Secret Canyon #1
• Paying in full or Military service? Enjoy 10% off any listed price.
• Payment plan with no interest; put $250.00 down, pay $250.00 monthly until paid.
• BLM (Bureau of Land Management) maintenance fee paid directly to BLM, currently $200.00 a year for each claim.
Our testing recovered placer gold in the main wash. Fines and flakes in cracks and crevices and at bedrock. Narrow gold bearing quartz veins and stringers cut the Pinal Schist host rock, and in places the veins are very rich in gold, some silver and copper. A great place to hunt for specimen rocks and other gemstones as agate and ruby red garnets are often found in this geological environment.
About a mile to the west a prominent butte rises steeply and at the base I saw Jesuit or Peralta treasure symbols scribed into the volcanic rock. Is this the area of the Lost Dutchman?
I have spent several years hunting for that lost mine and obviously have not found it yet. Maybe you will have better luck if you have the passion for treasure hunting.
This beautiful lode claim is located about 50 miles east of Phoenix and about 7 miles northwest of the old mining town of Superior. Superior is a full-service town with a population of about 3000.
Secret Canyon #1 is a 20.66 acre unpatented lode claim situated in Millsite Canyon. Quail Spring, one of the major springs in the canyon is about 1.5 miles upstream, north of the claim. Quail Spring and several other springs further upstream or in the side canyons will provide you with camp water via gravity flow using 1 inch PVC. Big Horn Sheep, javelina, white tail and mule deer are often seen, especially near water sources.
So if you want a change from the city rat race and are interested in prospecting for gold or just rockhounding, this is the place.
Please do not attempt to take a large RV or travel trailer to the claim without checking the road first as some of our monsoon storms tend to raise havoc the last mile or so.
On the next business day, you will receive an email from us that includes: your receipt, a copy of the topographical map for your claim, a link to your claim plotted in Google Earth and the GPS coordinates for your claim.
Within 2 weeks you will receive your claim packet in the mail that will contain hard copies of these documents as well as the Location Notice and a full size topographical map. Upon payment in full, we process the claim into your name with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and County.
You are responsible for the annual maintenance fee due to the BLM, payable from January through August, effective upon date of purchase, in order to keep the claim active. The current rate is $200.00.
New Claim Tour:
You can schedule a tour of your new claim(s) with our field tech. Our tech will guide you to your claim and show you to a corner post of it. They will be sure to point out any specific areas of interest and help you start your new gold mining adventure right! The New Claim Tour starts at $500.00. Please call us to discuss and arrange this service. Time and availability are limited, please be sure to schedule this tour in advance.