SF Boise River

Overview

The long awaited “Featherville/Rocky Bar” claims which I have seen a lot of request to get listed. These mining claims are positioned between 2 to 3 miles upstream from Featherville on the SF Boise River. When taking a visit in Featherville, you may notice the large tailing piles at the Feather River & SF Boise confluence, but you will also see some of the tailings randomly farther west on the SF Boise, as it is a rich riverbed as well. It is pavement all the way into Featherville & a well graded 2 lane gravel NF 227 road.

Each of these claims is rather unique with its own unique prospecting options.
~ Island O Gold – SF Boise is open to dredging based on IDWR permit (see below), it has the north river channel & island (backs of islands are excellent deposit areas), along with large exposed gravel bars.
~ Dry-bed Deposits – this claim is positioned over a dry river channel (which has just as much color as the river itself), along with easy access “on” the claim to pull water for a high-banker. So great metal detecting. It is also a more secluded area with vehicle access & nice areas to camp.
~ Prospector’s Dream – abutting the Abbot Campground, with an atv bridge to cross the river to work either side. Several open and exposed area of bedrock that is seen adjacent to the river.
~ SF Boise Auric – also abutting Abbot Campground, and besides also having a portion of the SF Boise, it also has an old river channel (beavers have partially filled). There is a huge 500’ gravel bar area on the south side of SF Boise.

There is ample camping on and around any of these claims, as well as several hot-springs to soak in (around Pine & Featherville), excellent hunting (seen elk multiple times “on” these claims) & fishing, so these have a wide variety of other recreational activities in the area to enjoy. There are services in both Featherville (2 to 3 miles west) & Pine (11 to the southwest).

Sorry I don’t have more and better pictures of each claim, again the phone holding those pictures crashed (losing that data). These pictures are from Prospector’s Dream & SF Boise Auric, with gold coming from one pan of material by crevicing the bedrock…I had better pictures of more color found on all claims (again data was lost).

With the bridge access, I plan to sell both “Prospector’s Dream” & “SF Boise Auric” as a bundle for $4,000

Dry Bed Deposits

Prospector’s Dream & SF Boise Auric bundle

Price: $4,000
Sale Pending

Prospector’s Dream

SF Boise Auric

Island O Gold

Driving directions from Mountain Home: Take HWY 20 (from I-84 Exit 95), north out of Mountain Home for 31.5 miles. Turn left (north) onto NF 61 (AKA Pine-Featherville Rd, signs for Anderson Ranch) and stay on this road for 30.6 miles (about 2 miles past Featherville) until you reach Island O Gold claim. The other claims are positioned about 1 mile further at the Abbot Campground. I will note that in Pine at the T looking intersection (at 18 miles), the main road (without stop sign), veers to the right by the Pine diner…so just stay on the main road.

To reach the more secluded road on the south, about 1.3 miles south of Featherville you would turn west onto Pine Creek Road. At about 0.7 of a mile turn left onto Abbot Gulch road (if you go strait you will come to the Pine Gulch parking area in a few hundred feet). You will continue following this for approximately 1.3 miles until you will find a road which forks (not at any of the T intersections like googlemaps show). From the left fork the Dry-bed Deposits claim will be within about ¼ mile & this road continues across the claims to the bridge at Prospector’s Dream (but the bridge does not allow large vehicle access).