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There was another method of looking for gold by piling the rocks from the bed 
of a stream. In Southern Oregon, Jackson Co. there were many Chinese miners. 
On one creek in particular, Forest Creek, the Chinese piled rocks from the 
bed of the stream onto the banks in order to locate gold. The very large 
piles are still there and can be seen from Hwy. 237 out of Jacksonville 
toward the communities of Ruch and Applegate.

Baker Co. also had many Chinese miners as listed in the 1880 census.

A very interesting period of time in Oregon History. My Grandfather, Guy 
Colin Scott Cooper roamed all over Eastern Oregon looking for gold as did his 
father, DeWitt and uncle, Theodore Henry (Harry) Cooper - 1880's to 1900. 
Apparently none of them ever "hit the jackpot".

Carroll (Cooper) Summers

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 pressure water hosing. There is a photo of this. The miners hosed
 to wash out dirt in order to get to gold without dry mining.
 
 
 according to this rare book I have:
 Susanville was one of the most popular of all gold strikes in the
 eastern part of the state. In 1865 gold was found there and thousands
 of people flocked to its hills. Susanville precinct had 52 
 inhabitants in 1890, 276 in 1900, 280 in 1910, 103 in 1920, 87 in
 1930. I think Susanville went bust around 1933 when gold prices
 were frozen at 35 dollars per troy ounce.
 
 David
 
 Verdena Veelle wrote:
 > 
 > Anybody have any information about the ghost town of Susanville?  What was
 > the method used to pile all of the rocks out of the creek-there are an 
awful
 > lot of them.  What years were people living there?  We recently visited the
 > area when we were over at John Day to see relatives.
 > Thanks for any information.
 > Verdena Veelle
 > vveelle at molalla.net
 > 
 >  >>