K-24 UPPER INDEPENDENCE CLAIM

LOCATION

RIVER:Klamath River

COUNTY:Siskiyou County

STATE:California

Is located 11 miles downriver from Happy Camp on Hwy. 96. The upriver claim boundary is posted on a tree alongside Hwy. 96 - the side away from the river. This is located about a quarter of a mile below the Forest Service developed river access Ferry Point. The downriver claim boundary is located about 60 yards upriver from the Independence bridge on a tree on the far side of the river. You can see the boundary marker from the bridge. Camping is available at the river access under the bridge. There is a toilet facility at a small rest stop along Hwy. 96 just upriver from the Independence bridge. There is a trail that leads onto the far side of the river just over the bridge.

PROSPECTS

This claim location is another of the richest gold areas along the Klamath River. The 49'er purchased the claim from a local commercial dredgers who spent several seasons working a rich gold deposit toward the upper end of the claim. The deposit was in around 8 feet of gravel in the channel of the river, toward the highway side. Several members have dredged sampled the far side of the river, and a short distance out into the river, towards the upper end of the claim, with mixed results. Most of the river channel has yet to be tested. Some members have had good results highbanking on the gravel bars located on the far side of the river. This claim has excellent potential, with over 1,00 ounces of gold being recovered off the claim just below during recent years.