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|Exhibit 31.1 
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|Certification

I, Fred W. Brackebusch, certify that:

|(1) I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form
      10-Q of New Jersey Mining Company.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|(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;
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|(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;                   
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|(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)) and internal control over financial reporting (as
      defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant
      and have:                    
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|(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 registrant, 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) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting or caused such
      internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my
      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;        
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|(c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
      and procedures and presented in this report my 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 registrant's internal
      control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's
      most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably
      likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over
      financial reporting; and                                                                     
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|(5) I have disclosed, based on my 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):
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| | (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
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| | (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.                                                                                                     
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|Date: August 13, 2010                                      
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|By /s/ FRED W. BRACKEBUSCH                                 
|Fred W. Brackebusch, President, Treasurer, &
      Director

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