The Bureau of Land Management’s Vale District is seeking public comments on a draft environmental assessment for a proposed gold mining operation on public land near the former site of Auburn, the ...

McCully House Inn, the best known Gold Rush era mansion in southern Oregon, is for sale months ... expensive and palatial residences in the gold mining town. The inn’s storied past also ...

So, what makes Sumpter so fascinating? This area of Oregon was gold-rich, and it grew as a mining town in late 1912. When a dredge was built, gold could be mined much more efficiently. 1934 saw ...

Highlights: Gold has been designated as a strategic mineral in the United States by President Trump Previous operators have ...