China Bar. Josephine County.
China Bar is approximately
one-half mile north of where Mule Creek joins the Rogue River. China Bar was
the location of a community of Chinese placer miners who worked the area from
the 1860's to the 1880's. The bar is named after Chow Long, an early Chinese
placer miner. China Bar is within the Rogue National Wild and Scenic River. Reference: U.S.G.S. quadrangle, 7.5’ series, Kelsey
Peak, Oregon, 1998; “Rogue River Float Guide” 2004.
China Bar Rapids. Josephine County.
China Bar Rapids
is on the Rogue River between Mule Creek and China Bar. The rapids are approximately
0.2. miles in length and rated as Class II. The name is derived from nearby
China Bar. See China Bar, Josephine County. Reference: U.S.G.S. quadrangle, 7.5’
series, Kelsey Peak, Oregon, 1998; “Rogue River Float Guide” 2004. Photo.
China Basin. Josephine County.
China Basin
is a valley within the Siskiyou Mountains. Nearby streams such as China Creek2,
Munger Creek, and West and East Fork Williams River flow into it. The basin is
drained by the Williams River. China Basin lies within the Galice Mining
District. See China Creek2, Josephine County. Reference: U.S.G.S. quadrangle, 7.5’ series, Williams,
Oregon,1980; “Comment on the Proposal to Designate 13 Areas for OHV Use” 2008.
China Creek1. Josephine County.
China Creek1 flows southeasterly into Taylor Creek. It is within the Lower Applegate Mining
District. Reference: Koschmann and
Bergendahl 1968; U.S.G.S. quadrangle, 7.5’ series, Mount
Peavine, Oregon, 1998; Recreational Activities-Trails n.d.
China Creek2. Josephine County.
China Creek2 flows in a southeasterly direction into China Basin, approximately 2 miles west
of the town of Williams. The creek lies within the Galice Mining District. See China Basin, Josephine County. Reference:
Koschmann and Bergendahl 1968; U.S.G.S. quadrangle, 7.5’ series, Williams,
Oregon, 1980.
China Creek Road. Josephine County.
China Creek
Road is near China Creek2 in the town of Williams. Reference: U.S.G.S. quadrangle, 7.5’ series, Williams,
Oregon, 1980; “China Creek Road.”
China Garden. Josephine County.
China Garden
is on the east side of Sucker Creek adjacent to a lode mine. There are numerous
mines in the area. Reference: U.S.G.S. quadrangle, 7.5’ series, Oregon
Caves, Oregon-California, 1996.
China Gulch1. Josephine County.
The stream in
China Gulch1 flows through the gulch in a northerly direction and joins Wolf
Creek. It is within the Greenback Mining District and evidence of mining activity
is extensive.
Reference: Koschmann
and Bergendahl 1968; U.S.G.S. quadrangle, 7.5’ series, Golden,
Oregon, 1996.
China Gulch2. Josephine County.
China Gulch2 stream flows into the Rogue River in an area that is part of the Rogue National
Wild and Scenic River Corridor and the Galice Mining District. Reference: Koschmann
and Bergendahl 1968; U.S.G.S. quadrangle, 7.5’ series, Bunker Creek, Oregon, 1998.
China Gulch Rapids. Josephine County.
China Gulch
Rapids is in the Rogue River where it is joined by China Gulch2. The
rapids are in the Galice Mining District. Reference: Koschmann and Bergendahl
1968; U.S.G.S. quadrangle, 7.5’ series, Bunker
Creek, Oregon, 1998. Photo.
Chinaman Hat. Josephine County.
Chinaman Hat
is a peak that stands at 3544 feet above sea level, being surrounded on the
west and south side by the South Fork Silver Creek. The shape of the peak is
roughly conical, suggesting the appearance of the peasant hat worn by Chinese
immigrants in the later part of the 1800's. Reference: U.S.G.S. quadrangle, 7.5’
series, York Butte, Oregon, 1980.
Chinamans Ditch Trail. Josephine County.
Chinamans
Ditch Trail is southeast of the town of Williams. The ditch was presumably dug by Chinese laborers. It
brought water to the Layton Mine itself near the Lower Applegate Mining
District. The trail follows the ditch over both public and
private land for a distance of 13 miles. The trail head is at Rock Creek. Reference:
Koschmann and Bergendahl
1968; U.S.G.S. quadrangle 7.5’ series, Tallowbox Mountain, Oregon,
1996; Environmental Assessment for the Scattered Apples Forest Management Project 1999.
Coyote Creek Chinese Placer Mines. Josephine County.
Coyote Creek
was the location of several hundred Chinese miners in the 1860's.
Reference: U.S.G.S. quadrangle 7.5’
series, Golden, Oregon, 1998; Grave Creek Watershed Analysis, v. 2. 1999:145.
Gin Lin’s Josephine Camp. Josephine County.
Gin Lin, a
Chinese placer gold miner, relocated from Jackson County to the gold mining area along
the Rogue River near Galice Creek in 1885. He returned to China in 1894 and
died there in 1897. See Gin Lin's Camp, Jackson County; Gin Lin's Ditch, Jackson County; Gin Lin's Mining Trail, Jackson County. Reference:
LaLande 1981: 31, 81; U.S.G.S. quadrangle 7.5’ series, Galich, Oregon,
1998. Photo.
Kerbyville Chinese Camp. Josephine County.
Kerbyville
Chinese Camp was established by Chinese miners in 1854. Kerbyville is now known
as Kirby. Reference; Mead 2006: 270.
Sailors Diggings Chinese Lumber Mill. Josephine County.
Sailors
Diggings Chinese Lumber Mill provided cut lumber for the miners of Sailors
Diggings in the mid 1800's. Sailors Diggings refers to the mining district that
became known as Waldo Mining District. A post office was established in the
diggings with the name Waldo in 1856. Reference: Althouse Creek Watershed
Assessment 2005; Walter n.d.
Tyee Bar. Josephine County.
Tyee Bar is
on the Rogue River four miles downstream from the confluence of Grave Creek and
the Rogue River. As many as 300 Chinese placer miners worked the area in the
1880's.
Reference: U.S.G.S. quadrangle 7.5’ series, Bunker Creek,
Oregon, 1998; “Rogue River Float Guide” 2004.
Waldo Chinatown. Josephine County.
Waldo Chinatown was a series of small structures closely spaced behind the store on
the main street of the town of Waldo. In existence by 1858, the Chinatown was
more of a residential area than commercial center. Exuberant celebrations with
firecrackers are thought to have been the reason that it was destroyed by fire.
The Chinatown and Waldo itself no longer existed by the 1930's. Reference:
Brandt n.d.; Francis n.d.
Waldo Chinese Cemetery. Josephine County.
Waldo Chinese
Cemetery is near Cave Junction about five miles southwest of Waldo Road and BLM
Road 40-8-28. The remains of those buried there were removed and sent to China
by a Chinese association in California in the 1920's-1930's. The cemetery is on
the National Registry of Historic Places. Reference: Brandt n.d. Photo.
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