Pocket Gold — Josephine County

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Pocket Gold — Josephine County

Gold Mining Site OR • Josephine County County
Description
Josephine County is noted for rich pockets of gold in close to the surface zones of supergene enrichment. Some of these pockets were fabulously rich though they were quickly mined out. The best known pocket digging was the Briggs Mine near the California line (see map), where masses of gold totaling 2,000 ounces were taken out in 1904. Slabs of gold up to 3 feet in length were reportedly recovered.
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: Pocket Gold. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Josephine County is noted for rich pockets of gold in close to the surface zones of supergene enrichment. Some of these pockets were fabulously rich though they were quickly mined out. The best known pocket digging was the Briggs Mine near the California line (see map), where masses of gold totaling 2,000 ounces were taken out in 1904. Slabs of gold up to 3 feet in length were reportedly recovered.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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