The Blue Bucket Mine

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The state rights democrat. (Albany, Or.), 19 Feb. 1886.

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The state rights democrat. (Albany, Or.) 1865-1900, February 19, 1886, Image 1 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress
 

And folks are still searching for it(I think), even some of our members. I hunted the Breyfogle down by death valley. Found a little gold in the Panamints and nearly died in Death Valley from heatstroke. Cured me of chasing legends. Saddest part was up north at Donner Pass, where I ate at the McDonalds in Truckee on Donner Pass Rd. Felt a little guilty...
 

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Better than munching human, austin.

Much has been written about the Blue Bucket. Some of these written accounts are erroneous and should not be believed. The facts of the story indicate that members of the Lost Meek Wagon Train of 1845 were desperately searching for water, when they found water near the headwaters of the South Fork of the Crooked River. Daniel Herron was one of the members. He supposedly beat a nugget on a wagon tire to test it. The day after most of the remaining emigrants reached the South Fork of the Crooked River, and followed it to where they crossed the Deschutes River at Shearer's Falls.
 

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