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The Liberty Mines Group
21 unpatented mining claims - apprx. 2,900 acres
Located On The Historic Billion Dollar Black Bear & Eddy Gulch Trends
Liberty Mining District, Siskiyou County, CA
Located in the heart of one of the richest gold producing trends in the United States. 
Sawyers Bar Road along the North Fork Salmon River. The primary paved access route is Sawyers Bar Road. It is the primary paved road that begins in Etna, travels up to Etna Summit and then winds down into the North Fork Salmon River valley.
There are two primary access routes into the Liberty Mines Group. Whites Gulch Rd (also called 40N61) accesses the Eastern portion of the collection
Eddy Gulch Road where it crosses the North Fork Salmon River. From Sawyers Bar Road, there are two primary access points up into the Liberty Mines Group. They are Whites Gulch Road and Eddy Gulch Road. The Liberty Mines Group can be broken down into two halves based on this access.
Multiple Forest Service roads provide incredible access to this vast collection.
The Forest Service Roads are clearly marked, and signs can be found at most forks and intersections.
The Deacon Lee Trail weaves through the countryside and was a popular supply route for past mining operations in this area.
The roads within the collection are wide enough to be used in any manner of ways but can specifically support the transportation of heavy or large equipment. The roads are wide, have excellent grades, and plenty of shoulder room. Four wheel drive is not required on any of the existing primary roads.
Perfectly maintained Forest Services roads. The starting elevation for both Whites Gulch Road and Eddy Gulch Road is approximately 2,600’. The roads wind through the valleys and weave throughout the terrain. These roads provide incredible access, even above the 5,600’ level.
There are no guardrails, so please take these roads slowly and cautiously.
All of the unpatented mining claims within the Liberty Mines Group are marked with Federal Mining Claim signs. These orange and black signs are posted on the road network and are placed on large trees bordering the roads. The signs are posted in plain sight and in obvious and visible areas.
Looking down into Eddy Gulch from the peaks surrounding Whites Gulch. This exact area yielded billions in gold at today's prices. Multiple geologists state that this trend extends for miles and that only a very small portion was actually recovered by past mining operations.
A view looking down from the Hickey Mine at the access road that leads to area surrounding the Cleaver Mine. This gold-laden valley is the home of many historic gold producing mines
A grand view of the majestic and ultra-rich Eddy Gulch drainage area. Eddy Gulch, part of the Liberty Mining District, is one of the most noted gold producing regions in the Western United States.
A view looking towards the west from Eddy Gulch. Gold producing mining operations covered this specific region and can be easily seen in the photographs along with the roads that provide excellent access.
One of the old discovery monuments at the Cleaver Mine.
One of the many massive stamps at the Cleaver Mine site.
Watch where you step! This shaft was almost completely covered (Cleaver Mine). Notice the timbers and the cement-like walls leading downwards.
A massive tailing pile at the Brown Bear Mine. Also evident were multiple cuts and ditches.
a collection of stamp and milling equipment that was left at the Brown Bear Mine.
A very interesting pile of uncrushed quartz at the Golden & Eveleth Mine. There are many of these piles in the vicinity of the mine.
Old road heading up from the Cleaver Mine to the Keaton Mine.
The operation area around the Keaton Mine. This mine is situated near a small spring. About 2,000 feet up that same spring gulch is the Hickey Mine.
A group of pine trees are seen growing out of an old tailing pile at the Golden & Eveleth Mine.
An old pit at the Stevens & Hughes Mine in L-7. This area is covered in tailing piles and at one time had a very organized network of trails.
This is barely visible in the photo, but this was a very defined road or trail that ran along the side of the mountain towards the Stevens & Hughes Mine.
Another massive tailing pile extends well beyond the forest floor at the Osceola Mine in L-8.
A piece of quartz found at the Osceola Mine.
Another hunk of quartz found on the surface at the Osceola Mine. This is most likely a piece of the vein the miners were chasing.
One of dozens of tailing piles at the Lewis Mine.
Afternoon rays of sun hit a large tailing pile at the Franks & Moneton Mine. Notice the young pines growing up through the pile.
This ditch runs for 1,000 feet up the mountain and has signs of workings on both sides at the Peters Mine in L-6.
Obvious workings and tailing piles can be seen for hundreds of feet around the Peters Mine, the Osceola Mine, the Franks & Moneton Mine, and the Lewis Mine. These three mines are all within 750' of each other in L-6.
These pits are scattered throughout the Hickey Mine site, and many of the other sites. Please do not attempt to walk near these. Many of these depressions are collapsed mine shafts and adits.
Another pit, shaft or adit at the Hickey Mine.
When attempting to discover mining areas, sometimes it's best to walk uphill towards a suspected area. Many times you will come across tailing dumps and mine waste piles that were discarded downhill from the mines. This photo was taken near the Hickey Mine.
This safe was found on the Jumbo Mine site. We tried to budge it, but couldn't. The wood on the inside of the safe is still intact, to some extent. The lock was protected by a massive iron shield so that cutters couldn't be employed on the lock. There's no way anybody was breaking into this one!
Jumbo Mine specimen Please be aware that mining claims are federally protected. Anyone found prospecting a mining claim without express consent from the owner can be charged with criminal trespass and theft. Please be certain to contact us in advance before visiting any of our gold properties.
A dig site at the Jumbo Mine. This is a pretty good sized cut into the mountainside.
A familiar site in this gold bearing region... tailing piles at 3,000 feet elevation (Jumbo Mine).
Jumbo Mine
Jumbo Mine - Old foundation - Rd 40N61 below. 2 mines, tailings dump & an old rd. are located just north & east of this foundation.
A caved in shaft or adit at the Ruby Basin Mine. You can still see some of the timbers sticking out of the dirt.
The old stove pipe that heated the cabin at the Captain Smith Mine in L-6.
A long expired cabin or shack at the Captain Smith Mine. It's amazing to think that a miner (or many of them) lived right in this very spot as they worked the gold out of the ground.
This is always a good sign when looking for old mining sites. This crushed bed of quartz was in a stream bed and had worked its way downhill from the mining site just below the Deer Lodge Mine in L-8.
A small feeder spring leads the way to the Deer Lodge Mine. Tailing piles are scattered throughout the area, and pinpointing a single mining site in this region is very difficult.
Another magnificent pile of white quartz at the Deer Lodge Mine. This quartz probably came from underground operations at the mine.
paved with quartz outcrops and pieces - Every inch of this gold claims' collection is prime for modern day gold finding techniques & exploration.
Old mining roads start to look the same after you've seen a couple dozen of them, but they each served a very critical purpose for the miners of past generations. This road is located on the back side of the White Elephant Mine.
a very large tailing pile with tons of crushed quartz in it at the White Elephant Mine.
Old timbers last touched by miners of 100 years ago. The forest was a critical part of sustaining a mining operation in the Liberty Mining District. Wood was used for structures, mining timbers, fuel, heat, flumes, living quarters.
Another 100 year old chunk of iron lying on the ground at the Scott Bar Mines area.
Piles of processed ore at the Scott Bar Mines. It is possible that this company also ran the mining operations at the White Elephant Mine.
Looking up a gulch at exposed quartz, tailing piles, and the large stumps of felled trees. Tell tale signs of serious mining activity are all around.
A caved in tunnel at the Wilson Mine. This mine site has many shafts, adits, and tunnels, many of which are not caved in.
Another tunnel at the Wilson Mine with 100-year old sluices laying in wait.
An obvious prospect pit at the Wilson (Wilson Brothers) mine. The last Wilson Brother (Sheldon Wilson), recently passed away. He was over 90 years old.
A partially caved in tunnel at the Roberts Mine.
An old road bed heading from the Roberts Mine to the Wilson Mine is bordered by remnants of crushed ore.
The entire hillside below a portion of the Wilson Mine and the Roberts Mine was a massive dump of processed ore.
A very large tunnel at the Wilson Mine has yet to cave in. There is cool air flowing out of this tunnel, which indicates that other connecting shafts and adits are still open.
Looking down into a tunnel at the Wilson Mine.
Claes Nordin, a 6' man, easily walks inside a tunnel at the Wilson Mine to demonstrate the size and magnitude of the work those old miners did. They carved this tunnel into the side of a mountain of solid rock.
Kevin Owen crawls out of a semi-collapsed tunnel at the Wilson Mine after exploring the length of the tunnel for about 200'.
This quartz vein, approximately 3" thick,.is deep inside one of the tunnels at the Wilson Mine.
Another shoot of vein inside one of the tunnels at the Wilson Mine. This is what they were chasing, the gold bearing ore that made this region famous.
The Mines
All of the unpatented mining claims within the Liberty Mines Group are marked with Federal Mining Claim signs. These orange and black signs are posted on the road network and are placed on large trees bordering the roads. The signs are posted in plain sight and in obvious and visible areas.  The starting elevation for both Whites Gulch Road and Eddy Gulch Road is approximately 2,600’. The roads wind through the valleys and weave throughout the terrain. These roads provide incredible access, even above the 5,600’ level. The surface of the roads is crushed gravel and rock, and there are very few places where water is retained for any length of time, mostly in the form of shallow puddles. The roads become a little smaller towards the top but are still easily passable with large vehicles.
Photos were taken in Summer

None of our photos are color enhanced.
What you see is real.
Roads and Access
Access routes within gold bearing areas which can support mining operations are typically a major concern for mining companies. There is a great amount of time and cost involved in creating access routes to operation sites. One of the very valuable assets of the Liberty Mines Group is the existence of an excellent network of roads. Another key benefit that must be considered is that these roads are expertly maintained by the National Forest Service and Siskiyou County. The existence of roads (and their maintenance program) is a key feature of the Liberty Mines Group, and one that increases not only the value of the collection, but the ability to recover the minerals with a higher margin of profit. 
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