Sumpter Museum And Public Library: Sumpter, Oregon Mining History

Sumpter Museum And Public Library
245 S. Mill Street
Sumpter, Oregon

Hours
Monday – Tuesday: 11AM – 3PM*
Wednesday: 3 – 6PM
Thursday – Saturday: 11AM – 3PM

Admission
Donations Accepted

The Sumpter Museum is just half a block down from the Sumpter Valley Dredge State Heritage Area and complements the park with displays of mining in the Sumpter Valley Area. While a relatively small building, the museum is full of donated mining artifacts, mineral specimens, and archival documents. Displays cover hydraulic mining, load mining, and, of course, dredging. A hard rock mining diorama includes an ore cart and assorted mining equipment. A collection of large copies include blueprints of a dredge, granting and architect’s eye view of these massive mining machines.

Outside the Sumpter Museum And Public Library

Ore cart, bucket, and assorted mining equipment at the Sumpter Museum And Public Library — Ore cart, bucket, and assorted mining equipment

Dredge Blueprint at the Gold Mining Methods Document at the Sumpter Museum And Public Library — Dredge blueprint

Assorted bottles collected from Sumpter at the Sumpter Museum And Public Library — Assorted bottles collected from Sumpter

Poster on gold mining methods at the Sumpter Museum And Public Library — Poster on gold mining methods

Assaying crucibles, lanterns, and assorted mining artifacts at the Sumpter Museum And Public Library — Assaying crucibles, lanterns, and assorted mining artifacts.

* Open when volunteers are available.

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