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A metal cylinder about a foot tall with a pump handle on top and a hose coming out the lid. It's sitting on a wood table. — A grease pump to lubricate the massive equipment used to operate the Sumpter Dredge in Sumpter. The dredge brought industrial methods to gold mining and left environmental damage in its wake. (Oregon State Archives, 2017)
Get a high resolution copy of this pump in the Oregon Scenic Images Collection.

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Books

A Compendium of Oregon Ghost Towns by Steve Arndt (2019)

Ghost Towns of the Northwest by Norman D. Weis (2006)

Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest by Phil Varney (2013)

Oregon Ghost Towns, A to Z by Steve Arndt (2018)

Websites

Abandoned Oregon Facebook Group (includes ghost towns)

Abandoned Oregon Flickr Group (includes ghost towns)

Credits and Acknowledgements

Gallery Exhibit

Brett Fuller

Ali Mackie

A wooden cylinder with a metal rod through the center is mounted on a rectangular metal stand. — Equipment at the Sumpter Dredge in Sumpter. The dredge is a State Heritage Area operated by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. (Oregon State Archives, 2017)
Get a high resolution copy of this equipment in the Oregon Scenic Images Collection.

Dani Morley

Theresa Rea

Ben Zeiner

Oregon State Archives staff, interns, and volunteers

Baker County Library District

Library of Congress

Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center

Oregon Department of Forestry

Oregon Historical Society

Oregon State Library

Salem Public Library

Wikimedia Commons

Web Exhibit

Gary Halvorson

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