By Tom Ashworth — CURRY COUNTY, OREGON County

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By Tom Ashworth — CURRY COUNTY, OREGON County

Gold Mining Site OR • CURRY COUNTY, OREGON County County
Description
LOCATION COUNTY: Curry County STATE: Oregon Ocean beaches along entire county, but especially North and South of the mouths of the Chetco and Rogue rivers, in black-sand deposits you will placer gold and platinum. All regional streams (gravel bars, benches, terraces), placers formerly worked and still yielding colors and nuggets to the seasonal gold panner.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Tom Ashworth). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: curry_or.shtml. Area: by Tom Ashworth. Map coordinates refined from text (landmark: "Tom, CURRY COUNTY, OREGON County, Oregon, USA"). Still approximate — verify on the ground. LOCATION COUNTY: Curry County STATE: Oregon Ocean beaches along entire county, but especially North and South of the mouths of the Chetco and Rogue rivers, in black-sand deposits you will placer gold and platinum. All regional streams (gravel bars, benches, terraces), placers formerly worked and still yielding colors and nuggets to the seasonal gold panner.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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