The Gold Fields of Eastern Oregon

The Gold Fields of Eastern Oregon
Author: Baker City Chamber of Commerce
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2014-10-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781502879806

Mining historian Kerby Jackson introduces us to a classic mining work in this important re-issue of “Commercial Report on the Gold Fields of Eastern Oregon”. Unavailable since 1900, this publication was originally compiled by the Baker City Chamber of CommerceOffering important insights into the gold mining history of Eastern Oregon, “The Gold Fields of Eastern Oregon” sheds a rare light on many of the gold mines that were operating at the turn of the 19th Century in Baker County and Grant County in North Eastern Oregon. Some of the areas featured include the Cable Cove District, Baisely-Elhorn, Granite, Red Boy, Bonanza, Susanville, Sparta, Virtue, Vaughn, Sumpter, Burnt River, Rye Valley and other mining districts.Included is basic information on not only many gold mines that are well known to those interested in Eastern Oregon mining history, but also many mines and prospects which have been mostly lost to the passage of time. Accompanying are numerous rare photos.Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As such, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.

Gold Mining in Eastern Oregon

Gold Mining in Eastern Oregon
Author: United States Bureau Mines
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2014-11-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781503172128

Mining historian Kerby Jackson introduces us to a classic mining work in this important re-issue of the United States Bureau of Mines publication "Gold Mining and Milling in North Eastern Oregon." Originally published in 1938, this important publication on Oregon Mining has not been available for over a century. Included in this volume are important insights into the famous mining districts of Eastern Oregon during the late 1930's. Particular attention is given to those gold mines with milling and concentrating facilities in the Greenhorn, Red Boy, Alamo, Bonanza, Granite, Cable Cove, Cracker Creek, Virtue, Keating, Medical Springs, Sanger, Sparta, Chicken Creek, Mormon Basin, Connor Creek, Cornucopia and the Bull Run Mining Districts. Some of the mines featured include the Ben Harrison, North Pole-Columbia, Highland Maxwell, Baisley-Elkhorn, White Swan, Balm Creek, Twin Baby, Gem of Sparta, New Deal, Gleason, Gifford-Johnson, Cornucopia, Record, Bull Run, Orion and others. Of particular interest are the mill flow sheets and descriptions of milling operations of these mines. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As such, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.

Gold and Silver in Oregon

Gold and Silver in Oregon
Author: Howard C. Brooks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780984369881

Gold and Silver in Oregon is the de facto standard on Gold and Silver Mining in Oregon. This rare book was originally published in 1968 by the State of Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Resources and is now back in print from Miningbooks.com. The book breaks the state of Oregon's Gold and Silver Deposits into two parts: Eastern and Western. In depth history is provided on the locations along with numerous maps showing locations of the deposits and mines, schematics on the mines, production histories, geology, and more. Over 300 pages packed full of information.

Historic Baker City, Oregon

Historic Baker City, Oregon
Author: Baker County Friends of the Library
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738520704

To reach points of commerce for gold assaying or buying supplies, miners from the gold mining boom town of Auburn followed the Oregon Trail east or north. Where the pioneers entered Baker Valley from the gold fields, Baker City sprang up as the county seat of Baker County, named after Colonel Edward Baker, a senator from Oregon. For many years following its birth in 1864, Baker City was the largest town between Salt Lake City and Portland. It was a bustling depot for both stagecoach and rail travel. Gathered in this volume are over 200 photographs focusing on the historic past of Baker City, as well as the restored Victorian charm of its Main Street. From Baker City's colorful early days, images capture the grand hotel, opera house, lively saloon district, Chinese settlement, and people and industries of the area. This photographic history brings to life the past and present places and events of Baker City and Baker County.

150 Years of Eastern Oregon History

150 Years of Eastern Oregon History
Author: Joseph H. Labadie
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2017-01-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 145754895X

This book is a real story about an ordinary family from Albia, Iowa, who in 1862 crossed the Oregon Trail and settled in the lower Powder River Valley in what today is Baker City, Oregon. Within two years, family members were part of a thriving dry-goods and mercantile business in the gold-mining town of Mormon Basin, selling rubber boots, shovels, and liquor to both American and Chinese miners. By the late 1860s, the easy gold had been panned and sluiced out so the miners moved on to chase bigger dreams in newer places. So too did some of the family members; they sold their business interests and with a saddlebag full of gold rode north to Umatilla County, Oregon, where in 1871 they started a ranch and cattle business. Portions of James Shumway’s Couse Creek Ranch near Milton-Freewater are still owned by descendants; it is an Oregon State Centennial Ranch. This book uses old photographs, letters, documents, business journals, personal diaries, and contemporary research to recount 150 years of Barton–Shumway family history in eastern Oregon. It is a story told through the lives of some of the real people who survived it.

Oregon's Golden Years

Oregon's Golden Years
Author: Miles F. Potter
Publisher: Caxton Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1976
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780870042546

Gold! A single handful of shiny nuggets changed Oregon from a quiet settlement in the Willamette Valley to a brawling frontier that stretched from the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean. Thousands of adventuresome souls faced staggering hardships as they streamed across two thousand miles of America's wasteland and then, armed with pick and shovel, headed for the mines.