We have a Placer Goldmine For Sale.   The  Ex Sante Fe Railroad Property, known as Willow Creek, located in Mill City Nevada.  

It consists of 400 acres of a Privately Owned and Permitted Placer Goldmine.  All paperwork is in hand with a large volume of Production and Informational Reports, Assay Reports, Geological Reports, Cons Reports and Project Notes.  See Photos below.

This is one of the nicest and well organized  private venture mines around in an area of working mines with excellent credentials and history.

Willow Creek is well known for its course gold and  is being fed from the Wadley Mine,  owned by Dr. Caulder of Winnemucca, Nevada, and Cone Mountain which is located on our property.  Read about the history below.  Adjacent to Willow Creek  is a producing mine on the Thacker Property. 

The sale price is 3.4m with all equipment included or adjusted for any not required.  Terms are negotiable with a substantial down and royalties from production.  A Joint Venture would be considered with the right individual.  If you are interested in this property and would like additional information please contact the Willow Creek Placer Group, LLC at  (775) 421-1111  or email us at  willowcreek@wcpgm.com

A list of additional equipment for sale includes Northwest 95 Dragline, Scrubber Barrels, Centrifuges, Crushers, Conveyors, Screens, Jigs, Dewatering Device, etc.   Please contact us for more information.

HISTORY OF WILLOW CREEK:  Willow Creek Mining District was included in the Imlay District  from 1890's until 1910 and the only published production was from the U.S. Government and it amounted to approximately 3,000 ounces coming from both districts.  It reported that the bulk of the gold came from Willow Creek.

The next period of activity in the Canyon came in the early 1920's. when the Wadley mine was discovered.  The only published report came from the Mining Journal Magazine which stated that the ore being extracted from the hardrock mine averaged 1/2 troy oz. Per lb. of ore.     In the 1924 May edition of the Humbolt Register ( now the Lovelock Review Miner) it showed a photograph of two men holding up a piece of gold about 1" thick and 18" long by 8" wide.

In the 1930's a company called Nevada Rock and Sand operated a section of the canyon  about 1/2 mile upstream from the present open pit and reported to the Lovelock recorder over 6,000 oz.

The next operator was a company called Blanco Oil.     In 1964 the following article was published in the Engineering and Mining Journal:      

"Blanco Oil Co., of San Antonio, Texas made an initial run of its plant in the Willow Creek district of Pereshing County, and produced 8 1/2 lbs. of gold during a 15 hour operation.   Hugh Fisher, contractor, and Allen Tucker, geologist, with headquarters in Winnemucca, are running the placer property."    It was reported by Hugh Fisher that he believed a total of 20,000 ounces were recovered from the area.

Wallace Calder continued to operate the same section of the canyon that Blanco Oil was in and according to his son, James Calder of Winnemucca, he produced an additional 4,000 ounces.   Both of these operators reported 5 to 36 ounce nuggets.  

In the 70's two groups became active in the canyon. Each producing approximately 1,000 oz. 

In the 1990's Bob Hormouth was on the upper section of the channel and Paul Vaden on the lower.  Reporting 300 to 500 oz. 

Please contact us for additional information and history of Willow Creek at (775) 421-1111 or email us at willowcreek@wcpgm.com