East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-22

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gold was claimed to have been made
by some half-breeds in 1852 at the
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In Eastern Oregon, Too
Ten years after the discovery in |
Jackson county came the discovery on |
Burnt river in Eastern Oregon. 1t |
came about in this wise. Undoubtedly |
the first discovery of gold in Eastern
Oregon was that which has passed
into history as the "Blue Bucket
mines" Of this discovery two YER
sions are given.
A small party of emigrants were on
thelr way from tne Missourl river ~
the willamette Vaiiey anu caiilpeo d'
some poinI WHICH, 'ile ~ o.
w. j. Herren' supposed 10 oe OH the
upper olalcheS VI me M"'iieul
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the year loo7. "LLle az 'i!iS o"ii'P
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piece OIL SHINING Hie'ai oil '1io icon
ped OF the nearby creeN anu c'1l ieu
IL lfto camp DIS cul lo','S, 1tot'tl
specimen was louiu anu III "
announcer wagon III tile Pt'i ~ ~ w
III the party coul" Cell "li'' .H1
was, ana no one thousht VI 1t oeihe
sold' allhoush the piece" "elo Nom"
mered ana llatteheu OH d ""Soii ttle'
IL was sald tIese iiusse'9 "ei IN o"H
into a tool cheSt anu ios' anu lo' S''
ten. 40, ....a.
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that tram OF Immigrants niter sreaS
trials and perlls from lhuiaiiS any
naru 'ra'el, caiie ~ " t,o ToaIo. of
Malheur region "nere tne ie"uer Vi
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Find Shining PEBBLES
While here a woman of the party
+oox advantage of the stop and the
water in the creek to do some wash
inc with her clothes and her buck
cts she went down the little stream
below the camp to do her work, talk.
ing her children with her. While
thev were there the cildren played
and padded in the creek and picked
nm the prettv pebbles and threw them
In n bucket-a blue bucket-in which
thev were carried to the camp and
examined by all the party, hammered
on wagon tire, flattened out, and no
one could tell what the shining peb-
bIes were. but years afterwards, and
after the discovery of gold in Calitor-
mia a sailor, seeing one of the mug
gets. declared it to be goid. 1here
ere the Blue Bucket stories NO" lor
their work on real gold miners
Early in 1861, wonderful stories
reached California miners Oh srea'
gold discovery at ORC F1no' IN WASH
ington territory. AS a matter OF fact
there was no such place IN that terri
tory at that time. But Is serNeo 70
attract attention to new ana won
derful "diggins,' and to orlng lo',r
men up to Portland oregon, III Search
of these wonderful mines Ihese lour
men were David Llttletleld' henIy
Griffith, william Stafford ana III W.