rhirtem VacaUoTi Land — The National Forests in Oregon 



Several side trips of interest may be taken. A road passable to wagons leads 

 from Copper to the Blue Ledge copper mine near the summit of the Siskiyou ^loun- 

 tains. This mine is not being operated at the present time. Another road takes 

 one to the Sterling gold mine. Here hydraulic mining is being conducted on an 

 extensive scale. 



When traveling by wagon or pack train, less frequented places can be easily 

 reached. A favorite short trip is from Ashland up Blount Ashland, 7,662 feet in 

 altitude, from which a magnificent view of Rogue River Valley, Shasta Valley, the 

 Cascade Range, and the Siskiyou ^Mountains is obtainable. The distance is about 

 12 miles and can be made on horseback. 



For those who desire a more strenuous mountain climb Blount ^IcLoughlin and 

 Mount Thielsen offer excitement. Both of these mountains are very steep and 

 rocky. Mount Thielsen can be reached from a camp on Diamond Lake. Blount 

 McLoughlin may be climbed from either one of two approaches, from Fish Lake or 

 Fourmile Lake. The Forest Ser\dce has built a lookout house on Mount Mc- 

 Loughlin for fire-protection purposes. This is used during the summer months and 

 is connected by telephone mth ranger headquarters. 



From Butte Falls several roads radiate into the Forest, making accessible points 

 of interest to the camper or sportsman. Fishing is good in the South Fork of 

 Rogue River, which is reached by an iS-mile trip by wagon road. It is about the 

 same distance by road to the headwaters of Rancheria Creek, where deer are fairly 

 plentiful and where there are a number of good trout streams. 



The southern part of the Forest, in the Dead Indian, Soda Creek, and Little 

 Butte Creek watersheds, has a network of roads and trails. There are a number 

 of settlers in this country. Horse feed is plentiful along the streams in open tim- 

 ber and on bunch-grass hillsides. Deer hunting is fair but not so good as in less- 

 frequented localities. Fishing is good in most of the streams. Many people camp 

 at Soda Springs for the fishing and hunting and the mineral water. 



The city of ^ledford obtains its water from Little Butte Creek, which rises in 

 Fish Lake. For the protection of the purity of the drinking water, camping is not 

 permitted near these waters. 



Dead Indian Soda Springs is reached from Medford over the Bro\vnsboro 

 Road to Lake Creek post office, thence by the way of the new Forest Ser\dce 

 automobile road up the South Fork of Little Butte Creek, a total distance of 

 about ^o miles. 



