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Quartzville Creek is a 28-mile (45 km) tributary of the Middle Santiam River in Linn County in the U.S. state of Oregon. [4] It is paralleled by the Quartzville Back Country Byway and used for recreation, including camping, fishing, hunting, kayaking , and gold panning . [ 6 ]
Quartzville Road Back Country Byway: Oregon: 50 80 Quartzville Road and US 20 near Foster: Forest Road 11 and OR 22 south of Marion Forks: Route follows the wild and scenic Quartzville Creek through Willamette National Forest in the Oregon Cascades. Natural features include old growth forests, rocky outcroppings, and wildflower meadows, while ...
Cascade Falls is a waterfall from the Quartzville Creek in Linn County, Oregon. [1] The waterfall is known for being a point for river rafting through the Quartzville corridor and is the centerpiece attraction of the Dogwood Recreation Site.
The strip includes five major mining districts: the Bohemia and Fall Creek in Lane County; the North Santiam in Clackamas and Marion counties; the Quartzville in Linn County, and the Blue River in Linn and Lane counties. [1] The Bohemia mining district had its own post office for about 30 years. It was established in 1893 and shut down in 1922.
The Harris River Ranch property, over 7,000 acres near the Kings River along Trimmer Springs Road, has been proposed as a special study area and added to the Fresno County general plan.
Quartzville, New Zealand, an 1870s mining settlement in the Carrick Range during the Otago gold rush and another near Waiorongomai, Waikato in the 1880s Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name.
[2] Quartzville was a town based on temperance, causing saloon owner Adam Hamilton to move his saloon to Kernville, the rival town of Quartzburg since both towns shared the Big Blue Mine, which employed 200 people. In 1883, the mine burned down and activity in the mine was minimal until it finally ceased in 1907.
In the late 1800s, gold mining was being carried out at a location about 12 km south of Batlow on the Paddy's River. This location, named Quartzville, was home at one point to about 2,000 people. A dam for the washing of alluvial gold and sluicing operations was constructed at the site.