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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
        our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small
        business issuer, 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;
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| | (b) | 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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| | (c) | 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
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| | (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: November 9, 2004 By /s/ FRED W. BRACKEBUSCH 
  Fred W. Brackebusch, President, Treasurer & Director

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