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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]
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.
name type elevation coordinate USGS map GNIS ID Agency Creek Quarry: Mine: 699 ft (213 m) Niagara Creek: 1137031: Ajax Mine: Mine: 2,356 ft (718 m) Mount Reuben
According to a 1904 dictionary of U.S. statutory language, "a mining district is a section of country usually designated by name and described or understood as being confined in certain boundaries, in which gold or silver or both are found in paying quantities, and which is worked therefor, under rules and regulations prescribed by the miners."
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 Hard Rock Miner's Handbook is a reference book that deals with the underground hard-rock mining industry. It was written by engineer Jack de la Vergne as a non-profit publication. [1] The first edition was published in 2000 by McIntosh Engineering, a mining engineering consulting company. [2]
On November 1, 2007, the US House passed the Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007 by a vote of 244–116. The bill would have permanently ended new patents for mining claims, imposed a royalty of 4% of gross revenues on existing mining extracting from unpatented mining claims, and placed an 8% royalty on new mining operations.
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.