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  2. Ogle Creek - Wikipedia

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    An Oregon City Mining Company employee had found placer gold along the upper Molalla in 1860. Over the next 40 years, many others filed mining claims in the Molalla watershed. The biggest claimant, the Ogle Mountain Mining Company, operated the Ogle Mountain Mine between 1903 and 1915.

  3. 11 Historical Photos That Prove Gold Prospecting Isn’t for ...

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    Tales of prospecting for gold may conjure up images of treasure hunters victoriously uncovering massive rocks of the valuable metal. In reality, prospecting was hard, back-breaking work, with days ...

  4. Gold mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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    It was the largest gold mining district in Southern California. [20] In 2018 California produced 140,000 troy ounces (4,400 kg) of gold from its only operating mine, the Mesquite mine (owned by Equinox Gold Corp.) in Imperial County, which restarted active mining in 2007, having been inactive since 2001. [21] [22

  5. Canyon City, Oregon - Wikipedia

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    Canyon City was established in June 1862 as a result of the discovery of gold in Canyon Creek, which flows from the south to meet the John Day River at John Day. [10] As up to 10,000 miners flocked to Whiskey Gulch and other sections of the canyon during the early stages of the rush , land values between Canyon City and John Day rose to about ...

  6. Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge - Wikipedia

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    The Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge is a historic gold dredge located in Sumpter, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Gold was discovered in Sumpter in 1862. Gold was discovered in Sumpter in 1862. Three gold dredges were put into service in the Sumpter Valley district between 1912 and 1934.

  7. Bohemia mining district - Wikipedia

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    The Bohemia mining district is an area of about 9 square miles (23 km 2) in the Cascade Range of the U.S. state of Oregon. Near Bohemia Mountain in Lane County, about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Cottage Grove, the district was the most productive of the mining areas in the Western Cascades. Beginning in the 1860s, mines in the district ...