and we have enjoyed some pleasant successes along the way. Whether eating "chicken or feathers," working in the great out doors up here in the beautiful Elkhorn Mountains of Eastern Oregon surely has been a very rewarding life style for us. from there we moved through several models including the whites gold master. My experience with these did not change my opinion that metal detectors had little or no value in prospecting. Then we were introduced to a TESORO LOBO. All I can say is......WOW! Boy, was I impressed! The Tesoro was picking up very small nuggets in highly mineralized ground and showing us where to start mining. It soon became our front line prospecting tool. Based on our success, we soon applied for and received a dealership for the incredible line of TESORO METAL DETECTORS In the last few years, GARRETT has made some impressive strides in the metal detecting industry. Now we are proud to add their line of excellent metal detectors to our inventory! Whether you are thinking of purchasing mining equipment or metal detectors, there is some excellent equipment out there at reasonable prices......and some not so excellent equipment at exhorbatant prices. But here at Boulder Patch Mines, we are dedicated to only selling metal detecting and gold mining equipment that meets the same high standards that I require from the tools I use in my own operations! |
The "ELIS Placer Mine"
Orginally......this was the site of the Elis Placer Mine back in the 1800's. This is now the current site of our Boulder Patch Mines Placer Operation. Although this location has endured 100 years of gold mining activity and has produced large amounts of gold, this site is still very recognizable today from this picture! This particular deposit is an ancient river chanel, with a glacier deposit over the top, all of it carrying gold, and is approximately 50 feet deep & still covers about 10 acres.
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Abandoned Hard Rock Mine
Sumpter Gold Country
We enjoy metal detecting around these old remote, abandoned gold mining shacks! These abandoned old shacks are scattered throughout the gold country of Eastern Oregon and throughout the great Northwest. If you have the right metal detecting equipment, these old gold mines make great treasure hunting adventures! You can find comfortable lodging in Sumpter, Oregon and then head out on your adventures all weekend in search of these old mines! Explore Sumpter at: www.sumpter.org
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The "Cathouse"
Bourne Ghost Town
These are the remains of the infamous "Cathouse" in Bourne............
just a few miles outside of Sumpter. According to legend, the "Cathouse" was built a couple miles out of town at the insistence of the city fathers of Sumpter at the time. But I wonder if the local mothers and wives had any influence on that decision? Old abandoned shacks like this one are great for treasure hunting with a metal detector! |
Every find is exciting! This is a picture of a whole stash of coins we found on one of our treasure hunting trips to an old tumbled down gold miner's shack. and with my Tesoro Lobo Metal Detector, I was able to detect quite easily this pile of coins a foot below the rotten floor boards! my theory is that a pack rat had
rounded up these coins and carefully stored them in his nest, just waiting for me to come along and claim them. You never know what may turn up in
these locations, and that is what metal detecting is all about!
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is located right here in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon? That's Right! And......According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Original Hard Rock Gold Mine and Gold Dredge Operations in the area left up to 80% of Original Gold in the ground! Now you can own a piece of this Rich Sumpter Oregon Gold Mining History! |
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P.O. BOX 54 Sumpter, Oregon 97877 Phone: 541.894.2544 diggerdan44@msn.com |