Greenhorn — Baker County

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Greenhorn — Baker County

Gold Mining Site OR • Baker County County
Description
50 miles west of Baker you will find the Greenhorn district. This is located near the ghost town of Whitney in the east part of the Greenhorn Mountains, with some overlap into Grant County. This district produced over 90,000 ounces of lode gold and 15,000 of placer gold. Most of the streams and gulches around Winterville, Parkerville and McNamee gulches have had productive placers.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: baker_or.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Greenhorn. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. 50 miles west of Baker you will find the Greenhorn district. This is located near the ghost town of Whitney in the east part of the Greenhorn Mountains, with some overlap into Grant County. This district produced over 90,000 ounces of lode gold and 15,000 of placer gold. Most of the streams and gulches around Winterville, Parkerville and McNamee gulches have had productive placers.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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