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Exhibit 31.1

Certification

I, Fred W. Brackebusch, certify that:

(1) I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of New
  Jersey 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
  small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

(4) I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
  controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
  for the small business issuer and have:

| | (a) | Designed such disclosure controls and
        procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
        under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to
        the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
        made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during
        the period in which this report is being prepared;
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| | (b) | Not required;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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| | (c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the small
        business issuer'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                                                                                                  
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| | (d) | Disclosed in this report any change in
        the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting
        that occurred during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter
        that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
        the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting;
        and                                         

(5) I have disclosed, based on our most recent
  evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business
  issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer'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 small
  business issuer'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 small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.

|Date:                                                       | August 10, 2007         | 
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|By                                                          | /s/ FRED W. BRACKEBUSCH | 
|Fred W. Brackebusch, President, Treasurer,
      & Director |                        

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