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Exhibit 31.1

Certification

I, Fred W. Brackebusch, certify that:

(1) I have reviewed this quarterly
report on Form 10-Q 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 registrant 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)) and internal control over financial 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 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                                                                     

(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):

(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.

Date: November 13, 2008 By /s/ FRED W.
BRACKEBUSCHFred W. Brackebusch, President, Treasurer, & Director



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