One of the more unusual early gold rushes in the United States occurred on the Oregon Coast, when miners discovered gold deposits in the sand along the Pacific beaches. Not only was there gold scattered within the sand, but there was actually enough of it to be economically mined! Tiny specks of gold dust were […]
Oregon Gold
Gold Mining History of Canyon City, Oregon
Canyon City is credited for having the richest gold deposits anywhere in the state of Oregon at Whiskey Gulch on Canyon Creek near John Day. Miners had discovered gold in Eastern Oregon’s Blue Mountains the fall prior about 50 miles to the east in Auburn, but it wasn’t long before gold discoveries were being made […]
The Placers and Hard Rock Gold in Sumpter, OR
In 1862, the American Civil War was at its beginning stage when five men; Hugh Asbury, John Reel, Fletch Henderson, Bill Flanagan and Dick Johnson head out from South Carolina to the California Gold fields. They decided to camp near an area known today as the Cracker Creek, a tributary to the Powder River. While […]