Record Details
pages 176-177
Oregon Digital
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Identifier | ORU_WTXT_025ck http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,331 |
| Title | pages 176-177 |
| Relation | The Columbia Unveiled |
| Date | 2004-07-14 |
| Rights | This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested. |
| Type | page |
| Format | Scanned from originals using Silverfast AI 6.0 on UMAX Powerlook III flatbed scanner. Scanned images saved as 16 bit grayscale tiffs. 106,516 bytes 8 bit - Gray Gamma 2.2 - grayscale Omnipage 14 used to OCR 8 bit grayscale tiffs and generate text files for full text access. 16 bit grayscale tiffs edited in Photoshop 6.0: cropped, rotated, reduced in size, levels adjusted from 0 - 1.00 - 255 to 0 - 1.00 - 249, bit depth reduced to 8 and JPEGs created. |
| Description | begin at the summit of the Selkirks and extend westerly crossing the Columbia into Gold Range. Gold was discovered in the gravels of the channels in 1865 and a stampede was made to the district. Placer mining was extensively carried on for several years, but proved disappointing, and is now abandoned except for a few prospectors who eke out a precarious livelihood by crude methods. Mr. Allen still has confidence in the district and claims he knows where there are several rich pay-streaks, but... |
