Before Oregon was known for timber, it was known for gold. That’s the underlying message of the new book “Oregon Gold: A History of Mining from the Civil War into the Progressive Era.” Its author, ...
Paramount Gold has submitted its operations plan to federal regulators and is closer to a permit decision from the state of Oregon, but still faces a long road to approval. The Nevada-based company ...
A Nevada-based company wants to build Oregon’s first chemical-process gold mine in Malheur County, about 22 miles south of Vale. The federal government is asking for input on Paramount Gold’s proposal ...
On an active claim, a miner has paid a $125 annual maintenance fee. Rogue River-Siskiyou: 1,173 Wallowa-Whitman: 1,020 Malheur : 88 Umatilla: 43 BAKER CITY -- With mountain snows melting and gold ...