INDIAN BOTTOM

Access to the area adjacent to the claim is very easy, the road is paved. Note that the road is very narrow and winding for ~2 miles before the claim and long vehicles/trailers (30 ft or more) would be strongly discouraged. There is a very steep/short (driveway length) and loosely bound dirt road down from the main road down to the claim itself. If you do not have 4 wheel drive then this road should be taken very cautiously, suggest walking it first to assess for yourself before descending. I have a very capable 2 wheel drive vehicle, stopped halfway down, and still came very close to not making it back up this road. There is car/van length parking along the main paved road if you decide not to chance it. Once onto the claim there is plenty of room for dispersed camping and I actually ran into some campers while there.

There is a claim marker posted but it is not filled out, and there are multiple hand painted "no mining" signs posted on the road in. I'm not sure what is going on with this bit it certainly made me a little nervous while working the claim. They read like they were probably posted by a previous claim owner (or maybe the GPAA?) and the never taken down. There is no cell service there otherwise i would have checked LR2000 to verify the status of the GPAA claim. If you're thinking of going out I would strongly suggest you run a report on the area to verify that the GPAA claim is current.

Here's what I have for the INDIAN BOTTOM claim boundary points:
County Nearby City Claim Page Point Name Coord DMS Coord D Latitude Longitude
siskiyou Cottage Grove INDIAN BOTTOM 141
Ingress 41°20'28.800" 123°23'02.400" 41.341326, -123.384003 41.341326 -123.384003
Center 41°20'31.300" 123°23'11.000" 41.342025, -123.386397 41.342025 -123.386397
NW 41°20'34.694" 123°23'19.825" 41.342971, -123.388840 41.342971 -123.388840
NE 41°20'34.762" 123°23'02.518" 41.342989, -123.384033 41.342989 -123.384033
SW 41°20'28.173" 123°23'19.779" 41.341159, -123.388827 41.341159 -123.388827
SE 41°20'28.241" 123°23'02.473" 41.341178, -123.384020 41.341178 -123.384020

Drop the above into an Excel spreadsheet. I've been using Google Sheets!

The last 1/4 mile, is very steep and not maintained. 4x4 recommended. good camping with shade, lots of blackflies and skeeters though. no cell service. the claim has definitely been worked for a long long time, there is still gold to be found, although I think what is there is flood gold. I have found some color, no nuggets, just small flakes and flour. I must admit, most of the time spent here is relaxing with my kids and wife. my Rating.. Relaxing with a chance of gold.

41.33.17.033-123.41.28.749