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by Charles Robinson
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Challenge your brain with a jigsaw puzzle designed by an independent artist! Our puzzles are made from premium 0.2" thick paper stock and include a semi-gloss coating on the top surface to make the image pop. Puzzles are available in two different sizes, and each puzzle includes a puzzle box with the artwork printed on the top for safe storage when you're not puzzling. The puzzle pieces are unique shapes.
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When panning for gold in the Powder River in the Sumpter Valley, Oregon, became unprofitable, the miners turned to panning on a massive scale. The... more
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When panning for gold in the Powder River in the Sumpter Valley, Oregon, became unprofitable, the miners turned to panning on a massive scale. The Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge began dredging in the Powder River Valley in 1935. The 72.1 ton, 9 cu. ft buckets dumped 25 buckets per minute, 24 hours a day, into six giant 24 in American jigs and sluice boxes on the dredge, where it was washed with water at the rate of 3000 gallons per minute supplied by six 10 inch pumps. The rock dredged from the front of the dredge was dumped after washing behind the dredge. The dredge "walked" for 8 miles up and down the valley by floating into the pool created by the dredging and into the new pool created as more rock was dredge out and processed. Although it extracted $10 to $12 million worth of gold, it was never profitable to operate. The dredge closed in August 1954 after it went bankrupt with a debt of over $100,000.
The Powder River at Sumpter today is nothing but a sea of huge boulders....
I am a born again follower of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I have dedicated my life to serving Him and spreading the good news and the Glory of God. The proceeds from all of my sales and tithe of all my earnings go to Him and in Partnering with Convoy of Hope to feed the hungry and carry the good news to those in need around the world. I live with my wife Delma in Prosser, Washington. We have three grown children and two grandchildren. I am now retired after over thirty years in the natural resources and environmental field. I am enjoying being able to devote more time to my hobby of landscape photography. I was raised in Chillicothe, Ohio, in the beautiful hills of Southern Ohio, and graduated from Chillicothe High School in...
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Andrew Govan Dantzler
Great capture V F & L ... Elaine PS: Also post link to this on my FaceBook Timeline because I wanted friends and visitors to see and hopefully read your comment: 'It is a rather shameful testimony of greed at any cost.'
Charles Robinson replied:
Thank you, Andrew. I appreciate your post to your Facebook Timeline. This is indeed a horrible testimony of greed.
Linda Phelps
This image has the feel of an old photograph. It is nicely processed. I like the fade out on the edges.
Joan Minchak
Fantastic treatment on this, Charles! A nice vintage feel!
Don Wright
Hey Charles, you're stomping in my old grounds now. As soon as I saw this I said to my wife, 'That's the Sumpter Dredge!' We lived in Baker City for years, and we're pretty familiar with all you have here. For those that would otherwise have no idea what this is, your notes tell it very well. That country is beautiful, and thank you for reminding us of all that is there. My wife has a bunch of family living in Baker, and surrounding. We miss it a lot. f/v