Unused Stock Certificate for Coyote Creek Mine of Oregon – Mining Vignettes

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Unused stock certificate from the Coyote Creek Mine. Incorporated in Oregon. 1900-1915.
Coyote Creek
was first settled and mined around the 1840’s by white prospectors. The Americans who founded this camp left it to pursue richer gold discoveries in Idaho and on nearby Salmon Creek. As was standard at the time, the old claims were taken up by Chinese miners willing to work for smaller returns. When American miners returned to the region years later, they drove out the Chinese miners and retook possession of Coyote Creek. Panning the creek was time intensive and rarely lucrative. In the 1880s, however, hydraulic operations were set up to strip the creek beds of gold. In all, these water miners recovered some .5 million from the streams and hillsides. By the 1890s Golden considered itself a true town. Unusual for mining towns, the religious residents had raised two churches but built no saloons. Supposedly, residents left town to visit a placer mine on Grave Creek for “refreshments.” Like so many other Oregon towns, Golden was left abandoned and in disrepair after the 1920s with the creeks mined out and the economy turning south. 8 ½” x 11”. Some waviness along the bottom edge from poor storage. Clean.