Prairie City — GRANT County

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Prairie City — GRANT County

Gold Mining Site OR • GRANT County County
Description
Dixie Creek produced over 20,000 ounces of placer gold and all of the creeks around Prairie City contain placer gold to some extent.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Tom Ashworth). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: grant_or.shtml. Area: Prairie City. Map coordinates refined from text (landmark: "Prairie, GRANT County, Oregon, USA"). Still approximate — verify on the ground. Dixie Creek produced over 20,000 ounces of placer gold and all of the creeks around Prairie City contain placer gold to some extent.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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