Dredging up the Past in Sumpter Valley
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Volcanoguy
N 44° 41.418 W 118° 04.911
11T E 414275 N 4949116
History sign along Sumpter Valley on Ore. Hwy. 7
Waymark Code: WM2V4X
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 12/23/2007
Views: 21
History sign along Ore. Hwy. 7 near eastern end of Sumpter Valley.
Marker Name: Dredging up the Past in Sumpter Valley
Marker Text: Periods of dredging activity were influenced by the fluctuating prices of gold, the Great Depression, the Second World War, and a few equipment breakdowns.
Three gold dredges mined Sumpter Valley, on and off, from 1913 to 1954.
The dredges dug up about 2,500 acres of farmland and extracted approximately $10,000,000 in gold.
The dredging era ended when profitable land for mining became scarce.
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