EXHIBIT 31.1
                                 CERTIFICATIONS

I,  Thomas  K.  Mancuso,  President  of  Western Goldfields, Inc., certify that:

1.     I  have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter
ended  June  30,  2004  of  Western  Goldfields,  Inc.;

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.     The  small  business  issuer's  other  certifying  officer(s)  and  I are
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;

     (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

     (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 (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.     The  small  business  issuer's  other  certifying  officer(s)  and 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

     (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: August 31,  2004



/s/ Thomas K. Mancuso
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Thomas  K.  Mancuso
President
Principal  Executive  Officer