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Exhibit 99.2

                         CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                          18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                          AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
               SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Annual Report of New Jersey Mining Company
(the "Company") on Form 10-KSB for the period ended December 31, 2002, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Grant A. Brackebusch, Vice President of the Company, certify to
the best of my knowledge, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant
to Sec. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

    (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
     15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

    (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
     material respects, the financial condition and result of operations
     of the Company.


/s/Grant A. Brackebusch
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Grant A. Brackebusch
Vice President
March 25, 2003




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