Upper reaches of N. Myrtle Cr., Myrtle Creek, Oregon. County/parish: Douglas.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 22, 1991. NRIS 91000616.
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The China Ditch in Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Oregon, was a 30-mile (48 km) canal built in part by Chinese laborers to supply water for the hydraulic mining of gold. The Myrtle Creek Consolidated Hydraulic Gold Mining and Manufacturing Company began purchasing land for the ditch in 1890 and was bankrupt by 1894. Portions of the ditch, which carried water from Little River to North Myrtle Creek, remain visible, and an 11-mile (18 km) section is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Bureau of Land Management maintains a driving loop and hiking trail for touring the ditch and its works.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77849247