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Oregon
Sterlingville hydraulic gold-rush boomtown
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, miners' candle holders, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1854-1957 placer and hydraulic gold camp
Gold-rush town founded in 1854 on Sterling Creek that topped 1,500 people, with stores, a casino, a dance hall and saloons. The 1877 Sterling Ditch fed the largest hydraulic mine in Oregon; mining revived from 1933 to 1957, after which the town was abandoned and destroyed.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
hydraulic cuts, loose rock piles
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