🚢 China Ditch

United States · Americas · 43.15°N, 123.13°W

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.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	43.15°N, 123.13°W · view on map

China Ditch is located in United States, in Americas.

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