What to see in America . Oregon 515 October 1. The aisles and chambers are in tiers that godown to a depth of many hundred feet. Each year newthoroughfares are discovered, and the caves are probablyamong the most extensive in the world. Much gold has been taken from southern Oregon, andthe wild days of the early mining camps are recalled by suchplace names as Whisky, John Mule, Pistol River, andJump-Off-Joe Creek. Another suggestive name of thevicinity is that of the Rogue River. Originally the Frenchcalled it Rouge, which means red, but later settlers andminers, many of whom were robbed and s
What to see in America . Oregon 515 October 1. The aisles and chambers are in tiers that godown to a depth of many hundred feet. Each year newthoroughfares are discovered, and the caves are probablyamong the most extensive in the world. Much gold has been taken from southern Oregon, andthe wild days of the early mining camps are recalled by suchplace names as Whisky, John Mule, Pistol River, andJump-Off-Joe Creek. Another suggestive name of thevicinity is that of the Rogue River. Originally the Frenchcalled it Rouge, which means red, but later settlers andminers, many of whom were robbed and slaughtered by theIndian, shifted two of the letters to make it the Roguebecause of the treachery that lurked on its banks. Ashland,which overlooks this rivers fertile prosperous valley froma neighboring upland, has a notable galaxy of mineral springs— hot and cold—^and of soda, lithia,and sulphur. There are. Crater Lake, View from Afplegate Peak 516 What to See in America
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