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164 Leslie M. Scx)tt
In Eastern Oregon, Burnt River[1] and Malheur River[2] yielded surface gold.^ The rich diggpings were in none of these places, however. The most famous localities may be listed as follows, with the years of their discovery:
Rogue River (Oregon): Table Rock, 1849; Jacksonville, 1851 ; Gold Beach, 1853.«>
Colville (Washington), 1855; Pend Oreille River »^
Thompson River (British Columbia), 1856-57.***
Fraser River (British Columbia), 1856-57.**
Similkameen River (British Columbia), 1859.**
Rock Creek (British Columbia), 1859.«*
Cariboo (British Columbia), 1860.^
Clearwater River (Idaho), 1860; Oro Fino Creek, Rhodes Creek, Elk City district, French Creek, Canal Gulch.*^
John Day River (Oregon), 1861 .*»
Gold Creek (Montana), 1861.«>
Powder River (Oregon), 1861}^
Salmon River (Idaho), 1861; Warren's Diggings, Flor- ence.^~
Boise Basin (Idaho), 1862.i«2
Grasshopper Creek (Montana), 1862; Bannack.****
Owyhee River (Idaho), 1863; Jordan Creek.i<>*
89 A history of gold nunmg in Eastern Oregon appears in The Oregontan. September 14* 1865, p. 2.
90 Sec note 10, preceding.
91 See note 18, preceding.
92 See note 36. preceding.
93 See note ^6, preceding.
94 See note 62, preceding.
95 See note 62, preceding. „ , ^. ^ . ,
96 See Howay's British Columbia, pp. 73-84; «l«o. The Oregontan. January 13, February 18, 1863; Trimble's Mining Advance, pp. 46-56; Bancroft's British Coiumbia, pp. 472-51 9- ^ ^. -
97 Sec notes 22, 26, preceding.
98 See note 21, preceding. ^ . ,.» , .^ •
99 See Bancroft's Montana, p. 616. Trimble's Mining Advance, p. 79-
100 See note 24. preceding.
101 Sec note 27, preceding.
102 See note 28, preceding.
103 See Trimble's Mininjg Advance, p. 80.
104 See note 77* preceding.