Episode 5: Striking It Rich

Welcome To Oregon: A Oregon History & Lore Podcast · Oregon Voices Network

August 16, 202327m 38s

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Lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford begins the exciting story of Oregon's mining industry, and how everything that glitters isn't always gold.

Sources:

https://www.dcceew.gov.au/parks-heritage/heritage/places/national/wilgie-mia

https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-australia-oceania/wilgie-mia-ancient-mine-where-ochre-runs-red-kangaroo-blood-001425

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining#:~:text=The%20oldest%2Dknown%20mine%20on,make%20the%20red%20pigment%20ochre.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_genocide

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1850

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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center/mineral-industry-oregon#:~:text=Oregon%20is%20the%20only%20producer,clay%2C%20diatomite%2C%20and%20perlite.

https://www.ghosttowns.com/states/or/quartzville.html

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