Gold Nuggets on the Privateer

Historical Record

Gold Nuggets on the Privateer was a 20-acre unpatented placer claim in Siskiyou County, California. Located on the Privateer claim area, this property offered proven placer gold nugget potential.

ThePrivateer20-acre gold placer claim is the perfect claim for anyone looking to strike out on their own in the hills of Nevada and find themselves a fortune plundering the hills. Close to a natural mountain reservoir, the Privateer sits central in Olinghouse Mining District and overlooks the valley below, taking gold from the Jones Creek and one of its tributaries. The gold is the Olinghouse special: the treasured, free-milling crystalline gold nuggets that sell for thousands based on their unique appearance alone!

Photos courtesy ofmarinmineral.com(sold specimen NA143)

Hematite-rich red rock, characteristic black sands, and plenty of readily visible strata to see where the rivers carve their path down to the valley. Where the Privateer sits lies a similar ground composition as the Olinghouse mine,where "gold occurs as small wires and free grains in generally open veins, along with quartz, calcite, goethite, epidote, stilbite, heulandite, hydrothermal K-feldspar, andsparse adularia." Similarly, the Privateer finds itself next to the very same NE-trending fault structure the Olinghouse mine profited from, and sits in equally magnetically-tumultuous ground.

Claim Features (Historical)

• 20 acres of unpatented placer ground
• Located in California, Siskiyou County, Privateer District
• Primary commodity: Gold
• Historic mining area with proven mineral potential
• Sold through Mountain Man Mining™