is typically small granules or chunks, similar to salt and sugar grains and, while not common, small pickers and rice grain sized nuggets have occasionally been found.
Of the three Rocky bar claims listed, this one has the best access and water.
Last Chance Placer
SOLD
Asking Price: $1,600 or offer. Lease option considered. Approx. 40 acres.
The Last Chance Placer is in Wide West Gulch and sits across a narrow gulch. The gulch has perennial water, though the flow rates are low outside of spring run-off. By fall, the creek is only a trickle. There is often enough water to run a small sluice during June.
Small high-bars can be found on the sides of the gulch, and small pockets of gold have been found here. Some of the smaller secondary gulches in the area also have gold. I do not know if the stream at the bottom of the gulley has been worked or not, though it will be difficult with the overburden, small amount of water and vegetation.
The gold here is typically small granules or chunks, similar to salt and sugar grains and, while not common, small pickers and rice grain sized nuggets have occasionally been found. A friend of mine also recently pulled out several grams in one day with a very small dry washer while helping me with assessment.
An access road does go up the claim making it an easy walk. Their is a forest service road up the canyon, but the Forest Service has kept the gate locked since the early 2000’s. Legally they must provide a key, but I don’t know what hoops they will require people to jump through before the provide one.
Riding Tree Placer
SOLD
Asking Price: $1,800 or offer. Lease Option Considered. Approx. 50 Acres.
The Riding Tree Placer sits in Chinaman’s Gulch. This is the largest claim in the Rocky Bar group at approximately 50 acres, and has a perennial stream, though it is down to a trickle by fall. This claim adjoins the Last Chance claim to the west.
The perennial stream is large enough to run a small sluice.
A forest service road runs up through the claim, going about 2/3 of the way up claim, before turning up and over the ridge to the west, and a trail continues up the canyon. The road is gated, and the gate is locked. The Forest Service should provide a key, but I don’t know what they will require to get it.
Large, wide high-bar deposits can be found at the base of the canyon, with numerous rock piles from the ground sluicing–gold is often found under these piles. Gold has also been found in many of the small side gulches that come into the main canyon.
The gold here is typically small granules or chunks, similar to salt and sugar grains and, while not common, small pickers and rice grain sized nuggets have occasionally been found.
If interested, please contact:
Alan at 801-560-1492 or email theridingtreepress@yahoo.com
