The following outline of events in the rise and fall of gold mining in southwestern
Oregon is here recorded - almost as an obituary - so that Oregonians may not entirely forget how important this industry was in building up this part of the state.
This report presents a summary of the principal geologic and physiographic features of the upper part of the Snake River Canyon between Oregon and Idaho. The area discussed extends from Farewell Bend near Huntington, Oregon downriver to Granite Creek 6 miles below Hells Canyon Dam, a distance of 94 miles....
The geology of Oregon has become a jigsaw puzzle of moving parts set on a foundation of changing conditions as the crust and mantle undergo successively different manners of deformation through time. As more megahypotheses arise from increasingly sophisticated views of plate tectonics and from more detailed analyses of synoptic...
The purpose of this paper is to give a brief description of the volcano, and to report progress in the detailed mapping and petrologic study of its caldera. The increasing use of the Paulina and East Lake areas for recreation and nature study, and widespread interest in the geology aroused...