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A gold mining town 4 miles east of Takilma in the Illinois River Valley. [12] Alma: 1880s Unknown Lane: A It was the location of a work camp for the county Department of Corrections in Lane County until 2008. [13] Andrews: 1880 1996 Harney: C When it burned down in 1996, the community became a ghost town. [14] Anlauf: 1901 1946 Douglas: D ...
The mines continued to grow, and Cornucopia was responsible for 66% of the gold in Oregon in 1939. The census in 1940 recorded 352 residents and the mines were the 7th largest in the nation. [ 2 ] However, in the beginning of 1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt closed all gold mining operations in America so that miners could focus on ...
Buncom (also spelled Bunkum or Buncombe) is an abandoned mining town at the confluence of the Little Applegate River and Sterling Creek in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. It is approximately 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Medford, [2] at an elevation of 1,783 feet (543.5 m) above sea level.
Usually the mines are said to contain valuable elements or minerals such as gold, silver or diamonds. Often there is a map or other document allegedly detailing the history or location of the mine. Common to all the lost mine legends is the idea of a valuable and mysterious resource being lost to history.
A gold mine could reopen in the Sierra Nevada. Environmentalists fear air pollution, empty wells and toxic waste.
Jawbone Flats is a ghost town in Marion County, Oregon, United States. It is located along Opal Creek, approximately 22 miles (35 km) from Salem, the state capitol, and is accessible via the Opal Pool Loop trail. [1] Established in 1931, Jawbone Flats was a mining camp founded after miners discovered gold in the region in 1859. [2]
The abandoned town was eventually used by Chinese miners, who took over the abandoned mines. Several years later, they were driven out as the previous inhabitants (the European settlers) returned from the Salmon River. [2] A hydraulic mine was built, and in 1885, a schoolhouse was built about a 1 ⁄ 2-mile (0.80 km) downstream from Golden. [2] [3]
Galena is an unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon, United States, about 20 miles (32 km) from Austin Junction in the Blue Mountains. [1] It is on the Middle Fork John Day River in the Malheur national forest. The former gold mining camp is considered a ghost town. [2]