Bourne,Oregon,OR,Baker County,Ghost Mining Town,Farm Security Admin,FSA

Title: Bourne, Oregon. Crumbling buildings in a ghost mining town. The town came into existence in the 1870s and was notorious for the wildcat venture. Exodus from the camp occured in 1906 and most of the mines have remained closed. In the 1940 Oregon state guide (Federal Writers Project) the population was given as one person. Now, May 1942, there were at least twenty people living in the town. Increase of population is due to growth of dredging for gold with a doodlebugs
Creator(s): Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1941 May.
Notes:
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 1, frame 1103.
Subjects:
United States--Oregon--Baker County--Bourne.
Safety film negatives.
Bookmark /fsa2000020387/PP/
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