**EXHIBIT31.1**

**CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT  TO****18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,****AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO****SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

      I, Lex Smith, certify that:

1.         I  have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Shoshone Silver Mining  Company;

2.         Based  on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a  material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements  made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not  misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.         Based  on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information  included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial  condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and  for, the periods presented in this report;

4.         The  registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing  and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act  Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15[e]) and internal control over financial reporting  (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant  and have:

(a)     Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or  caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our  supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,  including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within  those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being  prepared;

(b)    Designed such internal control over  financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting  to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding  the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial  statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted  accounting principles;

(c)     Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s  disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions  about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the  end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)    Disclosed in this report any change in  the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during  the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal  quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is  reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over  financial reporting; and

5.     The  registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most  recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s  auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or  persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design  or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably  likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process,  summarize and report financial information; and

(b)   Any  fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who  have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial  reporting.

*/s/Lex  Smith                                         *  Lex Smith    President and Principal Executive Officer    December 24, 2010

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