Josephine County Oregon Gold Production - Western Mining …
WEBThe major gold-producing districts in Josephine County are the Galice, Grants Pass, Greenback, Illinois River, Lower Applegate, and Waldo. Circle markers locate the gold mines of the Josephine County Gold Districts.
Gold | Gold. Grants Pass, Josephine Co., Oregon. (Collection
WEBJul 30, 2009 · Gold. Grants Pass, Josephine Co., Oregon. (Collection of the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum. Golden, Colo.)
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Gold Discovery in Josephine County - Articles from the Historical ...
WEBGold Discovery in Josephine County. By Michael Oaks. Gold was first discovered in Josephine County May 2nd of 1851 on Josephine Creek. Gold was found next on Canyon Creek the same year. Both of these streams are tributaries of the Illinois River.
Oregon Gold Rush - Highway 199
WEBThe search for gold in Oregon reaches back to the first immigrants coming into this state in the 1840s. These searches were all small scale panning at places where gold prospecting looked promising to people traveling through the country.
State of Oregon: Oregon Ghost Towns - Oregon Mining
WEB(Courtesy of Oregon Historical Society) Enlarge Image Oregon’s history is rich with gold. Whole towns were born, lived, and died in the search for the precious metal. The first gold nuggets were discovered in the 1850s on the Illinois River and creeks near Jacksonville.
WEBGold nuggets found in the vicinity of Baker City, Oregon. Largest nugget is the famous Armstrong nugget, weighing 80.4 ounces. These nuggets are part of a large collection of gold on display in the lobby of the Baker City Branch, …
History of Grants Pass - VisitGrantsPass
WEBIn 1852, sailors who had deserted their ship near Crescent City started for the newly discovered gold fields at Jacksonville, but found rich deposits at a location in the Illinois Valley just 25 miles south of the present Grants Pass.
Oregon back country is rich in legends of buried treasure
WEBJan 16, 2011 · For years, treasure seekers scrounged around the area, looking under every leaf. As far as anyone knows, they found nothing. Then, in 1933, a gold prospector named C.L. Eubanks, beating the bushes along the creek, came across a manzanita tree with some peculiar carvings on the trunk.
Grant County Oregon Gold Production – Western Mining History
WEBThe important gold-producing districts in Grant County were the Canyon Creek, Granite, Greenhorn (partly in Baker County), North Fork, Quartzburg, and Susanville. From 1880 to 1899, Grant County produced $3,022,564 (about 146,000 ounces) in gold (Lindgren, 1901, p. …
Columbia Gold Mine Near Grants Pass, Oregon - The Diggings
WEBThe Columbia Gold Mine, situated near Grants Pass, Oregon, holds significance as a part of the Grants Pass Mining District. This underground mining operation encompasses both surface and underground workings, with a single shaft being present.