Richland — BAKER County

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Richland — BAKER County

Gold Mining Site OR • BAKER County County
Description
40 miles east of Baker on Route 86, along the West drainage of the Snake River between the mouths of the Burnt River and the Powder River you can find some rich placer gold areas. In Eagle Creek gravels it was so rich at in one section when it was first discovered miners were getting 1 ounce of gold per cubic yard of placer gravels.
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: Richland. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. 40 miles east of Baker on Route 86, along the West drainage of the Snake River between the mouths of the Burnt River and the Powder River you can find some rich placer gold areas. In Eagle Creek gravels it was so rich at in one section when it was first discovered miners were getting 1 ounce of gold per cubic yard of placer gravels.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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