Sumpter Oregon! Sumpter Museums, Monighan, Sumpter Tour Photos, Gold Mines

Sumpter Gold Mining Tour Photos

bycap group photo at sumpter gold dredge in sumpter oregon 2005

The Cracker Creek Museum of Mining Tours We are proud to offer guided historic tours of our rich gold mining heritage here in Sumpter, Oregon and the surrounding area! If your school or group is interested in learning more about the historic hard rock mines in our area, we would be pleased to show you around! CCMM President Nils Christensen and other members have extensive knowledge of Sumpter Oregon gold mining history. Your tour would begin at our musuem where we would speak about gold mining artifacts and equipment on display. Your tour would continue with a short trip an actual historic gold mining site where we would share the history of Sumpter gold mines that made our area famous. For more information please contact us here: info@sumpteroregongold.org

BYCAP Tour Fall 2005 BYCAP Students from Baker City enjoyed a gold mining tour of Bourne in the mountains above Sumpter, Oregon. CCMM President Nils Christensen conducted the tour. Gold mining history class is in session for students sitting on a hillside just below an old mine shaft as Nils Christensen speaks about gold mines in the area. Students were able to walk through the area where the town of Bourne once stood. Nils pointed out where buildings once stood, the location of historic mines, and what life was like for gold miners during the famous Sumpter gold rush.

gold mining school is in session in bourne where the classroom is just below an old vent shaft of local gold mine

Nils Christensen uses a map to point out historic gold mine locations in bourne above sumpter oregon

Nils answers students questions about the ghost town of bourne and historic gold mines in the area above sumpter oregon

Nils Christensen uses a map to show points of historical interest such as buildings, mines, and landmarks that no longer exist in the ghost town of Bourne and then fields questions from the Baker City students before breaking for a quick lunch at the Sumpter Valley Dredge.

BYCAP students break for lunch at the sumpter valley dredge before heading over to the monighan for the next part of the CCMM tour in sumpter oregon

BYCAP Tour Fall 2005 Part Two The Monighan After a chilly early morning in Bourne, the Baker City students enjoyed spending their afternoon at the Monighan where the sun made a warm appearance. Nils Christensen introduced the Monighan to the students and described how the heavy duty dragline machine was used to find gold in the Sumpter Valley. The students were surprised when they learned that the historic Monighan will once again roar to life when it makes its journey down to the museum in Sumpter.

Nils Christensen points out the mechanical features of the monighan to the students from baker city

Nils answers questions about the monighan dragline from interested students

lots of questions for nils at the monighan in sumpter oregon

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