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Exhibit 31.1

Certification

I, Fred W. Brackebusch, certify that:

(1) I have reviewed this annual report
on Form 10-K 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)) and internal control over financial over
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)
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;

(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
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

(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 (the
small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report)
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 my 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: March 30, 2009

By /s/ FRED W. BRACKEBUSCH Fred W. Brackebusch,
President, Treasurer & Director

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