August to December 1900


Excerpted from USGS Reports
The Gold Belt of the Blue Mountains
of Oregon
by Waldemar Lindgren




Robinsonville District
--Placer Deposits--

Robinsonville is an old, celebrated placer camp, but at present consists only of a few dilapadated log cabins.

Robinsonville Gulch and several other small streams as far south as McNamee Gulch have been extensively worked for placer gold, and some work of this kind is done at the present time at the last-names locality. The gravels were shallow, resting in flat gulches, and were rich in high-grade gold.

About 5 miles south of Robinsonville, at an elevation of 5,100 feet, on the road to Austin, is McNamee Gulch, reported very rich in early days. A $14,000 nugget was found here.

These stories are available to our electronic readers as part of our contribution to the information available on the Internet. We're interested in hearing from you especially if you've been to Eastern Oregon, the Wallowas, the Blues, or if you know of Prof. Lindgren and his trips to the many other gold camps in the West. These stories are available to our electronic readers as part of our contribution to the information available on the Internet. We hope you enjoy the stories and if you have questions or comments please send a message to editor, Keith Whittle

More on Waldemar Lindgren:
[Editor's Introduction | "Gold Belt of Eastern Oregon"]

Read our other gold mining editions:
[Sumpter, Oregon 1900 | Gold Seekers Rush to California]
[ Oregon: Land of Gold & Opportunity | Dequille Reports from the Comstock]

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