THE OREGON NATURALIST. 



names at the bottom, together witii any 

 memoranda deemed helpful. 



Angus G.^ines, 

 Vincennes, Ind. 



GOLD MINES TRIBU TARV TO BAKER 

 CITY, OREGON. 



A complete lijt of the mines tributary to 

 Baker City, compiled liy Mr. F. R. Mellis of 

 Baker City, gives in addition to name and 

 owneis, the district, mineralogica! formation, 

 character of output and other information. 

 There are given 36 districts as follows: 



Auburn District, formation porpliyry, has 

 ten gold mines. 



Bay Horse District, formation limestone, has 

 tive silver and j^old mines, one coal, one 

 gypsum and one kaolin mine. 



Big Creek District, formation dolorite, has 

 two copper and gold mines. 



Bonanza District, formation metamorphic 

 slate, has 16 gold mines. 



Cable Cove District, formation metamorphic 

 slate; north wall, granite; south wall, porphyry; 

 iias 47 gold mines. 



Cabell District, formation metamorphic 

 slate, has 1 5 silver and gold, and three gold 

 mines. 



Cam]) Carson, formation slate and granite, 

 has three gold mines. 



Cow Creek District, formation porphyry, 

 has five gold mines. 



Conner Creek District, formation limestone, 

 has four gold mines. 



Cornucopia District, formation slate and 

 granite, has 14 gold mines. 



Cracker Creek District, formation slate, 

 has 20 gold mines. 



Elk horn District, formation metamorphic 

 slate; noith wall, granite; south wall, porphyry, 

 has one silver and gold, and 24 gold mines. 



Granite District has one silver, two silver 

 and gold, and 23 gold mines. 



Greenlnjrn District, formation metamorphic 

 slate; norih wall, granite; south wall limestone 

 has 18 silver an 1 gold mines. 



Hannover District, formation metamorphic 

 slate, has five gold mines. 



Idol City District, has one gold mine. 



Malheur District, formation porphyry and 

 granite, has 1 1 gold mines. 



Minersville District, hase three gold mines. 



Mormon Basin, formation granite and 

 porphyry, has 17 gold mines. 



North Fork District, has six gold mines. 



North Powder District, formation porphyry, 

 has five gold mines. 



I'edro Mountain District, formation granite, 

 has 15 gold mines. 



Po;ohontas District, formation porphyry anfl 

 limestone, has one lime, and 21 gold mines. 



Quartzhurg District, has 18 gold mines. 



Robinson District, formation porphyry and 

 metamorjihic .slate, has one silver and gold, 

 and nine gold mines. 



Rock Creek District, formation metamorphic 

 slate, has eight silver and gold, and four gold 

 mines. 



Rye Valley District, formation slate and 

 granite, has two silver, one coal, and 17 gold 

 mines. 



Sanger District, formation slate and 

 porphyry, has one copper, and 27 gold mines. 



Sparta District, formation porphyry, has 21 

 gold mines. 



Slice's Gulch District, has six gold mines. 



Sumpter District, has five gold mines. 



Sutton Creek District, formation porphyry, 

 has two gold mines. 



Susanville District, formation slate and 

 piorphyry; northwall, granite; south wall, lime- 

 stone, has nine gold mines. 



Timber Canyon District, formation gneiss 

 and granite, has seven gold mines. 



Virtue District; formation metamorphic slate 

 and limestone, has 33 gold mines. 



Weatlierby District, formation slate, has 15 

 gold mines. Making 483 mines tributary to 

 Baker City, iienrly all of which are gold. 



