Nuggets — Josephine County

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Nuggets — Josephine County

Gold Mining Site OR • Josephine County County
Description
A number of nuggets the size of chicken eggs have been found in placer gravels and pocket deposits. The largest recorded nugget was found in 1859 on the East Fork of Althouse Creek below the Briggs Pocket. It weighed 17 pounds. Another nugget weighing 15 pounds was found in gravels near the Esterly hydraulic cut in the early 1860s. Despite the abundance of nuggets in Josephine County, most gold recovered in placer mining operations is fine flakes.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: josephine_or.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Nuggets. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. A number of nuggets the size of chicken eggs have been found in placer gravels and pocket deposits. The largest recorded nugget was found in 1859 on the East Fork of Althouse Creek below the Briggs Pocket. It weighed 17 pounds. Another nugget weighing 15 pounds was found in gravels near the Esterly hydraulic cut in the early 1860s. Despite the abundance of nuggets in Josephine County, most gold recovered in placer mining operations is fine flakes.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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